The Armour Archive

Heath B fraychef

...Valsgarde 6 helmet ... What "goes with it"? Would "hidden armour" work? This is a very high level chief's helmet. IMO - The person wearing it into battle would certainly not be the farmer boy in coat and britches. He would wear that period's idea of the ultimate knighly armou...

Heath B fraychef

Jeebus, we're like a bunch of kids in a candy store waiting in line for the bag of tootsie rolls.. yeah some uf us got caught in the "damn weather is too cold to make shields" part of the year. so its kinda like having a christmas present sitting in the living room staring at you every da...

Heath B fraychef

i hear ya brother.

Heath B fraychef

check out the mercenarys tailor

Heath B fraychef

yeah windrose,
or check strawberry fields armory,
or the jelling dragon.

Heath B fraychef

strawberry fields armory.

Heath B fraychef

they are definately awesome.
if you look at his web site he has a simolar pair.
only on mine the lames are blued between the brass plates.

Heath B fraychef

yeah im sure i will at some point but...
the greaves unfortunately have to wait until i can scrape together another $160 the blueing and brass work arent cheap but i believe well worth the price.

Heath B fraychef

several weeks ago i ordered a pair of blued shoulder pauldrons from allan at the mercenarys tailor. within a week and a half they were at the door and honestly far better quality than i anticipated. this prompted me to buy a set of splinted arms and elbow cops from him as well. i placed the order ag...

Heath B fraychef

great thanks.

Heath B fraychef

theoderic,
i diddent even think about that ill shoot her a message in just a minute.
and audax do you have any experiance with those tunics?
how resilient are they.
they are pretty nice simple but definately nice for the price.

Heath B fraychef

does anybody have recomendations on where to get a decent fighting tunic/shirt.
for under 100 bucks.

Heath B fraychef

there is historical basis for doing the one solid lame that looks like multiple scales.
if you offered these is a fairly long size that people could just trim down to the size they needed it would go a long way to putting a kit together.

Heath B fraychef

how mucch for a set of those finge gauntletts.

Heath B fraychef

would you consider offering these for people who only need one demi gauntlett. the pattern looks pretty universal, do you just flip the leather for right / left hand?

Heath B fraychef

are you looking for just one or a pair?

Heath B fraychef

look at hockey laces.
you can also get the lace material in bulk rolls.

Heath B fraychef

heres what i have right now. next week my new arms will be here from the mercenarys tailor. blued elbow cops with brass rivets and splinted vambraces with alternating brass and heat blued splints, to match the helm. next will be the knees and matching greaves. y=then if the wife dosent kill me ill g...

Heath B fraychef

yes order from the astern european armorers.
then add another $90.00 shipping and hope they got it right the first time because its too costly to ship back to them for repairs.

Heath B fraychef

what i meant was the sword fittings. an if you look what i did in fact say was ( i may be interested in the sword fittings.) and since i was at work it took some time to actually get home to "check" my financs to make sure i had the money to cover the cost. finances are go but go ahead and...

Heath B fraychef

oh no ive seen tomorrow.
new air cooler motor 450, car insurance co-pay 500, hospital bill for wife and new baby 800, and new greaves and knees to match the arms and elbows i just bought.
no tomorrow dosent look good unfortunately.

Heath B fraychef

ok nevermind, i guess everything is spoken for already?

Heath B fraychef

this sucks.
ive been drooling over that berserkr for years now.
and of course i chose to pay upwards of $2500 on armor and new gear.

Heath B fraychef

do you have any pics.
i may be interested in the sword fittings.
let me talk to the financier and ill get let you know.

Heath B fraychef

im still working on the wife ill let you know either way today or tomorrow.

Heath B fraychef

great.
im sure it will be well worth the wait.
im already the envy of my local group.
especially after i showed up with that beautiful new scabbard.
wait unil they see this baby.

Heath B fraychef

how did the epoxy go this weekend still happy with my kite?

Heath B fraychef

allan at mercenarys tailor straps everything before you get it.
his prices are reasonable, exceptional for the quality. you can get a very nice set of 14th century elbow cops for 44 bucks until wed.
i ordered blued shoulders from him a few weeks ago and had them within a week of ordering.

Heath B fraychef

the mercenarys tailor is having a sale on arms right now.

Heath B fraychef

pics will go a long way to getting this sold.

Heath B fraychef

i thought so.
i had that shield pinned to tree with my spear and was thinking what an odd shape why wont anybody kill this helpless person.

Heath B fraychef

well i would you see except mne will be done here in a couple more coats of eurothane and dont really need a second.
rana, were you fighting with a similar shield at tc last weekend?

Heath B fraychef

good god people.
this is an atzinger shield.
your going to let it go for 75 bucks???

Heath B fraychef

sweet i cant wait.

Heath B fraychef

very nice.
is that my kite in the background?

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