The Armour Archive

Vilhelm550

My kit is based off of the Type 24 and 25 lamellar armours found at the Battle of Wisby, 1361. Why I'm hoping, covered with a surcote of some sort, I too can sneak into the Combat of The Thirty some day....

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Vilhelm550

only other place I have found is Get Dressed For Battle;

http://www.getdressedforbattle.co.uk/ac ... rmour.html

and what looks like a re-seller her in the States:

http://www.gkswidgets.com/chmareritomi.html

Been thinking about doing a riveted mail project myself.

Vilhelm

Vilhelm550

http://armourandcastings.com/

Great selection of buckles, early to late period. I have seven of thier buckles on my lamellar. They are holding up quite well to the abuse they get.

Vilhelm

Vilhelm550

Just gonna throw in my two cents on this one, since Armour from the Battle of Wisby is pretty much the bible for my persona. The Danish army, composed of Danes and Germans, would not allow the residents of Wisby to bury the dead for several days. I am sure some looting of the dead and dying took pla...

Vilhelm550

I'm in for two pair of the buckled ankle boots, both brown, size 9 womens, size 10 mens. Sent email to oisinshoes@gmail.com with requested info.

Thanks for organizing this!

Vilhelm

Vilhelm550

If this deal can work on the bulk pricing, I'd be interested in two pair of the Medival Buckled Ankle boots, one in Womens 9 and one in Mens 10, if they really are true to US shoe sizing. My question is this; Can the bulk pricing be applied to different styles of shoe/boot, or must it be an order fo...

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I recall that Historic Enterprises used to sell them, and Duke Icefalcon does; m Otherwise I found GKS Widgets; m and Get Dressed For Battle, which I suspect are the same products; m Anyone ever deal with this product before? Does it sound promissing? Been thinking about a couple riveted maille proj...

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Thanks for the reply Gryffinclaw. 1. By 'psuedo-coif' I basically meant what is refered to as an aventail...though historically a kettle healm would be worn over a coif, which would be worn over a padded hood or cap. The leather drap is what I refer to as a psudo-coif. It's not the full, real thing,...

Vilhelm550

Greetings all, I'm looking for brass/bronze letter belt mounts. 3/4inch tall or there abouts would be good, anything near 13th to 14th century font would be good. Working on a project for matching belts for the wife and I. Her belt would have the names of the two kids between us, and mine would have...

Vilhelm550

Any thought to offering brass as an option for the kits or built gauntlets? Had a vision in my head of your gaunts with brass finger and thumb tips and brass rivets and armour washers on the cuff, red/burgundy leather....

Vilhelm

Vilhelm550

....and the Archive hates me.....didn't get the first post through...so I wrote again...lol....figures....

Vilhelm550

OK, I guess it might seem odd to put a plastic boss on a leather buckler, but I was looking at it this way: both materials are effective for thier purpose, and why not pair medieval plastic with modern plastic? I guess iit was a littl bit of a private joke to me, considering the game we play, at wha...

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Ok, it might sound odd to put a plastic boss on a leather buckler, but I was looking at it this way: We are modern people playing at being medieval, What better way to juxtapose that concept that to pair a very modern, synthetic material with a very organic material used during medieval times? Moder...

Vilhelm550

Here's a link to a recent buckler project I did using a solid piece of water formed (for flatness) wax-hardened sole-bend leather paired with a nifty Valkyrie Forge/Duke Baldar center-boss and handle, construcet with a bit of glue and copper burr rivets. I'll have to work on getting pics of my Windr...

Vilhelm550

OK, reading that subject line, it sounds bad. I concidered attempting to start a new thread, since there really isn't one just for the reconstruction/recreation of purely 'Swede from the Battle of Wisby, 1361' But, since my inspiration, and ultimate goal, is to be in the CotT at least once, I'm post...

Vilhelm550

LOL I mentioned this to my wife, but I thik she would buy it just to shoot me for mentioning it, and then sell it again, and then where would I be? Darned economy! I fell for this gun when it debuted, and then when I saw it on Galactica. Always been a lust-item, High on the Guns-to-Get list! Althoug...

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Wilhelm, that looks fantastic! I look forward to seeing you on the field soon!

Vilhelm550

Aw, Man! If I didn't need to move my family soon, I would snap this up in a heartbeat for the wife. I've got one very like that and it's an awesome lid that fits like a dream. Yeah, somebody please get this lid!

Vilhelm550

Whonew, are you still taking trades? I didn't get a reply on my trade offer to you a while back. If it's not suitable, let me know and I will have to grovel to the wife for project funding.

Vilhelm550

Svonbaden, I had to remove the strap and gel nose piece, and they are basically tied to the inside of the grill, and then a few wraps of black cloth tape to secure it. It was done as a spur-of-the-moment fix at an event. I couldn't get my bucket on over the Rec-Specs either. I'll try to get some pic...

Vilhelm550

Also a fellow proud owner of a WMA kettle...and I love it! Built in shade, and it got even better when I mounted Rec-Specs inside the grill! If only I had the money to get this one for my wife so she doesn't have to keep fighting in her beer-can barrel helm...I think she'd like it, but, um, yeah, I ...

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The only caveat to all this is your own eyes. I tried to get prescription lenses in two different low-profile 'sport' glasses before going with Rec-Specs. My astigmatism is so bad the prescription could not be done with the curvature and shape mose of the sporty sport eye protection come in. Best yo...

Vilhelm550

I have a White Mountain Armory kettle helm with Rec-Specs mounted inside of them..I can see, and don't get headaches after a few minutes anymore!, and the Photo-Grey is great for the summer fighting season!

Vilhelm550

I ...umm...oh, I need a towel.

Dem gaunts is HOT HOT HOT! I think I'd sell one of my four children to get those.....should I piss off the ex wife or the current wife......

Vilhelm550

You'll just have to make more then, Otto!

Vilhelm550

Nice kettle helm Otto!
My wife has been clamoring for one like mine for years. We may have an offer if you want to work something out.

Vilhelm550

My lovely wife helped me make mine from the Period Patters no. 101, Medieval Miliotary Garments, View VII, from Pillaged Village. The turned out nice and are pretty comfortable. May need more padding/hard reinforcement, but they are a very adaptable pattern.

http://www.pillagedvillage.com/cart/ima ... MP-101.gif

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pag1010/37 ... 838487679/

Vilhelm550

PMed Trade Offer.

Vilhelm550

sooo....Whonew, did you decide on a price for just the finger and thumb tip and long plates and knuckle gadlings as a kit? I'm going to build up a set of Zweihammer gauntlets and leave off some plates to use as a demi, and your finger plates are some of the best I have seen, and would work well for ...

Vilhelm550

I use the finger-tip tabs on the middle, ring, pinky and thumb, then have a length of 550 cord at a slight diagonal accross the fingers, along with a thin lether palm strap. Very stable and provides positive closure and grip. I've used this on a set of AB Hammer gauntlets, which also had a cionching...

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PMed project details!

Vilhelm550

Could Cold Forge Armoury maybe, possibly, sort of help me finish a project? Having purchased knees and elbow from Frderick, I know his shop produces good work. And me lacking in time and talent to finish a shoulder-cop project, well, maybe you guys could help with that? Let me know, and we can work ...

Vilhelm550

Oooo, I've been waiting for the next-generation fingered gauntlet kit!

"We are working on a new patterns as well, based on 13th century Italian designs that combine the protection of mitten gauntlets and the fingertip dexterity of finger gauntlets" 11/01/2007, zweihammer.com

Vilhelm550

I'm a chubby-bunny at 300 lbs. I went form a leather a 18ga galvenized steel coat-of-plates(one of the GAA Armouries kits) to a Lamellar kit, plates pruchased from Polar Bear Forge. It made a world of difference in comfort and mobility. Lamellar is the way to go.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pag1010/39 ... 396337155/

Vilhelm550

I have the first of these knees that Frederick produced, and they are NICE. Good to see he is getting this design on the field.

WTB: Brass/Bronze Alphabet Belt Mounts

What? A Swede in the CotT?