The Armour Archive

Frederich Von Teufel

This Pennsic is going to be one of the wetter Pennsics we've had in some time. The merchants are exploring ways by which they can encourage people who are stuck at their campsite, to come down to the merchants area. The first idea being pursued, as this missive, is that there may be a number of popu...

Frederich Von Teufel

This Pennsic is going to be one of the wetter Pennsics we've had in some time. The merchants are exploring ways by which they can encourage people who are stuck at their campsite, to come down to the merchants area. The first idea being pursued, as this missive, is that there may be a number of popu...

Frederich Von Teufel

One of my more...uh...favored? Tuchux Tourney memories is the one of me sitting on top of a guy, pummeling his face with my gauntlets until Minimal dragged me off him yelling, "He's dead Frederich, he's dead!"

Frederich Von Teufel

I faced off vs. someone who had a recreation of this particular gladiator helm at a Pennsic some years ago. The recreation wasn't perfect, it was a bit broader than it should have been, a bit flatter where the originals have curves, but it's the best recreation I've ever seen in use in the SCA. It's...

Frederich Von Teufel

I'm bumping this thread just because I wanted to give Jester a review. First, he was great to work with, good communication and great response time. Second, the quality of the decks. I'm a serious collector when it comes to 16th century decks of cards, and even more so when they are decks which fit ...

Frederich Von Teufel

Years ago, when I had moved for a time to Trimaris, I looked for the highest level of fighter practice I could find. As luck would have it, there was a certain Duke about an hour away from my house who held a weekly practice for his squires. I befriended him and was welcomed to attend. Over time, th...

Frederich Von Teufel

*This is not my auction, nor am I affiliated with the seller in any way* http://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-Shear-/271634761222?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f3eb18606 Just found this auction on Ebay for a rusty, but otherwise in really good shape, Beverly B-2 sheet metal shear. This shear is the BEST ...

Frederich Von Teufel

In my years of making armour, I've outfitted an uncountable number of women fighters. From my vast tracts of land....wait, wrong joke. From my experience, there are a few types of armour that are particularly suited to being flexible/adjustable enough to comfortably fit a wide variety of women's bod...

Frederich Von Teufel

I am located just south of the Washington D.C area, about 5 miles outside the 95/495 Beltway. I have a Whirlpool Model EV250NXRQ00, this is an Commercial Upright 21.5 Cu Foot Freezer; it is ideal for families who would like to stock up on direct farm to table deals. It is frost free, so will not fre...

Frederich Von Teufel

We had a fantastic day for adoptions, despite the bitter cold and the looming holiday. But we still have both ONE LAST DAY TO GO AND doodads available to a good home. (For our English friends, "doodads" is american slang for "gubbins".) What has gone away: Fiberglass poles for SCA spears, lots of ra...

Frederich Von Teufel

Well, I called it a night at just before 8pm; I don't think anyone wants to be out in this much cold as it's registering 29 degrees at the moment. But that doesn't mean it's over! NOPE! TWO MORE DAYS ! I plan to be in the shop and helping find good homes for needy armour/armouring gubbins! (That's a...

Frederich Von Teufel

Here is the current rough guesstimate of what will be in the freebie pile: -The sheets of metal (I also have stainless sheets in addition to the mild steel, aluminum, and 4130 chrome-moly) are pretty much all cut to approx. 2'x4' or smaller. -The tooling is all various size and shape chunks of steel...

Frederich Von Teufel

I am replying to IMs now. With the nasty weather we have had this weekend (and will continue to have for the next day or so), I believe I will start allowing people to come by and pick up what they find useful on Wednesday night after 5-ish pm. I will be supplying address and other contact info via ...

Frederich Von Teufel

Beginning this December 9th, in the little town of Clinton, MD(just 5 miles of south of DC and outside of the 495 beltway) I will be clearing out my armouring workshop of various items. Specifically, I have Mild Steel in various armouring weights, I have a fair supply of aluminum, leather in various...

Frederich Von Teufel

For anyone who is contemplating making their own aiglets, I highly recommend picking up a 1/16" nail set (like this one pictured here ). It makes an almost perfect cone to form the aiglet around. As for length, there are numerous extent examples that measure up to 1 1/2" (38mm); my personal preferen...

Frederich Von Teufel

When was "Slash and Poof" landschnect clothing popular and is this from the same time period? Would fabric have been pulled through the slots as a fasion statement? Sean The 'slash and puff' style technically started around 1485, but didn't really get popular until 1510 and then continued until alm...

Frederich Von Teufel

The number one rule for having a good time in SCA combat is "Don't break your toys." The corollary to that rule is "Don't TRY to break your toys." I've played for many years and in many different Kingdoms. I've never seen a battle go as sour, or as fast, as when some of the fighters forget (or decid...

Frederich Von Teufel

As Sean says, it's pretty much a non-issue for our uses. So long as you aren't using very thin sheet copper to make your decorations, corrosion is something that you won't need to worry about. The nasal and brow on my personal helm are made from copper; I believe the helm is now going on about a dec...

Frederich Von Teufel

Are we really discussing the theoretical reasons why a weapon which no longer exists was bounced at a marshal's inspection which only one person in this discussion was privy to?

Really?

Frederich Von Teufel

You are posing a hypothetical question that focuses on a 'what could be done?' aspect. The question is interesting (and it is a discussion that is, in fact, being explored here in the US by DARPA, et.al) but may be critically flawed due to the fact that it presupposes that technology is ultimately b...

Frederich Von Teufel

Wow... still got the pieces? I'm sure I'd have had a good cry too... and I still can't think of wat to do next. How did they roll that stuff? I do still have the pair of knee cops actually. Who knows, in the past 6 years it might have even made it's way into the public enough that I could track dow...

Frederich Von Teufel

I once spent an interesting evening, about 6 or 7 years ago, comparing experiences with a design engineer who worked for one of the bulletproof vest companies (my mind says it was something like First Chance or Last Chance or something like that). I told him about my experiences as a medieval armour...

Frederich Von Teufel

Do you have access to tennis balls or something like it? Have one person hold the tennis ball on the palm of their hand (or held between fore-finger and thumb) and their opponent thrust to the tennis ball. Start from a simple on-guard to thrust and work up to a full lunge thrust. Ideally, I prefer t...

Frederich Von Teufel

The appearance of things DOES matter. Allow me to illustrate an example. Many years ago there was a Crown Tournament held here in Atlantia where Count A____ met Sir B____ in the finals. The final bouts were to be fought using differing weapons forms. Sir B____ won the first bout and, holding the adv...

Frederich Von Teufel

As a fighter, armourer and SCA Marshal I can say that a basket hilt is the greatest level of protection that we can provide to our hands. In the 20 years of experience that I have had in this game, 99% of the injuries I have observed or personally experienced to a fighters hands have come while wear...

Frederich Von Teufel

pointless was had way more issues than i think frederich is aware of. most had to do with the site and waning support from the common sca flok who are increasingly unwilling to travel more than an hour to any event. zip code fences suck! regards logan Pointless (and thereby KC) had enough issues th...

Frederich Von Teufel

At one time there was a long running event between the East Kingdom and Atlantia which was simply called "Pointless War". Please note that it wasn't that anyone who ran the event or was involved in the war felt it was "pointless" but that there was no scoring kept during the day or afterwards; there...

Frederich Von Teufel

I have just posted the raw video footage of the Best of the Best Tournament from Pennsic War 31 to Youtube. http://youtu.be/sfKKrZRVTv4 I've had this footage in a safe for a decade now; I guess it's just been waiting for me to take advantage of the larger upload limits that Youtube has allowed. For...

Frederich Von Teufel

Many years ago I wrote a primer for Newbie Fighters, called "A Guide to Choosing Armour" (it can be found in the Essay section of the AA http://www.armourarchive.org/essays/essay__von_teufel_choosing_armour.shtml ) It was intended to help someone who had access to their Kingdom's armoured combat rul...

Frederich Von Teufel

@Bryce: You are absolutely right, His Grace Halvordh was reigning King at the time, not Prince; I would have sworn to there being a label on his shield, but a second viewing shows that was incorrect. This tournament did take place during his first reign however. @Thorstenn: Duncan moved to Trimaris ...

Frederich Von Teufel

I have just posted the raw video footage of the Best of the Best Tournament from Pennsic War 30 to Youtube. http://youtu.be/pUKW_p9zxzY I've had this footage in a safe for more than a decade now; I guess it's just been waiting for me to take advantage of the larger upload limits that Youtube has all...

Frederich Von Teufel

This topic has already been posted on the Historical Research portion of the AA ( http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=148911 ), but I wanted to crosspost it to here because I feel it is an excellent reference for any one interested in armour. BBC 4 is running a series called M...

Frederich Von Teufel

Bump.

Frederich Von Teufel

Those look great Frank! I've been very pleased with the pair of Vibram-soled Viking Toggle boots I got from you a couple of years ago. The lugged sole would make for a great fighting boot IMO.

Frederich Von Teufel

Please take note: Once this stock is gone, it's gone . I am out of the armour making game for the foreseeable future and will not be producing any more. If you like the look of these knees and elbows, grab them now while you can! I am the only armourer that I know of who has ever replicated this pa...

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