The Armour Archive

Bob H

I'd be interested in one if they aren't terribly expensive. If you look carefully, I believe you can find some very specific examples that carry forward unchanged from the 14th-18thC (I said 'I believe' because it's been some time since I did that particular research). I'd rather have a copy of an a...

Bob H

Susan, see if this helps:
http://www.braintan.com/

Of course, they sell things, too, but there's a lot of good free info there if you'll dig for it.

Bob H

Otto, I'm really sorry to hear that. I have some back troubles, but nothing remotely like yours. You should try a civilian impression - I did, and I'm very happy with just being a plain ol' cook ... or coureur de bois ... or Chicamaugan ... and the frontier hangman portrayal is fun, too, I can flat-...

Bob H

Only if I can be Lenin...especially Lenin during Stalin's reign... ...I would look so good in a glass case. For a moment there, I thought you meant John Lenin, and I was gonna be jealous Tom You can be John Lennon, but remember - you've got to take Ono as part of the package. Did I tell you she sin...

Bob H

The event was a blast. Reenactor/LH quality was very good, the 1st person aspect wasn't stressed as I feared it would be (it's a bad fit for that, Davy was just a boy when he lived here), and we had a constant stream of enthusiastic visitors. It poured rain Saturday as if out of buckets. Even though...

Bob H

The regular schedule you have is a must in order to get local/regional traffic. Most of our traffic that we suspect is generated by the reliable schedule seems to be people out for a drive, or maybe from outlying areas who come to the (small) city on weekends to shop or eat at restaurants, and stop ...

Bob H

As I see it, you're going to have to figure out where he figures he is. That is to say, do you understand his vision for the event? : Aay, there's the rub! No, I don't, no matter how hard I try, I have no idea where his head is. I'm going to keep hanging it there, hoping it will appear to me as a v...

Bob H

You do sneaky well Tom Haha, I can accept that. My SCA Knight told me "well you're right, you aren't fast, you aren't a hot stick, and you aren't big and strong, but I'll put your 'sneaky' up against all the rest of it". I have a big problem with doing things I consider "manipulation", I just won't...

Bob H

This isn't Medieval, but it's a problem that you'll face some day. The timeframe isn't important to the problem solution. I'm off to the celebration of the (Davy) Crockett family. It's promising, it's a new site, they very much want living historians (although they insist on calling us reenactors), ...

Bob H

1920's Bootlegger (my neighborhood has a bootlegging history behind it) Soooo, if'n me and my boys was to run into ... say, a couple hunnert gallons of sugar whisky somewheres, you a'sayin you'uns could come down and git it? I can't brang it to you, the last time my oldest boy got hisself caught th...

Bob H

Oh, no, I'd wither and die! Or not. I still think an Oetzi or "Lake Dweller" group would be great, you'd really get to learn how to start with nearly nothing and learn to prosper. A precontact Native American LH village would be fun. A North American Icelandic settlement a la L'ans Aux Meadows would...

Bob H

1) Which gets me wondering how did the wax hardening process arrise. Is it an SCA invention or is there some other backing? I believe it to be SCA, maybe LARP. There's a fine line between "cuir bollei", and "jacked leather", the latter likely having been hardened with some combination of waxes and ...

Bob H

Sarnac, In all of these, wear with some type of greathelm is implied. I think you'll have better luck by mostly looking at mid to late 14thC German states armour. IIRC, the Manesse Codex shows some scale or lamellar (a bit earlier, but still may help). The Burkhardt von Steinberg armour shows some k...

Bob H

Hey! My ego is my most attractive feature! I'd be williing to argue that point. Jeshua, Welcome to the Archive! Hang in there, it isn't that rough all the time. Well, actually it is, but you'll get the hang of it. There's a high percentage of SCA members here, but not all of us belong. Besides, if ...

Bob H

Karen Larsdatter wrote:This is where it would have been awfully useful to have something like a surviving Sears Roebuck catalogue for 1392.

Oh, that's going on my Amazon wish list as soon as I find the ISBN.

You know, that far back it might have been a Montgomery Ward catalogue instead ...

Bob H

It's a hat worn commonly worn by English knights. I could not pin down the date(s), but I've seen Sir Elton John wearing one that's similar.

Bob H

It's likely to take a phone call or two to find the better wools. m , you'll have to order a package of swatches, their fabrics aren't online yet (new website, old company) m may have something suitable, they're generally pretty affordable m , Linda Learn is very reenactor-friendly, looks like she's...

Bob H

The RBGs - "Will ship to United States only" Not even to Canada? Aw, shucks, didn't mean to do that. Sorry, Hew, I just saw this post, I hadn't been checking this since generally no one answers an eBay notice post. Wish you'd emailed me via eBay, I'd have accomodated you. Yep, I ship as fast as I c...

Bob H

Primary: 1750-90 Overhill Cherokee/Tsalagi

Secondary: 1760 North Carolina frontier, from the colonists' perspective

Bob H

I hope they get the non-THC hemp passed Congress. I think it's so stupid that they outlawed an entire species of plant just because part of some of the plants can be used as a drug. It's not that obvious, even though that's the easy selling point. Hemp is very easy to grow most places in the U.S., ...

Bob H

I haven't seen the details so I do not know if these are correct for whatever use you have for them, but it's been a long time since I've seen a yew selfbow for $550 and thought someone here may have an interest. I've found that often you can get a craftsman to make minor adjustments on such work, i...

Bob H

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... 346#375346

Sorry for the crosspost, but in times past people didn't check the Classifieds very often and this is just a 5 day auction.

Bob

Bob H

Almost waited too late for Pennsic, 5 day eBay auctions on these.

Gorget, two piece mild steel for up to 18" neck: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3690214366

Mitten Gauntlets, 18 ga SS from Darkmoor Armoury / PoD for med-large hands http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3690212514

Two Rubber band guns for rapier melees: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3690215237

Bob H

It depends on how you define "pourpoint". I've worn the lightly padded sleeved garment. With that, the leg harness points high on the skirt near the waist, and there are points at the top of the spaulders and both junctions of the cannons and the coulters. I don't think a pair of points near the wri...

Bob H

I get the general impression about drinking horns that they were principally used for ceremony - toasts and such. In that case, I wouldn't expect the beer/ale/cider to stay in an unlined horn long enough to pose a problem. If I'm correct, then you're looking for a solution to a non-existant problem....

Bob H

I still say they were parsnips ...

Bob H

If you want to wear it, then just wear it and enjoy. Trying to justify it is pointless - who's going to ask? .

Bob H

Morgan wrote:But the SCA doesn't reenact anything. We re-create. Remember, the middle ages as they should have been.

Thanks a lot, Morg. Now if we can just get in some responses from the Imperial Klingon Empire, N.E.R.O., and the New Jetsons Fan Club, I can fine-tune my historical impression ...

Bob H

This point was brought to my attention by an astute event visitor. I had some apples on the table in either April or May, and he said "would you really have apples that nice this time of year?" "No", I told him, "and thank you for pointing that out to me. Really, I very much appreciate the observati...

Bob H

I think that help could best be offered (and accepted) by use of a website aimed at getting started. It would include: 1) Period art, or links to online art sources with some extended commentary about the site (how to navigate to pertinent areas, etc.). Along with this, some comments about the parti...

Bob H

Ah, the smell of a true authenticist! I was told last night that Tandy/Leatherfactory used to get some hides tanned in Mexico the old fashioned way, with urine. It was recommended to discretely wet a small section of leather with your thumb, so that you could determine what you would smell like on ...

Bob H

Rehijack! Back to refrigeration and poultry, the best way to keep chicken fresh is to let it peck and scratch around camp until you're ready to dress and cook it. If I buy dressed chicken from the grocer it stays in a COLD cooler in the plastic wrap until I need it, then I take a pot or kettle and w...

Bob H

m If you don't see exactly what you want and you have a picture of it, email it to Mike and I'm sure he'll make it. As far as I know he doesn't charge a premium for custom pieces unless it requires a lot more work to forge. I've been using one of his steels for over a year now, and it's far better t...

Bob H

http://www.tremontnail.com/

Bob H

I'll agree with Petrus on this one. Trying to worry about historical accuracy in a group governed by ahistorical and arbitrary constructs is an exercise in futility. Just go and have fun, there's no need at all to justify what you're doing or reconcile it to history. Your efforts at an accurate depi...

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Re: Cuir Bouille - Questions

Yew longbow source

Gorget, gauntlets and RB guns listed on Classified Forum

SCA Gauntlets, gorget, and rubber band guns for sale

To every thing there is a time, and a season

Here's a source for correct fire steels