The Armour Archive

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I'm still interested, but I'd need to get measurements taken over my old gambeson to be confident. My chest actually isn't my biggest upper body measurement - my stomach is. I'll get in touch as soon as I've got that gambeson back.

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I am just going to break down and order one from Forge of Svan. Wanted one for a couple years now and I have enough projects I never get to... One shipped to my door that fits me for under $400 new is hard to turn down. I've been seeing some scary reviews on Forge of Svan, like knees that weren't p...

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"Duke Brannon" is Duke Brannos, of the Midrealm.

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So what is the decision? If these kits are going to be produced, great, I'll get my measurements to see if they'll work. If not, I have to get shopping for another solution...

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Hi Tatsuo, I'd be extremely interested at that price. I don't recall having seen kits at Pennsic ever, although I'll be hunting there in a few weeks to start getting kitted back up.

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I'm not sure how the kits are sized. I think my waist is around 45" unpadded, I think (I'm not a small girl). I need to get new measurements done.

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There's a bit older thread that indicates Matt has been out of touch again, and his website's down. If he was around, I'd totally go for his kit first - he's at least in-province

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Is anyone still selling corrazina kits? I may actually get back onto the field next year, and a corrazina just looks so super spiff to me :-) But I don't have the budget for a fully assembled one. Plastic would be fine, as would metal. I don't intend to do a lot of tourney fighting beyond authorizat...

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My husband has had a couple of hematomas - the first was a football injury due to cleats being dragged up his shin. Skin never broke, but they had to cut off the hematoma after the blood cells had fully coagulated, and he's got a streak shaped scar on that shin. The 2nd was after surgery for gynocom...

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My husband indicated most of the fighting was very clean, even not having a lot of trouble in the Unbelts war point or tournament. He did end up with a badly bruised thumb, though - a couple of shots landed just the same way, even with his full gauntlets on, one during the Century battle I believe, ...

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Boris, any chance of the breastplate going to Pennsic? I'm looking for one for my husband, but I don't have his measurements handy. We'll be at Pennsic the first weekend, staying for the duration.

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I know it's *really* late notice, but would anyone be able to build me a rope bed with headboard, delivery at Pennsic? Queen size. Headboard as we tend to launch our pillows otherwise. We want to go rope bed to minimize the amount of stuff we'll need to pack home, and have room to put tubs and stuff...

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My understanding of actual period outerwear is that the mantle/hood was often separate from the cloak itself...

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Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. What would the shipping be like to zip code 48468 (my parents' place in MI) or 33541 (parents' Florida home)?

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I'm in Canada and use Fido. They claim to use 850 and 1900 - would this booster still work?

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I'll try to get the measuring done this weekend for ours. I had no reasonable estimate in my head before starting this thread of how much fabric to purchase. I'm thinking cotton duck right now, but will decide when I find a sale.

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Do most people build straps into their chair bags or not? Been a while since I've had to deal with any throne-chair-bags.

And yes, Glastonbury-style. That's the name I couldn't come up with. They do disassemble.

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Laurenz and I have come to the realization we need bags to tote our wooden chairs around - they are lovely sturdy Egill chairs that weigh a ton. What I'm not sure on is how to draft a pattern for these chair bags. Has anyone done this before?

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Hi Matt,

I commented on the picture too, but is the aluminum globose still available? Msg me back here or on facebook.

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Thanks for the reply, Mordreth. The pregnancy didn't make it much past Pennsic, but when our budget opens up a bit this spring, I still want to get a kit together again. Can you advise on what I should look for in an articulated knee cop? I've only worn non-articulated before

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I've been digging around on Effigies and Brasses to find an image to emulate. But I'm having a hard time distinguishing between floating knees and articulated. Could someone help explain the difference in how they show up in the artwork? I'm familiar with both in an SCA context for sure.

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I would like to be there, but I know DH doesn't want to go. He's had bad luck with family members passing away either during our return trip or soon thereafter. The small list fields for the tournaments do him no favors either. I'll have to work on him to see if I can talk him into going or if I can...

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New year, and want to get started on getting armour together again. I know I'm going to go with articulated knees with fans on heavy duty splinted leather cuisses. Rest of the kit will be flexible as to time/place, although I am pretty sure I'll be hanging the legs off of a pourpoint type vest (big ...

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My husband, Laurenz, fought for the English in his first COTT this past Pennsic. He intends to be back next year.

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If Ragnvaldr truly wants it, I don't doubt he can win it. Well, that's if Baron Vlachus doesn't go watch the tourney (I'm just teasing here, fond memories of a Crown attended a long time ago before Northshield split off)

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Ironbadger - download the PDF to a stick, and take it to the closest staples/office depot/whatever has a copy center. They'll print on the cheap for ya

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Fighting with honor means different things to different people - perception DOES play a part in it. I'm disappointed to see the way this is playing out.

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I'm with you Angus - I trust that my husband always fights with honor, even when I can't watch. I'm concerned that someone has perceived different, and I would like to know more, and so would my husband!

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My husband was on the Ealdormerian team, and had nothing but good things to say about BT's efforts.

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Unlike the Mid, Ealdormere is a S/Sh first only Kingdom. I want to change that, but I have to play the normal game first, THEN try to get that changed. There's no way in heck I'm going back to a weight belt. I may try a C-belt, but I do think a vest or suspenders type setup will work better for my s...

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The cuisses that failed so spectacularly were Mark II prototypes made by a dear friend. They went all the way around my thighs. I hung them from a weight belt. The whole problem I have with the hang from a belt idea is that I am apple shaped, where my waist is larger than my hips, and therefore belt...

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Isabella - any ideas on chest protection? I'm normally not all that chesty - we will see how nursing this little one affects things. But how to make a breastplate or COP work, or who makes reasonable ones for women? Does anyone really?

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Would a simple high back point bascinet be appropriate for a helm to go with the splinted leather legs? What sort of profile should the knees have (I'll be going articulated, not floating)? What would be good ideas for torso protection? Would a breastplate be too late compared to the rest?

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I don't have a set budget number right now. However, I'd rather go stainless - pretty sure spring steel will be out of reach. The nerve damage is on the outside of my left leg - victim of cuisses slipping during the single sword offhand portion of the mock auth. So they MUST wrap around, and a good ...

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So after this baby arrives, I want to work at getting back on the SCA field. This means I need to build a kit from scratch - my previous kits were not accurate enough for my current taste, nor protective enough especially in the legs (I still have nerve damage from an armour failure during a mock au...

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