Fw: [EK] Fw: [TheForge] Cannon reproduction

Sun Jul 27 23:16:01 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maeryk" <[email protected]>
To: "East Kingdom" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [EK] Fw: [TheForge] Cannon reproduction


> Okay.. fresh back from southern region, where I got to play with my new
> toys..
>
> Graywolf makes really neat stuff.. its almost entirely 14th C or so.. (Im
> not knocking it.. I have two of them myself, and will be getting a third).
> He makes very very good things. For later period handgonnes.. Sykes, as
> Aleksandr said, is the way to go.. ordered three gonnes, apostles, and
> slow-match from them on the phone Tuesday, had it in hand and smoking on
> Thursday via mail.. you cannot beat that with a stick.
>
> However.. there are people out there who will actually make you a
lapstrake
> period barrel..that is sleeved.. but expect to pay about 10K per _tube_..
I
> dont know about you.. but my hobby is not worth that much.
>
> Websearches will reveal a wealth of knowledge.. everything from people
> selling nice tubes, to how to build your own. (our big baby, Doom..was
> built out of seamless pipe rated for nuclear plant steam usage, with a
> welded in powder chamber milled out of a solid piece of steel).
>
> I highly reccomend making your own. It gives you a sense of ownership and
> love of the gonne you will not otherwise have. And you must love your
> gonne.. remember.. these things, unlike most other SCA things.. can kill
> you. Dead. Quickly. it only takes one mistake.
>
> If anyone wants any further info, please contact me privately.. I will be
> very happy to answer any and all questions you have regarding our gonnes,
my
> handgonnes, and my experiences with them. But I dont want to bore the list
> with my ramblings any further.
>
> Maeryk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aleksandr called the Traveller" <[email protected]>
> To: "East Kingdom" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [EK] Fw: [TheForge] Cannon reproduction
>
>
> > Also Syke's Sutlering, & Black Rose Creations, now under the ownership
of
> > Don Terrence and Lady Raffiella of Barren Sands, who sell a full line of
> > everything a period gunner needs, from handcannon and haqbusses through
> > wheel -locks and dog-locks, and, I believe post-period firearms, full
kit
> > (powder flasks, bandoliers fitted with apostles and shot pouch, match
and
> > the like at Pennsic, the site, usually, of handgonne safety and proper
use
> > classes - first merchant outside the door to the main showers.
> >
> > Also on the web http://www.sykesutler.com/,
[email protected]
> > , 609-926-1297
> >
> > They also carry a pretty good line of books on the subject and on
> > late-period reeenactment, Terrance's impressive museum-typology-based
> > fencing gear and hand-made late-period clothing.
> >
> >
> > At 09:27 AM 7/17/2003, you wrote:
> > >Contact Graywolf the Gonner at [email protected]  and at
> > >http://www.handgonnes.com
> > >
> > >He makes everything from a small hand held gonne to a several hundred
> pound
> > >cannon, and has excellent resources and research.
> > >
> > >Oskar
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
> > >To: "East Kingdom" <[email protected]>
> > >Cc: <[email protected]>
> > >Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:20 AM
> > >Subject: [EK] Fw: [TheForge] Cannon reproduction
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Well, Maeryk, interestingly enough, I had just gotten the following
> email
> > > > through my mundane smithing List, from a guy down in Oz. Anybody got
> any
> > > > references they can direct him to?
> > > >
> > > > Shannell, I'm ccing you- I just sent this over to one of my SCA
Lists,
> > >since
> > > > they've been discussing cannon.
> > > > I'll be fwding you another email, about what they're up to ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Phlip
> > > >
> > > > "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> > > >  Blacksmith's credo.
> > > >
> > > >  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not
a
> > > > cat.
> > > >
> > > > Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> > > > And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
> > > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:35 AM
> > > > Subject: [TheForge] Cannon reproduction
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I am doing the hardware on some 19th century cannons for a guy,
very
> > > > similar
> > > > > to this one
> > > > > http://www.goantiques.com/search/images.jsp?id=161544
> > > > > although we are doing full size, firing versions. Ive done a bit
of
> a
> > > > search
> > > > > and havent found much about others doing this type of work, anyone
> here
> > > > been
> > > > > involved or know of any websites relating to this stuff, its
fairly
> > >simple
> > > > > work but Id like to see what others have done.
> > > >
> > > >
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