The Armour Archive

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Raibeart Lok De la Haye: I have one I made, spoken of on another thread, using the basic Ospry evidence, and wanted to show it, but not if I was going to get blown off at an A ...

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The traditional Chinese furnace, was certainly capable of far hotter temperatures than the European one, due to its design involving repeated additions to the heat by extra furnaces going up a hillside, augmenting the temperature of the original hot draft till you get quite phenomenal temeratures at...

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I've never been happy with the "going too far in" argument. By the time the spearhaed is in far enough to reach the lugs, it's probably to far in to pull out easily anyway. On the other hand, the lugs are great for "fencing", spear to spear. You can catch your opponent's spearhead with the lugs, pul...

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Muttman, Have you seen Drefan used as a personal name? It's the first I've come across it. I was going to suggest you also check out the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which is fairly easily available in translation. My local library, in an outer suburb of Melbourne, Australia, has two ! It's chock-a-block ...

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Widow Montoya; I'm sure it's been asked before, but you don't have a son named Inigo, by any chance, do you? ------------------ 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...

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Yes, there were single-edged swords in western Europe - have a look at http://www.angelfire.com/empire/egfroth/HbkWeapons.html#swords this - Among the swords from the British Museum; Viking Period - I count 4 single-edgers. Then there's the Byzantine paramerion further down the page. ---------------...

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The Maciejowski Bible (full pictorial record at http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/maciejowski_bible.htm )is probably your best source of info for this. See http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/images/maciejowski/leaf10/otm10vc&d.gif for the cervelliere under the coif and at http://www.medieva...

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On the other hand, one of the sagas mentions a blood-feud in which the murderer fled Scandinavia and went to Miklagard and joined the Varangian Guards. The murdered man's brother tracked him there and proved his identity by showing the sax which had been stolen from the dead guy, with the nick in th...

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On the other hand, by all means post a thread on the swords of the Picts. You never know what you might discover. What period are you particularly interested in? ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction" Major Dennis B...

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This seems to be a rather different subject to the previous posts, and is not likely to get seen by the people who could best answer it. So far the discussion on this one has all been what was used at the Battle of Hastings. I'd suggest you post a separate thread asking for info on Pictish swords. O...

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I was watching "Meet the Ancestors" on the TV last night, and they had an episode that related specifically to this issue. It was called "The Killing Field" It related to the discovery of half a dozen skeletons in a trench dating back to about 1400 BC, one of which had a broken-off bronze spear heea...

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Well, if it had a spike rather than a blade, and a disc, you might call it a Goedendag - but then again you might not . .. ------------------ 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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Yes, several of them do - in fact, one gives the commands for drill . . . ------------------ 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/egfro...

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Or William, or John.

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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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Yes, saxes were common in England in the 11th century, and are certain to have been used, if only as a secondary weapon, at Hastings. Whether the Normans, who were heavily influenced by the Frankish culture, used them, is another question entirely. For the kind of sax that would have been at used, h...

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Pommel's a bit big, but it's the same shape in general as one shown being dropped by the man killed by the king at top left in the first picture here , from the mid 11th century, plus there are quite a few in the Bayeux Tapestry, like the guy on the black horse, with his shield held horizonal, here ...

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The "eyebrows" on Valsgarde 6 don't seem to be decorated; the browband and "rib" appear to have embossed designs on them - presumably applied embossed bronze (or, as They say nowadays, "copper alloy"). The dea that they're "hollow brass" I think is a misinterpretation of the idea of embossed sheet. ...

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I have a photo of the shield in question at http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/Frankhelm.html - unfortunately, the convex shape is not all that obvious in the photo. But at least there's proof that it DID exist, once . . . ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fift...

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Erm, I don't remember you getting on my nerves. Have I missed something? I thought you were just doing what people are supposed to do on this forum - to pool knowledge that benefits everyone. Don't feel that you have to justify asking questions. That's how we all learn, and how we who are able to an...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Cunian: Now, if you'd think of being Byzantine... I read once of some lamellar that was enamelled yellow and turquoise so that it made spiral stripes around the wearer. A great...

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Yes indeed. The Louvre has a simply amazing exhibition of mediaeval stuff, including some exquisite Byzantine jewellery (one so small and fine that they've mounted a big magnifying glass in the glass case so you can see the detail). It also has the original "jewelled sword of Charlemagne". Note: The...

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Theoretically, yes; but in several years of use I never found it happen. ------------------ 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/egfrot...

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As far as I know, there have only been a few lamellae found in Scandinavia - in Birka, as I recall. Whether they had traces of paint on them is anybody's guess. You might try writing to the museum that holds the lamellae (and sorry, I don't know which one). However,i would seriously doubt that they ...

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There are many surviving wicker shields of this type - but they are Ottoman, not West European. They have the same sort of construction as outlined above, with that method of attaching the boss, as far as I know. Hong Kong riot shields are made this way today, though without the boss. I'll see if I ...

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Yes, I made one once. Very amateurish, but I ended up with an actual concave (well, I would have called it convex - depends on which side of it you are) shield. Basically, I made a jig, and then made pieces in the shape described earlier (sort of like barrel staves) in thin (1/8" - 3mm) veneer, and ...

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I hate to tell you this, but the time to polish up a spangenhelm is before you assemble it. If it's all grey, a buffer won't be able to get the surafce smooth enogh to get it shiny, and a sanding disc on a drill is just as likely to grind down the rivets - while still not getting into the little fid...

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While I'd agree that the Byzantines adopted features of Western armour they found of use, it was always over a base of standard Byzantine armour styles. One example is St Merkourios (1295) on this page. There is also a fourteenth century mural of common Byzantine soldiers on the same page. You could...

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Then probably no. The surviving stuff is about 11mm (just under 1/2") outside diameter. The aventail on the Coppergate helmet (York, c. 750 AD) is much finer, but in my experience, it is common for aventails to be made of finer mail than the byrnie. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word mo...

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No. I have a photocopy of it, or the first post on this thread has a scanned version. Hey, isn't that enough for you? (If you like, I can send you a copy of my photocopy). ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction" Majo...

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A very impressive array. I wish more people put as much time and effort into getting it right. Regarding the yellow of the outfit, are you sure saffro is the colour you should be going for? I thought that was pretty expensive. Unless there's evidence that saffron was the colouring agent used, I'd sa...

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I just played with the picture, rotating the piece 90 degrees. It just doesn't work as a bevor.Have a look - http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/Gallowglas.html?1034859978010

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Edwin: You've put more info up your site than the last I visited! Oh, yes. I've been a busy little Vegemite. Most of my documentation comes from Regia Anglorum, Levantica, N...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Edwin: Persona is late 11th century Anglo-Saxon with heavy Byzantine influence. Essentially a saxon that left England after Hastings, joined up with Varangian. Edwin! A man aft...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Syrus Leigh: Hey, I'm working on a 9th century west saxon , under the service of Alfred the Great. I only have a few problems, and these are: 1) Saxon maile shirts of the ti...

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Yup, but I think it's great that both are happening. Perhaps people who go to the Maryland one would like to get onto the H2K+ list as well. It's informative as well as interesting, and maybe some of the Maryland guys would like to come to the UK with the rest of us for The Big One (TM) in '05 or '0...