The Armour Archive

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How much to ship the takedown recurve to 40510?

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Ah, sadness - I was hoping to have the shoes for my husband's anniversary present on 6/23. Oh well - I suppose I'll have to go with plan B, and save the shoes for his birthday in August! I'm really sorry, if I had known I would have put you on the pre-Rag shipment list along with people who were go...

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Shipping today. Was at an event last week, didn't have time to get them out beforehand.

I got the knees you sent me when I got home yesterday.

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Are you going to send me a pair of each of them? Or just the round-toed ones that I sent the picture of?

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Sorry, it's sold shipped and gone.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/Leonthas/Jousting/27870_1428947560171_1127299883_1214.jpg Nuff said. Want moar. Awesome! Someone want to do us a favor and photoshop out the truck and trailors and blue bin and a couple other modern tidbits? Maybe darken the ropes so they look like hemp not ny...

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Currently minimum is 5, I think?

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And is it safe enough that you'd be willing to make one lined with it on the sly if we promise not to sue you?

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You'll probably have more success marketing these to boffer fighters and LARP groups. I reposted this to the Dagorhir bulletin boards, but you're not likely to get much business from there unless you can guarantee that the leather is at least 3/16 inch thick or thicker, which is sometimes strictly m...

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It's definitely not forgotten, but right now my floor is COVERED in 100+ pairs of other shoes that have to be dealt with before I can think about starting to organize another order.

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Michael de Buslingthorpe wrote:Remember that old axiom- two is one and one is none!

Thus why I was hoping to be able to get a second one in the next three days, which you sadly informed me was impossible.

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After talking with Sir Vitus, dibs are free.

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Dibs pending the answers to a PM I just sent.

I only have need for one of the two pairs, though, probably the smaller pair. I'm skinny and need knees.

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Never been to Lillies, so I couldn't say. I suppose it probably depends on your preferences.

But that's where all my friends are, so that's where I go.

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I have these people listed for Lillies: Jararvellir Eithne Adric13 meinhard115 Verena And these for events two weekends from now (ie, June 17-20): Valley of the Fir Trees Scott angelknight Arg fraychef Petranella Everyone on this list except Arg and angelknight, your stuff is in the mail. Angelknig...

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Michael de Buslingthorpe wrote:What date? If it's THIS weekend, then no. If it's NEXT weekend, then sure.

As in like four days from now. Already have one, though, so I should be good.

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No. I'm going to Rag.

Thus, why I am in a real hurry to ship shoes to Lillies. If I was going, I'd just hand deliver them at this point.

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Don't suppose there's any chance you'd be able to have one done and in the mail soon enough to have for an event next week, is there?

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I have these people listed for Lillies: Jararvellir Eithne Adric13 meinhard115 Verena And these for events two weekends from now (ie, June 17-20): Valley of the Fir Trees Scott angelknight Arg fraychef Petranella If you are not on either of those two lists and think you should be, PLEASE EMAIL ME AS...

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Last box is with the delivery truck today.

I will be able to send out the shoes that are needed prior to Lillies and Coronation tomorrow morning, Priority Mail. This will mean delivery to you Thursday east of the Rockies, delivery Friday to the West.

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How thick is the leather?

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Yes. I don't need to hear from people who don't need their shoes ASAP.

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Hi all, In case anyone did not get my last email, I have 2/3 of the shoes in my possession and should probably receive the rest Monday or Tuesday. So, I need to know who is going to be going to an event between June 12 and June 20. Those people are my first priority for getting shoes shipped. I will...

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Can I vote in favor of letting your hair get a little bit longer . . . and then shaving the proper three fingers' width above your ears?

In other words, very well done!

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I don't know about "better", but they certainly work great for me. I might not be a great fighter in SCA combat, but my footwear is not part of that problem.

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Apparently DHL tried to deliver the first lot of shoes today but failed.

"Address information needed; contact DHL Customer Service."

But, it's here at least and should be in my hands tomorrow (hopefully).

I do not yet have tracking numbers for the other two boxes.

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I'm sorry.

I think these arms are cursed.

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If she does come with it, I'll take one.

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Thanks for the info! To be honest, I'm not really interested in learning to dye leather myself, I have enough crafty hobbies as it is, just in learning to recognize what colors were and weren't possible. Would you mind posting pictures of your results as you get them? Also, is alum dyed leather actu...

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Hi all, So one of the things I've been curious about for a long time is, what colors of leather were actually available in the middle ages? I know the simple answers (ie, red, blue, green, black, plus various shades of brown and yellow produced by the tanning process), but what's the more complex an...

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IIRC, that Irish effigy is actually 16th century, although everything he's wearing seems to be rather 14thesque.

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Thanks Alric . . . would you care to bring that book to Rag so I can take a look at it?

And fwiw, you can still call me Oisin here . . . I tried to register as that, but it was already taken by someone who never posts, so I fell back on my old AOL screen name.

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It would certainly appear to me that the guy in front at least is wearing some sort of horizontal plate armour over mail. You can clearly see mail around his crotch (chausses? a fauld? a haubergeon?) that is drawn very distinctly from the armour covering his torso. The second guy, the one in green, ...

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The shoes excavated at Coppergate are definitely toggled at the instep. That much I have been able to verify even based on what limited resources I have not currently having access to a university library.

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Nearly all (I can't say all for certain, but I believe it to be all) of the shoes recovered from York had the toggles on the inside, although I believe that the originals that Westland's two-toggle boots are based off of (excavated from Haithabu, still looking for original documentation--but I know ...

Re: Review- Isabella E Banners

Westland Shoes Order: IMPORTANT LILLIES/MID JUNE EVENTS

Medieval Leather Colors