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Monkey Jaw
Long, long ago… When I first joined the SCA, I had wanted to start fighting with all the heavys. I made armour, and went to fight practice…and eventually built my own helm. Its a nasty piece of work as I really had no idea what I was doing. The welding job was pretty bad (Having [...]
Pierce Work Lantern
Years ago at Clinton war (I forget which year) I entered the A&S war point challenge. That years challenge was to build period lighting. I decided to build a peirce work lantern using scrap duct work I had lying around my shop. I can no longer find the original image of the period [...]
Lock v1.2 Metal Prototype
Ok, I finaly finished the working metal prototype. I learned a boat load of things about building locks, and I look forward to building a finished lock for the skid chest. Got some ideas about decoration for the lock plate… Turnips will be included. I added the leaf spring, bolt block and a spring block.. These [...]
Clenched Nails v1.0
Since I have made my own hinges for the skid wood chest (the style is called a hutch) I am loath to use screws to fasten the hinges down. I want to use a clenched nail, but will not spend good money on real hand wrought nails, if I can bodge something passable. Plus I have [...]
