The Armour Archive

M. Eversberg II

It has been AGES since I last came here! I bought these several months ago, then got myself a pair of splint bracers. While I love both of them, I have no cash because of college (amongst other things) and would like to get money for another project I have under way. Only thing I've done to these is...

M. Eversberg II

Nice article at mron.org, thanks for the link. What's the difference between a 14th century scabbard and for comparisons sake, a 11th?

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Two thin ones; it'll save labor. Total thickness, maximum thickness of the blade plus no more than 3/8" (3/16" on a side), and having the maximum thickness of the scabbard being blade thickness with 1/8" to either side wouldn't hurt either. The idea is to have the scabbard be gracefully slim, not c...

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I was interested in doing the same, accually. Was in English class this morning and was thinking about it.

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For the wood, what type and thickness do you reccomend? One plank sawn down the middle lenghwise (making two thinner planks) or two thin ones?

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This is a real supprise attack?

I'd prolly just take the brestplate and legs, if I'm on horseback. Oh and gauntlets...

So...3 mins? Then attack harass/hold off the raid till one of the villagers raises the alarm.

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That's hot.

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I think the cops look fine, if you're refering to the shoulder cop on the arms.

Though the brestplate looks like it sags down

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Note that if you have some contact cement on the end of the bottle where it comes out, and you flick your wrist, when the contact cement flies off, it will eventually stop and "hang" in mid air as it has glued the air to itself

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Now that's really useful! This should be in our essay section...

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A one-handed sledge would work, definitely give the power. However, unless you have been working out a lot lately, it won't take long until you are too tired. I would suggest nothing over 2 lbs. That will give you weight, you can swing it to get power, and you shouldn't get too tired to finish the ...

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Fantasy, but I love how it looks

Minus the cross (don't like something like a crosshair over any of my squishy, boney, spongey parts) and it's pretty sweet!

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How about a one handed sledge?

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American Quality...

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How much force am I supposed to supply to the hammer? I don't want to damage the chisel but it dosn't seem to be doing much...its only 16ga mild (cold rolled)

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I'm considering using that Black and Decker jigsaw to cut some of the steel.

As for magnitism, the chisels themselves feel slightly magnetic coming from the package.

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hai2u!

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The best idea is using a chisel on some other surface than your anvil. If you must use your anvil (as in it is the only surface you have) use a scrap piece inbetween the piece being cut and the face. Keep in mind you want it smooth as to keep both sides nice through-out. The Pad, or Step of the anv...

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We've all done that on our first project; solution is to turn it 90 deg.

Kudos on 12ga; my first was 14ga at 1/4" ID.

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Stonekeep wrote:Sounds like a lot of work when Harbor Freight is selling b-1 knockoffs for 79 dollars.

vs 3 chisels for 14 bucks

I've seen a B1; they're heavy, I can't immagine the shipping cost...just like that grinding wheel I was looking at: 35lbs...shipping must be one million souls

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It's reccomended that I use a ball pean hammer, but which end do I strike it with (as dumb as that sounds) as as far as I know, a ball pean is rather light (atleast mine is) and I doubt it could help cut through 16ga steel...

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Yes I've never ever seen/heard of this and want to know more!

Is it a shield?

Is it a lantern?

Can I eat it?

Does it fly?

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Seems to me your dog is a great thinker. She had all that rawhide to pick from and took the best piece out of the bunch!

And go easy on the kids, I'm sure it was an accident and they'll apologize.

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Now the question is where I'm going to store it...I'm building a game table for WHF and realized my 8' long 2x4 smacks the ceiling rather quickly when raising it up...(I'll see how tall my celing is when I get home this evening)

I'm only 5'2" anyways (one short bugger...) so how long *should* it be?

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I would immagine jerkins up to maille/brigadines.

And of course you must have the steriotypical hood!

They might have also had bucklers IIRC

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Looks to be good. Hardened any? Or is that what the glue is for? (I've only wax hardened)

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Heinrich H wrote:His description is really funny;

Medieval Soldiers GREAT HELM Armor Helmet ( vintage SCA )

My maille was "Medieval Fantasy Warrior Knight Helm Armour SCA Soldier Dark Age SCA Armour"...

No <3 for Ebay armour name convention...

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audax wrote:It was quite common in the Middle East in the Medieval period. Byzantines used it, Turks as mentioned, Saracens, Crusaders were introduced to it and made use of it.

I think some latter-era norsemen made use of it as well.

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Unfortunatly I'm not sure. The only "real life" roman scale I've seen was the so-called "plumata" -- and those scales where rather tiny.

I'm guessing 3" tall, 2.5" wide or something, but thats just my guess.

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Hmmm...I fancy having a go at making some lamellar - from leather. Currently I am suffering from a Roman bug, so feel it may be interesting to make the armour and other bits and pieces for a Roman Auxiliarii (sp?) impression. However - not sure which - if any- of the various nations would fit, or w...

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If one was to buy a spear head, what type of wood would be good for a sturdy pole? Oak? And where can I find them? I only see pine wherever I can accually find poles at all. And how big around should they be on average? I'd figure stout enough to take some force but small enough to fit your hand all...

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I've considered learning to make those Gondor tree guard helms, but I've heard helmet work is rather difficult.

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I was given a tip that to remove zinc from metal, stick it in a rack over a burning pit and leave. Come back after a while and the zinc fumes will be gone.

If this is good or not I don't know, but I don't immagine it would be great for the metal in question...

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Interesting find! I've never noticed that before...maybe its a perspective technique?

I had always thought one would discard a scabbard on foot combat assaults; call me stupid but it looks like it would get in the way.

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mordreth wrote:
M. Eversberg II wrote:Maybe it's a colonial tree-limb cutter
No, they were shaped like ? and sharpened on the inner curve

I know, I was making a joke mate.

For Sale: Merc Tailor two-piece bracer

Using cold chisels

Re: Armour and Auxiliares

Spear poles/Pole arm poles/a question about spears