There is a technique of thermal cycling O2 that produces very Wootz-like results. It's in the experimental stage now, but results are very promising. It's...
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Maggie Allen
maggiea@...
Jun 2, 2001 5:06 pm
... not ... Fascinating!! And yet it hasn't come up that I recall on the several metal lists I follow. Mind if I cross-post this topic? All of your inputs are ...
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rmhowe
mmagnusm@...
Jun 3, 2001 10:15 pm
Happened on this today: Hald, Margrethe Primitive shoes. An archaeological-ethnological study based upon shoe finds from the Jutland Peninsula. Used Books: 1-1...
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txmomsman2001@...
Jun 4, 2001 12:06 am
Im really into the leather aspect of the SCA and would love to get some patterns of tankards and jacks but havent been able to find any . A friend of mine...
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rmhowe
mmagnusm@...
Jun 4, 2001 1:12 pm
... I have an old book on Tokio from not long after it changed names. It's full of stories and pictures from the period. I collect the currency of the era, and...
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Marc Carlson
marc-carlson@...
Jun 4, 2001 5:24 pm
I have some questions for the people who use the website "footwear of the middle ages". As part of the ongoing "latest changes" to the Footwear website, I was ...
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TarbhLW@...
Jun 4, 2001 5:56 pm
Marc, Your proposed changes sounds most workable. I like the idea of text at the beginning. Uilliam A tire is only flat on the bottom....
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Big Jim
jebyrd@...
Jun 4, 2001 6:41 pm
... mail ... Most leather Eankards of the Medieval period were simply cylinders with a leather bottom. You form a cylinder of the desired length and diameter...
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Grooby, Peter
peter.grooby@...
Jun 4, 2001 9:23 pm
... I'd be interested in seeing any documentation for cylindrical leather tankards with separate handles.Where did you get this from? I'm genuinely interested....
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Grooby, Peter
peter.grooby@...
Jun 4, 2001 10:18 pm
... I've been doing some research and construction in this area recently. The best resource you will find is a book by Oliver Baker, called Black Jacks and...
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Michael Sheldon
msheldon@...
Jun 4, 2001 11:00 pm
... could provide them for other jack makers. If there is any interest, what do people think would be a fair price?<< I don't know what a fair price would be,...
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Grooby, Peter
peter.grooby@...
Jun 4, 2001 11:31 pm
... The exchange rate between US and NZ dollars will probably make it cheap for you :^) It would depend on what sort of wood I use. Currently I'm just making...
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Michael Sheldon
msheldon@...
Jun 5, 2001 12:10 am
... For what the cost of shipping would probably be, I'd likely spring for hardwood. I might also spring for more than one form... (different size/type) ...
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Grooby, Peter
peter.grooby@...
Jun 5, 2001 12:30 am
... No problem. If you send me a cardboard profile of the shape you want, I can make up a form to match it. ... I bought a 2nd hand lathe especially for this,...
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Grooby, Peter
peter.grooby@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:12 am
... I've updated the image with an indication on how it is joined together, to hopefully clarify this: ...
4549
bloodsng@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:15 am
The old MAKE IT WITH LEATHER had some very good articles on Bombers and Jacks including a history of them and patterns the only problem was finding the pitch...
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Michael Sheldon
msheldon@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:37 am
... leather that gets wrapped into a loop with the two tear drop shapes filling in the oval on either end.<< Ah! Now I see! I'm not sure you'd need an inside...
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Grooby, Peter
peter.grooby@...
Jun 5, 2001 2:34 am
... To give an indication I've uploaded another rough picture, this time of a jack form and the approximate pattern piece one might use with it to : ...
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Tim Bray
tbray@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:52 am
To Gregrory Stapleton: I was perusing your pics from the Bata Shoe Museum and found one I would love to make. Page 1, next-to-last row, the calf-high boot...
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Neil Carr
neil@...
Jun 5, 2001 8:05 am
... Some period examples (all of the barrel-shaped type) online: http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits/aman10/i5_0040.htm that's from Gaston Phoebus' book...
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Marc Carlson
marc-carlson@...
Jun 5, 2001 12:39 pm
... Good question. Particularly if you will notice that the Toggles come down so far on the side, it looks like they don't connect to anything. Marc...
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cptkay@...
Jun 5, 2001 7:33 pm
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cptkay@...
Jun 5, 2001 7:41 pm
I would be interested a tankard and a bombard form from you, if you are willing to do this! Let me know total cost and shipping to California, and i will send...
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Ron Charlotte
ronch2@...
Jun 6, 2001 1:34 am
... Tankards are pretty much a straight cylinder with a bottom plug sewn in. The handle is just an expansion of the side seam. An actual miter joint on the...
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Ron Charlotte
ronch2@...
Jun 6, 2001 2:53 am
... That bottle comes from the Museum of Leathercraft collection and is one of the plates in Waterer's _Leather Craftsmanship_. I'd be more specific, but my...
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Tim Bray
tbray@...
Jun 6, 2001 7:10 am
... Damn... I was sort of hoping you could explain it to me. Perhaps I will simply ignore it and make the boot without the strap. I hate doing that, though,...
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Marc Carlson
marc-carlson@...
Jun 6, 2001 1:50 pm
... Oh, sure, that's the strap you use to attach the toe to the knee.... *ahem* ... If we can get Gregory to answer his mail, maybe he will know, since he's...
4561
bloodsng@...
Jun 6, 2001 5:04 pm
3- 5 in ones 2- 2 in ones deep throat singer sewing machine with swing foot adler deep throat sewing machine with swing foot Landis K out stitcher and much...
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rmhowe
mmagnusm@...
Jun 6, 2001 8:00 pm
... Traditionally, this is done on Arabic/Indian/French copper vessels. First you clean them extremely well, then you pour in molten Tin when the vessel is at...
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rmhowe
mmagnusm@...
Jun 6, 2001 8:18 pm
The way the Williamsburg guys make the bottoms of their molded stuff is to soak the leather and put it between metal rings of approximately 3/16" by 3/4"...
