News
Currently
Booked until: February 1st, 2008. Yes,
I'm still taking orders. New orders received will be added to my
waiting list in the order they come in.
September
23rd/2007: New
elbow size : I finally got an
order for a pair of arms that were very small (less that 12"
circumference), so I want ahead and got forms made for them. They
worked out great, and are now available.
Price Correction : As well, due to the current rates between the US and
Canadian dollars, I've changed the prices on my webpage.
March
13th/2007: Covered
Churburg : Someone asked me to
make them a Churburg breastplate and cover it with fabric. I
think the results were pretty nice. You can see pics of it here. The pics are a bit big,
sorry
for that.
January
2007: Now
in our 7th Year : Still making
armor, and happy to be doing so. I should have a couple of new
items to show this year, stay tuned...
August
30th/2006: Back
from Pennsic: Actually, I've
been back for about a week now. Pennsic was lots of fun,
especially the Tuchux charity tourney, which I survived! Better
than that, I got to test how much damage my gauntlets sustain after
punching people in the helmet; I was closing as much as possible,
and even won one bout by punching my opponent's helm off, and the
gauntlets were fine. Back to work for me!
August
3rd,/2006: Leaving
for Pennsic Tomorrow: I'll be
away from phone and email from August 4th to the 21st; I'll be catching
up on my emails after that.
June
29th/2006: Going
to Pennsic : I'll be at Pennsic
this year, camping with House Ironwolf. I have an agreement with
Sir Karl Von Sussen of Highland Arms to sell some armor for me, most
likely gauntlets, pauldrons and gorgets. If you have any special
requests, be sure to email me before August.
May
2nd/2006: Price
Change : The Canadian Dollar is
currently at $.90 US; I had to finally break down and update my webpage
to reflect this. I haven't actually raised my Canadian prices in
about 2 years, it's all been the exchange rates...
April
10th/2006: New
Milestone : It's tax season in
Canada, and after looking at my records, I've noticed that I've made
OVER 100 SUITS OF ARMOR!! Again, Woo hoo!
January
24th/2006: Now
in our
6th Year : Woo hoo!
Thanks
to all my customers for your support.
Olds
(News that's not as new)
December
12th/2005: Merry Christmas
: And
a happy New Year, while I'm at it. Tied for 5th at the Northern
Shores Rattan Championships, I'm happy with that. I have a
few things that I've been working on that I hope to have ready to
show for the New Year; check back later for more updates.
October
7th/2005: Training for a Tourney
: I'm
training for a tourney, "Northern Shores Regional Rattan
Championships", to be held at the event "Martinmas Comes Late this
Year". It's set for November 26th, so I have a month and a half
of pell work and biking to get me in shape. The website is here.
Things are going just tickety-boo in the shop (that's good), everything's on
schedule.
September 21st/2005: New Server
: By
the time you read this I should be all set up on my new server. After almost 5
years with my last host, they went out of business. But here's to
a smooth transition!
August
28th/2005: Page updated
: I've recently finished some upgrades to my
webpage, mainly to the nav bar (giving the Japanese armor it's own
button), but this will also let me add pages later as I come up with
them.
July
5th/2005: 2nd Japanese suit finished
: I've recently finished a second Japanese suit for Tony
Kennedy, and with the help of my tall friend Sean I have some pics of
it. Pics can be seen here.
June
17th/2005: Son born
: This morning at 10:25 my wife Chantal Boudreau gave
birth to a boy, Etienne Sylvain Boudreau. It's our
second child and first boy. He weighed 8 lbs and 11 oz, and had
APGAR scores of 9 & 10. It was an easy birth, Chantal is
doing fine and the baby is good and fat. I'll be taking a week or
so off to adjust to the changes, but then I'm full time for a year
which means I should be able to finish orders faster.
April
1st/2005: Helped Truehearth Armouries move
: After over four years of
sharing a shop with Carlo Carignan at Truehearth Armouries, he has
found and moved to his dream home, with about four times as much space
as he had at my shop. What does this mean for me? On the up
side, twice as much space, so I'll hopefully have space to keep things
in stock. On the down side, Carlo was a great source of advice
and ideas over the years, as well as someone to talk to on long
days at work. Good luck Carlo!
Feb
10th/2005: Coat of plates specials : While looking through my leather stock, I notices
some odd pieces and some suede that's been around for a while.
The suede is very nice , and the leather doesn't match, but it would
make a fine coat of plates of many colors... So I'm offering a special
while I've got it, see my "In Stock"
page for availability.
Jan 1st/2005: Now in our
5th Year : A big thanks to all
my customers for your support, I couldn't do it without you.
Dec
16th/2004: New new computer : Merry Christmas & Happy New year; new computer is
up and running this time, all fixed (really this time). I'll be
answering email regularly.
Oct
13th/2004: Sold out at Pennsic: All but half gauntlets, wo ho! Been back for a
bit, and had some server problems; hence no update for a while.
All fixed now. I'll be trying to make more stock , and there
should be some changes in
the format of my pages in the near future...
Aug 10th/2004: Leaving
for Pennsic Tomorrow: Didn't
get a chance for an update last month, that's how busy I've been making
armor for Pennsic. I've arranged for Sir Karl Von Sussen of
Highland Arms to sell some armor for me. Look for him at Space
149.
May
3rd/2004: Crown Tourney Over: I recently competed in my first SCA crown tourney,
which I did ok at, with 2 wins. Better than that, I got to field
test my Mogami Do, which worked well and got many compliments,
including from the SCA king of the East. Pictures
are up now.
April
2nd/2004: Getting ready for crown tourney: I'll be fighting in the SCA East kingdom spring crown
tourney on May 1st, and I was sick for a week, so with all this and
lots of orders to make, I won't have time to keep too much in stock
(still have pauldrons, elbows and knees). If I've told you it's
in stock, then it's accounted for, you'll get your armor. I'll be
back to making some stock items again sometime after May 1, depending
on when the bruises heal...
March
1st/2004: Axes back in the works: Finally found time to make some axe heads.
Single edged are now in stock, and I'm working on two additional types:
double edged, and single edged "mini-hammer backed".
January 1st/2004: Now in
our fourth year: I've been in
business since 2000, so I guess that
makes this my fourth year. I'd like to send out a big thank
you to all my customers, past and present.