The Armour Archive

Aaron

Nissan Maxima wrote:You are fucked. Do a search on this forum for "performance armoury". I would advise you to go to his house and beat the shit out of him.

Yep.

-Aaron

Aaron

It's rude when someone breaks off the engagement early and doesn't return the ring.

Aaron

Furious bidding on the Sweat-Dayshade.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=152738

Anybody want weapons to go with the plates, dayshade and helmet?

Aaron

Furious bidding on the Sweat-Dayshade.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=152738

Anybody want plates?

Aaron

Cool!

Want to buy some plates and weapons too! If you win all three, it comes with a stainless helmet so you can protect your face as you swing weapons at plates inside of your Atlantian Sweat Dayshade!

Aaron

Wow! I effectively work yards from DC.

Aaron

I know Torvaldr lives very humbly, probably due to income issues. Trust me, few (if any) armourers live in castles and are carried to their armouring shop in the morning by a team of Playboy bunnies who feed them the finest French coffee. Most live pretty much one paycheck away from face-planting in...

Aaron

Then save up your money, research the armourers as they research you, put up half up front for the custom armour with an armourer who is willing to take a chance. There are many armourers who take quite bold risks in customers IMO. You won't have a problem finding one. A business has the right to de...

Aaron

Hey, my ass isn't stupid, just the rest of me!

OK, it's a tad more clear but that's context that you have and I don't. He could have left off "with deeds" and done better IMO.

Aaron

I saw a veiled threat too. That's not cool or noble. :( It is taking the financial to the physical. And that's a different fight. If somebody challanges me to a fight in the SCA, I can't claim to make it fair if I pull out a MASER and say that this noble battle will be fought with microwave lasers, ...

Aaron

On the SCA field, I prefer to fight those who I like. Fighting friends is more fun than fighting people I don't like.

Aaron

the guy whos running tight on a budget bothers me much less than the guy who orders something then calls the next day and every following day to inquire as to the status, without any money being exchanged. I can handle holding something a bit for someone, I cant abide unrealistic expectation. Makin...

Aaron

All those commericial venders will block you if you are a bad customer. And all them do "in stock" and if it's an in stock armourer, they really won't care as long as they are paid. When it comes to custom work, they will care. Something built just for me will fit just me (and a few others) and it w...

Aaron

It seems rather silly to me that a customer must go through a "background check" to be able to purchase anything from a craftsman. What about a new member to the archive with no post count or history or maybe the lurking type such as myself. Then buy in-stock until you develop a reputation for payi...

Aaron

Isabella,

I know I didn't have a problem with your product, and you didn't have a problem with me. Would you let me buy your product again, if something came up that I needed a banner or something?

-Aaron

Aaron

Not flaming people, but rather just doing a simple background check on them either through a service or the Archive or both. Before they bet their time and money, they should know if the person is a flake. I've heard legions of stories of flakey customers, but it doesn't reach the Archive as easily ...

Aaron

Well, if there is a $2K order from somebody who is a flake, that could destroy the armoury. If I were armouring, I would want to know which customers I need to say NO to, to protect myself and my business. Also, I'd like to know which customers pay on time (or in advance) and all but actively court ...

Aaron

Right. Going to Poland is like going to the Olympics, and I've got to be more concerned with getting the armour together (spring-stainless), making practices and making Nationals before I really should be concerned. This is like being concerned about hotel reservations at the Olympics for the 200 me...

Aaron

Yeah, jokes happen. I tell a lot and they often fall quite flat. :( But in summary: Ice Falcon delivered a great products within 1 minute of my ordering them, and went further with the personal touch on the weapons! And his son looks to be a future Ugo, but with the logistics of Ice Falcon (which ar...

Aaron

Wow! I'd go for that!

...hang on...I don't remember ordering from you, but my memory isn't always great...I'm not on that list, am I?

Aaron

The most amusing comment from an armourer I've ever heard was this. The customer complained that the breastplate didn't fit. The armourer went to his notes and confirmed that the breastplate was exactly the size requested. The customer commented, "Yeah, but I was planning on losing more weight befor...

Aaron

Hi,

Someone said that we might want to look at reviews on armouring customers as well.

So, I'll volunteer myself first.

Are there any good reviews on my performance as a customer?

Any negative reviews?

With thanks,

-Aaron

Aaron

I'm from California and live on the East Coast and I can tell you...there are days I miss California, but when I go home I know that the place I return to that was once home isn't the same place I grew up in. Things have changed since the 1980s, and not always for the better. BUT, there is In-and-Ou...

Aaron

Suggestions from a hobby-armourer to a professional armourer with 16 years of faithful service ( so take this advice with a grain of salt ): 1. Set a schedule for production. For example: a. MONDAY: A lot of ten busbands cut out and sewn up. b. TUESDAY: A lot of ten greaves cut out and sewn up. The ...

Aaron

The poleaxe you made for me handled like a dream and after a year of fighting I gave it to a friend in Japan who just could not stop touching it. He was in love with the poleaxe, so I gave the "daughter" poleaxe away in "marriage" to this noble fighter who desired her so strongly, yet could not brin...

Aaron

Armoring is an addiction. The joy of creating and the gratification of seeing a finished piece and then seeing it used would be enough for any independently wealthy armorer to keep doing it full time without pay. You got that right! I really enjoy making coat-of-plates and the last two people I hel...

Aaron

I remember armouring for myself. And whenever I think a piece of armour costs too much, I do the mental math on how much it would cost if I made it, then I happily pay whatever the armourer is asking, because it's less than what I would have to invest to make the piece usually. Way back in the day (...

Aaron

Besides, the custom tooling wrecks your hands and arms I think. It would be helpful to stop doing that IMO.

Aaron

That might greatly reduce your stress level. You armourer's make stuff that we dream about. It's like making costumes or armour for comic book movies. The result doesn't always match the artist rendering or the dream. And then people get grumpy. Make stuff in bulk, then sell it and I think you'll fe...

Aaron

Torvaldr has always come through for me, all the way up to delivering the pollaxe personally to me, on the field, at Crown. Yes, he has more medical issues than a major medical center but if it doesn't kill him, he will come through with your product. Comparing Torvaldr to Ashcraft-Baker is rather r...

Aaron

If you win, I'll tell you what I paid for them way back in 2000 AD. It might be shocking.

Aaron

There is a bidding war going on for the Atlantian Sweatlodge (Day Shade). viewtopic.php?f=3&t=152738

In any war weapons are needed. Any chance of a bidding war on the weapons?

-Aaron

Aaron

There is a bidding war going on for the Atlantian Sweatlodge (Dayshade):

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=152738

Nobody wants to start a bidding war over the dishes?

-Aaron

Aaron

YEAH! A bidding war is great! Finally an SCA war I have the time to attend!

And my wife gets money on her birthday due to a war!

Aaron

Wow! I thought Duke Logan was out in Florida surfing the waves while fighting sword-and-shield at the same time. Sword-board-and-board if you will.

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