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the Eastwood Co. sells a product called Oxisolv rust remover which does a great job of stripping galvinisation from mail. You can find it at: www.eastwoodcompany.com It leaves a dull gray finish however, so you'll need to do something further if you want black/shiny you can try oiling it and baking ...

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e-mail sent.

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Glad your back. Hope everything went smooth.

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I used drop cloth canvas for the base covering on a corrazina and it was pretty bullet proof.

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3-M atomotive trim adhesive (the aerosol) works very well.

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It depends on the size of the scales and the anount of overlap. I made a Roman style scale shirt for a customer of .050 comercial bronze (95% copper 5% tin) which is a realativly soft alloy and the scales, which are 2" x 1-1/2" have held up quite well. The only thing to seriously deform individual s...

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What size?

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It's hard to say given the size of the pics and because they are only showing the rings from one perspective, but to me the XVI example looks like it's made from round wire that has been subsequently flattened. The Wisby ring is appears very corroded so I can't tell much from the pic. In any case on...

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Compare their documentation.

I think you'll find that Steve is correct.

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I'll add my voice to those asking for dimensions, thickness, weights and inside shots. Also close ups of details like edge rolls, roping etc...

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Thanks for posting these. I've never seen this particular effigy before.

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I happened across this listing on the abebooks website: 39. Talhoffer, Hans; Hergsell, Gustav Talhoffers Fechtbuck Aus Dem Jahre 1467. Gerichtliche Und Andere Zweikampfe Darstellend. Prague: J. G. Calve'sche, 1887. Very Good. The title translates as "Fencing Book of the Year 1467." The book includes...

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I'd recomend one of the vise mount versions such as #7 or #8. The punches are inexpensive and quick to change. I did a similar project, making a lorica squamata, and while it was tedious it went pretty quickly.

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Hi Steve,

Does this mean I have to wait till March 3rd to order a haubergeon?

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The armour you describe reminds me of a piece shown in an Osprey book on the crusades (which unfortunatley I can't find right now) It was bands of glue laminated leather assembled, as best I culd tell sonmewhat like a COP. In refrence to the Titebond products are refering to their liquid hide glue? ...

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If you mean that the SCA doeesn't allow fighting with steel blades then this is nothing new. Unfortunately you post is too sparse on details for me to determine exactly what your saying has been banned

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Hi Richard, Ther are a couple of things to address here. First, is your Kingdom requirement about acceptable neck protection stricter than Society minimums which consider an aventail adequate protection for the throat/neck? Having the aventail drape across the chin under the visor shouldn't be an is...

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"My translation: "penny, if he puts "leather on kettlehat and waxes, half penny for helm, that he polishes I gather from this that they knew wax could be used for rust prevention on iron. Says nothing about mail, but it is good enough for me if we can find a practical way of doing it with conceivabl...

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If I have the time I'll double check on this, but I believe that for a time around the publication of TOMAR Burr King ceased to exist as a Corporation and that a machine using their basic design was marketed by True Grit as the Hard Core Belt Grinder. Just found this: http://www.trugrit.com/press2.h...

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First, to answer the question that started this thread: "C" Second, I want to say that I'm pleased and impressed that the debate that's been going regarding the wearing of armor has remained civil. Too often in the past similar discusions have ended up rancorous, especially when someone from outside...

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I'd suggest either Jeff Hedgecock at Historic Enterprises or robert Macpherson.

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Wow, that was quick. E-mailied about the next batch.

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that's not the one I was thinking of but it's quite nice. I like the file work on the grill.

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Thanks for the plug Vermin http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I'll get that skull ground and in the mail in the next week or two. Vermin's kind words aside. I would recomend the guys at cold steel for SCA legal sallets. They have a great feel for the 15th cent shapes coupled with an ability ...

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I would suggest loking into high strength brazing alloys to make the bond.

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A 3/4 hp baldor should be plenty ( though I agree with MRKS that more hp is better). Mine are more powerful but I've used the 3/4 hp models and they are pretty stout as long as they are baldor motors. 3/4 hp imports stall as soon as you put a little presure on. Ice Falcon uses 3/4 hp baldors and you...

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I'd definitely be interested in one. Mch better than running the big one up to temp for small pieces.

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Hi Russ, I worked for a cutlery company years a go and if memory serves the sharpening service we used charged from $8.00 to $15.00 depending upon the size of the blade (figure a range from 3" to 12"). That was about 15 years ago so I would expect you could command at least that much- especialy sinc...

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I agree with Tom et al, I'm just finishing up a great helm based on the Black Prince helm. The later great helms have some really subtle shapes going on in them that can be really challenging to get right. Too often everything is done as simple planner sections and these never look right, though the...

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Good solid armor at fair prices, plus a nice guy to deal with.

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By "spring steel" most armorers mean 1050 carbon steel (though I've heard of a few folks using 4130). It can be worked cold or hot but if worked cold parts that are deeply drawn will need to be normalized ( heated to a cherry red colour and left to cool) once they become workhardened. After forming ...

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Brian Price sells hinges on thre Chronique website wich may fit the bill.

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No problem. I'm probably changing it any way- it kind of clashes with the 14th cent stuff I'm doing now. Besides, it's amazing how many ways heralds find to miss pronounce a three letter word.

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Cet is an old Irish name- he was referring to my post above. There is a color movie about him as well. The place I used to rent it from is gone and I can't remember the name of it but it was pretty cool. If the title comes to me I'll pst it.

Interesting book for sale