[MR] make your own armour cheap or free!

[logan]

ta dah!  no plastic (or any other modern materials required).  now, wasnt
that easy?

regards
logan

ps  guys im done on this topic so if anyone wants to argue go somewhere
where it matters.  if anyone wants to discuss things regarding training
fighters or coming to my house for assistance with your sca activities or
fighting please contact me privately at my address.  thanks.



-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of David Wendelken
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:05 AM
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: [MR] make your own armour cheap or free!



Vladimir and I have a standing offer for those who want to get equipped in
reasonable looking gear inexpensively.

We'll open up our shop and show you what you need to know in order to make
your own basic gear.

You either:

a) pay for the materials you use, or
b) make two sets and give us one to sell for the cost of both sets of
materials.

For example, making a helm will cost you between $15 and $20.

A helm, legs, arms, breast and back plate, half gauntlets and gorget will
cost you less than $100 in materials.

Or, if you make two sets, it won't cost you a thing.

You get the satisfaction of learning how to make your own armour, making it,
and showing it off to your friends. We get a new friend on the fighting
field.

Making reasonable looking armour just isn't that hard.
Vladimir made his first helm with a whopping 15 minutes of instruction.

The nice thing is, when you want to get fancier armour, you can either come
back and make yourself a better set or buy one from somewhere else. Then you
can sell the kit you made for what it cost you to another new fighter!

If you don't live near us, arrange to come down for a weekend to get
started.  You'll cut out the pieces and learn how to shape them. We'll send
you home with a stump for dishing the metal, your pieces and patterns, and
the necessary rivets to fasten them together.  You can finish it with simple
tools you can easily borrow or buy if you don't already have them. (A
ballpean hammer, a drill, a few clamps, and a piece of metal to pound rivets
against.)

Contact Info:

Andras Salamandra and Vladimir Davidovitch
David Wendelken and John Bailey
818 Azalea Drive
Fayetteville, NC 28301
910 677 0495
davewendelken at earthlink.net




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