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Tom, great links. One of the related videos on youtube was this one of a modern helve hammer. Looks like a pretty simple build, and with a deeper hammer head it may be a good solution. Or is the issue that it is less efficient than other types of power hammers? Mac, if you ever manage to find your ...

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Tom, great links. One of the related videos on youtube was this one of a modern helve hammer. Looks like a pretty simple build, and with a deeper hammer head it may be a good solution. Or is the issue that it is less efficient than other types of power hammers? Mac, if you ever manage to find your s...

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It does seem like June is the popular choice. If it did end up that I could make it, I do not mind the drive. If not, I'll drop you a line next time I'm in the area.

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Sounds plausible. I seem to remember Patrick Thaden being involved. I don't think that is the thread I was thinking of, but it looks like a similar concept.

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I've been thinking a lot about this subject myself. I have a fantasy in which I get a piece of land with a little river on it and make my own water powered trip hammer (and polishing mill, of course). I'll be following this discussion with great interest. On a similar note, wasn't there a thread on ...

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Since I did not make your list, I assume that means it's not looking good for the mid-July dates?

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I'm definitely interested. I'll be doing bush work in Northern Ontario until late June, or early July, so I would only be able to go if for July 12-13 or 19-20. As far as items to study, I'm interested in pretty much anything armour related. I would like to get a look at your 15th century arm, and o...

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Hey James, the barrel helm I fight in is riveted together with 1/8" nails. I think they call them d8 nails. I prefer the look of 1/8 rivets over 3/16. Like Konstantine said, keep the nail heads to the inside. This is because nail heads look silly on the outside. Although what I have done before is t...

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Today was a "mental health" day. Joshua from Ottawa (Tableau) dropped by on his way from NYC to Pittsburgh. We talked shop, had lunch, and looked at books. Mac It was great to get to talk to you and see your shop. Thanks for entertaining me and answering all those questions. I'm definitely going to...

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Bump for price drop

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Oh yeah. Sorry John, I probably should have mentioned this sale on facebook before I left town.

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I'm in Montreal now, but I'm heading towards New York city tomorrow. I'm not actually sure if I have the cutlass. Either I left it behind somewhere, or it's buried in my van. I'll go through the van carefully today and find out.

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Great work Alec! Not only are your greaves a beautiful example of armouring, I'm really enjoyed following this thread. I hope these end up on the field.

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Hmm. It's not my video, but rather a friend's video. It's just a goofy video of people smashing plates and bottles over my head though. Maybe I will ask him if it could be uploaded on youtube.

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16g mild steel kettle hat SOLD

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Wonderful thread! There's so much to learn just reading through this. Keep up the good work!

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Mac, that's pretty much what I had figured. It would be easier for me to make another helm like this, but I would need to make a better one.

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Thanks for the kind words, guys. Aussie, I stopped keeping track of how much time this took, especially since the work got so broken up with breaks in between work spanning weeks and months. After having built one, another one would be a little less intimidating, but still very hard. It took me a lo...

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Hmm. Well I'm not ruling it out. We were thinking of heading to Yukon at some point so we might not be far off.

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The maille is butted.

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Thanks for the feedback, guys. I know historic pieces had a lot of asymmetry and that makes me feel better. I guess it's a matter of learning to see armour the way our ancestors did. Which asymmetry is acceptable, and which is unacceptable? Hard to tell with my modern eye. I definitely need to study...

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As I mentioned in this thread , I recently moved into my van and I have some stuff to sell. Some new, some used. First up: 14th century arms, based on a famous example in the Churburg armoury. 16g mild steel, 18g lames. Asking $ 240 +shipping. The vambrace is 10" from the centre of the elbow to the ...

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Hey guys, In keeping with my life goal of becoming a homeless hippy, I have recently moved into a van and began a new and exciting rubber trampin' life. Unfortunately for my armour practice, this means I no longer have a shop. And I thought I worked slowly when I had a shop! Well I don't want to sto...

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Okay, finished helmet some time ago, but life has been a little crazy lately, and I haven't gotten much of a chance to post the final pics. Better late than never though: http://i.imgur.com/f7zf6OZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Aiy9O9y.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5BclG8Z.jpg The only thing that I'm really disap...

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Not perfect, but a damn good try. Looks good and it looks like a really fun (and difficult). I dig the hand-made hinges and buckles.

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If you look at the earlier pictures of the cop, you can see that it is deeper than it looks in this last picture. It's definitely weird though. The point of the cop is centred between the inside of the elbow and the start of the fan, but I later realized that the articulation on the original actuall...

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Working on this arm still. The forearm has been a lot harder than I thought. Why did I think it would be easy?

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Aluminum bear mask that I made my girlfriend for a halloween costume. It was done in time for halloween, I just thought to post it now.

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Thanks Sean. I thought a lot about shoulder protection to go with the brig. I was mainly looking at King Rene's book of the Tournament for reference and ideas and that seems to show pauldrons, but I had also considered a matching brig-style spaulders. I need to do more research on different shoulder...

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Carving a handle for a knife I'm working on.

I have too many projects on the go right now. I'm on a mission to try to complete all my ongoing projects before I start more. I think my shop also needs better lighting.

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Anything mid-late 15th century Italy/Burgundy. Details of cuirasses especially, if you get the chance.

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