The Armour Archive

Bran MacNiell

Chicago screws do their best work individually or in no more than threes or fours. Their purpose is to make something demountable easily and so they are often found on the buckles of belts for switching buckles easily. Their soft aluminum also gets rather battered from the attentions of a screwdriv...

Bran MacNiell

That is amazing work! It is as close to the original as I have seen. Your wife has done a fantastic job on this!

Bran MacNiell

medial epicondylitis is similar to tennis elbow, but is on the side of the elbow closest to the body. Opposite side of the joint from tennis elbow. First thing you want to do is let it rest, whatever hurts, don't do it. Do Not Try To Tough Through The Pain. Stretching and strengthening exercises, ic...

Bran MacNiell

Luxury! I sleep in t' shoebox in t' middle o' road. With 149 others people. A shoebox in t' middle o' road! Oh we used to t' dream o' t' shoebox! I sleep in t' muddy puddle covered in broken bits o' glass. A shoebox, Luxury! OK, in the interest of honesty, I use a 2" memory foam topper over an air ...

Bran MacNiell

Talk to Mad Matt about his Coat of Plates plans. They are dead simple and look good. You can use a variety of stuff for the plates, even barrel plastic. For the joints look at stone keep, they have great customer service and are as cheap as you will find anything worth keeping. here is stone keeps l...

Bran MacNiell

Chicago screws and a drop of locktight.

Bran MacNiell

Another Hamilton is heading your way.

Bran MacNiell

I am going to chime in on the side of "Get rid of it" as well. I have a lot of friends in the Native American community, powwow circuit and such. I know multiple people that have been burned for having a few feathers. Fish and Game don't mess around on this. Fish and Game approach raptor remains abo...

Bran MacNiell

I got 5$ burning a hole in my pocket.

When you post the paypal address I will send you the cash.

Bran MacNiell

Interestingly enough I was just about to look up your email to contact you about the possibility of getting patterns/info on your COP.

I like the idea you have here. You are right, everyone will not send cash, but 5$ is low enough a lot of folks will. Easily worth it.

Bran MacNiell

Quick review here. Ordered Saturday, shipped Monday, got it Thursday. Well made and tits properly. Good deal all around.

Bran MacNiell

Well...Let's start with a fellow making a really nice globose breastplate, cuisses, greaves, rerebraces, vambraces, spalders - but it is made of blue plastic and it is not covered. That absolutely should be considered an attempt. There really isn't room to argue that it is not. Throwing a cotton/po...

Bran MacNiell

I emailed His Grace over the weekend about getting one of his stainless cup hilts, after a quick confirmation on shipping I made a payment through PayPal. I got home today and discovered a nice heavy little box waiting for me. The cup is well formed and symmetrical, all the rivets are solid and the ...

Bran MacNiell

I find myself oddly torn on this. I am a hard core "blu-plastic is the DEBIL!' person. The effort and cost in covering it in any of several ways is minor. Covering it greatly improves the atmosphere and image in my opinion. From this aspect I love the idea of mandating the coverage of the ugly stuff...

Bran MacNiell

The Ducal Prerogative rule had it's origin in a time when there were not nearly as many combatants entering crown list. It is important to keep that in mind when discussing it. At the time, someone who had held the crown twice had demonstrated their competence and commitment to the kingdom's welfare...

Bran MacNiell

A favor is a great idea. Also worth considering is a surcoat from Tasha's pattern.

http://www.cottesimple.com/surcottes/dr ... rcotte.pdf

Bran MacNiell

$40.00 on the hat. While the kiddo looks first class, I suspect the shipping would be outrageous, so just the hat.

Bran MacNiell

For shoulder protection you might look at White Mountain Armoury. He makes Wisbey style shoulder cops.

http://www.whitemountainarmoury.com/instock.php

Bran MacNiell

Tasha you rock! I had decided friday that I really needed one of those surcoats like you had made to make my kit look better. And then you post the instructions! You are awesome!

Bran MacNiell

I would have to agree, I think these videos have been a valuable resource and would love to see the series continue.

I have no doubt they are a fair amount of work, and think Duke Gaston has done a great job on them. I hope he doesn't get burned out. I also hope he knows the effort is appreciated.

Bran MacNiell

Step 1: Go to Lenscrafters, Etc.
Step 2: Get a pair of sports frames
Step 3: have them put a set of tinted lenses in them.

They will set you up with tinted safety lenses in a jiffy.

Bran MacNiell

Have you considered the possibility of carpal tunnel? :? Ditto :!: I had the same symptoms and started wearing wrist braces at night until I could train myself not to curl my hands inward when I slept. Hand numbness was gone almost immediately. If your work activities are causing you to bend your h...

Bran MacNiell

Jesus, Mary and St Joseph! I wish I had seen this in time. It is a thing of beauty. Now that is inspiration.

Bran MacNiell

Turtle Wax's liquid wax, Ice.

http://www.turtlewax.com/main.taf?p=2,1,1,1

Bran MacNiell

Maeryk wrote:
RH sells patterns.

Have you tried the RH patterns for the Waffenrock and such?

Bran MacNiell

Sorry, no sod cloths and no fire retardant means I will never be interested in a midwest tent.

I know I can trench and it's not that hard. I have also seen trenching fail and tents burn. Those two things are a must have for me. I wish they were available from midwest.

Bran MacNiell

Somehow I missed these in the earlyer discussions. They look wonderful! You said they were early 14th century, how early?

Bran MacNiell

Get Talbots pattern. He has one for splints on leatehr, but the same one should work as a base for a fabric one with pockets.

Bran MacNiell

Terhaps something like this as a start?

https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/r ... p=538&w=21

Bran MacNiell

What size would you recomend for a 46R chest with a 37 waist?

Bran MacNiell

I have a pair of the Steele Mastery ones, they are great. Good quality heavy linen, plenty of stuffing, good seems and construction. Worth the cost and shipping I would say.

Bran MacNiell

https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/index.php? On monday evening, Nov 23, I ordered a set of patterns for the G63 Gown and 14th Century Mens Accessories. I promptly recieved an auto confirmation e-mail, and then the next morning recieved what looked like a manual confirmation email on my order. Th...

Bran MacNiell

Cup: Compression shorts, a jock strap and a nutty buddy

Kidneys: One of Torvalders belts over a gambeson.

Bran MacNiell

+1 on the nutty buddy.

Bran MacNiell

I would go but the commute is just killer, even for this practice I can't justify 2000 miles for the roundtrip.

Re: Chigaco screws in splinted limbs

Re: My wifes Bayoux work

Re: Golfer's Elbow Treatment?

Re: Rethinking bedding for camping events

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