The Armour Archive

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Graedwyn wrote:wear a riveted mail hauberk.
I will do a great job protecting
your legs, as well as the rest of you.

-Graedwyn

nice to have outside confirmation of my hypothesis. would you use gamboised cuisses as well, or do you find the mail over linen to be sufficient?

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Boots by Bohemond

or

Armlann

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My thighs get beat to crap right now - crash pads only.

I am hoping that switching to gamboised cuisses and a hauberk will cut the pain.

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The primary reason for this is that I didn't make this setup - so I only have a mild idea as to what I'd be altering, metallurgically speaking. So I'm restricting myself, voluntarily, to cold/mechanical means. sorry to be an ass, but: coldwork can introduce unwanted microstresses and lead to fatigu...

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depends on what you mean by "decent price". http://www.kellswood.com/krafts/index.htm make by far the nicest arrows i've come across, but they'll run you a pretty penny. (~$80/dozen, depending on a host of factors).

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Try this http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/flat-it/agedage-beneventan/ If you don't want to buy the font there is a test area to 'try' words which you could screen capture and enlarge. Good luck! that's the one i'd found and decided i didn't want to pay $15 for. That solution was what i was going to try...

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Specifically, one that replicates the Beneventan hand.

I'm tooling a belt, suck awfully at calligraphy, and can trace through paper onto leather with a light touch on a tool. Can't find a good font for it though.

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CLANG does some sweet armets.

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As Kilkenny says, wear a coif.

When you reline your helm after it's defunkified, and you've thrown the old foam out, lay a layer of duct tape down first, then glue the padding to that. Next time, stripping it out won't suck as much.

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well worth every penny. Shovel greaves rock hardcore.

of course, I already have my pair...

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padding and leather spades from torvaldr.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_Bible_translations

should have links to some external sites.

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LadyLia wrote:Thanks, that's what I get for trying to write something intelligent when it is past my bedtime

heh. sorry for the physics rant. it's an engineer thing

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Isabella E wrote:You tilt when you should withdraw, and that is knightly too!

"no no, they said you were great with horseshoes, but shite with armor. the fact that you were a woman didn't enter into it at all!"

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The blacksmith's striker team that "finished" the scythe blades suuuuucked. They were very obviously inexperienced. Saying "we're going to use only the materials available to davinci" and then using plywood and a MiG welder is just a little lame. Other than that, I spent a lot of...

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Sorry for derailing this thread... ...the biomechanics of a sword blow are sufficiently complicated that people have written masters theses about them. I've heard this before. I've yet to see any explanation that goes beyond a basic understanding of physics, though. largely true: classical mechanic...

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Force=mass*velocity^2. obligatory physics correction: force = mass * acceleration . force only equals mv^2 when a=v^2, and that's absolutely not true during a complex maneuver like bashing someone in the face with a stick. 0.5*mv^2 = Energy, with some qualifications about what kind of energy and fr...

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sheeeebump.

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sold. thanks!

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sold pending payment

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I should point out that *all* wood hafts will eventually break, and, unlike today, such things were considered expendable, and were expected to be replaced. Most extant hafted weapons with surviving hafts have been re-hafted multiple times. This is my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the haft,...

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Hi all, For sale today are three items from Windrose Armoury. I'm clearing out my stash of gear and raising money for an upgrade to maille! Help support a more period appearance on the field 1. Pear-Shaped Pommel . Pewter. 0.6lbs. $25. 2. Two-handed Sword Hilt, Square-Ended. 1.1lb. $40. 3. Two Hande...

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I'm thinking as as starter bow to get a 30-35 lb take-down or one piece recurve... a perfectly fine choice. In fact, it's what i was going to suggest. My only other suggestion is that you will be better served by buying good arrows to begin with rather than cheap ones. Bad arrows perform oddly, and...

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A smith i know, who is getting on in age and lacks power in his arms, has another solution.

He fluxes every heat, and gets every heat up to close to welding heat. Much less force required to move metal

this only works if you're doing hot work, of course.

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can a polearm NOT have a head? like if you marked the cutting surface right could you just use a shaft of rattan? i THINK it could be done (i was just curious) because the rules for unpadded heads say they should perform equivalently to solid rattan (was thinking about when i get into regular heavy...

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The current time I am looking at is around 1350s. Still undecided which location will be the major influence, Wisby or Novgorod, but somewhere on those trade routes. How comfortable are the hose type leggings, split or the chauses? They seem like they would be a pain to keep up, espceially while fi...

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also very interested if first bidder falls through. what size is it? I have a large head.

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14th century gents did not, in general, wear trews or trousers. Split hose, almost exclusively.

the bonus is that you can roll them down to your knees when it's hot out.

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Only about a year ago, I had some guy make a chauvenistic comment right in front of me. Its not gone, but its very rare compared to when I was fighting in the 70s and 80s. I saw this happen at Sir Edward's Newbie Tourney (putnam county, new york - frosted hills?). Unfortunately, the guy said this t...

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As for 'no reasonable person would make that mistake' - it's not the reasonable ones I'm concerned about the only person i've seen do this - fight sword and board with a throwing javelin as well and use a half gauntlet - was probably not "reasonable", but knows more than enough to be safe...

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Hi All- As it turns out, our website is still unable to accept orders. To deal with this, we're having a WEBSITE DOWN SALE Until our website goes back up (hopefully later today), place an order by phone and receive a 10% discount on your merchandise. This offer is good only while the website is dow...

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bump.

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bump!

come on folks: summer camping season is starting, and you can almost hear the jingling of pretty ladies waiting to dance for your awesome drumming skills.

and i can almost hear the jingle of riveted maille...

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sweet.

many thanks.

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given an excerpted english translation and the full original latin text, which part of it is represented? translation: " Moreover, in the whole force there could be found no serf, no freedman, none of ignoble birth, none weak with old age. All were nobles, all vigorous with the strength of comp...

peculiar question - anyone have latin font faces installed?

For Sale: Windrose SCA Greatweapon Fittings - SOLD

Re: rattan polearm question.

Re: Website Down SALE at HE!!

inverse latin translation help