The Armour Archive

Vladimir

My goodness, that IS nice.

Vladimir

The Tuchux I have met have all been alright guys.

Mongrel, how many members to the Tuchux have overall, and what is your method for dealing with guys who fight totally out of control or actively try to hurt someone?

Vladimir

I've never seen a particolored coat of plates in any illustrations. But it looks nice.

Sharpen up the lines between the colors. Add greaves and maille.

Keep the boots for melees, so your toes don't get stomped, get some turnshoes for tourneys.

Nice kit. What kind of helmet do you wear with it?

Vladimir

Go for it. Red belts are not reserved. You can wear any color belt you want except white.

Vladimir

I used the word "eventually" on purpose, so as to make sure all fighters are covered.

An SCA Duke going to local practices knows he may be hit.

A newbie going to local practices (should) know he will be hit.

Vladimir

That is an absolutely beautiful helmet. The original was what inspired my helm.

Vladimir

Keep in mind. The minimums are there to keep you from suffering life threatening trip to the hospital. The minimums are not there to prevent you from heaving through your bar grill because of a gut shot. Nor are they there to prevent broken bones. Source for this please? Caspar The armour minimums ...

Vladimir

What I don't understand is how your guy can be at such a lack for body armour when you can make it so cheaply if you're willing to cover it with a tunic. A couple leather belts from the thrift store. Or even some cheap cord from the hardware store. Three 5 gallon buckets (four if you're large). Part...

Vladimir

Anyone got a review of that new helmet padding Icefalcon was starting to carry?

Vladimir

Hi Gregorykrik, Since you are new I took the liberty of looking at some of your previous posts. You are taking on a very ambitious project for one so young and by your own words "new" to armour. Grant you, that doesn't necessarily mean new to metalwork in general, you may be skilled enough to pull t...

Vladimir

Who made it?

Vladimir

The introduction of Tolkien's translation of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun has a VERY nice explanation of exactly what makes an Edda a unique form of poetry. The first 15 or so pages are taken from his notes on a lecture he gave on The Elder Edda. The forward by Christopher Tolkien has some good i...

Vladimir

I was under the impression that dishing also thinned the metal, but not as much as spinning.

If you make a helm out of 16 gauge sheet it will be too thin when you're done.

Vladimir

It can't weigh significantly more than the shaft portion it would replace. I made some butt caps a few years ago that weighed about 4oz (132gm?-don't recall off hand), and some thought they were counterweight (which are not legal). They're not? Is that a more recent revision? I can't find it. D. Fi...

Vladimir

Holy cow! That is a sweet helmet!

Vladimir

What you did is just plain cool.

Vladimir

Better?

Grant you, this doesn't do a thing to help with the original topic.

A "cute" helmet. Somewhat rus in styling, for a budget of about $300.
Have I summed it up correctly?

Vladimir

Hjalmr, did you ever post a pic of your gauntlets?

I also hear you make a finger gauntlet kit, is this true?

Vladimir

I wanna see too.

Vladimir

So basically a finger buckler that is legal to use as a shield.

Back to the spearman with the lamellar, what is he wearing on his legs? Are those crash-pads of some sort?

Vladimir

I imagine that we will be able to make our own eventually. Once we have plenty of data on these thrusting tips that are all virtually identical to use as a standard of measure.

Vladimir

It does take some time. But keep in mind that you can assemble while watching TV in your living room.

Vladimir

Won't affect me much. I've missed fighting at Pennsic for two years now because of my arm. I'll be lucky if I remember what color tape to hit.

Grant you, I did make Warriors of History and the Battle of Hastings, but my arm paid for it the next day.

Vladimir

There's one that I haven't seen. Many thanks. Looks like the lamellar is made of two pieces. One for the upper chest and another for the abdomen with what appears to be mail providing some flexibility at the waist and more mail covering the thighs. Impossible to tell whether the mail is a complete ...

Vladimir

I know how you feel.
I've worked for every level of government, Fed, State (several times), and local (twice). My fingerprints are all over the system.

So much for becoming an international jewel thief.

*Sigh*

Vladimir

Butler, PA?
I wonder if it came out of a closed storage unit.

Can we pick it up in August?

Vladimir

Cet wrote:Looks like raccoon- not a European species in period (if that matters).

Obviously you did not watch "The Last Legion".

The barbarians were loaded with racoon fur. Unless of course they hunted them out of existence. Maybe that's it.

Vladimir

It's been said already, but it is worth repeating.

Baleen is not ivory.

Vladimir

So, the originals were made out of a single piece of ivory larger than a cow's shoulder blade?

Even the mammoth tusks we had at the museum of Natural history were smaller than that. At least the flat areas were.

Vladimir

Is the Paul Chen Practical legal for Cut and Thrust?

Vladimir

The parka lining says it has polyester stuffing.

Vladimir

Yeah, but he said "hidden" elbows.

Funny, when I saw the pics my first thought was, "That looks like Pitbull's work."

Vladimir

I recently made two purchases off of the archive. Since those folks are still trying to sell here I figured I would pop up a quick review. I purchased some gaming miniatures from Fearghus Macildubh. The transaction went through without a hitch and the miniatures arrived in a timely manner and well p...

Vladimir

The only thing I have ever been able to do with leather that bleeds that badly is to soak it in a tub until it doesn't bleed anymore.

I typically only dye the outside and the edges though.

Vladimir

I wish I could.

If I had the money I'd buy it and give you the option of buying it back from me in the future. But I just plain don't.

Its a beautiful weapon.

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