The Armour Archive

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Proper physical fitness as a whole will certainly help, as will pre and post combat stretches. To avoid rotator cuff injuries exercise the four muscles that form that system outside of combat. When you train (pell/slow work) do so with heavier weapons than what you fight with while wearing arm/shoul...

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The Tuchux I have met have all been alright guys. Mongrel, how many members to the Tuchux have overall, and what is your method for dealing with guys who fight totally out of control or actively try to hurt someone? The number of Dogs will be different depending on who's currently active and who yo...

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Oddbjorn_Mjolksiglandi wrote:
All the Tuchux i've met had their shit together. I fought alongside several last year, honorable, skilled, controlled, be happy to have them by my side any time.
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Oowah to that, hopefully we'll get a chance to meet before I move back to Pa.

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In the Tuchux we have two simple rules
1) Don't be a dick
2) Don't break your toys/friends

Even with the full body/360 degree targeting/grappling/higher calibration/ ZERO minimum armor standard our injuries are no more severe or frequent than those of the SCA.

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1) heal to the point I can don armor for more than 10 minutes
2) increase cardiovasciular stamina
3) strive towards perfection with pell work and muscle memory

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Dangers: Burns, Hope you have an oven large enough for the process, Slower, still needs sealing, scorching of leather. Bonuses: Complete even polymerization of leather. Far more control, More precision, allows for slower, more precise shaping of the leather. Can be dyed before hardening (probable d...

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I was actually considering this idea with a slightly altered application. I intend to make a madu and instead of a small metal shield I'm constructing it out of hardened leather. My advice is cut and stitch two bosses one larger than the other. Punch holes for rivets (or stitching) harden each then ...

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Turn on a powerful source of light behind you and use your shadow as a gauge. Concentrate on the proper motion of the strike (foot to hip to shoulder to arm to blade) and the proper return as well. When I don't feel like hitting my pell I'll use my bakcyard flood light at night and shadow box(strike...

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I would make one cautionary note abouu Mongrel's advice. Use a lower temperature ;) You need to get over 167 F, but you do not want to boil the water out of your leather. I set my oven just over 150 and use a thermometer to keep it in the 180 to 200 range. Good call, my oven tends to run cooler tha...

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I would rather take a shot to the head in my steel helmet rather than my ACH any day. I have been hit with a crowbar in both and can honestly say the pads in the ACH dont allow enough absorbtion of energy than my brain bucket does

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in my experience hardening leather after tooling is relatively easy As long as you seriously case the leather beforehand (soak it in a bathtup wrap it in plastic wrap and lay it flat in the fridge overnight) and continue to keep it waterlogged until you're ready to harden it you'll be fine. Once you...

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It's a good thing I'm not a newbie, now isn't it?

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I'm looking for a person to ride out to Pennsic with me to cut the cost of gas. I've got enough room for a reasonable amount of gear as I have a Ford Explorer, and I'm looking to leave as soon as I sign out at midnight on 30th of July. The return trip is going to be a little funky as I'll be driving...

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Sorry, Position just got filled. Thanks for your help!

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Does anyone have contact information for him?

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There is an open seat in our carpool as well as room for approximately 1 person and their fighting gear/ small tent. The cost of gas is going to be $130 for round trip to junction city. Meet time at my house in Junction City is approx 1:30-2:00pm on Thursday June 30th followed by loading of gear the...

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Im looking for any descriptions or pictures (preferably both) of the weapon(s) in the subject line. I've constructed one of these and altered it to fit our combat ( it's 3 sided so as to avoid the no "universal striking surface" rule) So far I've been led to books that aren't readily available in my...

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I'm interested in a pair or two of these.

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Fuel line hose tied down with 550 chord over the trim lok works great and lasts a long time.

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I was quite distressed at the people who were brought out this year. Animal is dear to me, and I really hope he is OK. He is in my prayers. Animal is doing quite well. I speak with him on a regular basis and all seems to be well with him. He's getting his helmet fixed (nearly a 1/8" deep dent in th...

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Thank you for your input I'll take what I'm able and use it to my advantage. I've decided that I will NOT Play MMORPGs Spend massive amounts of time on my playstation. watch television excessively. stay inside on days with awesome weather. I've decided that I WILL work on perfecting my armor. make a...

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I was diagnosed with degenerative arthritis in my spine about a month ago. I tried fighting on it and realized that I had to make a choice between pushing through the pain or taking a step back and stop fighting for a while. I've weighed both sides and decided to take a year off and focus on healing...

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"These cops" but no pic? :?: Sounds like the maker was bound and determined the cops would fail before the rivets did if they were that almighty tough. Brass or steel domeheads to fit the hole diameters. If the maker did it right, he punched the articulation holes 1/32" bigger than the rivet diamet...

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thanks, i'll try it out!

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I need some suggestions for riveting these cops back together. They had some sort of stainless rivets in them that were insanely hard to break but I don't know where to find them or anything similar that would work. I've got a home depot and a true value nearby but not much else in the way of hardwa...

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The important question is....when ya coming home to play with the big dogs Mongrel? :D As soon as i'm able to. Life is far too chaotic for me right now to be able to plan anything out more than a week in advance so I just have to take it all one day at a time. Know that I miss the Tribe and severel...

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The important question is....when ya coming home to play with the big dogs Mongrel? :D As soon as i'm able to. Life is far too chaotic for me right now to be able to plan anything out more than a week in advance so I just have to take it all one day at a time. Know that I miss the Tribe and severel...

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It was nice to meet you, and even nicer to discover that you are not such as your previous words showed me you were. I welcome you into the Body of Honor, on condition that you never, ever badmouth Calontir in that fashion again. See you at Lillies. Thanks Alejandro I'll keep my crude words to myse...

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Thanks guys! I really did enjoy myself. My back was seriously considering disowning me after the day was through but we've come to an agreement for the moment.

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And loved every second of it! Went to Horse & Falcon tournament over near Kansas City, MO and do not regret it on bit. The tournament was a round robin with 5 man teams followed by pick up fights. I must say that this time around I was thoroughly impressed with the level of fighting at the event. No...

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Mongrel... If you are still following this thread, or someone can pass a message, I will be at Horse and Falcon, then at our mutual friend Josh's on Sunday, and then at Lilies... just saying... I may even be able to talk the guys (Josh, Jose and myself) into spotting you gas and toll money. Unless ...

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best rivets for mild steel srticulated knee cops

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