The Armour Archive

Gocauo

Just a note, if there is anyone still needing to speak to Ashir regarding outstanding or undelivered orders- I see today he has now won Calontir Crown tournament. I imagine he will be much more easily reachable. Also, FWIW, his FB page has been active in posting boots/shoes for sale for the last mo...

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New World Arbalest is still making crossbows last time I checked (couple of months ago)

His apprentice is also making crossbows (Swift Hound Bows on FB)

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If you are on FB the SCA Ottoman Clothing and Culture https://www.facebook.com/groups/437487859670259/ page is a great resource and does stay very historically correct.

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Aight. So to beat a dead horse back into life, I wanted to share some of the findings I found about the 13th c. Mamluks. One of the biggest sources was a Hungarian reenactor who set up a website (with references!) about his persona, research, some weapons and garb, and training. There's also anothe...

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Any chance we can see a photo of the back side? It looks like you have it strapped much like a heater: diagonally with your elbow near the balance point. I need to finally get one of these built. Alvar Here you go...size is basically shoulder to shoulder, chin to crotch. Which is close to he averag...

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Spanish Adarga

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Romance of Varqa and Gulshah, c1250 Seljuq.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/499547783645724310/

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I think the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah (Seljuq) has one or two images, as does the Shahnameh (Timurid).

There are a couple of others, but don't have access to give better info from work.

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And you can make them out of lino-blocks....easy to work, cheap to acquire, inexpensive tools.

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Iron Monger has munitions grade bascinet with fixed grill for $135.00 USD.

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Windrose and By My Hand both sell dished round shields...

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Adriano wrote: (edited)

I have one (not having been to GW in some years, but hoping to go this year): What's the shower situation these days?

Same old shower houses for the last five years...no improvements have been made to site as far as I am aware.

Gocauo

Turkish shields (which may have nothing to do with Byzantine shields at all, of course, but might perhaps have been copied from the Byzantines they supplanted) are bowl-shaped and are made by winding a thin cane round and round a central metal boss in a spiral (see here , with adjacent layers of th...

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Mid-East is just a couple of hours from me (Tampa Bay)...the Warehouse Manager is indeed in the SCA. I have bought two Ouds from them...both times I was able to select several models and spend several hours tuning and trying each one out. They have a luthier on staff (not sure how recent of an addit...

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Count Brian the Pious in Atenveldt also uses an aluminum riveted/solid linked maille shirt...I believe he spray paints his as well

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Greetings Brother! Bringing your scroll may be a bit of overkill but unfortunately, people claiming to be Knights is a problem. We just had one not too long ago in Trimaris claim he was a Knight from either Caid or the West...that he could not answer a simple question about his knighting led us to f...

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For what it is worth, I just ordered a rather long belt blank from Moser Leather... quoted a good price and shipping wasn't 3x the cost of the item I purchased.

I would reach out to them again for another order...

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That type of shield (some larger, some smaller) were used by the Seljuq Turks...off the top of my head it can be seen in the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah (1250)...can't post much else from work right now, I'm pretty certain I've seen it represented earlier. I would see the Osmali Turks utilizing thi...

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I sand down the shaft to give the stain something to adhere to, seems to work reasonably well...the natural exterior finish of the rattan precludes any good staining.

I like the linseed oil idea...may use that to seal up the stain and see how long it lasts.

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I have generally been happy with what I have received from Zack White: http://www.zackwhite.com/Leather-Hides-Skins_c_263.html It is convenient for me that they are just down the road, so I can pick and choose in person. They sell all sorts of things in addition to hides. Tools, supplies, and then ...

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Garb the World?

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Also from ATARN by Adam Karpowicz (well known researcher of Ottoman bows) For the record distances of 930 yards, achieved by Tozkoparan Iskender and Bursali Shuja in the early 1500's, an arrow would have to be shot at close to 400fps. To reach this arrow velocity, the best flight bows (such as the t...

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1) I only gutted the paracord because I had to go through the same hole twice on my pattern...if you don't to, I wouldn't. 2) I used about a 4 oz leather along all the edges...wet the leather and then folded it in half, used an awl to punch the leather and lace. 3) I find I have a lot of 'scissoring...

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Hydrochloric Acid works well on alum...

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What time period are you looking at for your bow.... Earlier period you could probably get away with the more generic 'horsebow' sold at most places... This one isn't too bad http://www.sevenmeadowsarchery.com/store/c14/Mongol_Bows.html Later period you can look at the Ming Dynasty bows (kicked the ...

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Derian le Breton wrote:Something like three or four hours, I think. I don't really keep track.

-Derian.

Yeah...I'd have *way* more hours than that invested...

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Nice stuff...but unless the pictures are flipped, I pretty sure Mongols crossed their coats from left to right.

Right to left was worn by Turkic folks...

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Search through Asian Traditional Archery Research Network...there is a pattern in there somewhere

http://www.atarn.org/subject_index.htm

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Verah Nice!

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A friend of mine is going for a six-month military school in Pensacola, FL starting sometime soon. How active is the twice a month practice in Pensacola? Is his best bet to drive the hour to Mobile, AL? Anybody from that area? Thanks in advance. The Shire of Arenal (Pensacola) does hold practices.....

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Here you go...from the folks who put it all together.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/901507796528187/

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As Duncan said I make Chains out of 1/8in (not 1/4) twisted 360 alloy brass square stock. Each link is hand twisted and shaped then butted closed. Trying to figure out how to upload a Photo to here... but so far its kicking my butt :) can always contact me on face book and I can link you some pics ...

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I've used the Mold Max and I just put an orbital sander in a vise on the lowest speed and put the mold on top to shake out the bubbles...it has worked ok so far....

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If you are referring to my helm, I'll get some pics later today....

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I attached my maille at the top of the leather band vs the bottom to give a cleaner look... https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p480x480/1533876_476377385835006_5845289717037159500_n.jpg?oh=81a62697096cdfa7018ac516409b4af9&oe=5538632F&__gda__=1428454056_fb5b26e3f07d58bb79...

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