The Armour Archive

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I think it's 17 ga bit the site says they will go thicker if requested. Also those sallets would be perfect fo WOR so get a bascinet and a sallet http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif In the intrest of deceny i'm not even gonna post how much my "see if it's good stuff minimal order is" As of kn...

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This has lots of pics not sure about patterns.

http://www.mathomhouse.com/regia/index.html

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You'd likely be in German or Italian armour, since thats who's makeing alot of the stuff in that period. The French are sending/ sellin us equipment, part of the auld alliance. You are also a Lowland noble and as likely to have some land in England as not, so you may have armour bought from there. L...

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HEY ASBJORN!!

Do you have a when and where scheduel for the HCS at Pensic.

Checking for conflicts.

thanks bud

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Well it kinda depends on the configuration of the COP.

BUT when it doubt plate it.

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As for a minimum gague, i doubt we'll need to be at 12 ga for helms. Otto Von Tiech and i have whacked each other with del tins a pretty fair bit, he was wearing a low gothic rig from Valentine, so i think they're stuff is 18 ga. It would also depend on what kinda metal ya use, if it's spring or HC ...

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Remember you will probably die in the inital contact. Cover up and stay under your shield when you fall. When the marshall taps you and tells ya you can leave (or when your sure noone is armound) get up an go around the fighting. Pop your top and watch the carnage. Don't feel bad _most_ of us get ki...

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Actually i'd say most of us borrwed our from dead guys. A few folks are witty enough to make one up.

I'm not.

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"There is an alternative out there. My lovely wife bought (in a catalog outlet store, no less!) a cross-slat folding chair that closely resembles one I had seen in a museum. It cost her a whole $25, ... I say again,no excuses anymore."

OOOOHHHHH me want ME WANT!!!

Fo you have a web addy for them?

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Reminds me

I saw a Xena episode yesterday with Boddica on it.

How Xena met Moses, Kind David and Boddica is beyond me but anyway.

It had "celts" all in Kilts.
PRE ROMAN CELTS! in KILTS!!

i sooo hate that show

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it may work

it doesn't look like much fun to be in

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>Cover the cooler! Wasn't there a time when that was standard practice in the SCA??? I have never seen anyone that seemed to care. I've lierally been told to "f--k off" for suggesting it by some litlle teenaged twit. In _real_ life i'd have busted the lil brat in the face with my boot. But in the SC...

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I like the kid rule.

Did a demo, i was in my 15th C rig.

My buddy in his usual stuff.

The kid asks "why do you have a basball glove on under your hand thingie (guantlet)"

Really wanna help, ban those gawd awful plastic basket hilts. Literally looks like a cross betwen a turtle shell and a turd.

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Ok lets narrow it to at least 15 years.

I like 1375-1390.

That give us a broad enoughtime to not look exactally alike and have, several campaigns
to draw from. Well the last one appears to have been 1391, so we'd miss one.

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MY German is terrible. Ich libe mein sturm gwere http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif My wife however grew up in da faddaland. He dad was stationed at Rhamstine (sp?) for 14 years. She speaks it as her first language almost. I'm basically trying to order 3 bascinets they have instock and a set...

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Thanks Wade!!! As an aside i'm trying to get the Checks at bestarmour.com to ship me some instock stuff. Basically some bascinets and a couple other cheap pieces. IF i can get it ordered, then i'llbe able to give ya some commentary on thier stuff. Anyone on here think they could make some of those s...

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I'll post em here again

I know less about computers than i do about uh, um.... well... just about anything.

I could no more make a website than i can fly by flappng my arms.

I posted them to the emaillist but all of the web addies kept it from showing up

I'll post it again with out the addresses.

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"The worst armor, mine?!?!? Hello, my name is Jim and I wear plastc. (Hi Jims echos) I am giving it up for more "period" materials and I hav been coming here for four years. On a more real note, I am looking to create a transitonal set (14th Century German) to fit my persona. I may even adopt Tristr...

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New thread! That mean ole JT closed the old one As far as the resourse list, yes it's very very incomplete. I'm looking for more stuff and adding it as i can. But most of it will focus obviously on the English and they're allies in the late 14th century. I am still open to moving the geography over ...

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Standards updated a bit

se edit above in thread

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"We should remember that even some of the most wealthy of people only had 1 set of clothing" I don't think thats true. Chef posted a list of stuff carried on campaign in (i think) the WOR. Now granted thats a couple decadea away, but the guy did have about a trunks worth of clothes. that being said ...

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had a good and a bad experience today. Saw a guy in his first time heavy in a fairly period early 15th c white harness. YEAAAHHHHHHH! Had a knight that i like, thats pretty acurte in his stuff, tell a new person to use plastic in their COP. Now he didn't tell her anything like "use it or you'll neve...

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here's why i do it. there are all these baskets that have a plate in the bottom that you run a screw through and fix it to your stick. It screws up the way my wrist moves to be that close to the bottom of the stick. Having a little bit of stick at the end chamges the balance just a bit. Kinda acts l...

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Cloest thing i have found is to use hardwood ply and edge it with several layers of canvas glued into place with water proof wood glue.

I stain the backs with a mahogany stain from wall mart, makes em look nice IMO.

They last for 6-8 months

Pine lasted for 2 months.

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Oh and that reminds me it appears that simple wedge tents are period for us. http://www.swt.edu/~bh59648/75years/camp/ Uryen suggested that they might be thached. But they look like they have end flaps to me, i don't know how you could thatch a flap. I think they may just be showing that the folks i...

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To me when most folks try to speak ME it sounds like "fair speak" the goofy "Robin hood men in tights" stuff you hear at ren fairs. If you can do it right then by all means do so, i'm just gonna try to not have to bad of a southern accent. i'm gonna ad more books soon. More on Italy too. But Rhys is...

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i started a thread related to the HYW LH on the board over there too.

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I hope plastic shield stay banned here forever.

Hope they bann those turd on a stick plastic hilts.
Ugly as a babbon's a$$.

And they flex too, espically when they get hot, hose clamps don't wanna hold either.

"But they come back when they flex" yeah but your hand doesn't.

Why? WHY? _WHY_!

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Don't cop out on the padding to defend plastic armour. Thats like saying we shouldn't try to look real because we drove to the event in a car. Many marshalls won't pass anything else. I have them tell me to put on a hockey elbow insted of my 15th c floating couiter, because i didn't have enough any ...

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Well i'm learning as i go, like i said add resources and research material. I know what i wanna do i just don't know how to do it exactally. Also i'm finding a about the same thing yall area saying about the Italy connection. Anyone have anyother HYW scenarios thaye'd care to throw out there. We'll ...

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Oops i for got to post the link. It's the same gambeson just from Purple heart. Thats kinda what i thought you'd say Chef. Still looking. Found this one from medieval reproductions, it's earlier than we are but they might be willing to do some for us. http://www.medievalrepro.com/Armour.htm the "Ser...

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How period is this gambeson?

It could be a good basic starter gambeson for us.

To bad it's black, we could sew lighter coloered linnen over it?

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