[Ponte Alto] Punch tester in Storvik

[David Chessler]

As promised, I have completed a punch tester for rapier armor. I have 
not yet tried it, because I'm waiting for glue to dry, but it should 
be strong enough without glue.

I will bring it to Storvik practices, Monday evenings in college 
park, and will leave it in my car so I should have it every Monday 
that I attend.

It took about an hour to make. That does not include 3 quarters of an 
hour to find a 1" threaded plastic pipe cap in Home Depot.

Cost was about $5 for the 3" male adapter and the 1" cap. I had the 
rest of the stuff in my garage and basement. The 18-inch 1-inch pipe 
nipple is worth about $4. I used a 5/32 drill bit for the punch. Not 
quite as precise, perhaps, but pretty close. That's worth about $3. 
Some hardware stores will sell 2-foot lengths of 2" pipe, but I had 
some left over from some repair, so I don't know what it's worth.



--

Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
Goldsmith's Agent
Factor in the lands of the Mughuls
Coral and Emeralds from Inde and Serendip

The straight thrust and the disengage with the foil,
and the simple cutting attack with the sabre, if
done properly with distance, cannot be parried.
                         ---Julio Martinez Costello