The Armour Archive

Egfroth

I've got the Charlemagne book, but very few of the Primary Source pictures in it show any sort of sword suspension. There IS a picture on p 23 which is a line drawn copy of a picture of which I have a photocopy of the original, and it shows a baldric. But they seem to be fairly rare. The famous pict...

Egfroth

No, that's correct. Laurel leaves are bay leaves - the ones you use in cooking (yum!) I've got photos of Byzantine acanthus patterns (a different leaf - grows on a vine) from my visits to the Queen of Cities, but no laurel leaves. Try some sites on things Roman. I looked on Google under "laurel wrea...

Egfroth

Both belts and baldrics are shown in use during this period, in various contemporary illustrations, though the majority of Frankish ones I can think of use belt suspension.

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Egfroth

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Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Constancius: Sounds interesting, unchoreographed competitive combat with blunted live steel weapons....might have to try it.......With MUCH better armour than what I presen...

Egfroth

I'm sorry. I thought this was a serious question from someone trying to get it right. Perhaps I was mistaken. Egfroth PS: There are serious doubts about whether a Scotsman would have accompanied Richard to the Crusades. The Scots had their own King at the time, and he didn't go on Crusade. Whether a...

Egfroth

Really, though scale and lamellar existed in the Holy Land, there is almost no evidence that the rusaders use it. It's th old argument - do you stretch history to include something you like beause you don't like what _was_ used, or do you try to accurately represent the kind of thing that (a) we _kn...

Egfroth

I believe there are Anglo-saxon representatuions of striped geteld tents (similar shape to Viking ones, but different in many details). If you want a definitive answer, I'd suggest you look at Sven Skildbiter's compendious website devoted entirely to tents through the ages, particularly to the Engli...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Brodir: I also noticed that there are a few Viking/Rus looking participating in that Australian Huscarls film who look to be using rectangular or oval shields. ~Wil</fo...

Egfroth

Of course not. Who knows WHAT she might catch . . .

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Egfroth

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

Just a short clarification, and not to take away from the Glory of the Huscarls (some of my best friends are Huscarls . . . ), but it wasn't a specifically Huscarls event. They were, along with a lot of other groups, guests/attendees at the event which was actually put on by NEMAS (the New England M...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Fafrnugn: The video's interesting, I'm amazed that there aren't more injuries given the number of pointies and sharpies. I guess 14 years of SCA fighting has 'wussified' me. An...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Halvgrim: your Emporership, got any pics of said tent? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well, not mine (don't have any pics scanned) but here's Tim Dawson's one http://www.pbas...

Egfroth

We still have that problem - with people wanting to do mixed periods - here in Oz, but it seems to be working out. What happens is that every "odd" year, there is a "mixed period" Conference/Convention (or "Conferention", as we have taken to calling it)where people come along as anything from Ancien...

Egfroth

Hey, here's the picture - at http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos/MailJocks.html?1021290996640

Enjoy!

Egfroth

Like I said - go to the local library and get an art book on Durer. It's one of his more popular paintings, so you should be able to get hold of it easily enough. If you're interested in me snail mailing you the other picture, which shows the constructon better, send me your address off-list, and I'...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Murdock: Ok i believe you guys about the pic but i can't see them. If ya can post the construction pic i'd appreciate it. If there's a bibliographical reference i'd love tha...

Egfroth

Yes, this was at the bi-annual Armidale get-together, where many groups from all over Oz spend Easter in a big pine forest (wot? No eucalypts?) with a long house & village, and hit each other a lot. The guys with the red kite shields with the black ravens on are Rusland, the Queensland branch of the...

Egfroth

Oh dear, oh dear. The whole thing is a terrible mish mash. I wouldn't pay it too much attention, I really wouldn't.

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Egfroth

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

Nice piece of work. Tell me, do you have any problems with the ventail sagging under the nose? This happened when I tried to tie my own mid-late 11th century "bib" style,(at http://www.geocities.com/egfrothos//Bib1.html ) up under the nose, and someone suggested that instead of ties I use hooks to k...

Egfroth

I have the Osprey book you mention, and also photos of knights from what I believe is likely to be the same chess set, but not any of the pawns - if that is what this representation is supposed to be based on. On the other hand, one of the knights IS wearing a helmet that, with a fair bit of imagina...

Egfroth

Just be careful with that mercury sublimate - along with all the other nasty things these chemicals do, mercury releases a poisonous vapour . . . ergghhh

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Egfroth

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

Egfroth

Albrecht Du"rer's "Paumgartner Altar" has a picture of a military Saint (St Eustace)wearing a pair - you should be able to get hold of a copy in a decent art book on Du"rer. Additionally, a friend of mine once sent me a picture of a pair from a contemporary source, showing their construction. Basica...

Egfroth

Ooooh! Who's a pretty boy, then?

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Egfroth

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

Egfroth

The good thing about Viking style tents is that they make GREAT kites! We've had several picked up bodily by the wind and fly off into the next field, at various times. Pretty though it is, I'll be sticking with my Byzantine bell-tent. ONE (count 'em) piece of timber - the central pole, and the rest...

Egfroth

I've just realized that in my first post I mis-read the time period wanted, so my reply didn't make all that much sense. However, if you're prepared to stick pretty close to 1200 (say not later than about 1210) you have a lot of options. Uryen's design is pretty much spot on, and though flat-topped ...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ernst: Egfroth, While I agree with you on the quilting pattern from Byzantine armors being diamond shaped, I wonder about the illustration provided on your site. How do you ...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Amalric Unomen: Egfroth, the Roman helmet is the one seen in old movies "Cleopatra", that sort of thing. I cannot find a link at the moment to anything but reproductions, thoug...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dale Beatty: Hi, I'm looking for an authentic helmet pre 1300 that would be acceptable to sca style combat and I'm not too keen on the flat top great helm. I'm looking for s...

Egfroth

An article by Craig Sitch of Manning Imperial ( http://www.manningimperial.com/ )in the Varangian Voice some years ago analysed the construction of the Maciejowski kettle hats and gave patterns. I'm sure if you contacted Craig he could make you one - and don't forget the Oz dollar is worth about 54c...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Matthew Amt: The most distinctive thing about the Dacians was their use of the falx or rhomphia, a 2-handed weapon like a pruning bill. Apparently it was devastating enough...

Egfroth

Which helmet are you referring to? Do you have a picture? Or can you direct me to one? Early Imperial/Republican Rome isn't my thing, but if you can direct me to the Byzantine one I'll have astab at it (not literally, you understand . . . ) ------------------ Egfroth "Power; it corrupts! I can FEEL ...

Egfroth

Dear Edwin, A further reply. If you can get hold of Osprey's "Byzantine Armies 886-1118" book, it has a picture on p13 of a carved ikon of St Demetrios and St George. Demetrios wears what appears to be a very finely quilted kavadion, in diamond patterns. The book also contains on p9 another carved i...

Egfroth

Oh, I DO hope you're talking about something AFTER 1492. Otherwise, forget it. That's if you want to really be accurate for your period. Tobacco was brought back to Europe from the Americas - Sir Walter Raleigh is credited with introducing the "sotweed" to England, and that's late 16th century . . ....

Egfroth

Diamond patterns for Byzantine stuff seems to be the way to go. I haven't seen quilting in kavadia bambakia or epilorikia done any other way, but quite a few examples of Byzantine stuff that ARE done that way.. One example is at http://www.geocities.com/egfroth1/HbkPaddedGmts.htm If you want Crusade...

Egfroth

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by sfrees: I built this helm as my first project in armoring. Even then, I knew that it was not historically based, but I liked it anyway. What do you guys think about it? http...