The Armour Archive

Swete

Looks good. No personal experience, tho: m These guys sell Ashcraft Baker stuff. Cheaper to get it from AB direct, but from what has been said of late, more reliable: m CHristopher Andy from Wardmetal makes some of the most tank gauntlets out there. His production time is spectacular and his commun...

Swete

Here is a very helpful vid on how to make vambraces, knees and cuisses out of barrel. As long as you cover it, it will be awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7nBMezkJgQ

Swete

Well, they should at least allow shin shots in one-on-one fighting...

Swete

Making armour is always more fun and way faster if you do it with a friend. Hell, I have enough half finished projects around my shop to outfit somebody if they just wanted to show up and spend a day finishing them... WITH my very willing help. Is there anybody who armours where you are? +1 to this...

Swete

I know at least 1/4 of the fighters on this list, and know of the rest. I gotta cast my lot in with Grim.

Swete

Oh I agree that the techniques are not meant to be sporting.. and I freely admitted that it was a bad analogy. It is just this belief that these few manuals is the end all be all that sticks in my throat. I think we should have full body targeting in the SCA. I mean we get hit in the "illegal&...

Swete

Wow, that is a pretty helm...

Swete

Those look kinda like Hjalmr's. If they are, that is a good price.

Swete

Tyr Palenske wrote:
Swete wrote:Won't the gloves smell of Tyr?

I love the smell of Tyr in the mornin! Smells like....................................victory.

I just wanted you to know that I meant no insult. I am glad that your hands smell of victory, etc. My gloves smell of sweat and some kinda mildew-ish foetor.

Swete

They actually have this helm on kultofathena.com
http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp ... ospitaller

And according to this, the nasal is riveted in place. Hmmmm....

Swete

Rey wrote:
Blackoak wrote:I'll be there Thursday 5ish with my squire Ingvarr and his huge dong.

Uric

Actually it's so big the tip will be there at 3:30.

Rey

Oh that is ....that's quite horrible. What must the Missus think?

Swete

Won't the gloves smell of Tyr?

Swete

I wanna go so bad, but, depending on how my follow up doctors visit goes concerning my knee, I may end up in surgery and not fighting for almost a year.

Swete

Though I am sad that I did not win, I think it is awesome that VLC put me in the drawing even though I ordered my stuff like a week or more before he anounced the contest.

Swete

My first tunic was actually a lot better than the 2 that followed. I modeled it after one of the reenactors' from Underwood's book. And I did a decent job of it too....BUT it was made of duck canvas....you will still melt in the dead of winter. http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx277/oni_saken/firs...

Swete

Frankly, I am surprised nobody is offering something like this commercially to the SCA. If one is a professionally set up leather guy, versed in patterns and skilled in cutting and sewing the leather (even machine sewing) it could be easy and cheap to make and sell and still keep a nicer margin of ...

Swete

Sweet father Chthulu....*foams at mouth and then promply faints*

Swete

Frankly, I am surprised nobody is offering something like this commercially to the SCA. If one is a professionally set up leather guy, versed in patterns and skilled in cutting and sewing the leather (even machine sewing) it could be easy and cheap to make and sell and still keep a nicer margin of ...

Swete

Heck, just wear a long sleeved linen tunic. I usually start freezing during the middle of a tourney or event just because of any sweat from exertion mixed with wind.

Swete

Very nice. I really like the extended length of the shell. It really sets your coat of plates apart.

Swete

I is excited!

Swete

I have 3:
An Ashcraft-Baker starter helm, a living history single piece nasal, and a Zweihammer Valsgarde. I intend to but a maille aventaille on the Valsgarde eventually. I keep the Ashcraft for loaner/newbie fare. I would like a Coppergate Helm eventually...

Swete

Yeah, go to the Armstreet site. They post an obscene amount of pics compared to many other amour/reenactment stores. And whoever their photographer is, is brilliant, and their models are great.

Swete

Nissan, you bringing that BoN kit to Gulf Wars? I'll practice with you. GreenShield Awesome, man. Yep, I am. We will have to go offsite to fight full speed full contact with steel, or we will both get kicked out of the SCA. We can do it in my hotel parking lot. Can I watch? ....well, that sounded w...

Swete

Great vids. The quality was amazing, IMO. And, as I posted on your channel, the fighter with the Landesneckt garb with a topfhelm was very fun to watch fight, what with the Jeet Kun Do forms going on and all...

Swete

MTNScout wrote:The maille is actually borrowed from a guy in our local group but my intention is to ask my wife for some flattened riveted maille in the event I can find some at a reasonable price.

Do you mind if it is mild? Cause you can get that for about $270 at finditarmory.com

Swete

Dayum son! You and Josh hit the accelerator and never let off, eh?
Very great kit. Where does the maille come from in your new pics? It goes nicely with everything else.

Swete

They look nice, but what are they made of? If they are made of HDPE plastic, would you mind sharing how you did it?

Swete

Arngrim wrote:And of course you can wash your hands in it.

Yeah, that is how I have always been accustomed to having it used. You learn something new everyday.

Swete

I should add there are several sewn hat finds from around that time period; they are mentioned in my Hastings document on page 14: m The Birka grave find in Sweden is dated to the 10th century. It is a woolen round cap made of six panels. Sogards Mose bog (Figure A in the drawing from Viking Clothi...

Swete

I have always found those forms of shield fascinating...

Swete

I apologize for detracting from the theme of this thread, but I have always wondered what the point of rose water is. Does it have refreshing properties that are absent in regular water? It smells nice and clean and all. I am just wondering.

Swete

Thats a "Swete" hat, good job! Also, hows your knee doing? Thanks for the compliment, your Highness. Yeah, the hat is like my face though: the closer one gets to it, the uglier it gets. But the knee is doing better. I should be able to fight again, howbeit lightly, by the 23rd. Yay! Thank...

Swete

I am very glad you had fun and were able to continue to have fun and aid your side in battle even after an injury. I have only fought in one SCA war so far (Gulf Wars) and I thought, if anything, the arrows flying around added a level of exhileration that may have otherwise been absent. It also sure...

Swete

Oh wells. At least I have something on meh head now.

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