You still working for HOJ? We started with brass at Enmore, I plated one of the projects with black rhodium last year... can't tell it was brass at all. One of...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Feb 19, 2012 11:40 pm
Yoinked from a post by Apollonia to the EKMG list. Although the Littleton Studio School is a little far away for many of us here, this is a good list of test...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Jan 28, 2012 5:58 am
Found by a metal detectoring mud lark along the Thames. Article and picture here - [1]http://m.apnews.mobi/ap/db_6722/contentdetail.htm?contentguid= 4Fauaahd ...
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tyghra_na_tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Oct 28, 2011 12:21 am
My, my how time does fly! Now that I actually have a proper workshop area, rather than a corner of a loungeroom or kitchen or somesuch, I'm flooded with jobs...
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Damien Jones
eiriktheeager
Dec 10, 2010 3:42 am
Thanks Tig, Â Very interesting! Â Cheers Eirik Thanks Tig, Very interesting! Cheers Eirik...
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Apollonia Voss
apolloniavoss
Dec 9, 2010 11:26 pm
Thanks for explanatory link, Tig. I'm a bit smitten with these objects now that I've seen one. :-) ~A Apollonia On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Tyghra na...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Dec 8, 2010 11:12 pm
It's a little early period for most of us, but those Romans certainly came up with some nifty ideas. I've just just discovered these and how they worked,...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Nov 30, 2010 11:12 pm
Christies latest catalogue of ancient jewellery. I skipped straight to the final pages and found Byzantine and Roman jewellery from the C5th-6th. ...
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DawsonCoins@...
dawsonleelewis
Feb 17, 2010 4:08 am
I'm in the Moneyer's guild in the Kingdom of Northshield and I think this is a good overview of the process. Here is a link to an article about someone who...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Feb 16, 2010 11:52 pm
The original questions are in the second email. ~ Tig...
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Scott B. Jaqua
sjaqua
Dec 15, 2009 5:13 am
... This is news, how? Blacksmiths have always recycled. Reworking existing metal items into something has been a blacksmith's stock and trade from the...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/medievalandrenaissance/sets/72157605459408246/ Courtesy of Apollonia on the EKMG list. These photos are part of a set taken...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Jul 24, 2009 1:42 am
The V&A are putting out some new books towards the end of the year. This one will be available through David Brown Books and Oxbow Books (same company just...
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eiriktheeager
May 20, 2009 12:33 am
Something interesting from the SCA-Moneyerss List http://www.coinlink .com/News/ ancients/ unique-items- ancient-coin- die-tiberius- 14-37-ad/ Cheers Eirik...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
May 15, 2009 2:49 am
A link to a make-your-own recipe glass bead release gunk. Forwarded from EKMG. http://glassbeadmakers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1000 ~ Tig...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
May 14, 2009 2:14 pm
Special listing of coin books that David Brown Books currently have in stock. Actually, most of them are over at oxbow books, their US branch. The prices on...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
May 8, 2009 2:23 am
http://ekmg.eastkingdom.org/docs/links.html Was just reminded about this page so I'm reminding you lot. Go and have a look. Good stuff there, especially with...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Apr 17, 2009 6:36 am
And yet another wonderful couple of files, just in from the EKMG. Amongst other items, pre 1600 blue Chinese beads found in Florida on St Catherine's Island, a...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Apr 16, 2009 2:43 am
Care of the wonderful Apollonia on the EKMG List, here is a link to the powerpoint presentation given by Doctor Hinton, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at...
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Lee Laver
leofricw
Mar 30, 2009 12:38 am
Thank you J Leofric From: Metallum_Lochac@... [mailto:Metallum_Lochac@...] On Behalf Of Tyghra na Tintagel Sent: Sunday, 29 March...
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Damien Jones
eiriktheeager
Mar 29, 2009 11:54 pm
Hi Ealdred,  Just cast in pewter. I've been given some silver, just have to make a small furnace for the required temps.  I've tried to make them look...
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Charles Anderson
charlesian2000
Mar 29, 2009 11:34 pm
Hi Tig, Dig a hole or get some dirt to make a bowl or trough. Get a length of pipe, make a valve for your vacuum, attach your vacuum to it and the pipe. Put...
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Catherine Milligan
cataragon
Mar 29, 2009 11:25 pm
If there are no collectors "Popular Mechanics" is a common holding in public libraries - I know my local library here in Christchurch subscribes, and has this...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Mar 29, 2009 8:40 pm
In response to someone else's query about where to buy/how to make a forge, came the following information from AEmilia. Thought it may interest some. If...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Mar 28, 2009 10:28 pm
Download this now before it disappears!!! Out of print and has been for yonks. It's the ants pants of medieval jewellery studies from it's time. Many of us...
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DawsonCoins
dawsonleelewis
Mar 27, 2009 12:53 am
Very nice. Did you strike them in silver, pewter or the other "white metal" (aluminum)? Ealdred of Malmesbury Shire of Coldedernhale Kingdom of Northshield ...
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eiriktheeager
Mar 19, 2009 1:57 am
Hi All, I've a coin bag that now jingles. ;-) I'm feeling quite chuffed. I've put a photo of the contents into my photos folder for your edification. Cheers ...
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Tyghra na Tintagel
tyghra_na_ti...
Mar 13, 2009 7:46 am
Thanks for the comparison :) I'd say the main reason for the (comparatively) higher price at A&E, remembering that pretty much everything is cheap on Ebay,...
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eiriktheeager
Mar 5, 2009 2:27 am
Hi All, As the header says I have had some success. A&E Metals - Good product, fast service and easy to use website ordering. Price wise though, A&E metals is...
