I am interested in getting into live steel combat and armour smithing, both of which I have briefly dabled with in the past. I would like to touch base with people who wouldn't mind helping me in this dircetion, eg. tourneys, classes, resources, HELP. Are their people that do this out there?
For armoring, you'll probably get better answers if you post some specific questions on the armoring board. For live steel combat...heck, I know we've got some live steel folks who post here occasionally, but it's largely a den of decadent rattan fighters. Hopefully one of the live steel folks will offer their two bits. You can also take a look at the forums at the AEMMA site at http://www.aemma.org/index2.htm , they seem to have a lot of live steel folks.
Are their people that do this out there?