[Ansteorra] Gauging interest for a Cut Test BBQ

[Jean Paul de Sens]

>From what I've read (no citations at hand) it was pretty much all across the
board depending upon what "impurities" (i.e. other elements) where in the
local ores.  There are pieces from the time periods that the museums have
cut and cross sectioned to look at the crystal structures that show
hardening and tempering was done to the armor pieces.  The interesting part
on that is that some of the pieces that show heat treating marks where
pretty much mild steel, with not nearly enough carbon to substantially
harden.

That's what I remember from what I've read.

JP


Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.


On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:26 AM, James Crouchet <james at crouchet.com> wrote:

> Sounds like fun, though I am not sure I can attend. Any plans for video?
>
> I hope some of the samples involve skin and clothing so they have
> experimental as well as entertainment value. :-)
>
> BTW, anyone know what metal was being used in armor by the end of our
> period? Obviously it was not tempered stainless. Is our mild steel a good
> approximation of their state of the art? I know steel was in use for very
> small applications but did they make it in quantities sufficient for armor?
>
> Doré
> On Feb 15, 2011 4:18 PM, "Casey Weed" <seoseaweed at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a very special guest coming down to visit me from Minnesota the
> > weekend before Gulf War who has an extensive sword collection, is a
> friend
> > of world renowned sword maker Chris Poor, and shares my sick fascination
> > with grisly historic knowledge at the practical level. I'm considering
> > hosting an afternoon of cut tests and BBQ at my home in far north Austin
> > (Leander). I'd propose you bring your toys: soda bottles, cuir boulli
> > samples, tatami mats, pork sides, hog heads, riveted chain, padded
> > gambesons, artifacts, daggers, melons, maces, long bows, etc. and we go
> > after it all like a Gallagher concert for the criminally insane. With a
> > mind for safety and the lofty goal of greater clinical knowledge, of
> course
> > ("Honey, we are not a bunch of rednecks waving machetes in front of the
> > neighbors... this is *science*!").
> >
> > If you would be interested in spending a few hours maiming dead pig
> parts,
> > produce, Pepsi plastic, and sleep impedimenta followed by a little lunch
> of
> > Texas tastiness and perhaps an adult beverage let me know privately.
> >
> > Sharp swords + Ansteorrans + Week Before GW testosterone. The potential
> for
> > a "Hey y'all... watch this!" moment is simply too good for me to pass up.
> > I'm definitely inviting Don Aubrey.
> >
> > I wonder if my home owner's insurance has a clause for this kind of
> thing?
> >
> > Sir Dieterich
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