Thank you to everyone for the advice, I will try what you have said and see what happens.

Konstantin the Red wrote:No oven?

I have an oven, I was just looking to see what other options I could use. Plus it would be nice if I didnt use the family oven for hours at a time

Would a heat gun work? That can get to about 600 Degrees.

What is the easiest thing to use for annealing, if I do not have access to things like a blow torch, since I live in a small apartment.

I sent a PM to Ice Falcon thanks.
I am starting to realize that this is becoming much more complicated then I intended.

I really what to sound like a newbie, but what is annealling and how do you do it?

Pin rivets I believe. This is where I got them from:
http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... 50b-p.html
and the tool:
http://store.fastcommerce.com/icefalcon ... 16b-p.html

Hello Everyone,
I am working on putting together some riveted chainmail I bought. I have a riveting tool and plenty of rivets and rings. Whenever I try and apply pressure to the rivets to lock them in they don't compress at all. Am I missing a step?

Thank you

As a commander of such troops, you would have to know how long they could operate in full armour in the heat and plan accordingly. If you wanted to keep your troops from falling out due to heat prostration, anyways. To me this seems like the most crucial part. Especially when dealing with heavy cav...

Good point about the desert thing. I probably should have worded that a bit better.

So I was doing some research on armour that was used by the Sassanians, and I began thinking about how hard it would be to wear it. Armour like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Ancient_Sasanid_Cataphract_Uther_Oxford_2003_06_2%281%29.jpg Wouldnt armour like this cause serious...

Thanks, I appriciate it.

At what point then did they start calling themselves Azeri?

Also would there clothing have been similar to Persian as well?

Hello and Salam to everyone,
I am working on a persona for a 11-14th century Azeri traveller.
I have found little resources for Azeri specificly, mostly Persian and Arab.
Is there anyone who knows of some specifics as to what the Azeri would have worn?

Thank you.

Where did you find the book...other then amazon I am having no luck what so ever?

Has anyone tried using the stuff by Artisan wire for combat armour?
They sell it in 18 and 20g rings, actually sizes are a mix of 11/64", 15/64", 5/32",7/32" ,and 9/64".

Makes sense to me thanks

What is suggested then for a culture that has very little documentation before the 16th century?

I have a strange feeling though there armour would not have changed that much in that time period.
I have seen photos from the 19th and early 20th centuries of highlanders wearing similar armour.

I agree it is not going to be the be all end all of fitness. I just thought it would be interesting to see how it might compare to other sports as far as things like calorie loss and such. Does anybody think the fighting we do would have similar physical exertion to what it actually would have been ...

Thank you very much for the link,
The last photo is of medieval Georgian armour, it would be hard to do the helmet for SCA combat I think.

There would definitly be alot of cross over between the Rus and anywhere in the Caucasus. The Georgians did have contact with them and used many Rus mercenaries.

I am new the SCA and I am starting to find the experience quite the work out. I am wondering if any research has been done into the actually physical exertion in SCA combat? It would be interesting to see how combat compares to a normal workout or sport with things like heart rate and calorie lose a...

Are you able to do swords and shields to be sent to Ottawa?

I would like to be a Georgian knight, between the time period of 1000-1200. That's when Georgia is at the height of their power and they have a mix of west and east in their military as well as in their culture. I think the personna would make for a very interesting mix between East and West, also t...