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Rebuilding an SCA Poleaxe
Sir Rodney:
With the head reassembled, it's time to move on to the taping. First, the fiberglass reinforced packing tape for strength.
Next, the duct tape for some added strength and overall finished effect.
Sir Rodney:
I could leave well enough alone at this point and start hitting my friends with the polearm, but I always like to make things more difficult than necessary. I'll be using colored Plasti-dip to jazz up the weapon and make it appear as realistic as possible for SCA combat.
I started by masking off the "langets" to appear contiguous with the head.
I then started applying many thin coats of Plasti-dip (manufactured in Minnesota :) ) allowing ample time to cure between each coat.
Down time was filled by reapplying boiled linseed oil to the haft in order to even out the finish on some dinged up areas.
These two simple products, and a little extra time, can bring your SCA weapon as close to the real thing as possible.
Sir Rodney:
After many (6+, I lost count) coats of Plasti-Dip gun metal grey, I experimented with the Plasti-Dip "smoke" color shaker can I found at the hardware store. Approximately three coats of the "smoke" was applied and I found it a little too dark for my liking. So I laid down another coat of gun metal grey, then reapplied two thin coats of "smoke". This looked better to my eye. Your mileage may vary.
After I was satisfied with the color, the "langet nail heads" were applied with a black Sharpie marker. A single layer of contrasting color duct tape (red) was then applied on all the cutting / stabbing / smashing surfaces.
The poleaxe is now completely inspected, rebuilt and ready for another 12 months of smacking my friends! :)
Thorsteinn:
Nice!
Have you ever made on just using the Vitus or Uncle Olaf method?
Ian:
So now that it's all pretty again, how much life do you expect to get out of a head like that? Are you fighting once a week on average with it?
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