The Armour Archive

Paul the Small

I think it looks like an older (70s-80s) SCA attempt at a basinet. I've seen a lot of SCA helms with riveted liners and chain mail attached through holes along the bottom edge.

Paul the Small

Yeah, during my parry device (Cloak and buckler) auth I went lizard brain and gave my opponent a thumb lead to the back of his arm. I pulled it, but still... He was cool about it, we continued and I got the auth. As long as you can pull it, barely make contact, and draw cut then that's valid. A lot...

Paul the Small

Bump. $50 + Shipping.

Paul the Small

Bump. Make offer.

Paul the Small

I made these several months ago to use until my new arm harness came in. I usually don't sell stuff, I prefer to give it away and "pay it forward" so to speak. Unfortunately I don't have that luxury right now. The splints are tempered spring steel, I'm not sure the alloy or thickness because it was ...

Paul the Small

Not much done to my kit in a while. New arms from Dobrinya and one of the basket hilt hourglass gauntlet type things. My daughter is photobombing me in the background.

Paul the Small

What are the chances of this kit being made in stainless steel? Is it possible to do one for a 60 inch chest and belly? Why would you want this in stainless? You're going to be putting the plates inside of a shell, so you can just spray them with rustoleum. Rustoleum eventually flakes off with use....

Paul the Small

A couple weeks ago my mother in law was helping organize the closets. During this process she put all my garb into a heavy black plastic garbage bag.... can anyone see where this is going?..... Yep! All of my garb now lives in the local landfill. That being the case, I need new garb. I'm looking for...

Paul the Small

Beautiful. How much?

Paul the Small

I have seen a few period paintings of heart shaped shields. I always thought that would be fun to play with.

Paul the Small

I"d recommend contacting Bokolo about it directly. He is known for having A++ customer service and doing whatever it takes to make the customer happy.

Paul the Small

God willing, I'll be there Thursday night.

Paul the Small

From the Ukraine to a third world country in the middle of nowhere in less than two weeks? That's pretty impre.

Paul the Small

The world needs more Sackbut players.

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Paul the Small

Amazingly beautiful work.

Please pardon my ignorance, but why is there a point on the wrist section?

Paul the Small

He still owes me armour from October 2012. I forgot about it until this post came up. I guess I mentally wrote it off.

Paul the Small

This makes me even more sad that we can't make Gulf Wars this year.** My wife, Harmony the Harper, has played the harp since she was 3 and has stated a desire to meet people who play the harp in the SCA. If you find yourself passing through Shreveport, LA and have some time you should contact me. pa...

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Those will never work. You should ship them to me for immediate disposal. I'll PM you my address.

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PM sent.

Paul the Small

Pitbull Armory wrote:I keep forgetting about this thread, I need to update it with more stuff,

Yeah, like another pair of those grieves (preferably in size huge.)

Paul the Small

Find a large mirror. Get armoured up and take your fighting stance. Look for weak spots in your defense. Slowly throw shots like you would at a pell and study how your body moves with your shield as the sword moves.

Paul the Small

Making leg strikes equivalent to body/head strikes will (1) make an easier target a more rewarding one, and/or (2) promote the use of longer shields, which I find unaesthetic. I don't find knee fighting to be a wonderful alternative, but it can be aesthetic if practiced similarly to the custom in A...

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paulb wrote:I don't.

More information please, Your Grace. Why do you not like it?

Paul the Small

Somebody needs to buy these before my next payday.

Paul the Small

What payment methods do you take? What would shipping be to the US?

Paul the Small

Bring beer for AFTER the work is done. Keep it cold until then.

Paul the Small

Charlotte J wrote:Do you swaddle her?

Yes, when we can. She's a very active baby already and will works her way out of blankets rather quickly when she's awake.

Paul the Small

What would children, more specifically babies, have worn during the latter 14th Century? I'm expecting to take my baby girl to an event in a month or so and would like to have some garb made for her. My persona is 1390's English and it would be nice to have something to match my persona. Thanks, paul

Paul the Small

If you want to weld without waiting an hour or two and having to run the burner(s) flat out you do NOT want to do a sand and plaster liner. NO NO NO! (plaster doesn't stand up to forge welding temps anyway.) You will want an insulative and or flux resistant lining material. (Most of the best insula...

Paul the Small

I finally made something I'm not completely embarrassed by. Seax style knife for a friend of mine. Handle is whitetail deer, bolster is copper I forged from bar stock, and the blade is industrial band saw blade cut to shape and stock removed. After seeing the larger pics of the blade, I see there is...

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I asked this in Off Topic, but decided to post it here as well. I've decided to build a gas forge. I've been doing a bit of blacksmithing and knife smithing with an open pan forge, but coal is hard to come by here and charcoal isn't getting quite hot enough to do forge welding. Also, I live in Louis...

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Very nice, and just my size. Unfortunately I don't know if the 3-4 events a year I could wear it to would justify the expense.

Paul the Small

Since the topic line says "Non-Laurels Only," does that mean bigjon (His Grace Jon the Tall, KSCA, OL) have to remove his work from the thread? He did get Laureled this past weekend.

Paul the Small

What about delivery to Gulf Wars?

Paul the Small

If I remember correctly it has to do with how it breaks if it fails. Fiberglass brooms out kinda like rattan. PVC breaks into jagged, sharp pieces.

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