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Just a word of warning Matt, if you use plastic for either your hammer or your die, don't use anything that will shatter like acrylic. Stick to polyurethanes, UHMW, delrin, vekton or the other names they are sold under. I have used plastic dies for years, have taught others to do so. They work great...

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Greetings All, Sorry to bump this again, but I would like future readers of this post to check out this other thread as I have posted some of helm kits completed by young people.
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=53147
Cheers, Erick Davidson
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Greetings All, Sorry to bump this again, but I would like future readers of this post to check out this other thread as I have posted some of helm kits completed by young people.
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=53147
Cheers, Erick Davidson
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Greetings All, Here are a few pictures from this past weekend as we did the second installment of the helm making class at DeGrendelus Medieval Martial Arts. Several students finished their helms after this second class, including a young man of 10 years old. He completed the helm with little superv...

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Blackoak, I had to make seperate arrangments to cut just a couple more smalls, including yours. Normally I have to cut twenty at a time. I will be getting it out to you within the week. I think I need my own waterjet. Thank you for your patience.
Cheers, Erick Davidson

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Yes, Adric, it is on the way today. Yesterday was the first day this week I could get more flat rate boxes from the post office, as they have been out. Just found out I could order them online, that could have saved a few trips. I imagine you will see it Monday or Tuesday.
Cheers, Erick Davidson

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Greetings Stahlgrim,Onuphrius, Right now I have several large and medium in 12ga as well as one medium in 14 ga. Email me at armourer@zweihammer.com and I can put one out to you post haste! Thanks for the interest. To those still waiting for the tutorial to be posted, I will be finishing the text as...

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Greetings,
I was to pick up my next 40 kits today but have been informed they won't be ready until this time next week. I apologize to those waiting, I was told they are taking longer than expected to cut.
Owain, Adric, I have sent you both emails.
Cheers, Erick Davidson

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Greetings Chinua Seems Photodump is down right now, and that is how I post to this board. I don't have my website updated, I have to give the information and pics to a friend to add to my site (the present state of the site is my fault) and I was waiting until after I wrote the tutorial. I will give...

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Greetings Insane- I don't have a tracking number, just a delivery confirmation number and I can assume you confirmed its not there yet. I sent everyones out Monday morning and priority should take 2-3 days according to the postal clerk. The clerk felt it would still get there before the end of the w...

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Greetings all I am cross posting this as several people tell me the missed the first thread as they only check the classifieds every few weeks, sorry if this annoys some. Cheers, Erick Davidson Greetings all, As I mentioned in my last thread I had sold out of the original 40 kits (first shown in thi...

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Greetings all, As I mentioned in my last thread I had sold out of the original 40 kits (first shown in this thread m ) and was having to source a new vendor for my cutting. I have now and have ordered 40 more for me to have in the next week. I am doing the tutorial this week as well, to be posted bo...

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Greetings All- I am sorry to say all the kits from this original run are spoken for, and almost all already paid for. I am actually overextended on one size ( the beauty of dealing over the internet and its time lapses) so I will be cutting a few more to finish my commitment. However I am working wi...

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Greetings Owain, I am not sure what is happening with your contact attempts but I still don't have a PM or email from you. You can either PM me on the Archive here, or email me at armourer(at)zweihammer(dot)com or lastly erick(at)heinzen(dot)com. I would like to accomidate you, hope to hear from you...

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Argh! Mongo no see pretty picture! Mongo want see pretty picture! Seriously, by reputation alone this should be stunning. Sorry, Micheal, I could not help you, keep me in mind as I would still like to talk to you about an exchange. Congrats on the new hat, even if you won't show it to us. CHeers, Er...

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Greetings All- Thank you for the great response, I still have a few left but I believe those will be gone today or tommorrow. To those still inquiring, please include the gauge, either 12 or 14 if asking about mediums or smalls. I will be putting one of these together this weekend to help out a frie...

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Greetings All, I am offering the remaining sets I have already cut of the Valsgarde 6 inspired helm first shown in this thread, m I have 12 large as well as 8 medium in 12 ga and 6 medium in 14 ga. I will not have time to do the tutorial before the last week of this month but to those of you who exp...

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That is awful to hear, Evandyr. I have always been proud of the fact you still wore the helm you won in our tourney with honour upon any field. I know it would not be the same but if it is small consolation, I would make you another, no charge, if you should not recover the first. For you have alway...

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Greetings All, This past weekend we held a workshop at DeGrendelus Medieval Martial Arts school to assemble a few of these new kits for the school and the students. I provided most of the tools, the school provided workspace and refreshments. The workshop provided a wonderful opportunity for me to o...

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Greetings All, This past weekend we held a workshop at DeGrendelus Medieval Martial Arts school to assemble a few of these new kits for the school and the students. I provided most of the tools, the school provided workspace and refreshments. The workshop provided a wonderful opportunity for me to o...

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Greetings All- To clarify, I will be selling these but an unknown quantity are already spoken for as the upcoming workshop I am doing with Degrendlus Medieval Martial Arts has first priority of what is available. I am making arrangments to cut more, but with out them in my hands I do not like to sel...

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Greetings All- To clarify, I will be selling these but an unknown quantity are already spoken for as the upcoming workshop I am doing with Degrendlus Medieval Martial Arts has first priority of what is available. I am making arrangments to cut more, but with out them in my hands I do not like to sel...

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Greetings All, Thank you for the positive response. I am looking right now to see what will be left over after this weekend before I commit to letting any of these first run go. I have been working on this design for a good while and I have been balancing function, form, cost and complicity to the r...

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Greetings All, Thank you for the positive response. I am looking right now to see what will be left over after this weekend before I commit to letting any of these first run go. I have been working on this design for a good while and I have been balancing function, form, cost and complicity to the r...

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Greetings All, Here is a sneak preview of a Valsgarde 6 inspired helm kit I will be offering later this month. These are pictures of the large size development prototype large being modeled by my 5-year-old son. The helm was chosen as a style as it requires no complex shaping and is entirely riveted...

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Greetings All, Here is a sneak preview of a Valsgarde 6 inspired helm kit I will be offering later this month. These are pictures of the development prototype large size being modeled by my 5-year-old son. The helm was chosen as a style as it requires no complex shaping and is entirely riveted const...

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Aww, you Bastitch!, I was holding out you would come back to the West! Do you think you might be coming to Twelfth Night? I had some things I wanted to show you.
Cheers, Erick

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Just remember to use only a Stainless Steel wire brush, or you will imbed steel into the surface and get all the rusty patina that comes with it, except it will have a grained effect. After that the only way to remove it is chemically such as through passivation. Same applies to grinding discs, etc....

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Greetings All, Just to let you know, many projects both at home and at work have dominated my time. If you are still waiting for an answer from me from last month or earlier please email me again. My apologies to appear unresponsive. I am not the kind of person to look up an old email to pester some...

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Greetings, I have more rivets now and I have gone to the post office to get some of those flat rate envelopes. Looks like the kits will fit, my only concern is the thin material the envelope is made of. I will try to send a few out with these with a couple of wraps of strapping tape so they don't pa...

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Greetings, Sorry this seemed to stop mid stream. But I have been busy every evening and the last three weekends constructing several woodworking projects including seven Glastonbury chairs for Mari and her lord Gemini's soon to open Western martial arts school. Their grand opening is this weekend, S...

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Greetings- To those who have made recent inquiries into the availability of the kits. I have some thirty pair in both large and small, but I need to get more rivets to include with the kits and I am looking into the flat rate shipping envelopes the Post Office is offering now so that I may simplify ...

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Yeah, Dmitriy, he is probably here already, at least I hope he is as his entire Pennsic encampment is riding around in the back of my truck since I picked it up at Purg. He is going to be teaching at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey awhile. I will email you the pictures Tuesday or so. Thanks ag...

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That would be great, Dmitriy, could you grab the pictures of the klapvisor I made for Prova and the picture Montoya posted of it on her? I will get off my proverbial butt and get you words for the site, I have been collecting pictures of my earliest works, I have a couple of shots of the rayonny buc...

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Greetings, Just an update, as you can imagine I missed my intended completion date. My lady wife and I spent most free time the last two weeks in August with Mari and her team completing the incredible garb for my lady and I to wear to Purgitorio. Many thanks to everyone for thier efforts, it meant ...

More V6 helm kits available x-post

More V6 helm kits available

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Sneak peek at new helm kit (large download) x post

Sneak peek at new helm kit (large download)