The Armour Archive

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F. Hand and Wrist Armor The outer surfaces of the hand, to one inch above the wrist of both arms and including the thumb, must be covered by one or a combination of the following: 1. A rigid basket or cup hilt with enough bars or plates to prevent a blow from striking the fingers or the back of the ...

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While rings laying in one orientation may appear more obvious in each of those photos, they don't appear with a row going L, a gap, then a row going R, a gap...

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It's hard to tell with the image of the Bocaccio woodcut being so small, but I seem to see a difference between the men and the woman. The men appear to have have a short line between crotch and leg, possibly representing the wrinkle formed by the "pouch." The woman's "panties" appear to have a smo...

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You want to push 6061 T-6 around with a hammer, you use a deadblow, not a hard face steel head. Lower T numbers move easier, I believe. Generally, but that isn't always true. The T number is basically the method of artificially age hardening the metal, so you might find a particular alloy where T-3...

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You'll need a spare battery of oarsmen.

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MediumAevum wrote:
Baron Alcyoneus wrote: I don't think it is clear enough to be definitive, but I wonder if I'm looking only at shading, or evidence of some sort of bra on the woman off of Mary's R shoulder.
It isn't. Its some sort of gold ribbon attached to the collar.

I wasn't talking about the collar, or the gold ribbon.

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Try some 7075 T6, Ironbadger, you'll have at least 50% more fun!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzveezi5vVs

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A caracole was performed with pistols. A column (2 wide) charges at a formation, and when they get in range they fire their pistols, peel out, and the next two fire. Wiki:The military caracole as it is usually understood today developed in the mid-16th century in an attempt to integrate gunpowder we...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4IZ0Flh3M

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Right. But for the pike to resist the horse, it must remain in a FIXED position. As soon as they start moving, BAM. For a great explanation of this, and why neither pikes nor infantry firearms did NOT wipe the knight off the field, see "Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe," by Bert Hall. Move...

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The top few entries on the left of this Persian/English dictionary are handy, but it doesn't give any date for the origin of the words. http://books.google.com/books?id=knA9NptP7xsC&pg=PA725&lpg=PA725&dq=trussing+of+breasts&source=bl&ots=9FlUivg_j0&sig=xFnu3LAXfoogWjCIi8g3yG8TYfY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y64RU...

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Good find, Tasha! I'm sure that people will be finding more examples like that now! Youth, breeding potential, nursing potential, all of that comes into play when we think about it. I wonder if these examples survived because they were becoming more commercially available, and produced by specialist...

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I've seen some 223 bullets that made holes in 1/2 plate, and some of their buddies that were stuck in the same plate, nearly penetrating, but not quite. They were mostly sticking out of the plate, but not quite far enough to fall out. They weren't normal rounds, I'm pretty sure they were steel cored...

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A peasant that throws a pointy stick into a horse takes out a tank.

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It also depended on the lance. 15th century 'Battle of San Romano' monster, or 11th century 'Bayeux Tapestry' long spear? In the rest, or in the hand? Underhand? Overhand? My understanding is that an uncouched lance (ala Bayeux Tapestry) can be used multiple times, against multiple targets. (Winsto...

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Ashdown actually notes that on the brasses, the inside of the armour looks the same as the outside, and says his reconstruction looks identical from either side. I agree that the lack of overlap between the rows doesn't seem characteristic of historical armour, but I think the weight problem could ...

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It is obviously plausble in certain situations because we have surviving examples. It was used to create rigidity around the neck and, as Russ says, possibly to help to retailor it. I think the Vancouver anthropology museum has an example with banding across the chest but I doubt it was ever done o...

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And that all depends on the bullet, its speed, profile, diameter, weight, material. Some will still be going fast enough to penetrate, and some won't. If it works for a 22LR, it won't work for a 223. If it works for a 223, it probably won't work for a 308, etc.

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18g mild? I wouldn't expect them to look like the picture very long.

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Armor generally wasn't etched prior to about 1500, at least in Western Europe, I'm not sure about parts East.

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Even if he loses the lance, that 1000#+ of horse and man in armor keeps moving.

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How much salt per gallon?

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Where are you and what is your price range?

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http://images.shopgoodwill.com/122/7-16-2012/sa806237611-01.jpg Anyone remember a really cheesy TV show about Merlin and Author from maybe the late 80's? Merlin wore a skull-cap with a gem thing on the forehead that was supposed to be part of his power. I wouldn't doubt that this was a movie prop o...

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I'll go with part of a mold for a plastic helmet of some sort. Maybe stage, maybe sports related. I have a stainless motorcycle helmet mold (standard helmet type), and it reminds me of that.

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Male underwear ranged from large boxers to "Speedos" like in that woodcut.

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You could find that as well, Konstantin.

I think I found one example of a placard w/o an upper plate armor (solid or brigandine), and it was over mail. But I don't know where it is. Other than that, I don't think so.

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Mostly you would find uppers to be brigandine, mostly with layers of canvas for structural support, and brocades, or velvet for coverings.

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Baron Geoffrey the Mountain wrote:That looks baronial.... no skills required!

In which case, does it come with aspirin and a box of wine?

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Purely Historical Research only.

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Do you have good links for much of that, esp. #7?

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If you can keep it in a box (wooden or metal), I think this would work better.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/201 ... -gun-safe/

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mik wrote:Armes et armures, Les yeux de la découverte, 15$, this one is in french

Is this a French edition of the Eyewitness Book?

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48", anything longer becomes a GS.

Re: A question on cup hilts...

Re: How plausible is banded mail?

Re: C15 Bras from Lengburg castle

Re: &*%$#!! aluminum!

Re: Ramming speed!

Re: C15 Bras from Lengburg castle

Re: &*%$#!! aluminum!

Ramming speed!

Re: Mounted Cavalry Charge with lances

Re: this may not fit here but steel over kevlar

Re: Mounted Cavalry Charge with lances

Re: C15 Bras from Lengburg castle

Re: C15 Bras from Lengburg castle

Re: this may not fit here but steel over kevlar

Re: Mounted Cavalry Charge with lances

Re: Mounted Cavalry Charge with lances

Re: How plausible is banded mail?

Re: How plausible is banded mail?

Re: this may not fit here but steel over kevlar

Re: Usable guantlets

Re: When and where would this armour be appropriate for?

Re: Mounted Cavalry Charge with lances

Re: 4130 heat treatment...question for the pros...

Re: Anyone fight in a Burgonet?

Re: what is this!?

Re: what is this!?

Re: C15 Bras from Lengburg castle

Re: Pimp my placard!

Re: Pimp my placard!

Re: Coronet for sale

Re: C15 Bras from Lengburg castle

Re: Can anyone shed some light on this "Splinted Coat of Pla

Re: Using 'Damp Rid' or silica gel to prevent armor rust.

Re: Some book to sell

Re: Bastardsword length preference?