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Title: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-01, 00:17:38

Merc Tailer Nov sweepstakes!!!!!!!! can you believe it? awesomeness, if you haven't yet, order from http://www.merctailor.com/index.php for a Christmas present!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-01, 00:31:05

ug now i can't decide what i want

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Andrew on 2010-12-01, 00:56:20

Awesome Sir Wolf!

I just don't envy you on having to decide, Lol! :D

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Patrick on 2010-12-01, 02:49:29

Huzzah!  I am most envious!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Das Bill on 2010-12-01, 04:31:55

Sweet! Congrats!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Edward on 2010-12-01, 14:32:28

That's great! Let us know what you choose!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir William on 2010-12-01, 14:40:21

Awesome man, just plain awesome...so what're you gonna get?

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir James A on 2010-12-01, 15:04:21

Congrats!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Brian on 2010-12-01, 18:33:41

Sweet! Congratulations!  :)

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-02, 02:50:18

i don't know what to do.

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-02, 05:43:07

thinking its between

(http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1019.jpg)
http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1019.html

and
(http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1119.jpg)
http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1119.html

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Edward on 2010-12-02, 14:28:47

Those are both nice choices. Of course, a good set of gaunts is hard to come by, and those look great for a 14th C. kit!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir James (Fiat Lux) on 2010-12-02, 20:07:01

I'd have to say go with the gauntlets. Lucky bastard!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Patrick on 2010-12-02, 20:29:24

Gauntlets!  Gauntlets!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Ulrich on 2010-12-03, 08:03:50

I'd go after the gauntlets, they seem really nicely made.

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Gerard de Rodes on 2010-12-03, 20:39:41

Nice one Sir Wolf,
If you desperately need C14th gauntlets then they are the ones, but be prepared to do a few running repairs as you use them. The Klapenvisor helm, on the other hand, looks positively spiffing ( stereotyping myself there lol)
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Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir William on 2010-12-03, 20:42:21

Yea, those are really nice...so did you get'm, Sir Wolf?

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Brian on 2010-12-03, 20:48:55

My Dear Sir Wolf may I humbly suggest you choose the gauntlets as I already have that particular helm and those gauntlets look like they would go very well with it when I borrow them from you! :)

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-06, 02:10:49

hahaha nice!

ya i think i may just get them.  but then of course by getting the early 15thc GDFB breastplate i could have 2 full plates of armour standing in my basement heheh hmmmmmmmm

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir William on 2010-12-07, 00:08:27

What a lucky guy...!  :)

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-07, 13:11:36

welp, i emailed Hal at Therion. so we shall see what comes about :) exciting!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir William on 2010-12-07, 15:05:28

I like that helm too though...tough choice!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Brian on 2010-12-08, 12:46:24

Well if you go for the helm do you have an aventail already or will you need one as well? Conveniently Therionarms has those as well AND they just received some in since the one I ordered will be delivered tomorrow! :)

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir William on 2010-12-08, 16:05:22

I haven't visited Therion Arms in years...gonna have to see what he's up to.

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-08, 23:08:31

Quote from: Sir Brian on 2010-12-08, 12:46:24

Well if you go for the helm do you have an aventail already or will you need one as well? Conveniently Therionarms has those as well AND they just received some in since the one I ordered will be delivered tomorrow! :)

woohoo!!!!!!!!!! awesome!!!!!!!

no i would need to buy one. i really am thinking of getting a riveted coif and making a aventail out of it. but i dunno it does sound like a lot of work. hehehe

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Brian on 2010-12-09, 08:22:24

Well you could go that way, I wanted a riveted aventail as well for more authenticity but couldn't convince myself that being more authentic was reason enough to pay more money for the aventail than the actual helm!  ;)

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-12-09, 13:42:20

hmmmmmmmmm thats a good point there too

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Allan Senefelder on 2010-12-09, 13:58:08

Quote

Well you could go that way, I wanted a riveted aventail as well for more authenticity but couldn't convince myself that being more authentic was reason enough to pay more money for the aventail than the actual helm!

There is actually a reason for this in this case. GDFB is made in the " Stans " ( India, Pakistan, Afghanistan ) like alot or armour and in the case of much of it, MRL and what have you, they use alot of welding especially in helmets. This allows for minimal shaping skills to be applied as you're building helms from alot of smaller welded plates rather than two well shaped halves ( the visors on both GDFB and MRL sallets are made from three seperate parts welded together. The bowls of MRL sallet helmets are made from 8 different welded plates unles they've changed something lately ). With riveted maille, your not getting out of the building process, its not going to be sped up, you're still stuck with putting the ring on the piece, putting a rivet through the holes in the ring, pieing it closed ( pliers, hammer or what have you ) and repeating. The only cost savings there was shipping the manufacture to the third world, vs the plate where theres a double savings, third world manufacture and third world manufacturing via lots of welding and less shaping so the plate comes in lower than the maille.

The GDFB two piece breast plate isn't bad, i've seen it in person and the only problem which is pretty easy to fix is that its not actually two pieces. They hard riveted it together so with out the ability to collapse as it should it can be to long for some people. It takes little fix, removing, the fixed rivets, making a central slot on the top half, filling the old unecessary fixed rivet holes and riveting the top and bottom back together using the new central slot on the top made from the old fixed riveting hole and the original fixed riveting hole on the bottom and like magic you have articulation.

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir William on 2010-12-09, 15:31:36

He makes it sound so simple...lol

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2011-05-28, 03:45:50

(http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1019.jpg)
http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1019.html


they are on their way to me!!!!!!!!!!!! sweet!!!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Edward on 2011-05-28, 17:30:34

Nice, enjoy!

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Brian on 2011-05-30, 10:55:17

Very sweet! Great price as well! When are you going to let us see them in person so we can get the first rust spots on them with our drooling?  ;)

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2011-05-30, 14:35:10

hopefully MDRF. :) that is if i can get the rest of my kit together ehehhe

Title: Re: i won!
Post by: Sir James A on 2011-05-31, 05:02:50

Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2011-05-28, 03:45:50

(http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1019.jpg)
http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1019.html


they are on their way to me!!!!!!!!!!!! sweet!!!

I bet you'll be happy with them. Mine just came a couple weeks ago, and I'm impressed with the quality for the price. Congrats!