The Armour Archive

Saburou

Not a museum, but hit up the Strand Bookstore (on the corner of 12th St. and Broadway) for their armor books. Second Floor, back, technically the "heraldry" section. Only bookstore in the city (that I know of) that has an arms/armor section. The Strand is a dangerous, dangerous, wallet-shrinking pla...

Saburou

Andrew Sterner wrote:some jousters are complete premadonnas.

In all seriousness, I love the idea of a jouster being compared to a young Virgin Mary. (Or a young Louise Ciccone.)

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Saburou

Which editions/regions are the DVDs? Criterion? Region 1 (US)?

Saburou

The issue with boffers isn't simply whether or not the boffers are good to use as simulators, the problem is that fighting without the expectation of serious injury or death is crap. No one who hasn't faced that before can know what it really feels like, and every person will react differently in t...

Saburou

Armor is not art. Certainly my instructors and the curators at the Art Institute of Chicago did not think so. If not for the contracts they had in place for certain pieces of art in their collection that required that they take and display the armor, they would not have it in the museum. That is od...

Saburou

Carl West is a blacksmith and SCA member in Boston with a whole lot of armoring experience/expertise. http://www.prospecthillforge.com/

Saburou

Truehearth will set you up with a decent zunari. I love mine.

Saburou

That knee to the groin pic...let me guess. Unbelted Champions? That was our wee Baron Karl Meerstapa, of Duchy Von Drachenklaue. He weighs about 140lbs soaking wet, and looking at the picture, I think he was being pushed back and the stumble caused the leg lift. Karl doesn't have a nasty bone in hi...

Saburou

That sure is quite an age range. The bad lacing job on the belly of the dou suggests the 20th Century, I think.

Saburou

Congratulations to His Royal Highness of the Middle Kingdom. As another unbelted polearmsman, I am especially excited to see this. That said... And yet you are so quick to judge...While its nice to take such pride in our world, you might want to ask the questions before judging me. Effingham did ask...

Saburou

olaf haraldson wrote:Depends on the laurel.

Olaf, you're a Warrior of History who fights in handmade nialbound (sic) socks. I should think you're all set.

Saburou

"Heroic Armor" is outstanding at any price, if only for the quality and very large size of the images.

Saburou

Errant Knight wrote:Thanks for sharing. Is the Avant harness in Glasgow? did you get any pics of it?

Yes it's there and no I didn't get shots. They've got it in an extremely dark room with very little light on the harness. You can make it out in person, but even then with difficulty. So no photos.

Saburou

So about a week ago I got back from a trip to Scotland and England. My girlfriend took 500 pictures, of which about 350 are of armour. (Yes, I have the best girlfriend ever.) Thought you all would like to see the shots. Kelvingrove: http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Ajakutty/BritainJan10/Glasgo...

Saburou

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Congratulations, James! You've got some beautiful art there.

Saburou

Bumpo?

Saburou

I don't even fight S&S, and I find these commentary videos very very enlightening. Thank you your grace.

Saburou

Monday bump.

Saburou

I WTB a Coppergate style helm for SCA combat. At least, I want to know what the options are out there, looking at portraying a 9th-century thegn under Aelfred the Great. Priorities: 1) Cost - UNDER $500 or so - I can't afford the gorgeous Coppergate up on Knotwolf's site right now... 2) Period appea...

Saburou

Gah! It's gorgeous! And in my size! And (almost) in my colors!

Stupid grad school. Stupid stupid grad school.

I hope someone snatches this up before Mykaru realizes how much he's underselling himself. Just think about how much extra effort has to go into the russetting and the somen/mempo!

Saburou

Cornelia is a hell of a nice lady. She hung out with my household at Glenn Linn two years ago and sang for us. Pleased to hear she's still fighting and someone is nice enough to help her upgrade her kit. A worthy cause, this.

Saburou

Thanks for posting my tetsubo, Kilian! Here's an action shot!

[img]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ ... 000149.jpg[/img]

We could just post pics of everyone at the Warriors of History tourney...

Saburou

I used it on my tetsubo. Looks good, more "grip" than duct tape, lasts as long.

Saburou

I plan to be all up in this.

Saburou

Looks like the photo is at Sands Point, where they have a bunch of Acre/MSR events these days. The last one was a 5 hour rez seige battle with a working battering ram.

Saburou

Standard kit and weapons is 50 pounds, down from 55 (leather bazubands instead of steel). For speed, I've been known to go with a "hidden" kit that drops that to 35.

The last time I did pushups in armour was with Sir Angus Onieal, and I think we got to 25 elevated "clap" pushups.

Saburou

I'll just add that, while I won the round robin with no losses (unless if you count Duke Edmund pounding me into the ground as we were the last two fighters in the opening melee), Damon was very close, with only one loss. There were lots of great fights, both to engage in and to watch. Thanks again,...

Saburou

Murdock wrote:i should not have brought a 3 ft mace to a 5 ft axe fight

What about the gentle with the 18" black bappin' stick? And yes I know how that sounds.

Saburou

Denewulf wrote: I fought in that battle. I witnessed no war atrocities while engaged in the fight...

Quoted for truth on the other side. I fought hard, was fought hard in return, and had NO question about the honor of the specific Midrealmers I fought.

Saburou

Thank you so much, Aaron, for donating the prizes! I believe they all found good homes. I know some youth fighters who will really appreciate having kendo helmets to go with their Japanese kits. Three mistresses of the Lists were keeping everything organized so D could make with the looking pretty a...

Saburou

MUST...NOT...BUY...THE PRETTY...

But damn, that's a steal if ever I saw one. Clang is a righteous smith.

Saburou

I gave Lupus Argentus those polearm shots and was damn surprised - but the gaunts held up. They seem to be much more tank than the other (Sir Brand) aluminum gauntlets I've seen. Personally, I think Llewelyn is short-changing himself to sell the gauntlets at that price. If I didn't already have a go...

Saburou

<img src="http://www.whitemountainarmoury.com/images/gallery/gaunts1.jpg"> I am not taking orders on these... And what a shame that is. As someone who has only been fighting SCA for less than 4 years, and gone through four pairs of gauntlets in that time, that's a damn shame. My current set are old...

Saburou

Clang Armoury does great tsuba.

http://clang.adkinssoftware.com/hilt%2001.html

Saburou

Sir Richard, I had one at Vinland Raids on Saturday - I'm sorry you missed playing with it. Now you'll just have to come by the WoH

Re: Armor in New York

Re: Off topic - History Channel Jousting Auditons

Re: "Sold Too Much" Sale - DVDs

Re: A Discussion of the Old and Modern Styles

Re: Is armour art?

Re: Armorers in MA?

Re: Review Wanted - Black Hydra

Pictures from Royal Armouries and Kelvingrove

WTB SCA Coppergate helm