The Armour Archive

Varukh

those bazubands are amazing. where did you get the pattern for those? I have a couple of patterns but none of them are for the rounded elbows like yours. Thanks Varukh! I made my own pattern up by looking at examples at events and checking out picutres on the web. It helps to have a plotter to use ...

Varukh

those bazubands are amazing. where did you get the pattern for those? I have a couple of patterns but none of them are for the rounded elbows like yours.

Varukh

i am currently too busy picking my jaw up off the floor to give a proper response to how awesome this helm looks.

Varukh

how well do these protect for SCA use? i have a lot of thick leather but not much money to buy metal gauntlets.

Varukh

do you have the actual product you used? like what type of spray on grease?

Varukh

what did you do/ use to put the patina on the helm?

Varukh

Ooooooo......Aaaaaaa.....that is one very nice piece of work. Makes me want to get some tools and start working on a helm myself. very nice.

Varukh

you could do like i did and just get a butted maille coif off of eBay for like $25. undo the top of the coif and attach. fairly inexpensive and will work pretty good until you can afford something better. plus after removing the top of the coif you will have extra rings to fix minor repairs. that's ...

Varukh

kotte wrote:Fall kit from Civil war last weekend in the shire of Juneborg, Nordmark, Drachenwald.

freaking sweet kit!

Varukh

I'm no expert on leather working or vacuum bagging but it seems plausible.

Varukh

Varukh, you have really made more progress on your kit that a lot of us make in years. Helms off to you for that! If you ever get up to my part of the West I'd love to take you and your good lady to one of our camping events. Hard to beat Alaska in the summer. i would love to visit Alaska...but i'm...

Varukh

well i wear this:

with this for kidney protection.

both pieces made by yours truly.

Varukh

thank you. I would very much like to meet some of the AA fighters and branch out from the local area. I would like to fight as many other fighters as i can to really get a grasp on how others fight and see how i can hold up against some more of the seasoned fighters. However, I haven't actually gott...

Varukh

thank you very much Gerhard. thanks for the kind words and for the tips you have given me. Its good tips from the AA populous that has helped out so much. Thanks to everyone who has pointed me in the right direction over the past months. I'm pretty pleased with my current kit. I still have some thin...

Varukh

as promised updated fall kit. Fighting at Lyon college. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/jdreadrocker/40146_1420115784212_1272183665_30957412_5357208_n.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/jdreadrocker/63026_1420119224298_1272183665_30957418_2029236_n.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/album...

Varukh

What size kong toy works best as an sca mace head? Also, how do you attach the thing to the rattan? Thanks i used the large one, and i attached it by drilling a hole above and below it and using a string to tie it in place. if you tie it in the grove and drill the holes close enough it it not even ...

Varukh

hmmm....i am intrigued. if anyone has any information on the "why" the Kong maces are banned in that area i would really like to know. dont want to really use it if it is an actual safety issue. If you are in Gleann Abhann they are legal. I make and sell Kong maces, and I wouldn't if I th...

Varukh

Count Johnathan wrote:I found this to be entertaining LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mb5QgXE ... re=related

THAT WAS AWESOME!!! LOL

wonder how well that will work out in a tournament setting.

Varukh

hmmm....i am intrigued. if anyone has any information on the "why" the Kong maces are banned in that area i would really like to know. dont want to really use it if it is an actual safety issue.

Varukh

awesome! love the second one.

Varukh

Adriano wrote:Nice, Varukh!

Damn it ... those Kong things are still illegal in Meridies.

why are they illegal? just wondering if there is any particular reason they are banned.

Varukh

thanks...now i just need to knock out a pair of gauntlets

Varukh

so today i thought i would try my hand at making a mace with a Kong dog toy and some little tidbits i had laying around the shop. going to try this baby out this weekend. can't wait! http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/jdreadrocker/62815_1417364635435_1272183665_30953362_7332012_n-1.jpg http://i1...

Varukh

just so you know i referred Lee Hyssong to you for a helm. He called me and was quite excited that you were going to make him a Russian helm. I can't wait to see what it looks like and start swinging a stick at it.

Varukh

Oooooo! fall kits... will post mine after this weekend. can't wait to see more!

Varukh

great gambeson, but PLEASE DEAR GOD TAKE THOSE WRECHED THINGS out OF YOUR EARS!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers Bryan No, keep them! make them huge! I assume you take them out under your helmet (I do), but if you don't like taking your plugs out, try getting some Kaos brand soft eyelets, they're squishy and migh...

Varukh

thanks Gerhard. i may add 2 more in between the ones i already have.

Varukh

well i will have a tunic and chainmaille over the top of this. i may just add a layer of canvas under the opening so that i will have coverage all the way across the chest area.

Varukh

as promised...the final product. enjoy

Varukh

Cisco wrote:Dude your stuff is coming a long way.

You have, in fact, shamed me that I haven't done squat in a while...

Thank you.

Varukh

best thrift shop buy i have gotten so far is an entire roll of canvas like you would pick up at the fabric shop. got the whole roll for like $14 and i also picked up a large bag full of linen items for like $5. All in all i got a whole lot of fabric for next to nothing. here is my first project with...

Varukh

bryanrobbins wrote:great gambeson, but PLEASE DEAR GOD TAKE THOSE WRECHED THINGS out OF YOUR EARS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers
Bryan

unfortunately the ear gauges are here to stay. sory. lol cant see it in the pic but i have a ring in the lip as well. its not for everybody i guess.

Varukh

I could see there was a lot of material up there -- though that was about all I could tell. It looked like it was only cooperating so far and no farther with you. well part of the reason the shoulders stand up in the pic is that i hadn't added the ties for the front of the gambeson so when it gapes...

Varukh

Well, Louis, one thing you can do, and which Varukh did not, is use shoulder seams -- a seam going along the line of each shoulder from joint to collar. Cut these not perpendicular, but slanted -- so that the fabric now lies upon the slope of your shoulder, and not diverging from it and trying to m...

Varukh

thanks!

just made a mace! Yay!