I have been thinking about this for a while, but does anyone know any major battles during the early Mongol expansion that where lost by the mongols? On a related note is there any sources that come up with tactics or strategy that was proven to work against a highly organised mobile horde of horse ...

Anyone know where this armour was found/is? Dateline, period? Im currently trying to figure out how to construct the under arm sections etc on a set of scale.

Im just counting the quarters and il be placing my order by Friday.

Frank

I would like a natural colour pair please, would a US size 12 fit a UK size 11 ok?

David T

Frank

Awesome stuff as I have been eyeing your boots for a while. First off do you have any pics of viking boots with the vibram soles?

Secondly do you have any (dont mind on the colour) with soles in a UK size 11 US size 12? If not dont worry I can wait a little bit, but any idea of price?

Whilst I cant comment on the historical sources of it which I am finding very interesting, personally I find fighting in mail with few under tunics underneath extremely comfortable in any weather (you add more in winter, less in summer) and suprisingly seems to bear up well to 90% of incoming blows.

Matt Many thanks for the useful info and im inclined to agree with you that there is a tendency to think that scale armour devolved from its roman origins and sadly without any other evidence this trend is likely to continue. However progressing on the view that the roman way of attaching scales (al...

There are quite alot of scale patterns relating to Roman kit but was wondering if there are any others in existence?Im meaning SCALE not Lamellar by the way as I am going to attach it to a backing. For example where I might find a pattern etc for the construction of both Carolingian scale armour, an...

On that note and realising I was horrendously vague with dateline and location I im interested to know if there is any evidence for splinted vambraces/greaves in UK/France 900-1100?

On the subject of scales I found these http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplay ... 1555178328 and wondered if they would be authentic for carolingian scale armour? Aside from the camp photo that is!

Egfroth,

Outside of a UK/France context, If i was looking at portraying a Rus Viking, or Varagian Guard is there any evidence of higher boots?

Jojo thanks for the pattern il think have a go at making some!

Intresting, anyone know if tall boots made it to the UK/France during this period? Il do a read through the recreation thread to see if anyone has a pattern for tall boots i can convert.

So after taking into account the large area of uncertainity here, would it be a safe idea to follow a pattern/design used for making roman scale armour? Does one even exist?

Second to that is there Is there any evidence of tall leather boots being used during the dark age period? I realise this is not technically an armour question!

The subject title pretty much says it all, as id ideally like to find out what evidence there is for Dark Age greaves and vambraces. Having had numerous bruises and whip lash from archery I have long thought about making some but I’m uncertain as to any actual evidence. I realise there to be made ...

First off, I just want to say how fantastic this website is, and how great you guys are for building it, and filling it with your collective knowledge. I only recently found it, and have already discovered countless ways to make my re-enactment and kit making easier without reinventing the wheel! I ...