The Armour Archive

Bob H

It's connected now. Go to the Historic Enterprises site at http://www.historicenterprises.com/

Select the Red Company near the bottom of the left column, then Photo Gallery. This event is the top link (clickable thumbnail).

Bob H

You may find something closer to your timeframe here:

http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/index.html

or here:

http://www.geocities.com/svenskildbiter/#Tents

Bob H

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jasper: only had a half guadlet on and stole his dagger and gave jasper an extra belly button ... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Bad marshall, no biscuit.

Bob H

To answer your question, plastic is generally lighter than mild steel for the same amount of protection and coverage.

Bob H

Hi Hob, Do you have any audio-visual materials I can borrow/buy/beg/copy? It need not be instructional in nature, a video of fighter practice with the annotation "the man in the blue doublet is using La Destreza in the second match" would be worthwhile. Having never seen the style used by someone kn...

Bob H

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lyelf: Vinnie, Bob, you puzzle me. The arm needs to be at full extension before the feet start to move. (edited 03-17-2003).] <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I'm not surprised that I ...

Bob H

I'd talk to Patrick Thaden. An example of his work along these lines is here:

http://www.thadenarmory.com/pastwork/steelbodice.htm

This wasn't made for combat, but I'm certain he can make the necessary modifications.

Bob H

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Halvgrim: why not? The Icelander Bolli Bollason was in the Varangian Guard (see the Laxdaela Saga) Halvgrimr <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> As was Harald Hardrada.

Bob H

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Brodir: Look at those thick Mediterranean eyebrows, that brown skin, that big ol' nose. Handsome as all hell, but I don't look like a Scandinavian at all. ~Wil<H...

Bob H

Any of the "normal life" activities of the period - pitching camp, gathering wood, carrying water, cooking, setting a table and eating, dealing with muddy roads, rain and wind, making up a bed for sleeping and bundling it for storing. How about making a fire with flint and steel (in steps), or filli...

Bob H

Mine are pointed to the arming coat at the top, with a snugging strap around the rerebrace to keep them in place at their lower edge.

Bob H

Guessing that pierced refers to the door (since windows are defined, and there's no mention of pierced by WHAT):

[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/gaston/castle_charge.jpg[/img]

Bob H

I tend to hit too hard with my 40" schlager. I'm not certain whether I'm thrusting to hard, or too deep, but the result is excessive force. It's on a Triplette R-6 hilt, which is moderately heavy. The 35" schlager is much more controllable, and due I think to its greater distal taper flexs easier as...

Bob H

There's an image here that may help:

Apron Image from "La Malpropre Age" (undated)

It's from a French source, but I wouldn't imagine there'd be a great deal of difference between that and an English apron, considering the utility of the garment.

Bob H

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jester: Are you doing competitive fighting? When I was talking to the companies I checked with and described it as "sort of like kendo" they all wanted a description in wri...

Bob H

Ned,

Look at the "Felting" section here:

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics.htm

It's a start.

Bob H

Jester,

The insurance companies may not really care what your rules are like. The company I use for non-SCA coverage only has one hard and fast rule - if you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs, you are not covered.

Bob H

Armour as worn? I'm all for it, as long as the rules don't get too complicated - plate is proof against single-hand swords and arrows, maille and substantial leather are armour, and unarmoured areas are touchkill. As to the situation of two full plate fighters using singlehand swords, the absence of...

Bob H

Try these, look for used books:

www.amazon.com

www.half.com

www.barnes-noble.com

www.alibris.com

www.allbookstores.com

used.addall.com

Bob H

If you don't get the answer you wanted here, you might try this question at Netsword:

www.netsword.com

Bob H

Quite a few folks (especially the WMA practitioners) have commented on the extremely close range of most SCA fights as compared to historic practices.

If you agree with this observation:

1) What do you think causes it, and

2) What could be done to reduce or eliminate the practice?

Bob H

The most successful method I've heard discussed is to add a maille aventail using vervelles and a leather band with the top row of maille sewn to the band.

Bob H

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: ... After baking, the leather can be tooled, it can even be drilled. The process is still used in some saddle construction. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Bob...

Bob H

Yo, Vinnie...THHHHHHPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!

Bob H

I'm with Sir Gaston on this one. First, let's see if we can stop Merchant's Row from looking like a flea market.

Bob H

Not idiot-proof yet, it needs a "Front - Toward Enemy" sticker...

Bob H

Originally posted by losthelm: halfswording exposes all you your ribs. I disagree. If anything, it tends to bring your elbows down so your upper arms protect the ribs. You are wearing rerebraces, aren't you? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif and if you lock your elbows can dislocate your...

Bob H

IMHO Jeff's telling you right, and I'd especially note the necessity of a tight waist on the arming coat. A "C-belt" tends to ride down so that the bottom edge is below the point of the iliac cradle, and this restricts the lifting of your legs and makes you prematurely tired. An arming coat keeps th...

Bob H

I've asked for one experiment - halfswording - and my Kingdom Earl Marshall told me he was unable to allow it since it would violate Society rules. We did not get so far as to discuss safety issues, and I feel that the technique is less dangerous than the allowed use of a bec de corbin since the swo...

Bob H

My understanding is that, in Meridies, finger gauntlets are considered the "or equivalent" equal of hockey gloves, which are allowed.

Don't trust this though, I may have misunderstood or misremembered, even though I reviewed both the Society and the Meridian rules before posting.

Bob H

I wear an arming coat, without other garments under it.

Bob H

Wool hosen pointed to linen chausses.

Bob H

I think the first part (including Crecy and Poitiers) of the Hundred Years War would be a good setting. You have almost Viking-like raids by the English on the coastal towns of western France, the brutal chevauchées, the introduction of the longbow as a viable tool of war, some limited cannon us...

Bob H

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Owen: When you hit a man with a shovel, he KNOWS he's been hit! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Unless he's really Wiley Coyote.

Bob H

I think the difficulty a great many of us are having is in trying make a written rule describe the spirit of the issue. That is always difficult, and much of the reason the USA needs so many lawyers. 8o) But, the spirit approach has been tried in Society documents in the "recreating" wording as well...

SCA - The reasons for such close-range fighting?