The Armour Archive

Halvgrimr

this came to me from one of my numerous lists: -----Original Message----- From: Christina Krupp [mailto:*********] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:16 AM To: Norsefolk_2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Norsefolk_2] Re: Dark age leather garment Greetings! There is some question about whether the Loch Glashan...

Halvgrimr

Here is a little tip on the Vambraces. Design them to be worn _under_ your tunic. --already in the process of doing that, metal splints between two laters of suede;) Though admittedly I am thinking about doing a Vendel age Kit now, so i may go for a Valsgarde 8 look;) Following the same argument, g...

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No one in the US did, the JomsVikings did.

Apparently they were such a hit the city is thinking of bringing them back yearly and even building a ring fort on site.

I dont know much about it though (i didnt go this time), Cam has the full story.

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Endre Fodstad wrote:Wonder how they could afford to get so many people over the big pond....

EF

--The city of Waco footed the bill thats how;)

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I have heard that so may of them break, does anyone actually have one that did? If so do you still have the scabbard? If so would you consider selling it? If so please respond here;) My good Czeck sword didnt come with a proper scabbard and my 'to do' project list is to huge to add scabbard to;) Hal...

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yup thats a Rich helm!
He is a armouring Laurel IIRC.

I do host a small page for him
its here http://www.missouri.edu/~rls555/SCA/wol ... lfwood.htm
He keeps threatening to send me more pics but he is a busy man.
The only thing he should do different on his Vendel helms is make the crest longer IMO, the rest if primo work.

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Seath's man portrayal is Hiberno-Norse IIRC.
When we need a baddie he subs as the evil Norman scum;)

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http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... 979#329979

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Due to various reasons I choose to pass on the Waco Vikings Festival (sorta regret that now) but since the several of us had the weekend off we got together to do some training. Though all of us had fought together before and attended NADARA training events together it was NorsaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s first 'offi...

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see http://www.nadara.net/combat.htm

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Calontir: As a group: Huscarls. Tie for second, grimfellers and Golden Sea marines. Duncan of Skeene. Greatsword monkey, excellent sword and shield. Nasir al etc... Snaky fast, long armed with the "scary left hand" ---note to self, next time i fight JP, stomp my name into his memory;) Halvgrimr Tha...

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I have went into 'The Zone' several times but I am never able to control it.
One of my current goals is to learn how to do so, ie i want to know what flips that switch instead of it jsut going off on its own,

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gotcha
figured it was a reference to all the bickering those damned Calontiri do;)

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self proclaimed bickerer

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Jehan de Pelham wrote: However, I must say that I had no plans to travel so far afield as this bickering hight Lillies War.

--i am a bit confused, what does bickering hight mean?

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Calontir Huscarl (we arent alway know for are brightness, just our brutality;)

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Calontir: As a group: Huscarls. Tie for second, grimfellers and Golden Sea marines. Duncan of Skeene. Greatsword monkey, excellent sword and shield. Nasir al etc... Snaky fast, long armed with the "scary left hand" ---note to self, next time i fight JP, stomp my name into his memory;) Halvgrimr

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thanks Anna! i have been doing some online research and have found quite a few tidbits that give me places to start some research (before i knew nothing about Hedeby except that it was a trading port;) some of those things are: -At the turn of the 10th Century there were as many as 15 towns in Denma...

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anyone ever heard of Vestmanlands LÃƒÂ¤ns Tidning? is it a newspaper? (online searches reference it to one anyway) I found a couple references to Norsa that appear to be in it (m) 1963. Norsa; "SkÃƒÂ¶r flickskalle i bÃƒÂ¥tgrav kan vara fint fynd i KÃƒÂ¶ping." 16 Augusti 1963. 1973. "Inte aktuellt an...

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Like this? That last reference at the end appears to be right on target for you. ----boy i hope thats a compliment;) Halvgrimr the easily confussed;) I figured a work on shipbuilding in Hedeby might have some mention of influential people who might buy/operate ships and who might have had local Hus...

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I have also been able to track down the following from the campus library: Muller-Wille, M., 1974. "Boat-graves in northern Europe." The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration, 3.2. It was in the biblio of the Vendel Period Studies article. I will go grab it tomorro...

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When we started our local group we went with the name as it was mentioned vaguely in a book I had on early Swedish boat burials (back then we intended to be an early period group.) --so i went and dug up the source of the info noted above ( which was "Aspects of site topography and boat morphology ...

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Maelgwyn wrote:Like this? That last reference at the end appears to be right on target for you.

----boy i hope thats a compliment;)

Halvgrimr the easily confussed;)

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Hey folks I am looking for some help on a research project. I am looking for information on either the boat burial at Norsa in Sweden or a town by that name. I am sorta stuck at where to start. Normally, when I tackle a subject I know absolutely nothing about I would do an online search, then retrie...

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The only input I have on this subject is, "you get what you pay for." If your gonna be a 'fight every week for several hours a day die hard steel fighter' I cant say if they will hold up or not. I can however say that MANY NADARA members have them and to my knowledge in the year we have been an orga...

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[quote="mattmaus"] If I understand you correctlyyou used 1/4 inch stock for your brow band. and cut it 2 inches longer than the brow measurement (pleas correct if I misunderstand you). --no all of the helmet except the oculars and the top straps were made of 18 ga as stated the oculars wer...

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yeah i am not real sure how it turned to small. the measurement Cam sent me for the browband measurement was 23 1/4. I cut the band to be 25 1/4, then made the plates fit it, not the other way around. I was sure that this would allow for a liner and an arming cap. H Alcy's idea has merit but I am be...

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see http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... 248#325248

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Here are a pics of the Gjermundbu helmet I built for Cam. m (donno how to insert them anymore) As you can see its a little small so I am building another one for him. I used information from the Oslo museum to base the helmet on (thanks Eggy!). I am not convinced that there is anyway that the ocular...

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InsaneIrish wrote:
"I" would never have let it get to the point that it needed sandpaper to return it to its rightful condition.

--dont let him fool ya T
ask him how his helm looked before we left for the Fyrd retreat last weekend;)

<evil grin>

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Seaxes had many uses through the years. First off, yes just a normal, everday knife nothing special. Now, not in a sense of living history, but in a sense as an Asatruar, Seaxes are used to carve ruins.. and have their own place in asatruar ritual. (shakes his head wondering why everyone around her...

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I am very familiar with the site you quoted on the viking shield from archeology. I'm doing the shield more for giggles and grins than to use it for any combat. I didnt expect it to be able to withstand actual use. As for the theory they were ceremonial/decorational, we'll never know for certain, b...

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Durin It is thought that the Gokstad shield were only ceremonial for the burial. from Peter Beatsons site on "The 'Viking Shield' from Archaeology" : The planks were possibly glued together. Extra support could come from the boss, grip and rim bindings (see below), and from a leather covering. At le...

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Hey 'Grim In terms of authenticity, I think you'd be happier with an egg-based paint rather than a milk-based paint. Milk paints seem to be largely an 18th century thing, though the pigments commercially sold for milkpaints are perfect for adding to an egg base instead. I'm still painting my shield...

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I cant help you but I am curious as to why you think Seax's where used to carve runes in trees and land?

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The shields I use to fight rebated steel are 3/8 inch plywood. I add the rawhide edging then score the face and back of the shield so that it resembles a plank shield. I then take a little bit of strong coffee and stain one or two of the sections to make it look like slightly different wood. In the ...

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Camric uses car wax on his blades.
He wipes it off before fighting and then reapplies later.
I have considered doing this but always forget to pick up some wax when i am out;)

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Loch Glashan leather jerkin update

Broken Paul Chen Practical Viking Swords

Norsa Steel training weekend photos (Xpost)

Norsa's steel Training last weekend

Re: Need advice on some research on an area in Sweden

Need advice on some research on an area in Sweden

first attempt at 'sandwiched' spangens (x-post)

first attempt at 'sandwiched' spangens

Re: Gokstad shields