The Armour Archive

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I got out of the SCA a few years back, can't fight anymore and we moved to a new town with a so-so level of activity, and I was super busy with the new job and making babies and what have you. I do miss the reenactment life, and I love all things music, so my wife and I have been toying with the ide...

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Have a guy I knew as a kid that randomly messaged me asking if I knew any groups in Idaho that do German Longsword style combat. I've been out of the loop for awhile, anyone happen to know if there is such a thing anywhere?

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Not everybody here uses FB, and not everyone who does is part of that group. Might want to post the pertinent details/pics here.

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Doesn't look like his design. The articulating plate over the back of the hand is different. Maybe a bad knockoff, but I'm not sure to even that.

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Speaking of sweet Ebay finds isn't that the old Sinric (sp?) Helm from the pattern archive?

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If I had a sword worth $100k I probably wouldn't take pictures of it on the floor.

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Where are you located?

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Host them on imgur, google photos, photobucket, etc... make sure the longest dimension is at or under 800px, and then us the IMG tags here to link the image from the hosting site.

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*Sold pending payment* This is unbelievably sucky, but I need to sell my Grettir Gauntlets. Don't know if I'll be fighting anytime soon (or ever again), and what was supposed to be a good sized tax return ended up as me owing taxes. Ugh. These were never fought in, got them from Grettir last fall, a...

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As a side note, what size is your noggin'?

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Sorry I can't help with Deed specific stuff, but there's a FB group called Rattan Artists that has some tasty examples of SCA weaponry.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/516609828426618/

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https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/83/89/a6/8389a665e47e9bf6c3d52deeb54ba5a5.jpg So I've been going back and forth between doing 14th c or Landsknecht for some time now, and the wife and I finally decided on Landsknecht. I have a complete Vikingish kit I can fight in, so I'm not in a hurry t...

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Aesir Metalwyrks has a semi-custom option that's affordable, and his stuff is solidly built. I've owned a few of his. You could also check and see if he has any post-Estrella inventory that would fit your budget.

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Joerg is a beautiful man, lol. His sawblade launcher was genius.

Didn't Musashi purportedly kill a guy in a duel with a whittled down boat oar? I wouldn't want to be hit with one.

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Sure, learn how polearm people fight to better defend yourself.

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Duke Tomuki's Polearm Class from 2013's Festival of the Rose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFP0R4xKAOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFP0R4xKAOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Q8HQVz-ns

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No, not that kind of ax. http://www.espguitars.com/products/10000-e-ii-eclipse-qm-stbcsb?category_id=1963524-eclipse-series-guitars-3 Have an ESP E-II Eclipse like the one at the link. It's a killer guitar, but I'm a shit electric player and it never gets played, turns out I'm an acoustic guy who lo...

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http://thereenactorsporn.tumblr.com Whilst perusing Pinterest I came upon a good looking soft kit, and upon following the link found this delightful tumblr page. Not all the pictures are from SCA related periods, but there are lots of great images of hard and soft kits from a number of different pe...

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Link

Hessen Ironworks in AZ makes some cool hardware.

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Awesome, thanks for sharing. If you have the artistic abilities of a rock, I must be somewhere in the pile of mud status.

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So I have some plastic unassembled Haroun bazubands, and I'm wanting to start working on a 14th century kit and move away from early period/viking. I was browsing pinterest for 14th C Germany effigies, and came upon a discussion on the archive containing images from Günter The Xxv Von Schwarzburg ef...

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Aaron wrote:Care to meet up on Sunday for lunch and conversation with my family and I? I would like your advice and help if possible.

That would be great. I'll PM you.

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Take a break. Don't force it. Once Idaho is free of this mini ice age, you will want to fight again. BTW, you don't have extra floating knees I can trade you for? You know I actually have an inkling to take my kit a different route (currently Generi-Viking, thinking of going 14th Century), and i ha...

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So I find my motivation to fight has mysteriously disappeared as of late. I changed jobs and moved from Arizona to Idaho last June, and my armor followed in September, but I haven't even pulled it out of storage since then. Back in AZ I was fairly active in fighting, and since moving I just can't se...

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I have no room to comment on other people's authenticity, I have no soft kit to speak of an a generiviking hard kit. However, having been attending SCA events since I was a kid, what jumps out at me more than modern amenities and the like are SCAisms like belt favors/butt flaps, mongol 4-panel hats ...

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Sorry need to update this. Ended up selling the Ruger to a local gun shop, their offer was fair and I needed groceries. Fun times. On a happier note, I got a good sized escrow refund check from selling my house awhile ago that I wasn't expecting, so we're a little more stabilized now.

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Update: Ended up selling some stuff locally, and got more or less stabilized for now. Thanks for looking. Long story short, sold my house and moved out of state for a new job. Had some funds set aside for Grettir gauntlets, I'm in the next batch. House that was supposed to close on the 25th is now c...

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I'm afraid, potential for injury aside, they'd get destroyed in the first pass. I've seen a number of fights where a combatant comes out with a most excellent crest/plume, and within seconds someone has whacked it. It's like moths to the flame, people want to hit pretty things with a stick.

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What's your definition of the cheaper side?

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talaananthes wrote:I'm afraid I don't know Sir Huron. Does he have a website?

He has a thread here in the classifieds section. He has a prett long wait time usually.

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Good points all. I guess I'm not too worried about being super competitive, first and foremos we want to do it just for the joy of working with our hands. I sell guitars for a living, which while sometimes fun isn't as rewarding as building cool things from scratch. We figure we'll make a few odds a...

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Aesir has stainless knees in stock on his website. I use them in my hidden legs.

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As mentioned in another post I'm moving back up to Idaho here soon. A good friend of mine is going to join the SCA. Back in our teenage years we dabbled in blacksmithing, cut and tempered an anvil out of some RR track, hammered out some knives and S hooks and the like. His dad ran a bronze foundry w...

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Windrose Armory has 18" steel Bucklers for $75

Renaissance Music Ensemble, maybe.

Longsword fighting in Idaho?

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