Armour Night 03-19-2009

Had a good time Thursday night at Zach's Armour Night, decided to take a break from planishing the right greave and switched over to shaping the left greave, got some good work in. Even with the new forms it is a real bitch to get the metal to move the way you want it too.




Have decided to trade my Klapvisor Bascinet for a grilled Kettle/Pot helm and I am in the planning stages for either a Close Helm/Armet or Burgonet helm for Heavy Rapier/Cut & Thrust Combat. Wanting to make it out of 410 Spring Stainless instead of the 4130 to help with rust prevention. Going to see about getting the helm top from Rough from the Hammer and working on the rest myself (with help of course) and hoping to find someone local to weld the 410 pieces together. Jason suggested getting the piece professionally heat treated (like he did on his scales) as it doesn't cost that much and it is going to be going on the noggen.

Work has gotten a whole lot better with our new Pharmacy Manager, he actually cares about work and we have been working hard at getting it cleaned up and reorganized. Mary is leaving for Germany next Sunday, but we are going on vacation when she gets back, so should be fun.