Hello All, Hope everyone had a great Rowany Festival! I'm still de-dusting but it certainly wasn't as bad as the previous year. I can't find my pewter casting...
Latvian museum site. They have over 500 samples of different amber, a small hoard of coins from a stash hidden in 1560 and an entire woman's jewellery...
http://www.regia.org/wiglaf.htm Takes you to Wiglaf, the village metalworker for Regia Anglorum. At the bottom are two more links to more details on...
http://www.ancienttouch.com/ Started searching for 14 century necklaces (haven't forgotten Duncan!) and after a quick look through the '7000 years of...
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/Tool-Making-art.html This is a recent addition to the florilegium site. Recently I've had two people come into my...
Can you guys explain 'puddling' & 'pig iron' to the non-armouring types on this list? When you say 'puddling' I keep thinking of Jemmima Puddleduck :) Tyghra...
... Well you can't expect him to take photo's of himself blacksmithing ... B EOM NOTICE - This message and any attached files may contain information that is...
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I'll find out. B ... From: turnern@... [mailto:turnern@...] Sent: 24 Nov 2004 6:44 AM To: Metallum_Lochac@... ...
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I would have thought that the pigs would need to be puddled first to form wrought iron. do you happen to know the composition of the iron? Cheers Sigurd ...
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Blaeney said ... Which effectively means that *I'll* be writing it up ;-) ... Thanks, see you there *waves* Tyg...
... The only cost is an agreement to write up the experience for cockatrice (preferably with pictures). I can bring them to Yule, no probs. I'll bring one of...
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Hi All, I would love english sources. Failing that French or Burgundian would be useful. The major problem I have is that there appears to be no surviving...
Blaeney offered - ... Hmmm...a little too big for me to work with I'm afraid! Although, the work I'm doing on the new b&b coronets is giving me more...
If anyone is interested in having a go at real base level authenticity, I've just found that we are transporting pig iron ingots and hot briquetted iron...
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Duncan asked ... Hi Duncan, If you could give us a country/culture to work with it would narrow down the choices dramatically! Cheers...Tyghra...
Sigurd asked ... Sorry I've been slow in replying. Having a computer re-configured, re-networked and goody, a new cd drive. The boss reckons the Delft Clay...
Hi All, I have been asked about what women wore in the way of necklaces in the 14thC. So far I have only been ble to find a couple of pctures of what could be...
So what is your price on the 2 kg pack of delft clay? I wouldn't want the rings. Cheers Sigurd "Tyghra na Tintagel" <tyghra_@...> 04/11/2004 23:52 ...
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Blaeney, The tumbling folk at work suggest steel shot as the medium for tumbling your rivets. The video list as promised - All About Soldering Complete...
Another product I'm keen to try is Delft Clay. A designer goldsmith from Delft, Hans Karreman, developed this. The kit comes with 2x 60mm diam aluminium rings...
http://www.ancienttouch.com/roman%20gold%20jewelry.htm ... The rest of the description goes on to say that the 'pupils' of the eye shaped pieces are...
I should add to the last message that I have never built or used a gas furnace of the type discussed so sizes are a guess not a professional or for that matter...
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I run a gas forge and they are very simple to build. Ron Reil has some good burner information and the ceramic liner is easy to get and work with. I would use...
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All the above will probably work. Most drag and cope arrangements have a set of clamps or pins and fixing wedges to hold them together. Depending on the...
Try finding King Agamemnons funerary mask about 500 bc found in Myceni. Spelling is probably all over the place. It is a fantastic example of early repouse...
Just did a Google on "Roman Repousse Matrix" and got http://www.ancienttouch.com/roman%20gold%20jewelry.htm which has the following description about the...
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The pictures on that particular link were actually of the "Pressblachs" (Matrices) which were indeed cast and what I wanted to cast. However, the foils are...
