... wrote: Hello! I have done tests with a additional feature for piercing/punching pliers that allows the ring to be removed from the piercing/punching bit...
Welcome Jouds! Can't wait to see your great butted projects in riveted :o) Some of the other already gaves you comments. From the distance your rings look very...
Well, mysteria about flattening ring with one strike disappeared right after I tried out a 5kg anvil instead of 1cm thick 0.5kg plate I used as a working...
Create a business or build on a business venture with a vision of success in mind. Your vision is an investment! Be adaptable, open-minded, and diversify your...
Considering some penetration tests, currently talking to the Royal Armouries about padding for archers jacks, need to know who makes the best riveted maille...
Perhaps Erik D. Schmid and too Pekka Passanen from Finland. Archers and mail is very interesting for me. I made a test about it but with a 50 pounds bow,it is...
... general use. ... mercenaries in Italy. ... possible, upon distance and piercing plate, I have more interest in testing the effectiveness of the garments...
"Mail on itself doesn't have a chance against arrows shot with ... and stretch area around the hit point" I´m not with you in that, maese Pekka. I´m sure the...
Hi everybody, If anyone is looking for a source for iron wire, www.wires.co.uk has very reasonable prices on bare iron wire in many different thicknesses....
Thanks,Pekka, but I think your mail or Erik are better than mine.But you are right, I love these tests with mail, now I enjoy it like to make mail. Rod, go to...
... If you would like to lend me that maille I will get it shot with the proper shaft out of a heavy war bow and record the proceedings before returning your...
The arrow weighs about 65-70 grames. How much is usual in an arrow of war? "If you would like to lend me that maille I will get it shot with the proper ... ...
... War shaft weights would run from the BLBS Standard Arrow (comparable to a light "flighting" arrow at a minimum weight of 802 grains (52 grams) but this is...
Hello Mark and Pekka, I bought a bunch of iron wire from those guys about a year ago and have been using it for my mail project. It made all the difference!...
Dangitt I just can't keep quiet anymore on this one. Let me chime in my 2 cents worth from some amatures here in the United States. We belong to local...
- Next test will be with a 100 pound bow on a ... Never, the arrows are dangerous, with mail and without mail. We love to see mail. Do you can post pictures of...
Get a side of pork, ribs and all and dress it up... :-) Helical fletching on a war shaft? C'mon guys.... I am waiting to hear from a contact at the Royal...
... A darn fine idea, and so long as we keep our shafts rubbed in olive oil, we can have a pig roast afterwards. ... I know I know.. but it's fun dangitt.. ......
... *** Yes, but it's not right. Would you want to hand fletch and whip on 300,000 helical fletchings? ... *** A lot more than you might think. Such as...
Hi Pekka, I had them shipped UPS Blue (two day) so it was about $20 to $50 USD for each shipment depending on weight. I live in Alaska so shipping was a ...
... No.. not ever. The helical fletched bodkin war arrow was born of nessecity. We do demonstrations at a local Rennaisance festival, and the range is only...
... What? A helical flu flu? Strange how folks think a helical really slows down a shaft. I have shot otherwise identical shafts for distance into a screaming ...
... No jig, hand fletched. Each fletch wraps 120 degrees or 1/3 of the shaft circumference. The fletch feather is over an inch tall and 6 inches long and...
... ***** Wrong. Not for hard targets such as plate. You might be carefree about soft targets but armoury shafts were be made to auniform standard. Mark...
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