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armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:02 am

Hi all

Just wanted to let you know if you are looking to buy and boffer weapons, armor (steel and Leather) take a look at my photobucket page and see some of my past commissions.
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/Leadlancer/

If interested you can post here or shoot me an email at
armsman70@att.net.

Hope to hear from you .

Pat Marshall

armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:44 am

This si a pic of my favorite sword, Harvest.

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Made with 3/4" pvc, 5/8" pipe insulation. Shaped the guard with blue camp foam from Walmart and wrapped handle with black hockey tape. It is the best boffer i have made.

Pat Marshall
armsman70@att.net

armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:52 am

Just thought I give a show of the workshop.

Its about 14' x 25' .

Gisiebob · by **Gisiebob** on Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:25 pm

you use drills and clamps and hammers?

and although I will never applaud round blades, you do have reason to be proud of your craftsmanship. I might suggest connecting the guard and the pommel on your basket hilts, though. it may make them stronger in the long run.

armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:12 pm

Harvest has been bashed around for a good two years now. Thanks for the advice on the guard, but underneath is a nice plastic so it bounce back into shape if hit.
As for the drills and clamps and hammer, well I use them mostly when I'm armouring, metal seems to not fly around when clamped as I drill or hammer.

Pat marshall

armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:49 pm

As for flatblades. I have always wanted to try it it is just that I have a whole case of the 5/8" foam lol. No seriously I have tried it but they came out looking like oars. I will try again when it warms up, the shop is a fridge right now and my forge is out of commission for the time being so no heat. Any tips you might have would be welcome.

http://quicksilverarmoury.webs.com/

Gisiebob · by **Gisiebob** on Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:20 pm

at my field the standard is polyethylene pipe insulation around the core and then a half-pipe of insulation as the blade layer.

also, is it hard plastic in the basket hilts? seems like that might shatter...

armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:03 pm

Plastic is from a old rubber made lid, keeps it shape but has some flex. I was going to use barrel abs plastic but it seemed a bit thick, could shave some off though.

DoomRater · by **DoomRater** on Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:44 pm

You have so much more equipment than I do. My father's garage would be perfect for weaponsmithing if I wanted to get into it as a business, but as it stands I would not be able to build such high quality weaponry without a lot of patience, which I do not have.

For my flat swords I actually cut down pool noodles with a band saw. It takes a bit of aiming and precision to cut em right, though.

hippieshopper · by **hippieshopper** on Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:42 pm

Do you make shields?

I know that's probably a silly question but I still have to ask.

armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:46 pm

Yeah, I can make shields just need to know what you wanted. I use corrogated plastic for round shields and bucklers and i use plywood for heaters and kite shields. All are padded and the edging dressed in pipe insulation.

Pat

Cole Caecus · by **Cole Caecus** on Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:56 am

How much do you charge for your armor? and do you make any other kind of leather armor, such as studded leather? Something flexable but somewhat sturdy?

armsman70 · by **armsman70** on Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:36 am

Yeah I make leather armor. The cost depends on what you want and what material are used. Shoot me an email for more info.
armsman70@att.net

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