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Egfroth

For patterns, have a look at http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/ and http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shoe/construction.html Making shoes is a lot easier than most people think. You can put a pair together in a day or two. And they're luvly and comfy. ------------------ Egfroth...

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Yes, there are holes around the nasal. Whether they're for rivets, mail or what - your guess is as good as mine. However, ther don't seem to be holes around the rim of the helmet, as would probably be the case if a mail curtain had been attached. Who knows? ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the...

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Halvgrim, I have two pics in Bitmap form - I had 3, but one got corrupted. The thing is, they're each about 5 Mb. Do you have the capacity to receive them? I can convert to jpeg, but will probably lose some detail. I take it, by the way, you've got the other photo (sort of golden, front view) that's...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lord William Avery: Egfroth: I do not feel that you are placing unjust criticism on my persona story and I do understand the points you have made. I'm pleased about that...

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Halvgrim, I have several pics, including some nice close-ups (a little dark, but lovely detail) sent to me by a nice person on (I think) this list - lost his name; typical. I'll search it up and send them to you. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, i...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Clermont: Perhaps it is a stretch for a typical Catholic girl to marry a Jew, though if friendships existed, the blinding forces of love may have made it possible. I'm not ...

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Nah, can't make it till the Next Big One (TM) - I live 12,000 miles away. Have a great time. Maybe we'll meet in '05 or '06. ------------------ 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 Deserter...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by valen: Anyway, I'm trying to make up reasonably authentic gallowglas kit. This requires (on the armour side): A peaked morrian helm Knee-long hauberk (got that) Knee-long a...

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However, be aware that the tints used in ink were not necessarily those used on something like a shield, on account of cost. Most tinting media were mineral based, and the reds, oranges and yellows would mostly be from ochre. Have a look at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield....

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Yes, and the left hand boar, as far as I can see, seems to have been made hollow, not closed up at the bottom. I for one wouldn't want a solid mass of copper alloy on top of my helmet. It's heavy enough as it is! ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, i...

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had a look to see how late in the "Late Roman" era they seem to survuived until, and late 3rd century seems to be it. By the early 4th century (Constantine etc) eveybody seems to have been using round shields. And the ones I was able to find (from Dura Europos) were from the Eastern mediterranean, a...

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It's quite possible these were used considerably later. The TV movie of the Batavia mutiny of 1629 in which some of my friends appeared as Dutch soldiers, they made staff slings, theorising that the soldiers, having been disarmed by the mutineers would have made weapons like staff slings to fight ba...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by AdmantiumExoskeleton: Egfroth, saw the photos from 2000. Dude... those are horses! (duh) Horses. Cool. I'm very new to SCA, but Hastings is the period I'm most interested in...

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As a matter of fact, the boar on the 7th century Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet was cast in two pieces, and was hollow. This would have been to save weight, presumably. The Benty Grange boar was in fact quite sophisticated in style, with a groove for its spine ridge to be inserted, made of a separa...

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Lord William, I hate to rain on your parade, but is the sister married to the Jewish merchant captain really necessary? On two counts, this seems terribly unlikely. First, Jews in Western Europe were almost entirely restricted to a single trade - money-lending. They probably would have been forbidde...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winterfell: Question. I have at least two designs that I am highly interested in, one of which is diretly from the bayeux tapesty. So the question is there are a bunch of va...

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There is not much available from the period. The nearest helmet in the archaeological record is the Coppergate hemet, which has been dated to about 750 AD, something like 40 years before the first Viking raid, and 150 years before Alfred. Conmtemporary, and later, pictures show the great majority of...

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The pic didn't come up when I clicked on it - just "can't access this site" message. Something wrong with the URL? ------------------ 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.) ...

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Plenty of evidence for painting the helmet, going right back to the early 12th century at least. Obviously when mail was the form of body armour, there was no point in painting it, but those who concentrate on later periods might be able to let you know if plate armour was painted. What paints were ...

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Steve, I'd go along with the above comments. However, there is some information available. The Abredeen Bestiary has been tentatively identified as having been produced between 1121 and 1135, and the picture of the hunters attacking a Bonnacon at http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/alt/comment...

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Gocin, First, a good effort. Your planishing is nothing to be ashamed of - on the contrary, it's quite excellent, especially for a first attempt. The main areas you seem to be hitting trouble are in the frame, not the panels. The point where one framing strip goes over the other is always difficult,...

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Hey, guys, be nice to him. Speling isn't evrything, and it was a serious question. Melee, have a look at http://www.armourarchive.org/essays/armour_fluting/ - I've never tried it myself, but there's lots of guys on the forum who have, and should be able to give advice if this isn't enough. ---------...

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At the Aussie Conferention of 2001 we were trying out our staff slings against the defenders of the fort, which was under attack by our side (this was after our unsuccessful attempt to tunnel under the wall - called off due to a demarcation dispute between the two unions involved). Anyhow, it'd been...

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Have a look here http://www.nauticalarchaeology.org/SerceLimani.htm for stuff from the Easternmeiterranean, 11th century. That would include Arab, Persian/Turkish and Byzantine styles. For West European and other periods I can't be more helpful than the above correspondents. There are many many pics...

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I don't have access to it all at the moment, but there is a very instructive amount of stuff celebrating the invasion of Majorca or Minorca in the 13th century, showing amazing amounts of detail. You could try a google search on Alfonso (I think) and Majorca and perhaps Crusade. Good luck with it. E...

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No, it's ok. It's a good way to keep my mind active. Nobody to my knowledge has ever made oone of these, though you might find out if Sven himself ever experimented with it. I don't have access to his URL or email address at the moment, but you could try going for it via my website, which I believe ...

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Actually, it's spelt Worcester. You're probably thinking of Lanchester or Chichester or Manchester or . . (most of them have the "h", but not Worcester). BTW - Worcestershire sauce is also pronounced Wooster. The ones I like, though, are Cholmondely (pronounced Chumley) and Featherstonehaugh (Fansha...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alcyoneus: Egfroth, you are far more the Byzantine expert than I, but when I was researching a (Western) Roman costume for an event, I found that red boots/shoes were okay for ...

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Well, firstly, DON'T wear RED shoes! They were reserved for the Emperor and his immediate family (and I'm not even sure about them . Wearing red shoes would be a good way to get arrested. The Madrid Skylitzes Chronicle, which dates to quite close to your period, shows just about everyone in black sh...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Raibeart Lok De la Haye: I've asked this before, but didn''t get a response, (and/or forgot where I posted it) ??????? It's known as a "Raibeartism". I was at the Cleveland ...

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Happy to be of service. If you have any questions I might be able to help with, feel free to ask. ------------------ 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...

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I've fought in turnshoes for about 12 years, and after an initial problem with getting used to walking and fighting in leather soles (it passes, when you learn to walk differently), I'd never go back now to modern shoes. And why not make your own? There are plenty of patterns on the Net, with good i...

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Flonzy; Funny you should ask. I just happen to have written an article on the subject - or did you already know that? However, it's really impossible to give a definitive answer to your question. I believe the bib was laced on, with each lace passing through a few rings of the hauberk, and through t...

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Yes, there are decorative cuts (if I understand you correctly)around the rivets that hold on the top of the Netherlands Army Museum - I've emailed it to you today. Also, have a look at the decorations on the helmets at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Ee.3.59/zoomer which is part of the site at http...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lion du Fay: Tim, the old french word gorgete is still not pronounced gor-zhay. It should have a little 't' sound in it. (I can't find my french dictionary, so I may be wron...