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KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« on: 2011-02-26, 15:12:22 »
http://www.kultofathena.com/new_items.asp

wow what a great price and style selection
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: 2011-02-26, 16:29:07 »
Nice! Maybe I need to get some, so that I can do minor repairs/adjustments when the time comes.
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: 2011-02-26, 16:42:11 »
great prices for sure. wish i had the cash.
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: 2011-02-26, 16:44:57 »
Most of it's not in stock at the moment anyway. :)
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: 2011-02-26, 17:16:40 »
SWEEET!! Man KOA just keeps getting better and better! :)
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: 2011-02-26, 20:40:13 »
Sure, now you can get the Mail Aventail in about a week!
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: 2011-02-26, 21:22:43 »
Just in time for my birthday (which is today). Good price too think I am going to get some.
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: 2011-02-26, 21:36:11 »
Hey Happy Birthday! :)
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: 2011-02-26, 22:08:19 »
Happy Birthday, Sir Ulrich! :)

Forgot to ask:  Does anyone know how many rings are in a typical coif?  I've been kicking around making one, and the prefab rings would speed things up a bit!

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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: 2011-02-26, 23:02:50 »

How many rings? Quite a lot. :) I know that's not a good answer. I might have to see if I can estimate what's in mine. I estimated that my entire aluminum set (hauberk + coif) is on the order of about 25,000 links, if I remember correctly.

Thought experiment: If the coif is about 25% the weight of the hauberk, the ratio would be 4:1, so 1/5 of the total... which would be about 5,000 links. That number sounds a little high. But I'm just guessing on the ratio at the moment, and in my case the coif has a particularly large mantle. I may have to take a close look at it and see if I can make a better estimate.
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: 2011-02-26, 23:11:32 »

Ooh, KOA also has the GDFB sugarloaf now, for only about $7 over wholesale:

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AB1340&name=Sugar+Loaf+Helmet

Tempting.
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: 2011-02-27, 01:24:16 »
Thanks guys.
I am thinking of just getting a ready made coif and modify it to fit me and add a chin and neck guard to it. That helmet is also quite tempting for that price.
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: 2011-02-28, 19:28:39 »
My guess would be 4k-5k rings also, depending on the size of the head, the size of the mantle, and if you make the part that they would tie around their lower face. A basic coif with small mantle is probably 3500-4000 rings, at 9mm diameter?

So glad to see them carrying them. I'm almost at the end of my patience messing with my butted mail shirt; seems like every time I tweak something, try it on for fitment, then take it off, 10 rings come off from random spots just by handling it. :(
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: 2011-02-28, 20:36:09 »
Sir James, I totally understand where you're coming from...it is for that very reason that I switched to a riveted hauberk a couple of years ago.  I experienced ring loss primarily under the arms and in the elbows of my previous mail shirt.
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Re: KOA has loose rings and pliers for rivetting!!!!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: 2011-02-28, 21:50:29 »

Boy, you said it. I hate losing rings like that. Every faire season I end up with a few on the floor-boards of my car.
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