Thanks Thomas, but I think the response I will get from either forum will be nigh identical, seeing the number of dual-membership. There are already two major threads that discuss Burgundian armour, I figured a third would likely be redundant as I assume that some authors and book titles were tossed...

When attaching the vervelle to the bascinet, is it customary to include a brass washer, or do you peen the vervelle right onto the helm? (era: 1370-1380)

Cheers,
Tad

The proper way would be to sew the tubes and line them with linens and other such materials. I cheated, I used two layers of a thick cotton batting (everywhere) and then just sandwiched it between two layers of a thick and heavy fabric (I used cotton). Despite having 2 layers everywhere, I still hav...

Thank you for the compliments, I'm pretty happy with my gambeson.

I based my pattern off of the one from Brian Price's Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction, 14th century.

Cheers,
Tad

What about blackening chainmail? Should I assume its just safer and less time consuming to purchase pre-blackened rings, and then weave?

Tad

The lacing is extra long, I just passed the extra length inside the gambeson. And there is great mobility in the arms, just now when they are down by my side. The fabric bundles up underneath my armpits and stops them from gonig any lower. Since such a stance is rather unlikely, I dont think i have ...

There we go, I finally received my gambeson last Friday. Its a little tight, but I just have to let the fabric get accustomed to my shape. It was made by a wonderful seamstress in the SCA region in Waterloo, Ont. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/Tadrith/Picture12.jpg[/img] I remember read...

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/Tadrith/Black.jpg[/img] Its a horrible scan, but I'll copy down the caption: From Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction by Brian R. Price, Paladin Press 2000, isbn1-58160-098-4 Figure 31.4 The coats of plate from the Wisby finds are not the only survi...

Griffin, pray tell, why is it you need some 20 lbs of TRL rivetted links? You seem to have this scale business down

Tad

Sorry to be hi-jacking your thread there Ean, I now have a question. If I was in the mid 14th century and I was wearing a haubergeon and a brigandine, the padded armour I would be wearing underneath the haubergeon would be a ____________. I thought it was a gambeson, but was I actually thinking an a...

Aketon - from Arabic al-kutun = cotton (because it was used as padding). Current terminology uses this term to describe a garment worn under armour (usually mail). Gambeson - from a germanic word wambais - related to the modern word "womb" - meaning mid-section, gut. It means "gut-thingy". Currentl...

The 'Celtic Area' would be Gwynedd or northern Wales (around Snowdon). So I'm guessing mainly the Ordovice and the Deceangi tribes lived in that area.

I've found that the name of the shield I am looking for is called "Bonnacon", so I'm researching into that.

Tad

[img]http://www.maravot.com/gundestrop_rebirth.gif[/img] I know that the Cauldron was dated circa 100 bce, but to those who are more knowledgeable in historical info, are there any records of any of the later Celtic peoples using similar shields? More specifically, the latest date that this shield w...

Alright! I'm waiting for Christmas for my scales. I've been begging my parents for days (just so I can remind them http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ) I'd suppose that the scales I'll be doing are more of lammelar as they are attached to one another, I'm using the ones from The Ring Lord. Ma...

A little side note here (probably of not much importance), but I noticed that some of the Anglo-Saxon scramaseax look similar to sabers, just not as curved. And these weapons have been around since the bronze age.

My $0.02 cam ( more worthless than the american ones, lol)

Tad

I was discussing different types of armour with a friend and then we started discussing about leather that would be soaked in amber (or like oak sap) and hardened. I figured that this would yield an extremely tough and hard leather, the only problem I see with it is that it isn't 'authentically docu...

http://www.southtower.on.ca/armour/index.html

Go under 'single piece' then scroll down to the gothic cuirass.

Hope this helps,

Tad

At first I thought about joining the SCA, but then I realised that the way I'm being taught to sword fight wont be looked upon too highly from what I hear (We try to keep it 'real', so there's grappling and the likes). The group I'm with would accept the use of hardened leather armour, so I'm safe. ...

The Fian was was a notable fighting force in Ireland. I'm sure that they wore some type of armour (perhaps leather?)

They also did incursions in the British Isles aswell..

Hmm... How about the Welsh during the same time period?

Any help is Greatly appreciated

Sincerely,
Tad

I've been doing some research on what type of armour an Irish nobleman would of worn at about 300-500 ce. Unfortunately, I didn't get many results from my research.

Can someone here help me?

Sincerely,
Tad