The Armour Archive

Vilhelm550

Murdock, dude...that sucks. For your sake I hope it's just pulled tendons and nothing torn. I tore my some muscle tissue in my right right bicep last April...still giving me trouble. With my messy life I didn't do the right things to let it heal properly, and can't afford surgery. Have a couple litt...

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Yeah, I realized that I can only claim my own foolishness and the background stress in my life scewing my spacial reasoning...Funny how lack of sleep, too much caffiene, crabby wife and kids, crabby ex-wife and kids, living with the in-laws....You know, stress.....Good thing making armor helps me st...

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Thanks Konstantin. It's making more sense now.

Part of my problem was I was looking at the damned weave sideways.

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Thanks for the information, all. I've been doing research on it for a while, but found the expansion method a bit challenging to my spatial logic for some reason. It's starting to make a little more sense now. My next question would be...Is the expansion ring best inserted on every 5th row, every th...

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Sounds good. Thanks for letting me know, Lucian.

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So is it better to do the expanding row method commonly used for coifs as opposed th the panel-and-triangle method as described in TOMAR? I've just gotten started so I am not commited to any method yet.

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OK, so, I got a package of loose riveted maille rings and rivets, and I'm feeling a little masochistic..so I'm going to make a rivet mail aventail for my kettle helm. Problem: No Pattern. I have the TOMAR, and there is a description of how to make an aventail, but not alot of instruction. Does anyon...

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Maelduin mac D, do happen to have plans for your other scraps? If not, are they mild or stainless, flat or round wire, wedge or round riveted? I'm working on a project with loose flat ring, round rivet mail from Icefalcon, and scraps would make it go faster, if your's match up and they are for sale ...

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+1 vote for the sword & buckler funfactor. Whe I begin an engagemtn, I fight the sword and buckler like a basterd sword; Sword above the buckler, buckler overlapping hand on sword, both vertical in from of body, bucckler at waist level. From there it's adapt and win, if possible. I need to study...

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My order is in for loose rings.

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Definately interested, especially if loose rings are included, and I can pay half now, half on delivery. Just gotta figure fundage before placing an order.

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huh..well, I lovez my armor...but I just can't get the time or fundage to work on all my armor projects, which makes me sad

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let's see...the wife wants a $300.00 mixer for the kitchen... I think I should be able to get some Ti maille at some point to off-set that yes? It used to be she got jewelry, I got a new gun...might have to change that agreement a bit. Crap, I guess I should put off my riveted mild-steel maille proj...

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My first body armor was interwoven panels of one-inch wide strips of black and tan conveyor belt. I looked like a walkign chess-board. In fact, I recall a pretty girl actually playing checkers on my breast-plate when I took a break during fight practice. I made a sort of skirting out of thick black ...

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My thanks to everyone who has posted vids or pics of the Combat. I haven't been able to attend Pennsicm, and the CoTT is one of the things I look forward to reading about each August. It is an inspiring thing I hope to participate in some day. Has anyone posted pics to Flickr.com? I've seen some gre...

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My favorite SCA related pic to date. My wife took this at the last fight practice I made it to. My 2 1/2 year old son put a hurtin' on me. But he has darn good form with that dagger, doesn't he?

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Little back story before I get to the fun part. I would rather go through Basic Training again than continue to live with my inlaws. And yes, my mother-in-law said I do not get to take a day off, because that means she gets a day off. She offerered to watch my almost three year old son and 18 month ...

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Ooh, is he in that new show CSI:Boise?

The brass I like is on armour, in my guns, or on a hot woman in uniform...

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Quick Question: I know the CoTT is inspired by an arranged scuffle between English and French knights, squires and men-at-arms...so I am curious about the origin of harnesses allowed at the Pennsic CoTT. Is it restricted by the spirit of the 14th Century to continental armours, IE English, French, I...

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Thanks gents. Contemplating spiffing up some matching black boar's hide textured leather greaves and vambraces with shiny brass splints.

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Anyone have a supplier for brass strips, say .064 (16 ga.) 1/2 inch wide? 12 inch long bits would work.

Thanks all.

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Eamonn, that's Awesome. I recall that thread someone looking for cheap quillons and pommels. I offerered that tip up freely, and it's cool to see someone else using them. Is it wrong when my wife get's mad at me for taking too long in the hardware sections of stores, weighing sockets and planning my...

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Eamonn,

I have to ask; what size socket wrench did you use? I did the same thing with a bastard sword, single hand sword, and my 7.5 ft Persuader.

They all look great...now I have to redo my 6 ft polearms!

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In Northshield minimum length for fiberglass spear is 9 ft. Friend of mine mane a nice 6 footer out of fiberglass, and he can't use it. So a 2.5 foot fiberglass rod is good for...propping open a window, or physically reeducating an in-law that desperately needs it... Oh, lots of other uses, I suppos...

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I've got less than 6 foot rattan 'light lance' with a cutting/smashing head about 10 inches long with thrusting tip, and a thrusting butspike at the other end. My buddies call it my 'Cheater' It's fast, works great for close-quarters fights, and I've scored some impressive kills with it one-handed. ...

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Russ, I was wondering the same thing. I've used anchoring holes in rattan and hard-rubber axe heads and secured with wet rawhide laces and a bit of glue. And when that rawhide and glue dry, the head does not move. Ever. I bet Sir Vitus' anchoring system is individual holes sewn through. Looks very s...

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Iv'e used Turtle Wax Chrome and Bumper Polish and 000 grit steel wool, then, when I had it, some old Amway Silicone sealer/polish. Now I use Turtle Wax clearcoat polish on a damp microfiber cloth. Leaves a clean, slick glancing surface, which is real nice on my kettle-helm. I've had some guys swear ...

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I got it on the big shoe order Talaanthes did, and was happy with that...until I got my shows. There was nothing wrong with them, other than one being a buckled boot and the other being laced. Here's the timeline of how it was dealt with after that; 07/02: Posted message on AA about mismatched shoes...

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+1 for "DAYYUM", and I'm, jealous too..... Wow, dude, that's a helluva good deal. I can thing of lots of things to do with that kind of leather...covering breastplates, gauntlets, outer shell for gamboised cuisses, lining aventails, covering scabbards, covering plastic armor items... Anywa...

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that's an interesting execution. How is that splay between finger sections? Looks like they want to turn out from each other. Any way to get views of them wrapped around a haft? Maybe they curl of the fist brings the fingers closer....

Very nice shapes and design.

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Daffyd, I'm gonna take that compliment and run off with it Incidentally, a little polish on aluminum lamellar like mine could get you a nick-name like Disco-Dan..I didn't but before I got some wear on the plates, I did resemble a disco-ball...But seriously, plates from Polar Bear Forge are nice and ...

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Lamellar: Love it. It works cover or uncovered. I have a lamellar harness built from plates from Polar Bear Forge. Jamie is great to work with and quick to respond to questions. On e of the beautiful aspects of lamellar is it's wide variety, ease of construction, ease of repair (if it ever needs it)...

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Aw, Westland, you and your team are awesome!

Thanks again!

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Westland,

Wondering if you got my PM with info, or if you need any thing else from me to replace the mismatched shoes.

Any idea of time frame? My shire has a demo this fall, and period footwear would be good to show the people.

Thanks!

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This type does not ground, and must be padded. The plates are substantial though. I finished building one of these kits a couple months ago. Wish I had the cash for another one. It was a fun build, and a blackened set of these gauntlets would be uber-spiffy. I bet it's a Whonew kit, so it's easy to ...

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