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Halvgrimr

God I'd just love it if you posted that to the NADARA list;)

Halvgrimr

Halvgrimr

Not that I am trying to justify it and I certainly dont want to see more of them in the SCA but didnt the early germanics were a sort of wide leather belt? I am thinking I have seen alot of illustrations of Lombards with these sort of belts, maybe even Romans. Thick leather belts that ended in norma...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Garth: Aaaugh! It was on at 3:00 pm I missed it! Nuts. Anyone not on Eastern time able to ytune in quickly? Garth<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Normally those channels run stu...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: Halvgrim I hope some of you do get to Hastings [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif[/img] Thanks Flonzy <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> My wife does a yea...

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Wil
I dont have any plans to take it down.

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Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: Late to the thread but it looks like a not bad start. Most of the floks have wool on and looks like half have turnshoes. I have not kept up with the tlak lately, wha...

Halvgrimr

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Wil: Wow, I had no idea there was already a group called Sudhere. Now I feel kind of cheesy [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif[/img] Where are they from? ~W...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Steve -SoFC-: You should get in touch with Jesse Bailey. He has made every scabbard for our living history group, Novae Militiae. Steve <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Steve is...

Halvgrimr

There is a movement in the US right now in the department of Dark Age/Viking Age reenacment. for the moment we are hovering under the name NADARA (North American Dark Age Reenactment Association) but that may be temporary. http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/international/index.htm The above page lists ...

Halvgrimr

new pics at at http://www.missouri.edu/~rls555/vikes/training/helluland/helluland.htm

more to come also!

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Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Steve -SoFC-: Pics look great! Damn! Camric's haubergeon looks SHINY! And his sleeves are so LONG! [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif[/img] [img]http://forums...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Wil: Hey 'Grim --howdy Wil! Just saw the pics on the Yahoo group... wow. --yeah, it was fun, the standards were lax on purpose so some new folks could try steel fighting. As a ...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by DogofWar: I am very interested in what you are doing and am in your neck of the woods, SoWest Mo...please respond with your e-mail so I may get in touch with you.... <HR...

Halvgrimr

Howdy all Just got back from the rebated steel event in San Antonio Texas this weekend and I had a blast. For anyone that missed it, another similar event is planned in April, this time in Waco, more info to come. Below is the note I sent to a couple lists, I thought Iâ€™d share it with you all too!...

Halvgrimr

Just some last minute input here. I just got back from a steel event in Texas. A handful of folks had and used the Practical Viking Swords (hell one guy had a Paul Chen knock off so it was a knock off of a knock off!) We fought alot and hard for 2 days straight. No one experienced any problems with ...

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Wil: Regarding the list, I'm basically ignoring it until the excitement dies down a bit; There's way too much discussion happening right now, sometimes I was getting a hundr...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Aminata: Can anybody point me to a website where I can find these? I was thinking of using it as part of a costume (Norse goddess Freya), but I would also like to practice ...

Halvgrimr

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rizzo: I think 0% of the viking age archeological finds are Norman conicals. --correct IÂ´m not sure that there has been a find of a Norman conical whatsoever infact, but i might be wrong. The polish saint helmet... well, that one could be anything from anywhere. --Laking...

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cap'n Atli: Until we have a wider base of data (much wider than what we have) I'm always reluctant to completely rule out things that are feasible, logical, and useful within the historic context. --agreed come to think of it the pic of the Chamosan (sp?) helm see...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winterfell: Couple of do's and don'ts. Don't keep you sword in the scabbard during storage.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> --really? how interesting. I hoped to incorporate a ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Egfroth: The other Viking period spectacle helmet is from Russia. It appears in Nicolle's "Arms and Armour of the Crusading Period." It is a fluted conical helmet, and appea...

Halvgrimr

what do some of you experienced metal weapons fighters do to keep your blades rust free?

when rust does start to form what then?

Halvgrimr

Halvgrimr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Cap'n Atli: Don't forget the neat little portrait of the Viking in a spangenhelm carved into the antler tip, reproduced (and much enlarged) in countless books. <H...

Halvgrimr

I dont remember if this tip is for bone or horn (might apply to either) but IIRC I was told to drill a 'pilot hole' in the marrow. Then if you heat up the tang, it should push right thru the center of marrow part of the bone, then when it cools it will be a very tight fit. Take that for what its wor...

Halvgrimr

There is no EXTANT evidence to support the use of Pre Viking Age or Viking Age leather helms (or helms with fill plates of leather for that matter.)

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Halvgrimr

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ny BjÃ¶rn: BTW: were there finds/photage from Birka in the program? We had a film-crew at the lab for two days last winter filming our every step - that sounds funnier than it is ("-could you please brush that padlock in this angle instead" ASO...) -Trust me! /N B </B...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by SyrTheo: Halvgrimr, Where is the got1.jpg helm from? Is it the other Viking occular that I have heard is out there? Thx again! Theo <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> got and got...

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-I go to Estrella Every Year -I go to Lilies every Year. -Until last year I attended Armorgeddon every year, now I have decided to attend Diamond War every year instead. -I go to at least one event a month (2 if there is a close event and a desireable far away event) -I go to fighter practice once a...

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Adam After finally reading the entire article ('Evidence from Dura-Europos for the origins of Late Roman helmets') I can see were you get some of your POV's. The article certainly does shed some light on some new and old things. I will have to reconsider some of my thoughts of the classification of ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by D. Sebastian: Bitmaps (.bmp) files are huge. If you can turn them into .jpg 's, you'll save a lot of space. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Space....the final frontier! Yup, I ...

Halvgrimr

I cant remember why (to much New Years Eve partaking) but Eggy wanted me to keep them in a bmp format.

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Halvgrimr

thinking a bit about it i could accept the argument that that should be classified as a Ridge Helm (especially with your argument that "the typical spangs the ones that radiate outward from a central point") but I have always seen/heard it refered to as a Spangen. It certainly has almost all the fea...

Halvgrimr

Since so many folks asked and Egfroth is running out of webspace he asked me to host the images for him

they can be found here

http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/helms/gjermundbu/

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Halvgrimr

Since so many folks asked for it and Egfroth is running out of room on his page, he asked me to web the pics it can be found here http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/archives/helms/gjermundbu/ Halvgrimr [This message has been edited by Halvgrim (edited 12-31-2003).] [This message has been edited by Ha...

Steel Training/Althyng in Texas

caring for your blades

Gjermundbu helm images (was Egfroth-please help)