From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, if he wants to make it himself, he will need a
good strong pair of pairs of pliers, and lots of time.
You can buy bags of links fairly cheaply, I got a
thousand over in Canada whilst wandering about. Where
to get them in the UK, I will try to find out. You have
the
From: andrew, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is someone at Leeds Armouries who make chain mail, I saw him give
a demo on TV. Sorry don't know his name but I think he is one of the
conservators. He looks after the armour for the jousting demonstators as
well as the exhibits.
BTW, were you in Trident A
From: "landsnail", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are dedicated souls who still make it, not that I
can name them off-hand:
In the traditional method I have observed, the smith
makes a wire and winds it onto a mandrel to form what
looks like a spring.
Each turn of this spring is then clipped to mak
From: Nik Jones, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There was a firm called 'Raven Armoury' somewhere in the
south of England, that made it - a vest cost about L300
circa 1993. Directory Enquiries can give you their phone
number.
Nik Jones
Wrexham, UK
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From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Steve
I've recently put up a relevant file of my
recollections on:
http://www.drakenfels.org/georgeVI.html
which should be of interest. Churchill was debriefing
himself and my uncle and Monty on the darker side of
public life - which remains hidden
From: Noel Collyer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmm, basically your friend is in for a fun time. First
of all, is it to be used in re-enactment combat? If it
is, the original method was to make lots of rings by
wrapping wire around a bar & then cutting it. Then
the rings were interlinked and the two ends
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ask an obscure question, get an obscure answer... I know
very little about armour, but here are two companies who
advertise in Heritage magazine:
Battle Orders, 01323 485182
Museum Replicas Ltd UK, 0845 6021905
I've sometimes wondered how on earth they kept chain
mail cl
From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The significance of the ruling against self incrimination is that
it undermines all legislation involving "absolute offences" such as the
Firearms and misuse of drugs Acts. This is because it confirms the common
law presumption of innocence.
Sta
From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>1. Any constitution that requires an expert to find it let alone read it,
>is useless. If a moderately educated citizen is incapable of identifying
>and reading his own constitution, it does not exist in any meaningful
>manner.
Kenneth,
Our
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<< >Knives obviously pose a real risk, but generally people have to be
>stabbed many times to be killed. A single stab wound killing is quite
>unusual.
>>
Maybe for the untrained. However, I would much rather be shot than slashed
by an experienced knife user. T
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>The knotted revolver thing is a travesty, but let's
>not start hitting on Lennon's tunes - 'Imagine' is,
>as I recall, far & away the top ditty requested for
>funerals in the UK, so it obviously means a lot to
>many folks of a certain age, ie 50+ and past
From: Donald Campbell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Funny enough one of the IT engineers at one of my
client's sites was putting together a suit of chain
mail. He was hand making all the links and putting them
together manually. It was taking him a long time.
Many years ago I was involved in some role ga
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071800/met_3568307.html
Mostly a good article. Too bad it doesn't mention
research by Kleck, Lott, etc., showing that defensive
gun uses vastly outnumber gun crimes.
Have gun, will not fear it anymore
By
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I still find it hard to believe that the wrath of the parents
was not directed at the chief constable who made it possible
for the murderer to get his guns. He is an accessory to the
murders as he knew full well the character of that bag of
filth. I find it s
From: "david", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>The vast majority of 'Joe Public' I have spoken to don't feel it was a
travesty. The majority won. We lost.<
This posting and the others from Paul before it make me envy his ability to
come to terms with what has happened.
I don't know whether to classify him
From: "Paul McDermott", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Well, Paul, I think that you owe it to yourself, and
>the rest of your fellow citizens to first understand that none
>of you voted for anything. Was there in fact a plebiscite placed
>before all of the people, asking them to vote on the issue?
You can
From: "John Kime", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I noticed this on Yorkshire TV's Teletext local news pages
19th July.
OUTLAWED WEAPONS FIRED AT HQ
Lincolnshire Police's Chief Constable allowed visitors to his
police HQ just outside Lincoln to fire weapons outlawed by
arms legislation.
Ho
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I came across this at National Review's website and
thought you might find it of interest.
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment071800c.html
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From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You said - ' You can advertise gun clubs anywhere '.
Not true for some obscure reason you cannot advertise
shooting on TV its enshrined in one of the Broadcasting
Acts of the 1960's.
Regards
Jerry
--
Oh damn, better can the multi-million pound ad
From: "Jeff Wood", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Sukey wrote:
"You almost got it right. Edward VII was the reason that
"little Willie didn't start things off until 1914 as he was
scaredof his uncle. Edward VIII was the Nazi lover."
Quite right. There are too many Edwards to count properly.
"Wonde
Mother Accused Of Retribution Shooting After Son Was Slain
By Donna St. George and Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, July 14, 2000; Page B01
The mother of a young man gunned down on Martin
Luther King Jr.'s birthday observance, who had
grieved that her son's death went u
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>People aren't easily killed, generally
>speaking.
Agreed, some people survive against the odds, but I think you'd be
surprised at just how fragile people are, how *little* it takes to cause
death.
>Knives obviously pose a real risk, but generally pe
Right, I have unsurprisingly not been elected to the
NRA council, but Dick Horrocks has, so 50% isn't bad!
Steve.
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From: "Hugh Bellars", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've followed the recent debate about the 'knotted'
Colt Python statues in New York and London with interest. It
beats me why Colt have never tried to sue the artist for
infringement of their intellectual property rights. I
suspect that the answer is that
From: SADW, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The knotted revolver thing is a travesty, but let's
not start hitting on Lennon's tunes - 'Imagine' is,
as I recall, far & away the top ditty requested for
funerals in the UK, so it obviously means a lot to
many folks of a certain age, ie 50+ and past the point
of
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