The Armour Archive

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I was asked to cross post this from the private messages in case anyone else is interested in coming from Kentucky: Hey, I'm currently trying to get into early Medieval reenactment, ie real living history not SCA and boffer which I'm already quite well involved in, and am really hoping to be able to...

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Yeah, Dagorhir or Belegarth. They're pretty much interchangeable to most people. Rules are nearly the same, lots of the people are the same, just a few egos on each side that can't live with each other.

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I've actually found that there's a noticeable bit of difference between my linen tunics and the hemp twill one that I just got. The hemp is much softer, almost cotton soft, but its heat and moisture properties aren't as good. Wearing wool over linen has some major advantages in the heat, and it does...

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It looks like he's trying to say that his pair that he wears has vibram soles because he uses them on polished concrete floors, but that he does not have any vibram in stock to do soles for a pair to sell to you.

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Murdock, do you have a picture of the Chivalry Bookshelf ones? I can't seem to find them on either their website or theirs.

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Yeah, about a week ago.

If he ever shows up here again, NOBODY buy from him.

Thanks for the help, Jess (and Blackstone!).

Anything more is not worth saying.

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If you're planning on doing another however many of these, please keep me on the list. Ideally, I'd like one in about the 5.5 to 6 inch blade range.

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Ooh, how long's the short one? I'm in the market for one that's more of a utility knife for cooking and camp work than a weapon, so I'm definitely interested.

Can I put in a preliminary dibs?

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Any ideas on seax progress?

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Lol, Halbrust, what are you trying to do?

I might be able to hook you up, though, shoot me an email.

bamudd@gmail.com

Yay for boards where the rules weren't written by paranoid idiots?

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Just for the record, most people in Dagorhir who care even remotely about armour (which, unfortunately, is not many of us) snicker at those sorts of helmets too. They're pretty LARP toys that we wish would disappear back down into the aesthetically pleasing but wimpy pit that spawned them. In Dagorh...

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A byrnie (aka brynja) is a short maille shirt, but it doesn't cover just the ribcages, it covers to at least as low as below the crotch. Similar length to what in later years would be called a haubergeon, varied between crotch and knee length with generally elbow-length sleeves I don't recall ever r...

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The bracelets . . . do you have any of those in stock, and what are the prices? Those look great!

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Sure, good idea.

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So, I just purchased a haubergeon of the 6mm round-section maille from Icefalcon, and have nothing but the best to say about the transaction. Communication was good, the item arrived on the second (!!!!) day after I made payment, general customer service was excellent. As to the maille itself . . . ...

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Yeah, took me some saving and liquidation of old wargaming figurines. Pm outgoing!

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Great read and well done! And yay for both pecan pie and Derby pie, for both are most excellent!

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Icefalcon and Historic Enterprises are the best I know of. I just got a haubergeon of another type from Icefalcon and have nothing but the best to report from the transaction, and have bought clothes from HE in the past and would do so again (and readily!) if I hadn't just blown all my money on fanc...

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Sorry, Otto, I'm really strapped for cash and I don't think I can spare even that much . . . looking into trying to go to Hastings as it's not far from where I'm going to be living, but my helm is too early.

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Any chance of getting a better photo of the helm on the right in the first shot? It looks intersting but I can't really see it well.

Thanks, and very nice!

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Hi,

With the half off sale, how much would you charge for one of these?

http://armourarchive.org/patterns/norma ... _halberds/

Not SCA legal, just like that, for living history use.

Sized for 23" head.

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I just got my haubergeon (not the same ring type, though) from Icefalcon, it's size medium and measures 46" across under the arm stretched completely tight.

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Yeah, I put some leather stuff in a moisture-sealed container once. It was ruined a week later. Completely ruined.

At least yours is recoverable, it seems. Hope it doesn't take too much work.

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Gauge and total weight?

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Would you mind posting a picture of just the soft kit? Without the armour and weapons?

(If you have one or if it wouldn't be inconvenient for you)

Thanks!

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What sort of even is this? Living History? Combat?

Sounds very interesting, but I don't know much about Markland or this Hastings event.

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They're the only pre-1000 Germanic trousers that exist whole, and fragmentary finds (like, just parts of the gussets in one case) from other sites that would otherwise be unidentifiable scraps of cloth have been interpreted as trousers of this type, which seems to show that it was a widely used type...

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While we seem to have you here, I don't suppose you'd be able to come up with a pattern for the Thorsberg trousers, would you? Myself and some friends (none of us who are very good at sewing/pattern making) are dying to find a good set of sewing patterns for them, and it doesn't exist. I know you're...

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My understanding is that the Byzantine artifacts were a significant period (100+ years) of time out of date at the time they were deposited, and thus more like likely to represent items passed through a long-range trade network rather than direct contact with the eastern Roman Empire. Still, it woul...

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I'm trying to save up for a haubergeon of Icefalcon's round 6mm riveted (which is actually alternating solid). Anyone wear that, and know how it performs in terms of reducing impact?

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Same question regarding maille armour . . . with the caveat that I don't want it getting oily all over my clothes. I'm thinking of using Bullfrog's spay on gun cleaner that dries on and has their special rust-protection stuff in it, and then storing it in an old ammo tin with one of their rust prote...

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hjalmr wrote:Darn, from the title I thought I was buying VIKINGS!
Could always use a few vikings in my area....

O.o

Offer me a job . . . that might buy a Viking in your area.

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Yup, I've seen some from Yorkshire as well, which were not yet riveted.

These (the ones I posted) had copper alloy rivets, as you can see from the photo.

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VERY interested in the tunic, possibly also the bearded axe. Photos please?

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Unless you're some poor, second rate peasant militia, it's worth adding.

But that early in the 14th, I doubt poor, second rate peasant militias had surplus coats of plates yet.

Icefalcon + 6mm Maille Review