The Armour Archive

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Just out of curiosity, why all the hating on DVA? Some historically accurate kits would have no or very minimal armor showing. If the armor is going to be covered by a tunic/pants anyway, why are so many people upset about using plastic? In my experience plastic armor is much lighter than other kind...

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I'm interested in buying old leather armour that is no longer in use. I had an old leather breast/back plate laying around that no one in my household wanted. The leather has lots of holes from being resized numerous times previously, but otherwise was in ok shape, just not really good armour. When ...

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I actually have a helm from Hjalmr that would probably fit that headsize, if you're interested, I can send you Pics. The price would be 100.

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Just want to thank everyone for all the help, I'm going to try using some turtle wax on the helms later this weekend, hopefully.

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Hello All, I'm sure it's all been done and said before and I did search for it, but cannot seem to find any results. The problem I am having is trying to keep my mild helmets rust-free. Currently what I have done is sanded the spots that pick up surface rust, then hit the whole helm with gun oil. Th...

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If the police have the helm, why is the auction ongoing? That seems problematic at best.

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If you have a wire wheel for your drill/screwgun, those work great for removing rust. They do remove metal too (in small amounts, but still), so it shouldn't be something you use as your regular maintenance technique, but using it to get your armor back in shape shouldn't be a problem. I've used it ...

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As a side note, if you've PMed me, I've PMed you 3 times without hearing back, so I'm not sure if either of our inboxes are having some kind of problem.

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I am still interested in the arms, but I haven't heard back from you. Have you gotten any pics of the spaulders yet? (I am the guy with dibs on the arms)

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One of the best I've dealt with. He was willing to make the modifications to his current plates that I requested, and his price was very reasonable.

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Wondering if you are still interested in selling? I'm still interested in some of the pieces, but haven't heard from you in a bit.

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After looking at the pics I'm going to keep my dibs on the spaulders and arms, but relinquish the dib on the heater. I'm a lefty.

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I'm actually going to tentatively dib the heater and the spaulders as well, which takes me up to spaulders, arms and heater.

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Tentative dibs on the arms, I'd like to see them first.

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I'd like a picture of those caligae if you have one.

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I'd probably be willing to trade a set of low profiles I have if no one has dibbed these yet, let me get some pictures tonight to see if you're interested then I'll PM you. So, second dibs (or first if no one's in line.)

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I have been thinking about ways to protect my equipment, and have taken to using rust-oleum on the inside of my mild pieces of armor. However, I don't want to color the viewable surfaces, and so have just been using gun oil to protect these surfaces. Of course, some rust still gets through. Lately, ...

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PM'ed

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I'm going to jump in line as being potentially interested behind Irish.

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Hey all, I bought my wife a spinning wheel for Christmas and went with an antique because, well, I'm on the AA - we like old things. The drawback of buying an antique spinning wheel is that the bobbins are not a standard size. We need more bobbins, so I'm going to have to get them custom turned, it ...

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As always, the quality of this helmet is top notch.

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That is some amazing stuff, I am really impressed. If I had extra money, i might pick up that gorget and stealth armour. Alas.

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That's a beautiful helmet, wish I had the funds.

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What century are you going for with that helm, Sir Mihangel?

I have to congratulate you on getting that beauty, I admired it in the store window (as it were) for quite a long time, it is one of the best helms I've ever seen.

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I'd like to dibs the torvaldr gaunts pending pics

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Wow! You're the only other 9th C Frankish person I've ever met. I'm in the same boat as you, it is hard to find the Carolingian helmets. Here is one that Knotwolf made: http://www.knotwolf.com/mambo/images/stories/helmets/E-10.jpg I'm currently working with Hjalmr on getting one made that resembles ...

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PMed about the set

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Yeah, it sucks that's it's so low quality. It's bad enough that it is ill-suited for our purposes as having something that went together like that (and actually worked well) would be a great way to put together a hidden kit cheaply and easily, but it's far worse that it's ineffective in its given pu...

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I'm just going to throw in my two cents about Matt being excellent to deal with. I also ordered a bunch of stuff off the auction and everything showed up very quickly as described and for a great price. I couldn't have been happier with the transaction.

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That's interesting, I would think that it's actual performance as far as staying in place and whatnot would be one of the highest qualifications in riot gear. I'm not looking for armour at this point, just saw the suit and wondered whether or not it would actually deliver. From your review, it sound...

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Hey all, I do ebay searches for SCA related stuff when bored, and occasionally find some very interesting things. This suit is one such find. Has anyone ever seen anything like this in use on an SCA field or in a mundane setting? I know we have several policemen here on the AA. If this suit actually...

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Jamie at Polar Bear Forge

I went with his stainless and am very happy. The lighter gauge of metal gets bent every now and again, but just flip it over, hit it with a hammer, and you're set to go.

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Hey all, There's a set on ebay that the listing seems like it might have a few things off. (Calls what looks more like lamellar a COP, gives no measurements on helm and says it should fit anybody, etc) Not sure if this set will look familiar to anyone. http://cgi.ebay.com/SCA-LARP-Ren-steel-and-alum...

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I definitely vote your name onto that list, Matt. I had an excellent transaction with you off the garage sale. Shipping was fantastic, condition of items was exactly as described.

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This set of armour look familiar to anyone? (ebay)