The Armour Archive

Hallbjorn

These are crazy gorgeous. I don't suspect these are sized appropriately for someone with bad/swollen knees and legs like tree trunks, are they?

Hallbjorn

I have a set of spaulders coming soon. Looking forward to them.

Hallbjorn

Ok. Dave makes a good point. I'll take the mittens. Once I'm done with them, they'll have a mirror shine and will have rivets and gloves. I really can't take a loss. If they work, I get an excellent pair of mittens. I can send Paypal immediately. Let me know shipping to 14609 (Rochester, NY). Edit: ...

Hallbjorn

I'm kicking myself on these. I'm worried they'll be too narrow (The size mentioned is almost exactly the measurement across my knuckles.) to put any padding in them. As much as I really want them, I'm not 100% sure. I'll release dibs on them (the mittens), but if they don't sell quick, I may be &quo...

Hallbjorn

The mittens, will they "ground"? I'm looking at getting into polearm fighting and these might be the ticket for me. Because they're not riveted, I can polish them up real nice (with my new buffer) and put whatever color rivets in them I want (I have lots of rivets). Edit: Dibs on mittens.....

Hallbjorn

@Hallbjorn How's this,,,I'll send 25% of sale to Al including the sale of the simple cops? I would give more but I'm not selling solely for cleaning out the garage, I could use the money as well. That's going above and beyond the call of duty. I was mostly thinking on how the resale of old armour n...

Hallbjorn

Mad Matt wrote:I have a pair of the type B ones as seen on my site in stock and strapped.

Bahhh!!! A day late. Ordered last night. Comparable price, but he can't do the polishing I was hoping for (but I can).

Hallbjorn

Hallbjorn, this will be your only chance at getting a set of Allan's awesome greaves - he closed shop last month. A loss to all of us that wear armour and participate in the grande sports. I know Al personally, have been in the shop and watched him work on armour. I was saddened to hear he was clos...

Hallbjorn

$45 on greaves. I was planning on buying a pair from Merc's Tailor soon...

Edit: Ooops. Must have missed a bid in there somewhere.
$50 on greaves.

Hallbjorn

Thanks for all the offers and quotes. I think I've narrowed my choices down. I hope to place an order tomorrow.

Thanks!!

Hallbjorn

I'm looking for some 14th century stainless spaulders. Fast is more important than cheap (as long as it's still reasonable). This is the last piece I need to have a full kit for fighting (without using loaner gear).

Looking for recommendations or offers.

Thanks!

Hallbjorn

Define "Large" please.

Hallbjorn

Anyone with a guess to the turnaround time on the gambesons.com site? I'm looking for something like that myself.

Hallbjorn

I have a few long boxes of comics in the attic that I've been trying to sell at $75/box (about 25 cents per comic). It's all Marvel, Image and independent stuff from early 90's to mid/late 90's, with some random older stuff thrown in as well. I'm not sure how much shipping would run, but I'd be happ...

Hallbjorn

Text message.
Sorry. I've been in country so long, I've picked up some local habits.

Hallbjorn

I'm in India at the moment, but I'm interested. I left my phone in the states, so I can't call. Can I send an SMS instead?

Hallbjorn

BAHHHH Strapped wrong handed. They all are.

Hallbjorn

I have a huge list of 3rd ed. (3.5 to be more exact) stuff that I've been trying to sell. I'm wondering if there's enough interest around here to list it here. I didn't think there would be. I only have a couple 1st ed. books and I'm not sure where they are. I'll look for them because I'd be willing...

Hallbjorn

Actually, it was the Ice Falcon gambeson that Hamish was talking about having just received. Sorry, I should have marked it as sold.

Hallbjorn

Glad to hear you're happy! I hope it didn't just get there now. I shipped it priority. It should have gotten there quick.

Hallbjorn

Anyone want to try to put a time period on the pauldrons? I'm somewhat interested. I'm doing mid/late 14th century Swiss/German. Quick look makes me think they're for a later period, but I'm not sure.

I'd also have to figure out something for mounting/pointing them.

Hallbjorn

How "forgiving" do you think the plastic would actually be on this? I'm tempted (it's a quicker solution than making another CoP), but I'm more like a XXXL guy.

Hallbjorn

I always include the delivery confirmation. It makes the buyer a little more at ease that I've actually shipped it, and it's my proof, that if something goes wrong, that I did in fact ship the item.

Hallbjorn

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:...if you ask me.

And you did.

You're right. I did.

Karen Larsdatter wrote:
Hallbjorn wrote:(I have no idea who the local herald is in Thescorre).

I think it might be Kadlin Sigvaldakona.

There you go trumping me at my own game. Well played.

I need to get off my butt and make it to more than just a fighter practice.

Hallbjorn

He's not just pocketing "shipping profits" though. When he quoted me $15 for shipping for the helm he's making me, I was surprised. Now I understand a little better. All of the helms I've sold recently (to help pay for the helm I'm buying from KWT, thanks buyers! ) cost me at least $25 to ...

Hallbjorn

But if you want more names to look through, I would check here: m This. (and m too, but I think there's nothing different there.) "Behind the Name" doesn't really work well as a resource for finding a historically-accurate name. (The Manesse Codex respectfully suggests Wolfran , FWIW.) Fo...

Hallbjorn

My main concern is that it may be difficult to find a herald who won't be worried about offending someone by registering the name.

Odd thing is that no one has come out and said they're offended, or that its an offensive name. They just tell me it could offend someone.

Hallbjorn

So, I came up with a name I was going to use, but have been catching occasional flak for it, and have had a couple people recommend I change it before it catches on. I was planning on going with "Adalwolf de Weck". Adalwolf being an older German name, roughly meaning "noble wolf"...

Hallbjorn

Another thought... contact the Alexandria SCA barony/canton/etc. and see if they have any members that are involved in legal or law enforcement that can light a fire under the a$$es of the local law enforcement.

Hallbjorn

Get a hold of the Virginia State Attorney General. You'd be surprised how interested they'll be in getting involved in something like this. It's an elected office, and they love the good press making a bust like this gets them, AND it's what their job is. You could get in touch with the PA Attorney ...

Hallbjorn

What size head will this fit?

I'm tempted to get a back-up so my shiny new helm doesn't take too much of a beating.

Hallbjorn

Sorry to hear it doesn't fit any better than it did for me. Glad you can make it work for you. Thanks for the review. It was a pleasure to do business with you as well.

Hallbjorn

Last bump for Ringmaille before I try eBay.
With me paying shipping, I'm basically selling this for $250 now, as I expect shipping to be around $50, considering the shipping weight will be around 30lbs.

Hallbjorn

Bump for the Ringmaille

Hallbjorn

Gambeson sold pending payment.

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