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Thomas of Tadcaster

I have a cousin getting married, and I am looking for an artist to paint the two families crests quarterly on a canvas (8" x 10"). If you are interested, please PM with a link to some of your work. Thanks.

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Linen shell w cotton batting. The sides could be expanded if you are crafty enough.

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Arms have sold

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How about 2" x 2" Octagon plates with a 1/8" center punched hole for an elizabethan jack of plates? Do you have a source for this plate? It's the first I have heard of them. I'm with Russ in that small scales ala St George (4-holed tho if you ask me) would be great to see. Also LARGE scales for hom...

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Is there a scale or lamellar pattern that you wish was available in the marketplace? I've been toying with the idea of tooling up dies. It seems there are a load of undocumented or generic plates, so I would like to produce something that is historically accurate. Is there a pattern that you have se...

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New prices listed in OP

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Lamellar belt sold. Bump.

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Gamebeson yes. Cuisses had an inquiry that has not gotten back to me. You would be next in line.

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Items still available

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Cuisses are still available. Batting is cotton towels.

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Gorget Sold. Lamellar spoken for.

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Have a few things for sale: http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/Tom_Hornor/Facebook/Armour%20for%20sale/8c48ae8a-45ef-47ea-826d-30e659d7281f_zpsfd3ehzt9.jpg Linen Gambeson: Fits 46" chest and 6'2" man to mid thigh. $ 75 60 + S/H http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn194/Tom_Hornor/Facebook/Armou...

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It's so simple...

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Find/start a crossfit style gym. It may not be directly combat related, but the increase in balance/flexibility/anaerobic endurance will help make you a beast when you can start hitting people again. Minimal equipment needed. When I was over there with CLR-15, we always had two pairs of boxing glove...

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Perhaps demand out stripped the ability to produce. The scope of warfare expanded exponentially. In 200-300 years we went from small groups raiding to entire cultures crusading. Designs were streamlined. Materials conserved.

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Halloween is around the corner and with me being deployed until close to the very end, I have to outsource my costume making! I'm looking for a chainmail vest (shirt with no sleeves, how ever you want to say it). Material is not important, nor is ID or gauge, price kind of is. It'll be for costume u...

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Kievian Rus

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what then would you recommend? six panel spangen? single piece conical? Again, I'm looking around Krakow.

---just re-read your post. Do you have any pictures of said 'oil-can' helm?

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More like the one seen on Egfroths site:

http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/HbkHelmets.htm

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What about leg and arm armour? Are there primary sources I should be looking at? I chose the persona because of my heritage, and have very little direct knowledge on the location and era

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I should have clarified, by east I did not mean far east, more eastern and central Europe. By this time period would there be much scale used by Poles from say, Krakow? I know it was used at one point, but by this time would they be Western European in fashion with all maille?

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Defending Europe from the Mongol Horde. Since the land of Poland straddles West and East, how much would each influence the defenses of a Nobleman? It seems there were defenses unique to the culture (Grand polish style helm to name one), but how much was influenced by outside cultures such as German...

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The bunk. I'll be there.

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The great helms data seems odd. The greathelm is a technology decidedly from the previous century, and can be seen in much of the 13th century period art ( I believe most of the Royal Seals from England during that period contain a great helm) yet they are not represented in effigy until the 1340's....

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I'll take the airplane keys. Hopefully the planes are all clean, I just used up my last barrel of jet wash. Anyone have another barrel of jet wash?

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Looking to trade Wii console, two wiimotes, two nunchucks, Wii Sports, Wii Play, and Sonic and Mario Olympics for an Xbox 360 pro or above (either the old 20G or new 60G, not picky), controllers, and maybe a few games. Wii is in excellent condition, lovingly used, but the novelty had worn off so to ...

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Need to sell things to pay bills. I have approx 300 lamellar plates for sale. priced at $210 including shipping. Retails for $192 with $23 dollars shipping. Three rows have been laced, but that is easily undone. PM me if interested.

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bump it

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Ok, tried selling this a while ago (as the first post will show) and still have it. $160 plus S/H. Top Grain leather, 18g plates painted black. Please PM me on this as my email blows up often.

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If that is the case, then we must discredit the 'sugarloaf' style of great helm, because we have never found an actual physical helm of that description. All we have to go on are a few drawings which may or may not represent what we think a 'sugarloaf' is. It is not outside the realm of possibility ...

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Question - do you know where you got that CoP from? The design (mainly the scalloped insert between the two suede pieces) is something I came up with while working with Brian Rainey (yes that Brian Rainey, Order of the Golden Phallus: second class). We ended up making a production run of them and I ...

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maile offers no rigidity by itself. That is why it is such a versitile defense, because it can move and flow with the wearer. Now I've been thinking about this subject for a long time, and there is really no way around it without compromising performance or safety. Its akin to playing with no bar gr...

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very cool helm! For somereason I think a very cool finish is in order for this helm....russeting comes to mind. The original was very ornimental, and while I understand this is an interpretation, it appears to need some "pop" to it. Still a very well designed and constructed helm. As for proper armo...

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WTB chainmail

I want to be a Polish Nobleman ~ 1241

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