The Armour Archive

Josh W

Jehan de Pelham wrote:Anyone with the sense of humor to combine anime fandom and belly dancing is okay by me.

Follow the link in her sig.

Now I'm curious; what was in her sig? It seems to have been deleted...

Josh W

Hey, what's the word on the shipment of the 6mm mail? I can't wait!

Josh W

Cliff, I have a copy of that article as well. I do not take issue with the notion that arrows could reliably pierce low-quality armour. What I have a problem with is the assertion Stretton makes in the last paragraph of this new article (the magazine is titled "Skirmish," IIRC) which state...

Josh W

Aw, c'mon! I love this topic!

Josh W

So a recent issue of a magazine I found on the shelves at a local bookstore features an article by none other than the fiendish Mark Stretton on penetration of plate armour by longbow arrows. In this article, he illustrates a test of a flat, unshaped 2mm-thick piece of what he labels "charcoal ...

Josh W

Not answering for Phelan, but where else am I going to find a basically full contact sport, that is mideval in nature, where in certain times of year, I can stand across from 500 or more folks, run full tilt at them and charge and have a bloody great time. No Amtgard, Larp or boffer system will eve...

Josh W

And I don't mean to imply that it's not a good-looking kit; I love plate armour. Still... If you're not in the SCA for the history, then what does it offer you that you couldn't get from one of the boffer LARPS (Amtgard, Dagorhir, etc.)? They've got imaginary kingdoms, knights, fun, etc.--everything...

Josh W

I think they DID have it right in the beginning. Truly? No change was necessary at all? Do you think things should have stayed just as they were at the first event? Do you think we have kept the hobbits, list-legal retiarius nets, and churchmen reciting winnie-the-pooh in Latin by way of benedictio...

Josh W

Better by who's standards? Certainly not mine, and there are a whole lot of people who agree with me. So what are these popular standards of yours, then? What, according to these standards, would be "better?" Being a Knight is the persona that matters to me. This I don't get at all. To me...

Josh W

If not turnshoes, what would you prefer that people wear? What would your persona have worn, Phelan?

Josh W

Hey, that's nice! Did you make that?

Josh W

Alas.

I wish I had been able to make it this year...

Josh W

Interestingly, the lower skirt seems to be divided on this fellow...
[img]http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh1/BARTSCH_2070009.jpg[/img]

http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh1/goes.jpg

Josh W

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet (on any of the threads in which this thing has been discussed), but there is a very, very similar item in "The Armour from the Battle of Wisby" that is dated to the fifteenth century.

Josh W

IIRC, this was done by Altichiero da Zevio, and according to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altichiero

...that was painted around 1385.

Josh W

Looking great, Joe! Having watched it come together piece by piece, I am dying to see your harness done.

I'm really having trouble trying to figure out just what to do with my tassets. Any pics from the period c.1485-1515 anyone happens to know of would be most helpful...

Josh W

Isn't William Hurt reasonably nearby, too?

www.ageofarmour.com

Josh W

A while back, I had posted some photos of a spare cuirass I had bought from Rough From the Hammer, asking for ideas as to what I should do with it. I finally settled on making a speculative reconstruction of a munitions half-armour from the very late 15th/very early 16th century. It's not really bas...

Josh W

Bob, isn't it time we saw another photo of you in your whole harness? I haven't seen one in years, and I don't think I've ever seen the rear of your suit. C'mon...I wanna see what your harness looks like these days, with all the little details you've been adding over the years. I'll bet it looks awe...

Josh W

If Doug does this, I hope the armour fits him; he's awfully runty...

Josh W

Very cool indeed.

I can't wait to see pics of it with the rest of your kit.

Josh W

I agree completely with Dierick.

Josh W

It does look like fun. I hope to get to ride in my armour one day...

Josh W

Magnus of the Dark Wyvern wrote:I've never tried to take someones arm before, I don't plan on making a habit of it...

Why wouldn't you?

Josh W

IIRC, this thing appears in Stone's Glossary, dates to the 19th century, and was made by some tribe in the Pacific Northwest.

Josh W

I like it; I can't wait to see it in the context of the rest of your suit.

Josh W

That looks great, Doug!

So when will my hauberk be ready?

Josh W

Okay. April Fool's Day is over. I took down the pic.

Josh W

Thomas H wrote:Plenty of people just run a leather thong through the top row of rings and tie it in the front. Seems to hold up pretty well. YMMV

That's what I do; it hasn't failed me yet.

http://www.mediumaevum.com/josh/DSC03211.JPG

Josh W

Very cool. Thanks for that.

Josh W

Tell ya what, sha-ul, I'll be down your way for the Great Plains Renaissance Festival in a few weeks. You can have a look at them then. As for photos, well... Like Matt Blazek, I don't like to tear up my Historic Enterprises hosen just for weekly SCA practice, so I usually wear the altered sweatpant...

Josh W

Of all the options presented here, Matt, let me throw in another recommendation for Peder's idea about altering a pair of sweatpants. Peder showed me how to do it, and now I have a couple of pairs of them. At a casual glance, they look just like hosen. In at least a few photos of me in my harness, t...

Josh W

Alric wrote:Wich kid is celebrating celtic Sam Hain?

In modern America? Neither one, most likely.

Josh W

Galfrid atte grene wrote:How do those of you who wear hosen deal with the required knee padding? I can't imagine padding fitting well beneath tight hosen, and over kind of defeats the purpose.

I wrap my legs with strips of felt blanket before I put on my legharness.

Josh W

Dilan wrote:I WANT TO BE FNN Mac COOL!

When did Finn Mac Cool use a madu?

Arrows vs. Armour yet again!

My new half-harness (progress pics)

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