RQP rattan sword fittings

[Halvgrimr]

Anyone use them?
If so what do you think of them?

https://www.quietpress.com/SCAswordfittings.html

[Peikko]

I can't remember these ever being available...

[InsaneIrish]

I've seen a set before, at war. Honestly I wasn't to impressed. You can get aluminum, brass or pewter of similar design for roughly the same price.

[Halvgrimr]

uh, no you cant
RQP are $30 for the set
The aluminum ones are $30 for a pommel and then $30 for a quillion ($60 a set)

What Im wanting them for is mostly looks anyway

[Greenshield]

You might want to give them a call H. These have been on his site for awhile now and I have never seen them listed as 'in stock'. That being said, I've been steering clear of RQP for a few years now do to a severe downturn in quality.

Just my 2c

Cam

[Halvgrimr]

Sigh
OK
My problem is Im wanting to get back into A grade kit with a D grade budget right now:)

I guess Ima have to take is slow and steady instead:)

ARRRRRRHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGG!

I WANNA BE LIKE CAMRIC WHEN I GROW UP!

[Halbrust]

Is building your own not an option?

It doesn't seem like a hard thing to do compartively to many or most armouring projects. I could be totally wrong though

[Francisco Lopez de Leon]

you could probably make a hilt and pommel with some scrap leather, if you really needed to pimp your kit on a budget....

For the pommel, make two discs with tabs, almost like langets, protruding from them. Then, take a strip of leather and stitch it around the circumference of the discs, leaving a hole where the langets are for the insertion of the rattan sword's tang. Decorate as you see fit. Boil/glue-harden as needed. Throw a bolt through the centre of the discs, or just fiber-tape the bastard on and there you go. Repeat the process for the hilt.

Advantage: You can paint/decorate the leather in any way you see fit. Cost: whatever pieces of leather you or your housemates have lying around.

This is what I'm going with as soon as I get my gauntlets back from my squire brother, who's servicing them.

[Halvgrimr]

Thanks for all the input guys
Once I get the Knotwolf helm and the Calontir Trim Lamellar paid off I should have a better budget to deal with:)

Was just in a rush to look pretty before GW
Ive come to terms with the reality that that isnt happening so Im not as wound up about it:P

[AEiric Orvender]

you could probably make a hilt and pommel with some scrap leather, if you really needed to pimp your kit on a budget....

This is what I do for my hilts, I use 12-13 oz leather glued in layers thne carves to shape, once shaped I cover with very thin goat or calf skin scraps the results work wells and last a long time.

[InsaneIrish]

Was just in a rush to look pretty before GW
Ive come to terms with the reality that that isnt happening so Im not as wound up about it:P

You want to borrow my aluminum hazelnut pommel and crosshilt?

[Halvgrimr]

I was about to say yes until I remember you have giant hands and your weapons are harder than hell to hold:)

We can talk about it later, you going to RUSH this weekend?

[InsaneIrish]

I was about to say yes until I remember you have giant hands and your weapons are harder than hell to hold:)

We can talk about it later, you going to RUSH this weekend?

You have me confused with someone else. I make my swords almost exactly like dongal does. Only my grips are a bit shorter than his.

No RUSH for me, to many projects to do before Gulf.

[Blackoak]

I WANNA BE LIKE CAMRIC WHEN I GROW UP!

Then you need to remember to NOT grow up.

Uric