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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jeff J: Why does everyone want to be Anglo-Saxon? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If you have to ask, you'll never understand . . . Egfroth Englisc and proud of it! ------------------...

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Well, Porepunkah, actually (up near Mt Buffalo in NE Victoris, but really pretty country) Here's the text of the latest update, with a link to the Convention's Homepage: Hi Everyone, FYI - the 2003 convention is still On. The Porepunkah site - Noonamena Lodge - hasn't been scorched or barbecued and ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ziad: How does this sound for fighting kit, approx 1305 AD - - braies, hosen, shirt, turnshoes - Gambeson - Arming cap - Hauberk - coat of plates - Coif - Sugarloaf helm - G...

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Yes, Scandinavia seems to have clung to the old traditions longer than the rest of Europe - probably a matter of isolation and distance. In the 10th century, you would almost certainly have a flat circular shield, as found on the Gokstad ship. They were plank built, with a handle at right angles to ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Saverio: Does anyone have any good late 11th or early 12th century sources? (I already have the entire Bayeux Tapestry on CD). I'm looking for things relavent for Southern I...

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Possibly a little off topic, but what the hell.

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"I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction"

Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (retd.)

see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos

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To soften - heat it. To harden, hit it. The stuff "work hardens" very quickly, and in fact if you want to do any extended beating on brass/bronze, like dishing etc, you need to repeatedly anneal it to soften it again, because it quickly becomes hard with hammering - and brittle - as I've learned to ...

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No problem. Not my area of expertise. I was mainly trying to demonstrate that they di exist in the C11, not that they didn't in the C14 or 15. Egfroth ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction" Major Dennis Bloodnok, Qu...

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My God! You're in Mexico ? There are a plethora of people there who've fought metal weapons! This is the home of the (sadly now defunct) Mediaeval Society of Tasmania, which used to be a force to be reckoned with. They did Viking when they started off, then moved into mid-late 14th century. And I kn...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Halberds: Gentlemen, Let me say this about the construction. I like it! PROS: 1. It is simpler than the double row rivet style. 2. Fewer rivets to pound. 3. Panels are pulle...

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It has been suggested (In Osprey books, but also elsewhere) that the funny hats in the first picture here are leather "helmets", but I've seen nothing to back it up - pure speculation. I think I'd be a little surprised to see an all-leather helmet (shades of Ned Seagoon - hand me my all-leather spea...

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The latest contemporary pic I've seen (for W. Europe) of a spangenhelm is one which appeared on this forum not that long ago, of King Stephen, late C12. The development of these face plates seems to take in verey type of helmet in use at the time (ALSO the end of the C12), with a face plate bunged o...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Halberds: Egfroth, no the cross is the same. I think I am going to chunk it down in the creek with the rest of my flops. Maybe go with a nice Tee shape. BYW are the cut outs...

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Yes, there are several in the Maciejowski Bible at http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/maciejowski_bible.htm I struggled witht the same issue, and came up wuith a different solution. irst, I believe the trouser legs are just not sewn together from about the knee down, to enable the thing to be wr...

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http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001990.html

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"I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction"

Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (retd.)

see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos

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The web page is done. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001990.html ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction" Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (retd.) see my webpage at www.geocities.com/...

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I've just finished a web page which I think proves conclusively that both separate and integral coifs were used at Hastings. It's at http://www.angelfire.com/empire/egfroth/HastingsCoifs.htm There ae quite a few pics, but they're all thumbnailed. I'd appreciate your comments ------------------ Egfro...

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Ah, but he is wearing an arming cap! That's what that funny padded thing on his head is - and so is the other guy on the altar, plus a military saint in one of Du"rer's other pantings. So now you know what an arming cap c. 1500 looked like - and interestingly Rutger Hauer wore one in that movie - "F...

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Looking good! Am I right in thinking you reduced the size of the top of the cross? It's going to be a very nice helmet. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction" Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (re...

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I thought it was C14, not C15. Is this that pic of the big naval battle with all the galleys and people fighting on the decks? And, even more important, do you have access to the rest of the pic in good quality? I have a really crappy B&W photocopy with almost no detail . . . ------------------ Egfr...

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A lovely piece of work, Chazz. A shame it has to have a bar-grill. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction" Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (retd.) see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Padrig: Thanks for the info all and the pic Efroth. I will try and make a pair and hopefully they will come out as armour more than kinky fetish ware. http://www.armourarchi...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Padrig: Anders, That's where I read about them. I agree, a great book. I was just wondering if they were widely used. Probably not since there is not many references to them...

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Depends on how late you mean by "Late Roman". The New Varangian Guard do Byzantine for the period 950-1250 AD, but if you're after something earlier, I'd suggest you get in touch with the Roman Army talk forum at http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word...

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Yep, it's at the Hag 'Dik site, at - http://membres.lycos.fr/hagdik/Section_ND.html - there are several pics of the ring mail among the Living History Exhibition (LHE) pics - particularly http://membres.lycos.fr/hagdik/Hastings2000/Photos/HagDik/LivingHistory/lhv17.jpg ------------------ Egfroth "I ...

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Konstantin, A very nice reply. I particularly liked your summary of the development of mediaeval armour over several centuries in just a paragraph. I just hope it hasn't made it all seem too forbidding - it really isn't all that diffuicult - you just need to do your homework on it, otherwise you'll ...

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Aaaarghh, no! "Ring mail" is a furphy (Aussie term for bullsh*t information, rumour, rubbish). There is no evidence at all that it existed. It is the result of a theory put forward by a French guy called Viollet-le-Duc and a guy in England called Meyrick about 100 years ago. They were pioneers in in...

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First draft of the article is done. I'll put it up on the net when I'm completely happy with it. Thanks in particular Anders and Michael B for your instructive (and constructive) comments. I've made sure you get credit in the article. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a dist...

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Yep, I'll do that - in between everything else I have to do - including moving house this coming week. I hope the Imperial regalia manage to get sent on . . . You HAVE sent them, haven't you? ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the r...

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Im not an expert on such things, but you might like to have a look at how others have approached the problem at http://homepages.tesco.net/~tinyclanger/albini/albini_equipment_crossbows_lockbow.htm ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in...

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Here's mine - hasn't really changed since about 1998. Doesn't need to, really. But I have a plethora of helmets to mix and match with . . . but I still think this one is my favourite. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right di...

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There should be no problem with different colours, if what little info we have from contemporary pics is reliable. They show contrasting colours, painted helmets, you name it - depending on the period, of course. Anf from the archaeological record, the Vendel, valsgarde and Sutton Hoo helmets, as we...

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Yes , it looks like a spear as well as the chopper. And of course he has the dreaded and bloodthirsty flying battle snail. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction" Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters ...

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Get a book of the complete works of Albrecht Du"rer from the library. His painting, the Paumgartner Altar (c. 1500) has two military saints on it. One is wearing these things. Somewhere I have a pic of them a mate sent me, as well, from a contemporary book on combat/armour/whatever. Basically, a pai...

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By all means - it appeared in a book I find very useful as a reference (when it's not sending me bananas!) It was put out by Heimdal in France, and was written by Thierry Lepre'vost and Georges Bernage, and it's called "Hastings 1066". It was published about a year after the Hastings 2000 re-enactme...

New web-page - 11th century coifs - integral or separate?

New Web Page - integral vs separate coifs at Hastings 1066