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Wonderful recreation! This is how the original greaves must have looked like!
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Very beautiful! Where do you buy phosphor bronze sheet?
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Quote:The maximum width of phosphor bronze ... is 16".
Yes, that's the reason for the question. Narrow strips are easy to find. I wonder if the Greeks and Romans had the same trouble. (Lucius, is your Internettus connection up? I need some bronze sheet. What?? 3 weeks backorder?? The battle will be over by then.)
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Quote:The maximum width of phosphor bronze (in armour thicknesses) I have found available anywhere, after intensive searching, is 16". If anyone knows of a source for wider bronze I would be extremely grateful. 16" isn't wide enough to make a cuirass or raised helmet from.
If you're not averse to sourcing from the UK, you might have some luck with these people:
http://www.hbhumphries.co.uk/
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Thanks, Tarb. I'll bet freight to Texas would be piratical!
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That and import duty. It's a killer.
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Multinational tariff/tax and mindless bureaucracy will be the death of us all.
Did I just write that? I guess it will be Room 101 for me.
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