The Armour Archive

Egfroth

Sasha, Have a look at this thread which goes into it in quite a bit of detail. Do you have Arms and Armour of the Mediaeval Knight? There's a rather nice pic of a silver "Charlemagne reliquary" from the early C13 there, with smaller shields than you may have seen elsewhere. I did a reconstruction of...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by hjalmr: Egfroth: How much harder then a spagnhelm would you say this helmet is to make? It actually looks much easier to make then say a bascinet. I realize that my first, a...

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We had the same problem at the Hastings 2000 re-enactment in the UK. 1000 fighters, including about 100 cavalry, and 25 (count 'em) Norman archers!!!! Any archers want to be part of the Next Big One(TM) in 2005 or 2006? We really need you, guys. PS: Am I getting a bit obsessive about the Hastings re...

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Yes, they're great, aren't they? Score one point for Nicolle - it was after reading "Arms and Armour of the Crusading Period" that I decided I had to include Kappadokia, and Cavusin in particular, in my trip to Iurkey. I'm very glad I did. Going back in 2004, for the 3rd time; this time I'll be visi...

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You're not alone, mate. My armpits were basically just fudged. But they seem to work, somehow. Depends on how neat a job you want. But follow the advice above; I'm sure you'll get the info you need. ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's i...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by hjalmr: Egfroth: Too cool!! I have a friend who has been looking for a byzantine type SCA helmet and this would work great. Do you mind if I use your pattern to make a simil...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by HrÃ³lfr: Whatever you do, keep your hat on! Bareheaded men is a _very_ new fashion. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hmm, I beg to differ, at least in the case of Pre-Conquest ...

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A very pretty helmet. Pity about the bargrill (sigh), but if it's required . . . ------------------ 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.co...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by diogenes: From the Praecepta militaria of Nikephoros Phokas (mid 10th C.), III.34, describing the equipment of the kataphraktoi - "They must have iron helmets heavily reinf...

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Ernst, nice site. I'll have to follow your advice with the searches, too, and see what there is to be seen. ------------------ 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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Flonzy, There have been discussions on this one not all that long ago. If you can access the archives, you ought to b able to find it. That, of course, assumes you are more computer literate than I am . . . ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the ...

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Cap'n, It'd be good to see you there. We re-enactors are trying to persuade English Heritage that 2006 is a far better date than 2005, because of the "round numbers", but they have made noises about making it 2005 for reasons of "regularity" or something. That's not to say there won't be one in 2006...

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Lynxicanus, Do you have a scanner? I wouldn't mind seeing this thing . . . ------------------ 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/egfr...

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Terminus; Here's http://www.clues.abdn.ac.uk:8080/besttest/alt/comment/det_com/bonnacon.html a pic of what would be regarded as normal amour for the late 12th-early 13th century. You might find chausses on the legs as well. The shield shape is typical, though the round-topped kites never really went...

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Flonzy, Is there anything I can help with? I've picked up the odd reference or two over the years. You might laos want to get onto the Hastings 2000+ mailing list - you can subscribe at Hastings-subscribe@smartgroups.com - its discussions can be very interesting and worthwhile, though it seems to ha...

Egfroth

Sasha, you're such a bitch. The offer of use of a decent sized Whitney is very welcome. We really MUST do lunch! I'll give you a call - or I would, if I still had your number. Can you email it to me? What happened to the lady who wanted to pick my brains? She still interested? (shades of "Invasion o...

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There are a couple as sort of "side issues" in several of the pics at http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/Wacky.html?1030839680120 - (if geosh**ties ever allows access, that is - pathetic; serves me right for being cheapskate.) Also, you could look at http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/Emperor2.html f...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: My Norman outfit is for Living History and not SCA combat but you can see it here: http://www.angelfire.com/va3/flonzy/norman.html Flonzy <HR></BLOCKQUOT...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Elias mac Griogair: nice helm http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif my question is how much additional work is needed to make it SCA legal? Elias<HR></BLOCKQ...

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I don't suppose it can hurt to trot out the photos of the Hastings2000 re-enactment once again - photos on the page itself, and more via links. Good fun! The Next Big One(TM) is supposedly in 2005 or 2006 - English Heritage haven't made up their minds yet. Who wants to come along? And maybe arrive i...

Egfroth

Thanks for the compliments, guys. I'm currently working on a new klibanion of an experimental type of Byzantine "banded" lamellar from Tim Dawson's latest hypothesising based upon his article Kremasmata Kavadion Klibanion here That Whitney punch is great, but at 8 holes per plate, and so many plates...

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Good to see *someone* got to see the damned thing. If you can't get in on the address above, I've put up another one (still geo***ties, but it's all I've got. See if you can get into this one. Oh, and I've just put up a pic of the hand-engraved brass nasal I made for the helmet I wore to hastings 20...

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Hmmm, not my period. I'm not sure if velvet as we know it had been developed by then. I do know that pell , a velveteen-like fabric, goes back at least to the Viking period, but dunno about velvet. however, as I understand it, the cloth coverings were of pretty expensive fabric, intended to impress....

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Look, I'd love to. I'm sick of geocities. How do I go about it, and how much capacity does it provide? BTW, Sasha, I really didn't read your post carefully enough. You were suggesting we do lunch, not just talk on the phone or email. Sure, I'd love to! When are you and she free? I can't do anything ...

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Oh bugger bum! Serves me right for being such a cheapskate. I'll see3 what I can do about putting it somewhere else. In the meantime, you might try again later. Sasha, by all means; always happy to help. I'm pretty sure you have both my email address and my phone number. She's welcome to contact me ...

Egfroth

Well, it's been a long time coming (I've been very busy having a life in the Real World - God! it gets in the way!) It's a Byzantine helmet , based on the Skylitzes Chronicle of the mid-late 12th century. Hope you like it. Oh, and no, it's not SCA legal. I don't fight SCA. ------------------ Egfroth...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Effingham: So [b]anytime The immortal lines from Hank Cinq come to mind: "Let him be punished, sovereign, lest example breed, by his sufferance, more of such a kind." "O, let u...

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I think Sasha said it all. You've made a start, and that's a good thing. Yes, there's a lot of room for improvement. But stick at it. You won't (I hope) find anybody on the forum giving you crap for having a go at making armour. In my opinion someone who does his best to make the stuff, even if it's...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Anders Helseth: Egfroth: Are you not forgetting the Oseberg tapestry? Found together with the boat, and dated to the second half of the ninth century, it shows the same kin...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Russ Mitchell: Those are some **very** fine scales... could you suss out a guess on the Byz/E.R. scale dimensions? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> My guess is as good as yours. But yo...

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Aha! Interesting, but no evidence to my knowledge that it has anything to do with the real world. ------------------ 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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Some examples of scale armour from archaeological finds - two Roman and one Byzantine (well, I suppose that's really make it three Roman, wouldn't it?) The last two, at least, seem to be held together with staples. The Byzantine one has a backing which appears to be leather, the avetail looks to hav...

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For all you Anglo-Saxons out there, you might want some battle cries, (and insults for flinging at the fylthig Frencisc swin . . .) ------------------ 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 D...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Asbjorn Johansen: According to Barber and Barker's Tournaments, by the end of the age of tournaments there were complaints of knights wearing papier-mÃ¢chÃ© leg armour when ...

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Err, what do they mean "Byzantine weave"? As far as I'm aware, the only weave used by the Byzantines was the same as everybody else at the time, four-in-one. Is this something different? ------------------ Egfroth "I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right ...

Pics of My New helmet - complete at last!