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Jean Thibodeau
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Posted: Mon 06 Feb, 2012 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Sean Flynt wrote: | Yes! I'm back in bidnis thanks to a generous colleague who also revealed a complete machine shop in our science facilities, 50 yards from my office! I might learn to weld after all. I thought Vulcan was tormenting me but maybe he was just trying to steer me to the next level. |
A complete machine shop 50 yards away that you didn't know about.
Have you started yet thinking of the possibilities if you can use that machine shop or have project pieces made to speck!
At the very least guards and pommels, rondel daggers blades etc ..... And if they have heat treating facileties ...... JOY !
Oh, early halberds & polearms.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Sean Flynt
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Adam Bodorics
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Posted: Tue 07 Feb, 2012 3:51 am Post subject: |
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Not to derail the topic, just saying that I made this with less tools, so that's actually a great setup for armouring IMO.
Also wanted to say that I enjoy your projects very much, you execute these with remarkable precision.
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Sean Flynt
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Sean Flynt
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Posted: Wed 08 Feb, 2012 10:53 am Post subject: |
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I stated earlier that I thought this guard form is not always roped. I was thinking more of side-guards in general, I guess, because as I look more in detail at this exact form I'm not yet seeing any that are not filed. It might be a geographically distinctive type (more than just "German," I mean) that really does require this treatment.
The first image I posted in this thread doesn't seem to show a filed guard but it's not exactly the same type of guard either.
On the other hand, my pommel is an unusual match for the guard as well, so it's already an outlier.
On yet another hand (that's three ) roping would eliminate some of the minor surface flaws of the guard--pits, nicks, etc. Could I do it in a way that harmonizes with the less complex pommel? Hmmmm...
-Sean
Author of the Little Hammer novel
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Hammer-Sean-Flynt/dp/B08XN7HZ82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=little+hammer+book&qid=1627482034&sr=8-1
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Adam Bodorics
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Posted: Fri 10 Feb, 2012 1:51 am Post subject: |
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As far as I can see, these pommels are more or less the same width as the blades, and somewhat "squished". Your pommel seems that wide but spherical, which would mean that you probably have enough material there to reshape and spiral-file it and still get a proper PoB (that is, if the blade is comparable to the originals). This of course would make most your previous work on the pommel go waste (which would be a shame as it's very nice), but you have to decide what do you want exactly.
I like it as it is now, and I'm almost certain that with enough digging you'd find something from that period looking like your current version. Also I might be completely wrong.
(ps.: thanks for the compliment, I just mixed up several stuff I liked and tried to keep it Gothic, never had any idea that there's comparable historical armour.)
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Sean Flynt
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Mark T
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Posted: Fri 30 Mar, 2012 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Sean Flynt wrote: | Progress on the gaurd and pommel, |
Looks good!
Sean Flynt wrote: | and a new blade(!). |
Do tell! What's this one? And what happended to the Dürer? Another project?
Chief Librarian/Curator, Isaac Leibowitz Librarmoury
Schallern sind sehr sexy!
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Julien M
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 1:39 am Post subject: |
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Hey Sean,
Quiet excited by this project of yours and looking forward to see further developments.
What's the new blade? Full length pictures are "de rigueur"!
Did you get a chance to weld your guard quillons?
Please go to your workbench asap:)
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Luka Borscak
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 2:21 am Post subject: |
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Is that Windlass 15th century longsword blade?
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Sean Flynt
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Posted: Sat 31 Mar, 2012 6:21 am Post subject: |
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the guard is repaired and looking good. i got a WS 15th c sword in the mrl deal of the day, tried the blade on this hilt and liked it better, albeit with a shortened ricasso. the 15th c sword pommel is the srew-on type, not drilled through, so if you want to keep longsword proportions with a proper pommel you need to create new tang somehow. might make the lower half of the blade lenticular.
as for the dürer, i'm thinking about using that with the modified 15th c guard and an a&a "doorknob" pommel. I'd take some inspiration from that wonderful longsword in the wallace collection, Julien!
-Sean
Author of the Little Hammer novel
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Hammer-Sean-Flynt/dp/B08XN7HZ82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=little+hammer+book&qid=1627482034&sr=8-1
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Sean Flynt
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Posted: Thu 14 Jun, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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My progress on this project barely counts as progress at all. Still, I think it's time to put away the files as far as the guard is concerned. Here's the before/after.
This was doing it the hard way, for sure. Those of you blessed with welding education will wonder why I went to all this trouble for a bar and ring. Alas, I don't weld, but learning is on my wish list.
I feel better about the work looking at these side-by-side. It's a transformation, if a bit flawed. My plan is to blue the hilt, partly to hide some pitting but also because blackening was a common hilt treatment on German longswords/sabers in this period and I like the look.
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-Sean
Author of the Little Hammer novel
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Hammer-Sean-Flynt/dp/B08XN7HZ82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=little+hammer+book&qid=1627482034&sr=8-1
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Mark T
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Posted: Sat 16 Jun, 2012 1:26 am Post subject: |
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Great stuff, Sean ... looking forward to the next update!
Chief Librarian/Curator, Isaac Leibowitz Librarmoury
Schallern sind sehr sexy!
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Sean Flynt
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Mark T
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Posted: Fri 14 Sep, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Love it! Watching this project unfold is like getting surprise presents in the mail.
Chief Librarian/Curator, Isaac Leibowitz Librarmoury
Schallern sind sehr sexy!
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Jean Thibodeau
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Posted: Sat 15 Sep, 2012 12:36 am Post subject: |
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Great work and a tremendous upgrade from nice to spectacular.
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Christopher Finneman
Location: Sartell Minnesota Joined: 20 Mar 2006
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Posted: Fri 21 Sep, 2012 8:55 am Post subject: |
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Always a pleasure looking and reading of your projects.
Thanks Sean
Proudly it stands until the worlds end. The victorious banner of love.
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