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Baron Alcyoneus

mater swiver is the Saxon for MF.

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The depiction is common. I would expect that they are fairly flexible.

For the fellow on the right, I would expect it to be made of leather, at least at points, hardened. It might just be thick, flexible leather, especially below the waist.

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The deadline to enter is generally 2 weeks prior to Crown itself(Letter of intent). We know who is entering because the Crown told us so.

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I'm assuming that he's referring to the wacko woman who pulled the Pope to the ground when she jumped the fence at Christ-Mass. Someone from the crowd should have grabbed her clothing so she could have bounced off the ground instead of reaching Benedict, but reaction time was nil...

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

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Darringer wrote:What about the use of rawhide as well?

I don't think that would work so well, could you imagine what would happen to it at places like Agincourt, when it rained?

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Dark Apprentice!
Dark Apprentice!!
Dark Apprentice!!!

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It looks nice, but...the hand is supposed to go in the other end.

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You should also be able to find this information (it has the same author

) in:
The Armourer and His Craft: From the XIth to the XVIth Century [FACSIMILE] (Paperback)
~ Charles ffoulkes (Author)

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I haven't tried this with rawhide, but it is an idea I picked up from the time I spent working on fiberglass CH47 Chinook transmission screen guards... Take the rawhide, and wrap it over the edge of the shield evenly, overlapping the ends by a couple inches. Tape it down with painters tape (blue) re...

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I sometimes wonder if they didn't have suits made for them well after they were in decline... My dad was about 5"9-10" or so for most of his adult years, and I'm 5'10" tall. When I saw him a year ago at Christmas time(he's now in his mid-late '60's), he only came up to my shoulder. It...

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Did it look like a sparkler while you worked it?

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We're talking about the unnatural kind.

I'm going to make a mace and name it Thomas Hobbes...

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It is still used in Chinese/Vietnamese herbal remedies-external only.

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Here you go:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=108144

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Camail is the term you want.

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One of the sites I looked at last night did specify that the Hurculean Knot did specify rank. m uscle Armour / Cuirass Muscle armour was worn exclusively by high ranking officers and generals, including the emperor. A good example is the Augustus statue of Primaporta to the left (two images), and to...

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I did an episode of "Bones" where they find a Roman Iron Age Skeleton and it was written in the script, "This man was 175 cm, 5' 8", he was tall for his time!" He was just barely tall enough to join the Legion, IIRC... At one time, the minimum recruiting standards for the L...

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Romans spun the tops of some of their helmets, and the Turks did as well, I bet. It may not be the best way to make a helmet, but it is quick.

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In order to conclude that a particular clasp was from a Roman-style leather lorica, one must first demonstrate that the Romans, in fact, ever wore leather loricas. This has most definitely not been done. There is only one bit of evidence for Roman leather armour and that is a lamellar leg guard fou...

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Was it vair? wink

Monitor lizard? It sure got lost!

That is a little more odd than the Buddhist bronze found years ago... ::

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I posted from London Bodies on the AA some time back. They looked in some graveyards identified in London from Roman, Anglo-Saxon, medieval, etc periods of London history. Anglo-Saxon Londoners were slightly shorter than today, but not by much. The shortest period was Victorian London due to the poo...

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It is stylized Byzantine armor from an earlier age.

"Varangian bra" is how it is sometimes referred to...

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I don't know, she did have a Spanish/Portuguese book. I would have thought that Doc would have brought them to someone in the Barony rather than sell them to a store.

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Yes, it is the Vatican/Swiss Guard.

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I wonder how long it took to train the horses to go along with that...

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I think you spelled something wrong... Kostümschnitte and garment shapes eine Ubersicht der Kostümschnitte und Gewandformen aller Zeiten und Volker vom Altertum bis zur Neuzeit. Summary of gown and one Kostümschnitte forms of all times and peoples from antiquity to modern times. by...

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If you want Germans to comment, it might be better to give a better topic title. Playing with babefish, from this: Kostums cgnitte und gewand formen, Tracht, wehr under waffen I get this: Form food around the cgnitte and garb Traditional costume, resistance of under weapons Food and clothing of the ...

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I picked up a book on Muslim art/architecture, and it had a picture (13-15thC) of a guy pulling on a handle with a rope going through a pulley to some weights.

Yes, the Nautilus machine is period.

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You want to put this on your shield: когда 2 люд любят, я один претендуя быть женщи&...

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All I really wanted was a piss-cod breastplate, and look what I got instead...

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The original date of the War College was changed and this one was put up against Calontir's Winter War Manuvers in Lincoln. We have had so much fun with Calontir that His Majesty Owen is sending the northern (those that live in Oklahoma) Centurions to Nebraska to play. it is only an hour more to dr...

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D. Sebastian wrote:Must
own
hat
with
reservoir tip!

But gotta put a dickhead in it.

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If it worked in real life, it can probably be made to work here.

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And the first recorded case of 'cold turkey'.

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What if the blow is robbed of it's power by the armour if said person is wearing the "assumed armour standard"? A good blow lands with a certain amount of power. If it hits skin, leather, or 1/4" plate, a blow with that force level is good. It is up to the person being hit to learn h...