The Armour Archive

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alfgeirr SkjÃ¶ldolfson: Hmm, move my persona back to 1490, eh? I could live with that, despite my preference of Elizabethan clothing over Italian Renn. Isn't Suleymen the Magni...

Egfroth

Hmmm, why am I suspicious?

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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Oh, I just can't resist. Actually, the word is "mediaeval, with the "ae" as a single letter (this font won't do that). "Medieval" is a ghastly abortion introuced by people who couldn't be bothered to use the correct letters, or didn't have a classical education. Oh, and I believe it's now "Standard ...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ernst: Guthrothr, I am well aware of the fierce level of this debate. Personally, I will make the argument that the wearing of seperate padded garments under mail did not be...

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Hey, I get to be a footnote! Three times!

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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Egfroth

The Last Pagan. It's in Bulgarian, but EVERY hauberk is made of metal rings, and there are many, MANY guys in beautiful scale. And the HELMETS! As far as I recall (it's a long time ago) the armour in The Lion in Winter was more appropriate to the C14 than the C12. I agree about Braveheart - the armo...

Egfroth

Rod, admit it. You just like movies with lots of horsies.

Egfroth

"I had a dream last night, about a PONY!
Elizabeth I
(Blackadder series 2)

Egfroth

If you mean Viking bearded axe, have a look at Gotland Gallery 4 on the Galleies page of Fro"jel Gotlandica's website at http://www.frojel.com/_index.html - these are pretty much the standard "bearded axe"; there are others in other galleries, as I recall. ------------------ Egfroth "Power; it corru...

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Syrus, It was braid rather than leather. I wrote a 2-page article on this and the "Norman Bib", explaining the reasons for my thinking the stuff was braid. This and photos of the reconstruction are at http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos//Bib1.html Have fun with it. ------------------ Egfroth "Power; ...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Thomas of Tadcaster: Would it be accurate for the crusaders, especially commoners and lesser noblility to take these arms at five finger discount? Most certainly; still happens...

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Oooh, nasty. For those who do not know about drop bears, Australia's most dangerous and ferocious indigenous animal, look at http://members.ozemail.com.au/~kingpin1/dropbear.htm

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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Egfroth

Actually, if you want good airflow, look at the Ultuna helm and the Valsgarde 6 helm on the same site as Vendel 14. Why not make one of those? It'd certainly look different!

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by randy: . . . However you australians all seem to have me beat. . . . Though mine are wierd, I am suprised you guys are still alive! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ah, well, we have t...

Egfroth

To see a few examples of archaeological finds of scale arnmour, see http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/ScaleArmour.html?1026649079920

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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Egfroth

Oh, this must have been when I'd taken off the row of skulls hanging from my belt.

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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Egfroth

I'm sorry to say geocities has stuffed up my web page on Byzantine armour. The thumbnails have somehow gotten messed up.

However, the links still work, so just click on them anyway if you want to look at the pictures. In the meantime I'll see if I can sort out the mess.

Egfroth

Didn't see it there, but you can get Maurice's Strategikon in English translation from Amazon.com for $17.50 US. Attractive even to me (despite the exchange rate). BTW, I've added a few more links to the page I mentioned before, so you can see more of the pictures large size. I ought to be able to f...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by guthrothr: Firstly I'd like to thank those who have recommended the event so far. I've done this 4 times now (84, 90, 95 & 00) and still I would sell my soul to be there. <...

Egfroth

Byzantine armour of the 8th century is not often shown in contemporary illustrations - the Empire was busy coping with incursions from the Arabs, and much Byzantine territory was lost forever in this period. The period is something of a "Dark Age" for Byzantium, inasmuch as it had one at all, and th...

Egfroth

I just thought it looked somehow wrong - those guys in huge armour carried by what looked like shetland ponies. Cruel, guys, cruel . . .

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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Egfroth

This is a particularly beautiful piece. The only thing (and it's a fairly small one) I'd query is the position of the point of the helm. It seems a little far back for the 1360's. But overall impression - sweeeeet! ------------------ Egfroth "Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!! see my webpage at www...

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I can add my recommendation. Most amazing combat experience I've had since the Great Tea Trolley Disaster of '67. To see some photos of the battle (and links to more) see http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/Hastings2000b.html ------------------ Egfroth "Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!! see my webp...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Michael B: "Oh, Egfroth! Well, that's okay then. He's a nice bloke, is Egfroth. Met him in the pub last night etc etc." Michael B <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Michael; Your...

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Ooh, let's see. Australian metal weapons injuries . . .Tim Dawson stories . . . First, there's when Tim was at the feast (night-time, you understand, candle-light only)at the First Maldon Convention (Easter 1985)and decided to have a knife fight on a table with another person (whose name seems to va...

Egfroth

The pictures didn't come through the first time I looked. I went back again and got the second two pics. On a third look, all of them came up. The mail construction looks fine. The idea of adding dagged mail to the bottom of a leather tunic seems a little suss to me, however. I've never heard of it ...

Egfroth

We in the metal weapons fraternity, at least here in Oz, usually take a leg blow as incapacitating - you can (a) fall down and desparately try to defend yourself from the ground (usually lasting about three seconds before they get you), or (b) take it as a less serious leg wound, and limp. But why o...

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And it looks REALLY silly . . .

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos

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Oh Hal, you show pony, you.

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Egfroth

"Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL it!!
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Egfroth

Honestly, I have no problem with turnshoes - neither slipperiness (that's a matter of getting used to the different dynamics of the shoe - I found it came naturally after I'd been wearing them once a week for about 3 months) nor ripping out of thread. How do you stitch yours? I just _love_ 'em. MUCH...

Egfroth

Ok. The sequence was pretty much as follows (I'm using AAMK as my source). The "Norman" (ie conical open face) helmet was in use from at least the beginning of the 11th century right through to at least the mid 13th, though the shape got a little less pointy as time went on (see the Maciejowski Bibl...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gordon the Grey: Ahh Egfroth the romans worn pants when they were in a cold country,,they where tough but not that tough!! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ,, Great l...

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Though Trebor actually asked for gear for a 10th century Saxon (ie someone living in Germany), and the above two groups deal with Anglo-Saxon (ie English), I believe you would probably find that the clothes, arms and armour were very close indeed, so close that it would be hard to distinguish one fr...

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Yes, if all SCA fighters looked that good I'd feel a lot more tolerant. Those greaves weren't standard Roman army issue, though, were they? Especially for an engineer. I understand centurions sometimes had them. I just noticed the trousers sticking out at the ankle; a small item that often mars a ve...

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I'm forwarding this from another list I'm on, with a request for anybody who may have any expertise on the styles etc to get in touch with the sender and give advice. The pics are pretty, too! A strange brooch was found on Bornholm a month ago and is now on display in the Danish National Museum. ...

Egfroth

You'd probably be better off just learning how to block-print. I'm sure there are "How-To" books available in libraries, and having block printed even with a piece of cut potato, it's not all that hard. Depends, I suppose, on how intricate the pattern is to be, but really the main dificulty is just ...

To all you Slavic Types out there - monster brooch - pics