The Armour Archive

Thomas MacFinn

BTW, where did you get that pommel? I'm not aware of anybody that offers that shape.

Thomas MacFinn

http://wallacelive.wallacecollection.or ... xt=buckler

Thomas MacFinn

Is this the gambeson?

http://m1071.photobucket.com/albumview/ ... l?newest=1

Thomas MacFinn

I'm certain that even if it can be worn that low for walking around, that may change when you start fighting.

Thomas MacFinn

Here's a better image of what I am talking about.

How is that belt holding up the weight of a sword?

Thomas MacFinn

That's in the MET? I was using it as an example of a modern set with the belt worn wrong (as opposed to the other half of the image on the right).

Thomas MacFinn

I've been looking forward to getting this particular crossguard in for some time.

Thomas MacFinn

Any idea what you want to call it?

... other than "the newer two ring guard".

Thomas MacFinn

Most historical pictures I have seem of a corrazina with a sword belt have the belt down near where the hand would hang at full extension. Did the armor have belt loops or was the sword belt attached to the armor through some other method? Most modern pictures I have seen have the belt worn much, mu...

Thomas MacFinn

Yes, corrazina was the word I was looking for. Whether or not the term is historically accurate, Internet search engines don't seem to care.

Thomas MacFinn

http://armourandcastings.com/?searchStr ... &Submit=Go

Thomas MacFinn

At various times, I have felt like both the kid on the top right and the one on the bottom right.

Thomas MacFinn

Yesterday, I learned what this type of breastplate was called, but have forgotten. I think it started with a C, but none of the C words in the Archive glossary are right.

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/static/mo ... _r5666.jpg

Thomas MacFinn

Buster wrote:
Thomas MacFinn wrote:I've also seen a thing that looks like a leather H-harness. I can't find a picture on short notice - this is as close as I could find:
That looks more like a modern plate carrier than anything.

Still not quite what I am thinking of, but closer...

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Thomas MacFinn

" Resipisce, et amplius iam noli peccare " seems a bit cumbersome to me, but I am relying on an online translator instead of any actual training. I would guess that the correct phrase would be a rather standard Catholic benediction, but I'm not even Catholic. Would somebody with some actual skill he...

Thomas MacFinn

I've also seen a thing that looks like a leather H-harness. I can't find a picture on short notice - this is as close as I could find:

Edit: picture removed. See below

Thomas MacFinn

Take out some rings.

Thomas MacFinn

While I am thinking about it, where on this illustration is this man's belly button? 1) Under the breastplate, 2) under the joint between breastplate and faulds, 3) under the topmost fauld (my guess), or 4) lower? Here's one with a mature figure. http://effigiesandbrasses.com/static/monuments/medium...

Thomas MacFinn

The funny thing about all this is that after 20 years in the SCA, I am for the first time transitioning out of an Elizabethan/English Civil War kit where the pot-bellied look is accurate for the time.

http://www.royalarmouries.org/assets-up ... Armour.jpg

Thomas MacFinn

If we concentrate only on the fit people in the SCA, there is still a defined SCA armor shape. Look at an exceptionally fit person in your average set of SCA lamellar: a tube around the belly with a upward projection front and back; and the upward projections pulled towards each other like a cone by...

Thomas MacFinn

The more I look at period sources, the more I see shapes like these: http://www.themcs.org/armour/knights/2007%20MCS%20Mere%20St%20Michael%20John%20Bettesthorne%201398%2022.JPG http://effigiesandbrasses.com/static/monuments/large/saint_george_prague_s360_r5666.jpg But in the SCA, with a few exceptio...

Thomas MacFinn

Does anybody know the origin of this rivet?

It was loose in a box with something else I had ordered.

Thomas MacFinn

Remember, if you take a sheet of 12 gauge and shape it, it may still be 12 gauge at the edge where it is easy to measure, but not in the center of the plate.

Thomas MacFinn

The problem, Wilhelm, with trying to buy a kit is that something won't fit right and you will still need to either live with a kit that fits like a loaner set, spend more money, or develop skills.

If you want skills, there are plenty of people willing to show you what they know.

Thomas MacFinn

What kingdom are you in Kurt? I'm not aware of any that require demi-gaunlets be padded. Also, do you need a pair? You might get something better for less if you need just one. http://clang.adkinssoftware.com/gaunt%20pics/half%20g%2001.html http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index.php?main_page=produ...

Thomas MacFinn

Very nice.

Thomas MacFinn

If you want to use 1.25", why not do something like this (below) with a deeper bend and foam behind the rattan?

Thomas MacFinn

To avoid confusion, none of the items labeled "prototype" above are on the website.

Thomas MacFinn

The website is back up, but I'm going to bump this thread anyway because it is not always easy to see what is in stock with a single glance.

Thomas MacFinn

1) Is diapering period?
2) Is the practice confined to a specific time period, like heraldic surcoats?

Thomas MacFinn

For those like me that had to look up "fokos":

http://therionarms.com/sold/ttoy417.html

Thomas MacFinn

Back to the original question - Caius, while I don't know of any specific articles on how to make a rattan falchion, there are enough articles in the Archive and elsewhere in the Internet on how to carve rattan shaped swords (or as I prefer to call them "wasters", as opposed to batons and flat plank...

Thomas MacFinn

So in essence a different style of basket hilt.

Thomas MacFinn

What is this?

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-p ... 0772_n.jpg

Thomas MacFinn

Brave Poles and ruthless Americans ... anybody know the nationality of the photographer?

Re: brass migration era sword f/s

Re: Were there centre grip round shields used in late period

Re: White gambeson and splint arm kit for sale

Re: Belt loops on a corrazina?

Re: Belt loops on a corrazina?

Re: Belt loops on a corrazina?

Re: Cross/fish tail pommel hilt 1440-1460 inspired Hesseniro

Re: New style hand and half cross from Hessen Iron

Belt loops on a corrazina?

Re: That C word

Re: where to get decorative rivets?

Re: Why do you fight?

That C word

Re: On SCA silhouettes

resipisce, et amplius iam noli peccare

Re: On SCA silhouettes

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On SCA silhouettes

Re: where to get decorative rivets?

Re: is this how 12 g mild steel should behave?

Re: Money: What is reasonable?

Re: By the Sword Half gaunts for SCA

Re: brass migration era sword f/s

Re: Falchion Design (for SCA chivalric)

Re: Hessen In Stock

Re: Hessen In Stock

Heraldic Diapering

Re: Effectiveness of a rapier

Re: Falchion Design (for SCA chivalric)

Re: Links to some cool BOTN Pics.

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