Cool photo album. I've never seen those particular suits before, and I'm just starting to work with that lamellar/scale looking combination, though in a Chinese suit. I'm sending an emai!
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- Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:12 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Mongol or Korean shields
- Replies: 2
- Views: 236
- Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:17 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Star Scale experements
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1667
Put me among the interested for whatever you turn up. However, for the time being, I need to remain skeptical. There are a huge number of lamellar plates in existance from just about every dynasty that have either been found as part of a suit or individually..and yet none of these have been found. ...
- Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:55 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Star Scale experements
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1667
Hi, I know this thread is getting old, but I don't get online like I used to with the kids and all. I read the other thread about the inconsistencies between this design of armour and pretty much everything else. I also am bothered by the apparent wastage and expecially by the no surviving armours. ...
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:58 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: SCALES: Forth Armoury to Investigate Manufacture???
- Replies: 96
- Views: 5146
- Wed Mar 23, 2005 12:50 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Found a lamella in this book from Turkestan
- Replies: 0
- Views: 151
Found a lamella in this book from Turkestan
Here's an interesting diagram of a lamella found in Chinese Turkestan. You'll have to read the (online) book to find details about the excavation - Sorry, don't have time to pore through it right now!
http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/VIII-5-B ... 85.html.en
Lu-shan
http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/VIII-5-B ... 85.html.en
Lu-shan
- Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:27 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Combat archers, please read. I need your help.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 597
Re: Combat archers, please read. I need your help.
1. your name Sun Lu-shan 2. kingdom Meridies, soon to be Trimaris 3. How long have you been a combat archer? 4 years 4. what type of missiles do you use? (shaft type, blunt, arrow or bolt?) UHMW on fiberglass (Meridian standard) 5. Do you use a bow or crossbow? crossbow since APD's ruined my longbow...
- Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:51 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Price of SS sheets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 209
- Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:28 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Price of SS sheets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 209
Price of SS sheets
Can anyone help me with an approximate retail price for a 4x10 sheet of 20g (0.035) stainless? I'm trying to get a feel for the value of some smaller pieces I am looking at.
This is 304 finish #4
Thanks! Lu-shan
This is 304 finish #4
Thanks! Lu-shan
- Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:06 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: savonarola chair
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2058
- Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:08 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: yes an other new armoury
- Replies: 14
- Views: 700
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Cheers, Lu-shan
Cheers, Lu-shan
- Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:32 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: For all you Bowyers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 386
A finished bow can look like damn near anything when it is done, really. There are some shapes that are more efficient than others, so you will see those shapes recurring through history. One of the most common things to see is a narrow (in profile) limb tip. Certain Native American bow styles had w...
- Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:23 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Help with SCA gauntlet fitting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 311
John, Welcome to the AA and thanks for your experiences. We have a local armourer who could probably bang them out if there is any tweaking necessary, but if they are Waldryks, and he is willing to refurbish them, then I'll certainly look into that as well. I just want to have them in time for Gulf ...
- Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:01 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Painting an Armor
- Replies: 24
- Views: 696
I've always been meaning to try that "stops-rust" that comes in a spray can. It turns the metal black and really does keep rust from coming back, at least on my 4x4. I assume it is chemically bluing the metal in some way, but it is more black in color and way more rust resistant than regular salt bl...
- Fri Feb 20, 2004 2:54 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Help with SCA gauntlet fitting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 311
- Fri Feb 20, 2004 2:51 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Japanese Bows
- Replies: 4
- Views: 162
I've seen the way Yumi are made (in pictures), and from the large reflex that is built in and the narrowness of the limbs, I imagine it would not take much of a mistake to flip a limb over. That would certainly be the end of the bow. I can see why you would want to perfect your technique on a machin...
- Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:32 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Help with SCA gauntlet fitting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 311
Help with SCA gauntlet fitting
Greetings, I just traded for some used SS gauntlets. They have a solid, pivoting thumb, and I think they are Waldryk's pattern: m Right now, the finger and thumb lames meet, with a slight tendency for the thumb to ride over the fingers. Is this right? It seems that the end finger plate can hit the k...
- Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:04 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: For all you Bowyers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 386
Well, it really depends on the bow, but in general, if you are building a bow with a pre-defined profile (flatbow, R/D, Recurve), once you cut down the profile from the sides, then the only shaping left to do is on the belly. You don't take wood off there to fit a profile, instead you take wood off ...
- Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:27 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: For all you Bowyers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 386
Artemis, The profile of a bow is what it looks like when someone is pointing it at you, that is, the width along the limb. He is telling you to make it parallel for the whole length, then taper down the tips. Narrow tips are good because they are lighter. You will do alot of "eyeballing", even with ...
- Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:28 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: High Impact Foam for Helmet lining
- Replies: 17
- Views: 470
I don't know if this is what was listed before, but you can't get much more hi-tek than T-foam:
http://www.alimed.com/product_detail.cf ... lySKU=4070
They use this stuff in $1000 motorcycle crash suits.
Lu-shan
http://www.alimed.com/product_detail.cf ... lySKU=4070
They use this stuff in $1000 motorcycle crash suits.
Lu-shan
- Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:55 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Slingshot crossbows
- Replies: 5
- Views: 209
Yes, there were stonebows and bullet-shooting crossbows (different things), and some were briefly used in warfare, but they were pretty weak for the purpose. They were mainly poachers and sporting weapons. I have also heard of an SCA abomination that uses surgical tubing to launch bolts, but have ne...
- Mon Feb 09, 2004 1:47 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: X post Stolen Armour Alert
- Replies: 15
- Views: 568
Ewan, I went through this recently with my tools. The bastages got everything that wasn't bolted down, and I submitted to insurance. Remember these things to maximize your check: Lots of photos, receipts, quotes to replace the custom items, etc. If you had a WMA helm, how much to get one just like i...
- Mon Feb 09, 2004 1:32 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Fake armour on ebay
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1027
Search for anything chinese and ancient on eBay, and you'll get 99.99% fakes. Thousands of them. The problem is, some of the stuff is pretty good, and if just ONE would come out with a "reproduction" that was shiny and nice looking, I'd buy it! I don't want my reproductions looking like a crusted up...
- Sun Feb 01, 2004 1:43 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: heraldry colours
- Replies: 42
- Views: 703
One other thing if I could get some feedback on please, as I have chosen an argent wolf on a vert field and argent I undersntand can be either white or silver - did they actually use SILVER to colour this heraldry or would they possibly have possibly used grey to represent silver? Wyrm. Wyrm, You d...
- Tue Jan 13, 2004 6:18 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Chinese Weapons and Armour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 256
- Fri Jan 02, 2004 2:53 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: (SCA) Anvilling - it is...?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 92
- Fri Jan 02, 2004 1:52 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Chinese Weapons and Armour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 256
Buqu, I thought so too, but I have seen pieces of Han dynasty cast bronze armours, so maybe there is a connection there. The Chinese were certainly masters of Bronze casting: for example they made swords and sophisticated crossbow trigger mechanisms this way over 2000 years ago. On the other hand, t...
- Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:17 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Chinese Weapons and Armour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 256
I'm working on a batch of 36 scales at the moment (that's how much steel I had) but with a simplified shape. Each scale is cut by hand, dished, fluted, and punched, then heat bronzed and hardened. This is with 20g 304 stainless. I'll make a shoulder guard first and play with it a while. I'm also wor...
- Wed Dec 31, 2003 2:04 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: (SCA) Where to buy the bow for a Crossbow
- Replies: 10
- Views: 52
- Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:45 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Chinese Weapons and Armour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 256
Funny you should bring this back up! There is a guy on eBay selling this book here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3575654918&category=12573 He shows scans of the pages. It is in Chinese, but I think the pictures and diagrams are worth it. This guy is selling it a little expensiv...
- Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:33 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Scale backing ????
- Replies: 4
- Views: 74
Scale backing ????
I'm starting a suit of scale (long-time readers know what kind!), and I had a few questions. Has anyone used canvas tarps as backing? I was thinking 2 layers of 10oz. The weave does not seem as tight as fabric-store canvas, but that might be my imagination. The scales are 20g stainless, and have 1 r...
- Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:49 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: gaunts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 68
- Wed Dec 10, 2003 4:41 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Chinese Weapons and Armour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 256
The book by LIU YONG HUA that I linked to is quite authoritative. The Osprey book is "OK", but there are errors in the paintings that you need to be careful of. In general, Chinese armour styles changed very slowly. In the Tang dynasty, officers wore a lot of brassiere armour, scale, and lamellar, w...
- Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:49 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Chinese Weapons and Armour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 256
Greetings, Are there any particular styles you had in mind, or just an overview? If you want to pick up a good book, get this: http://www.paragonbook.com/html/browsesubj/fullcitation.cfm?item=3960 This is a new release of probably the same book, for what looks like quite a bit less money. I'm tempte...
- Wed Dec 03, 2003 3:48 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: bat as heraldry symbol
- Replies: 12
- Views: 178
- Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:09 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Comforatble Gorgets?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 134
Sorry Animal, I've been clipped, so that's not a problem for me anymore! I made a super comfortable gorget by combining 2 different ones. I had a basic metal version that chafed and bound up, and I hated it. I was given a dog collar gorget by a local fighter (that was literally just a leather belt, ...