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Greetings All! Just wanted to show a couple of my upcoming offerings. A new dog faced Crusader (totenkopf?) Kit Helm for SCA, and a S/S cup hilt that I will offer ready to use.
This is the final prototype I have made of the Crusader kit helmâ€™s top or â€œcrownâ€

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My God, that is beautiful.

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bastich!

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Greetings Sean, I am sorry to hear you are having a problem with passing. I made the original pattern for the large with a .875 gap at the apex in the occulara, thinking scaling down would give me smaller gaps on the smaller sizes. Great in theory, but add a .020 tolerance in the rivet holes to ease...

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Greetings All, just wanted to take a chance to show a recently finished commission. A heraldic buckler made at the request of Stefana dei Medici. As a gift for Eric upon their stepping down as Prince and Princess of Cynagua this weekend. http://www.zweihammer.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/normal...

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Sacrilicious as always, Ugasmo!
This caliber of work never has to worry about being pushed out by India. How has el Norte been for you? Do you have shop space of your own yet, or do you need that listless wandering for inspiration?

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This is looking great, Halberds, a truly unique style. Reminds me of some of helms of antiquity with the flowing beard and cheeks. It is conveying agression well, like Ugo's face helm conveys contemp for humanity. Wonderful, I can not wait to see the finish, truly one of your most inspirational. Gre...

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That Is Dead Sexy! Fantastic execution, and the solution for the grillwork, Amazing! I can't wait to see this finished!

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Greetings Grimr, Welcome to the Archive! I have been away on business and haven't followed this. Your helm is a solid, well made example of a V6 variant, I know from my own exercise patterning the kit that it involves a great deal of trial and error, patience and persistence to put one of these toge...

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Wow, I have been working with another armourer, who has more time than I to devote to this, to offer finished examples of my V6 kits on my website as well as Ebay. It looks as though someone else had a similar helm to offer (this is not from our kits), though we are going to offer them at about half...

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Greetings Dirk and Mary, looked over your examples, very , VERY, nice. You do some incredible work!

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That is a damn fine answer to the "SCA" question, and beautiful lines to boot! Great work!

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Eric T, I have admired your work online for years, I am thrilled to see another. Have you always raised your helms? Have you ever done a welded composite, and if so what do you think of the relative merits? I have only raised small things, couters, klapvisor, etc. I wish to tackle a larger project, ...

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Greetings All, I have to agree, it doesn't suck, thanks to those who came to my defense, but you will never find a person better than Dmitriy at delivering deadpan humor. He and his squire were in my shop recently working on projects under my direction, with my tools, and at the end of a day of hamm...

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Greetings All! After a many false starts, I was able to finish MariÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Sallet and deliver it to her. What I had hoped to complete this past August was repeatedly bumped, many times to do other projects for the patron herself, other times to accommodate responsibilities to my patient family, or...

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Thaddeus, that is looking great! Glad to see you have found the time, I can't wait to see the finished helm!

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Greetings Lodinn- Glad to so you starting on the kit, I hope that means you are back from the Gulf. I hope all is well with you, looking good, I wish my shop had that view. Tarquin Bjornsson, I am sorry if I did not reply to your last missive. I can only claim a passing absentmindedness. If you stil...

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Greetings, I have been geting all my rivet from Jaycee rivets, m for a couple of years now. I used to get them from RJ Leahy, but was disappointed on more than one occasion when either they did not have the size I needed or when on two occasions they sent me a partial order when i needed the whole o...

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Holy crap, SirIvar! That is going to look incredible. Please post when it is done, and may I show what you have done to others as excellent example of the possibilites? I am trying to gather pictures of the variations I know of. Do you do your own casting? Lodinn, sorry to hear you have been called ...

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Damn! see how nice that looks? Great job!

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Scotch brite, do not use a wire wheel unless it is a stainless wire wheel that has not been used on carbon steel. A carbon steel or contaminated stainless wire wheel will tatto the stainless with carbon steel and will rust until you get it out with acid. The same holds true for sanders and grinders,...

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Greetings All- The first of the completed stainless kits was auctioned of to benefit the Barony of Darkwood this past weekend. It sold for $350 to Viscount Sir Titus. Hope to see more examples of the finished kits. I have sent out close to 100 and only have proof of about 20 yet finished. Please pos...

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Greetings All- As Scott has already mentioned, His Grace, Duke Radnor bested the field of 43 to win the buckler. Here is a couple of pictures from the event, at invocation and His Grace accepting the honours and his prize after the finals. Thanks for the compliments! http://zweihammer.com/gallery//a...

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Greetings All- I just want to show what I have been working on as the prize for this yearÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s White Shield in Darkwood. I will be finishing it up with a handle and belt hook tonight. It is 16 ga stainless steel, the darkness is from the forging and I think it gives character. Thanks for checkin...

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Greetings All-
I am talking with an amateur caster friend of mine about making castings for the nasal and crest to offer as dress pieces, for not only these but the ones I am currently developing. Wish me luck!

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Hey Cat, Whenever I have used PCB to etch it usually takes about 15 to 30 minutes for a nice etch in brass at room tempurature. Wait longer and you can get undercutting and a rough edge. One thing is to keep brushing off the buildup as it slows down the etch. I kept using the same acid for awhile, I...

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Greetings All- The stainless kits are available for now at $110 in all three sizes and both gauges, and if you would like the center band and back slats pre creased it will be an additional $10, with shipping in the US at $8.60. I will be having to increase the cost a bit in another month or so as w...

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Greetings All, I have put together the first of our V6 inspired kits in Stainless Steel for auction at the upcoming White Shield tourney in my Barony of Darkwood. The kit was polished to a high luster as well as assembled with brass rivets for show as well as TIG welded inside for strength. This is ...

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Greetings All, I have put together the first of our V6 inspired kits in Stainless Steel for auction at the upcoming White Shield tourney in my Barony of Darkwood. The kit was polished to a high luster as well as assembled with brass rivets for show as well as TIG welded inside for strength. This is ...

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Greetings, I have the kits in 12 ga Stainless as well right now and for now the price is $110 with the same $8.40 shipping in the US. I have been offering to crease the slats and the centerband for an additional $10 for those intersted in getting a jump start on thier kits. I will post pictures by M...

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Thank you all for the input and information, we have decided to wait until after Estrella to tackle the problem of tempering the breastplate. As it has a good deal of forming across the whole surface, which should help strengthen it for othe time being. Many have suggested tacking roundbar across th...

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Greetings, I wanted to let people know who I get my rivets from. I started with RJ Leahy, but was unhappy with selection, price and service. Buying up to 40 pounds at a time always meant partial orders and they charged additional shipping on thier backorders. After a brief search I found this compan...

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Thanks to Dmitriy, I have my instructions posted to my growing site. They are here; m If any one has questions/comments, I would appreciate hearing them. After a few suggested it, I am going to offer to crease the centerband and the back slats of the kits to help get one started, for an additional $...

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Greetings, Here are a few progress pictures of a breastplate I am working in 1050 right now. I am in the middle of doing some repousse and chasing, there is to be a wreath around the lower charge I am just waiting for my pitch to arrive so I can start chasing in the details. This will have a separat...

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Greetings, I will have instructions posted soon, for those still waiting that would like them emailed to them now, contact me at armourer@zweihammer.com and I will send them right back. That includes anyone curious as to what it would take to put one together. Cheers, Erick Davidson Zweihammer Armoury

New offerings from Zweihammer (final pics!)

Latest commision finished, with pics!

Prize Buckler for White Shield Tourney

Valsgarde 6 kits in stainless now!

Valsgarde 6 in stainless

Another source for rivets

Tempering a spring breastplate