The Armour Archive

muttman

"The preceeding is mostly a joke, but anyone who thinks it right and proper (and funny) have my permission to use the group name and method of punishment." How would I go about joining this society and how soon wil they issue me my tattoo gun? (or better yet branding iron!) Personaly, I think madus ...

muttman

I doubt you would want to pay what I would let either of my White Mountain spangens go for! Basicly the only thing I would consider is what it would cost for a new, stainless, custom vendel helm I would have to talk him into making and its going to be a pricey hat! Otherwise, I love my WMA hats too ...

muttman

one often overlooked property of mail as armor is that it does absorb more impact than most folks who havn`t fought it it seem to think. Case in point- I have recently started fighting in the SCA wearing a riveted mail shirt. I fought one light practice, one East Kingdom Crown tourney and pick ups, ...

muttman

I will agree on the helmet issue- if you have the bucks to drop on a good helm, do it right the first time. Even if you later decide to go with something else, a better helm will hold more resale value if you take good care of it. Case in point, My newest newbie is getting herself a stainless White ...

muttman

"Not to mention I could brag about having not one but TWO WMA helms... =)"
Got you beat Evil- I already can (and do!)
see ya
John

muttman

I do plan on being there. I will be wearing a White mountain Spangen helm, black knee length lamellar, a Northern Army tabard, and an archive favor. Feel free to come and say hi!
John
AKA Drefan Ravenson
House Silver Dragon

[This message has been edited by muttman (edited 04-16-2003).]

muttman

I would stay away from it. As has been said, it is likely poorly shaped and wil press your face when you wear it. 15g steel in a helm with no glancing surface means it will not dent but crease up quickly if you live in any but the lightest hitting areas. The rivets do not look far enough apart to be...

muttman

thanks all, she found a recipe that she liked some Roman one with ricotta cheese and bay leaves. She`s at cooks guild now presumably having fun!
Thanks
John

muttman

was that me bill? I can`t remember.
John

muttman

It is nice lamelar- I was over at Adams last week checking that piece out-its nicely put together. As to the plates, I have four hundred of my own that I got from Adam and I can say that they are the best quality I have seen in stainless lamellar plates. Its a very good buy.
John

muttman

My wife who is still a newbie to the SCA and getting involved with stuff, is trying to get involved with our local cooks guild. The theme for this week is period breads and she needs a period bread recipe so she can make something to bring Saturday. She is having some trouble finding something so fi...

muttman

I know that helm- I`ve hit that helm on its previous owner! Its a sweet hat as all of Adams are. I think I can find a link with some more pics of it around here somewhere. I`ll post it later.
John
AKA Drefan

muttman

yet a third from the WMA PR dept.- Marla`s work rocks. If the gambeson would fit me I would take it in a heartbeat. I`ve seen Marla`s work and it is every bit as high quality in her area as Adams is in his.
No one who buys this stuff will have any reason to be disapointed.
John

muttman

I was not aware that Averill was using a siloflex sword Sunday. I was too, but my rataan had to be forced into the siloflex by heating the siloflex so it would expand and banging in the rataan with a rubber mallet. Heat and bang, heat and bang repeat until its where you want it. I heated the silofle...

muttman

Klaus, will you be at Balfars challenge? If so I can make a point of bringing it with me
John

muttman

Folks, pics don`t do them justice! I`ve said it before and I`ll say it again, after owning one (now two) of Admams helms, I`ll never get one from someone else and the hats pictured are a fine example why! John BTW, if you`re in the market for lamelar plates, I highly recomend the plates Adam sells. ...

muttman

Klaus, I have an Ironmonger backpoint. It is a good solid hat with no visible weld lines, solid welds, good vision, and a nice profile. I don`t however know if it meets your requirements since I know you play at a higher authenticity level than most scadians. Thaddeus is familiar with the hat and kn...

muttman

Hey Adam, can you run through that with me a little more clearly on Sunday? I`ll be ready to start cutting mine out as soon as my leather arrives early next week.
John

muttman

"qestion: do i push hard and strike any opening or continue to back up (and get bored) until he makes a mistake? Lets see, training via e-mail. I`ll do my best here http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Backing straight out is a mistake. The other guy can almost always move straight foward fast...

muttman

glaive or twosword

muttman

dumbass

muttman

since I`m looking at about three stacks of plates and a crapload of cord right now, (found BROWN paracord BTW) I would have to agree with the above posters. I would like to know how you are blackening the stainless plates though. I thought about a commercial gun blue for stainless but I havn`t looke...

muttman

Is this Stonemarche Averril? If so, hey. Glad to see you here.
John

muttman

http://www.mericarchery.com/page9.html
try that.

muttman

Galvyn, I`m sure you are right and the mail is slowing the shots down before they reach his leg. I was watching where the shots landed for that very thing. In singles this is easy to solve, but whet about melees (which is where we discovered the problem)? BTW, EM, when we were fighting earlier, did ...

muttman

So, last night I made my daughter Rhiana a lamellar vest out of some of White Mountain Armorys Visby plates (I highly recomend these BTW)to go with her little sword and shield. She absolutly loves it, spent about an hour beating the snot out of me, and the first thing she did when she woke up this m...

muttman

We can work on this and figure something out. I`m not sure what yet, but something. While I`m thinking about it,I found three of the edging rivets from your corazina on the floor when I was cleaning up the site. I saved them if you want them back. They are intact with the head and the pin, so you co...

muttman

"kind of sucks that It will probibly never see the field. but its definitly pretty." Its not supposed to see the field-its a recreation of Byzantine ceremonial armor, not field armor. " Umm... I may be wrong, but, are those "snaps" on the back closure?" Nope, grommets according to the article. For c...

muttman

I think I know someone who may be very interested in an 18g ss pair. Put me down for one on his behalf.
John

muttman

I just can`t believe someone is stupid enough to need to be told this and then argue the point after told. Dumbass, you wear steel over the back of your head because if you don`t, you can die. If you die during this activity, it could ruin it for the rest of us. I don`t want my favourite pastime scr...

muttman

From the pics it looks like it has no sleeves-am I correct in this assumption?
John

muttman

"You mean the *160* PSI, not 60 PSI"
whoops, yeah. I was tired when I wrote that.
Thanks for the correction!
John

muttman

the pics are not coming out but I really want to see this project! That is one of my dream helms!
FIX THE PICS!
John

muttman

They are being experimented with on a case by case aproval system here in the East. I will keep folks updated as to how that is going as news develops. I`ll let you all know what I think of them once I make myself some and play with them. I`m looking foward to it!
John

muttman

Oh, and BTW, the stuff straightens out pretty easily. Make sure you get the stuff rated for 60 psi with an inside diameter of one inch and a 1/8 in. wall. The thinner stuff is NOT legal. BTW, Thrust and throw javelins are being experimented with here in the East, and they are made with a thinner pie...

looking for period bread recipe

interest in making a SMALL spangen helm?