The Armour Archive

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My SCA rig is mostly black leather. I use it roughly at least once a week. I use Kiwi Shoe polish, and I haven't had a problem with it. I do get a little tired of polishing it, but I have had the armor get rained on at pennsic (accidentlally, not through neglect). I am positive that there are other ...

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As far as I know, Dishing and raising are the same thing. I don't know how skilled a metalworker you are, but if you are not already skilled, then learning to shape armor that would count as a decent muscled breastplate is far more expensive than buying a good musclulatora from an established armore...

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I have two pells. The one in my barn is made from two tires hanging from a rafter. The upper tire is a small one (a front tractor tire) the lower one is a larger tire. They are suspended, and connected by a length of heavy chain. The effect is kind of like fighting a deranged snowman. The other one ...

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I think the Iron Medalion is the symbol of the Fyrdmen, and polling order of fighters.

A calontiri would know better.

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When fighting an opponent that I want to kill fast, I think of the "corner" of my sheild as a crosshair sight. I put that "corner" directly in between their eyes and keep it there unless I am moving the sheild for some reason (to block, or to jam, or for some other reason). Of course, I use a center...

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The biggest mistake I could have avioded (other than opening my mouth and saying stupid things) was in not finding a very experienced fighter and making sure that my armor fit, and fit well.

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This one is a really tough one. The lady is looking for a physical item built from an artist's drawing. It is possible that it simply cannot be done without some compromises. It may be that without additional source material (you said there are more pictures) it is impossible to determine the detail...

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Where are Rose Barracks, maybe someone living near you knows some sources for cheap leather. Greetings Kalle Thanks for the great links! I have been looking for leather suppliers in Germany for a couple of years, and I have always assumed that it wasn't really available. Rose Barracks is near Amber...

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Guys, I am considering making a sheildboss for a young fellow and his sister here that are interested in Youth Combat. I handled one this summer at pennsic that had a plastic sheild boss on an aluminum sheild. That one was used on the youth field too. I think it would be perfect for a nine year old ...

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you can reconfigure your yahoo photos album to allow anyone to view it. I think the option is under "Edit album" on the Yahoo Photos page. Completely off the subject, You guys have ruined me. I was just looking at the photo, and I thought two things. 1) "Hey, that's odd, a roman in segmentata right ...

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This question came up on the "combat" board not too long ago. There are literally dozens of armourers that make Basket hilts. It seems like there are three different categories for sale. First, there is a basket hilt. These are made with welded steel bars. Sometimes they are quite lovely. These tend...

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Sebastian, Basicaly what I'm looking for is the latex version of this: http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/images/L7full.jpg Are your weapons safe to thrust with? If not, can thye be made to be? Feargus, I talked with Sebastian this morning, and he said that making a pommel that is round is a little to...

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And I don't want to. I had intended to make a kind of sleeveless buff coat to wear as body armor, getting rid of the meridian belly belt. I have decided that I really need properly fitting vanbraces. My armour protects me adequately except for that damn open spot right above the wrist. I am actually...

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Dimitri's advice is probably the best.

And I would ask why it matters one flip who wins anyway? Especially in practice.

If it's important to win at practice, then there is a different training philosophy than exists at my practices.

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I bought one from Red Falcon at pennsic before last and it is just beginning to show some wear. It was 75$(US) and pretty thin. I wanted a thin one, and asked for the thinnest one he had on the rack in my size. It started to pick up some leather dye from my arm harness and (especially) my shoulder p...

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But steel is cheaper. Don't get me going - only the second, third, fourth, etc. steel kit is cheaper to make. The first steel kit is way more expensive, in terms of tools and equipment to buy, if you start from nothing. I suspect you may be right about the leather though. I got a blue 45 gal HDPE d...

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I don't know- I think some changes to SCA fighting would be cool: 1) Cheering fighters. It might be neat to have fighters cheered for. PLus if some people were booed, maybe then they would realize how many people don't like them and maybe they would act better. 2) sponsors- I don't see why fighters...

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Am I the only one who finds this a little distasteful in a vague way?

Maybe I'm wierd.

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The cafeterial lady at any highschool probably has a few that she will part with either for free or for next to nothing. A commercial paint company (painters, not paint salesmen) usually have them lying around. Fast food outlets frequently have to throw them out in droves. But steel is cheaper. And ...

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speed does equal power in car crashes and meteorite impacts. With swinging a stick, it gets more complicated. Increasing speed does increase the force with which the stick hits, if nothing else is considered, but that is not everything that is involved with a blow. Just to consider this, I would lik...

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yes. what animal said. people that play sca and really dont have a clue what it is supposed to be, or, claim to know what it supposed to be yet choose to try to pretend to be tough boy asshats should not waste everyone elses time. panites, leather ass floss, mean tough guy spikes, whatever, should ...

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I think he was refering to the threads on his leather greaves. I figured that out about thirty seconds after I posted. I guess I'm an idiot. The shovel greaves essays are very good, and need to be preserved on the essays section. Uilleag knows a whole lot more about leather than I do. Pern, you mig...

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Uilleag,

Please, which essay were you refferring to? Are they threads that need a bump, or are they essays in the essays section of the archive?

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When I started fighting, the really old dogs would fight in gloves with a really big Tsuba. It was illegal at the time, but they were to old hands, and I was the new guy. I don't believe I have ever kept my mouth shut about anything, but they were always able to shut me up. Over time, and as I moved...

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I'll call you on that one. When were you in Ansteorra and what is your SCA name? How many tournies did you enter? Name two or three which you won. With a record that impressive, I'm sure that I would recognize your name. Regards, Jean Richard Ansteorra I dunno if that's such a good idea, Sir Knight...

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OK, I'll bite. I would like to improve my own skill level. I don't have a training plan laid out, but here's the first week off the top of my head. More specifics will be posted as they become available. I already run on a regular basis and I pell, but weights and gyms are a foreign country to me. I...

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good gentles,

I have unconfirmed results of the Drachenwald Crown List, fought yesterday in England.

Congratulations to Padraig and Elsa, who I have not met.

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So, my padded fingered gauntlets(16 gauge steel, using strips of a mouse pad as padding) would fall under category iii. Nowhere does it say the metal of the gauntlet must come into contact with the weapon. Where the hell do these marshals get thier armor standards from? The known world handbook pri...

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There is a paint finish called "Ultra flat" that is available for camo applications. I saw it yesterday and was suprised.

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I think that this is a worthwhile topic, and I am unwilling to let it be completely derailed yet. I did have the perception that fighting in less armor made a fighter faster, but of late I have thought that this is not always the truth. Many new fighters fight in bare min based on that perception, b...

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Castles, Yeah, There's nothing quite like slugging your way through a gate that was built a thousand years ago, and having your head handed to you by a crazed maniac shouting in Finnish. And then getting to do it again. We have some of the best (arguably the very best) frosty malt drinks in the worl...

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See your doctor.

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It sounds like you have what you need to make useable armour already. I made a whole mess of kneecopps and eblow copps with a stump, a ball peen and a jigsaw when I was a newbie. They sure were ugly. I think you might want to invest in a book called "Techniques of Medieval Armor Reproduction". It's ...

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Hey Jester! TWo Talhoffer posts in as many days. Did you buy a new book? I really appreciate the work you are doing. Not too long ago, I had a friend here to work on some long sword stuff, Ringneck (my misspelling) and such. It might please you to know that we printed out your I=33 flowcharts and us...

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Am I the only one who saw the URL and thought "Bang bang maxwell's silver hammer went down upon her head," (Old beatles tune)

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Re: I'm about to cut into a side of leather

Shaping a plastic Sheild boss

I'm about to cut into a side of leather

unconfirmed Drachenwald crown results

Re: meridies hand armor rules