The Armour Archive

Thomas MacFinn

If you make something with a falchion shape, the heaviness takes care of itself. If you want a quality weapon, your biggest obstacle will be making something that doesn't handle like a log. This is because if the 1.25" thick cross section required on SCA weapons, not because of any quality inherent...

Thomas MacFinn

Suzerain, "blisteringly fast" compared to what? I agree that all well-made medieval swords are much faster than any poorly made "wall hanger" reproductions (which is not to say all reproductions are poor, just that some are terrible). I also agree that many Victorian our-time-is-the-best-at-everythi...

Thomas MacFinn

On a related note: chausses.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=154468

Thomas MacFinn

Instead of solid rattan, another visually impressive construction style is a wide rattan stick with a squared back and foam behind the blade.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=148003

Thomas MacFinn

If you make something with a falchion shape, the heaviness takes care of itself. If you want a quality weapon, your biggest obstacle will be making something that doesn't handle like a log. I've had a little practice at this, but if you modify it enough to be a speedy weapon it stops being a falchio...

Thomas MacFinn

Caius705 wrote:... I know they have some listed on Ebay, so those at least are in stock...

I see out-of-stock/back-ordered stuff sold on ebay all the time.

Thomas MacFinn

I know I am stating the obvious for most of the people on this thread, but 1300 to 1400 was a time of huge transitions in fashion and in armor. Every twenty years (or less) something changed. If you want a similar example, look at fashions now vs fashions in 1912. Yes, women then and now both wore d...

Thomas MacFinn

This style is skin-on (and the style I am thinking about changing). You may have to look close (because I try to pick strait rattan) but if you compare the strait fuller to the blade edge on the right hand waster, you may notice that the right hand blade is slightly curved due to the natural curve o...

Thomas MacFinn

Thomas MacFinn wrote:Has anyone ever broken or pulped one of my wasters?

Nobody?

Thomas MacFinn

Could we get a front view? Also, with that hinge, does the chin wiggle?

Thomas MacFinn

Since I'm trying to get a bunch of orders going, I'm offering free shipping on all orders CONUS, 10% off on all aventails, and if ordered with a shirt, and extra $25 off AFTER the 10% price cut. That's a savings of almost $50 on a long aventail in 1/4"! Sorry. I can read. ... all evidence to the co...

Thomas MacFinn

I assume the prices at the top do not include shipping. Will an aventail fit in a medium flat rate box?

Thomas MacFinn

Are they still in stock? I tried one shoved in my pot helm last Tuesday and even without it properly secured, I am in love. After removing my helmet for a breather, a few minutes in the open air was enough to make the wet linen cool when I put the helm back on. While reshaping the liner for perfect ...

Thomas MacFinn

I wonder if there is a market for period items in anodized brass? I remember I fell in love with that stuff and replaced as much brass as I could before I was even out of boot camp.

Thomas MacFinn

Vernonrz@hotmail.com, the email address on your paypal account.

Thomas MacFinn

http://www.youtube.com/user/themodernmedieval

Thomas MacFinn

InsaneIrish wrote:Basically use the off hand as a parry device ...

I agree. Design a weapon with parrying in mind, like a main gauche.

Thomas MacFinn

Does anybody have a phone number for Riese Von Landsee (Vernon Ziebell) they could PM to me?

I'm working on something for him today, have a question, and he's not the kind of person that checks his email every day.

Thomas MacFinn

When I saw those shoulder pieces, my first thought was a pseudo-late-Elizabethan doublet.

http://www.fabrics-store.com/blog/2011/ ... n-history/

Thomas MacFinn

I use different thicknesses and types of rattan for different weapon styles, and I don't want to clutter up my little shop with two styles if one will clearly outsell the other.

If appearance is the only difference (skin-off will be straighter), it will easily outsell the current style.

Thomas MacFinn

Since you want to do SCA youth as well as backyard, I strongly encourage you to get up with an SCA youth marshal. It would stink if you and your kid were to go to an event and find that everything you brought to fight with wasn't legal.

Thomas MacFinn

It is nice to see a rattan seax with some heft to the blade. I love what you did with the tape on the thrusting tip. Does the blade have any kind of distal taper or is it a flat plank?

Thomas MacFinn

For a foam axe (again, non-SCA), run a short bit of leather or piece of webbing along the underside of the axe and a few inches down the haft. It will greatly increase the lifespan of the foam at the joint.

Thomas MacFinn

I don't understand the youth combat rules, but many of the non-SCA foam fighting clubs (the guys with no required armor) use EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate) foam.

http://geddon.org/index.php/Evalite

Thomas MacFinn

This is one, not a pair this time, right?

Thomas MacFinn

Post some pictures when it is done. I always like looking at nice blades.

Thomas MacFinn

I have heard of wasters snapping at the hilt, but in every case I have heard about, the rattan was passing through a hole smaller than 1.25". The end result of my line of thinking is that I am thinking about replacing the current type 10 with a skin-off version. Carving the striking surface will all...

Thomas MacFinn

Has anyone ever broken or pulped one of my wasters? When I first started carving rattan, I worried about how much removing the skin would affect the longevity of the blades and created my "type 10" skin-on viking sword with that in mind. However, as weeks are becoming years; and I am not hearing abo...

Thomas MacFinn

More X's added to the picture above.

http://foxknife.com is almost back up: it is one error message and an inventory check away from being fully functional.

Thomas MacFinn

Two left

Thomas MacFinn

The other two are still available.

Thomas MacFinn

Picture above updated to mark sold items.

Thomas MacFinn

I'm not sure what it is, but I doubt it is price.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=151275&p=2314974

Thomas MacFinn

http://www.amtgardinc.com/kingdoms/

You might try here too: http://board.belegarth.com/viewforum.ph ... 14330a020d

Belegarth is another foam fighting group on par with Amtguard and Dagorhir.

Thomas MacFinn

I don't own either a buffing wheel or brasso. I often spend as many hours fitting and finishing wasters as I do carving the unfinished blades in the first place but only charge $10 for the service (including four kinds of tape, thrusting tip and the occasional wood screw). I often think of things I ...

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