The Armour Archive

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If money is a serious consideration why not consider picking up a supply of inch wide nylon strapping, and riveting the plates to it in an overlapping pattern. It will still look like first armor but you will seriously decrease the chances of the young lady getting scissored between two plates. The ...

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If you have a solid date to work with I can check on some traditional archers in the area. I have a decent (new world arblaest) crossbow in good repair, and will nose around some of the other people in the area. *********************** If you are doing historic shoots the 23rd reg't of foot (brigade...

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LeeC wrote:[img]http://www.battleorders.co.uk/acatalog/SMLE.JPG[/img]

Oh, you mean THAT way....

Ask any Afghan
you happen to see
what's the best rifle?
Enfield .303

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I actually didn't kill anyone with my pollaxe at Pennsic during the battles, but I did take one large step forward and brought it down on six spears at the same time. And then I got killed. And nobody exploited the hole. It was using the great-sword theory that the Lanschencks used. In the future I...

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The Met is your best bet, the hall of arms and armor is pretty good, but heavily european. The Islamic wing has some good (but later period)pieces. The classical area has some bronze age mediterrranian pieces.

Pre 12th century is rare from any culture

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Jehan de Pelham wrote:I recommend selling out and then putting the money to good use, then deriding the craptacular shows you yourself figure in.

John
Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus
www.thecompaignyestore.com

But for Wales Richard, for Wales

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On the other hand the revolutionalry war (BAR) and Civil War units I know of have a policy of "we don't do stupid", You don't have to do everything the guy with the camera says.

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Here is the bag,... before I add the extra hole. Amaris, I have always wanted to make a set of bagpipes. Where did you get the plans/instructions? you can get a "do I really want to do this" set for a bit over $200 m I've dealt with these folks - they're very nice, and have a larger selec...

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auto parts store gasket cement

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Maeryk wrote:Whattaya think he did to build his first shaving horse?

:0

intelligent design?

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Forkbeard wrote:I've used about all the techniques mentioned, but I can't find a drawknife anywhere. Any suggestions on where to look for one? Major stores never have one...

thanks,
Ulfr

They've gone up in price

Try http://search.ebay.com/drawknife_W0QQfk ... 1QQfromZR8
if you just need to work on a sword now and then

mordreth

And since Maeryk didn't say it clamping your work when using a drw knife is very important. If you don't believe me ask my half brother Heh. I tend to use them away from me, one handed, while holding the rattan with the other hand. Kinda like a funky hatchet. Roy Underhill would never approve

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Oscillating Drum Sander kicks the angle grinder's ass. Horizontal oscillating belt sander FTW! Seriously though.. Drawknives and their smaller cousins, spokeshaves are usually available for "teh cheap" at flea markets, antique shops, etc.. look into em.. You use the drawknife for the over...

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So much like Caesar they were stabbed in the rotunda?

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audax wrote:Wish I had a shop.

When you're starting to set up don't overlook yard sales in blue collar/skilled trade neighborhoods. Most of the time you see crap, every now and then you get a shot at good honest fourty year old hand tools, and old heavy steel power tools.

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Buy a cheap floor fan, the kind that are shaped like a box tape a furnace, or air conditioner filter on the "in" side set the fan near where you are working, filter side facing your work, and let it run for minute to get an air flow started. It will cut about 90% of the dust in your shop, ...

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Sir Angus I don't have a dog in the fight since I will have long been dust by the time the 14th century arrives, but You are permitting the perfect to become the enemy not only of the good, but of the excellent. They should be your servants, not your foemen. Now on my shelf over my fireplace I have ...

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What i use is a pair of end nippers about just over 1 foot long that i got from my grandfather. They have great leverage, especially if you rest one of the handles on your thigh and just clip the rings onto the floor. I use it for the same exact rings you are doing on your shirt, and I have almost ...

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Many years ago when I was Viscount Edwards squire I had a bad tournament, I plain and flat out sucked all day, and was sucking wind after every round. My knight walked up at the end of the day, and said if you can't wear a knights armor and fight then you may no longer wear your hauberk on the field...

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two different patterns

A spangenhelm with "ODIN" underneath it

mens sizes could have the spangenhelm with Dieu lo Vult" underneath

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Go to a good electrical supply shop, or the electricans area at a home depot you want Klein Tools seven or eight inch diagonal ferrous metal wire cutters
n.b. - ferrous metal

I can cut 3/16 inch rivets with mine

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I know diddly over squat about the 12th Century. But if there's a good game around, I like to get the gear and go play (I need to start a 16th Cen. Mob) So how about a primer on what the proper attire is for the 12th Cen, where you can get it, etc? I mean, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting...

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I don't agree. Low-profile is fine. Given some inadequate neck defenses out there it is a matter of time before someone gets a stick in the adams apple. Padding helps prevents damage from occuring when that happens. : At IceDragon many moons ago Duke Morguhn slipped in water while starting a thrust...

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My own gambeson is made using the "stuffing" method, and I can attest that it is a blessing on hot days - when the wind blows I can feel it coming through the gambeson along the stitch lines. Whether this means anything or not I don't know, but it is an observation nonetheless...... Steve...

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Jonathan You wrote "the lack of anyone trying to do anything beyond 'I'm a viking in my big sloppy pants and t-tunic and I have a bunch of lightweight barrel plastic armor so I can kick but and get stupid drunk at pennsic and oggle half dressed chicks at someone elses fat-slob party' and their ...

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I keep my mail oiled, which means my gambeson and arming clothes are washed, and line dried.
If you check the manual on your clothes dryers it will have a warning about drying clothing contaminated with machine or cooking ols.

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Grabbing and hauling weapons away tends to take undue advantage of the hands' target immunity. You would think, but it doesn't seem to work out this way. Our group has much more flexible rules for this stuff, so we end up grabbing weapons and wrestling with our opponents more often than is the norm...

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We are steppe warrior and norman knight, Viking, Turk, Mongol, Samurai. Our style is exceeded only by our unfathomable coolness. Though the Normans and Samurai would likely not wanna be included. I was pleasantly surprised and quite flattered to be included. And we have a token Norman on the Tousan...

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Effingham wrote:The real problem is MAIL.

Plain and simple.

Effingham

Mail isn't the problem, it is the solution

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BdeB wrote:Sir Graedwyn,

...I was born in 1973.

Looking forward to crossing swords with you at Blackstones...

Don't worry we've been making allowances for your yourthfull indiscretions

mordreth

Well Mordreth, there are only two ways to attone for that shame. One is Sepuku. The other is to send those unwanted books to me. Oh, if you go the first route, can I have your books? I promise to leave you any books by the Funckens, and Violet Le Duc You can scare armor laurels with them Yes indeed...

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oops - I was working from memory

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I dunno - Claude and Lilliane Funken showed a similar helm with a banded mail hauberk that looked really good

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Particularly with metal - clamp your work!
If the bit grabs your work and flips it towards you it can get nasty very suddenly

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Addendum - I am working at coming back, I seriously doubt I will trust anyone enough to take them as squire, if I do it will be with the mutual understanding that the individual will hit the ground running, practice saying Oui Seigneur a lot, and plan on going the distance without looking back. A bi...

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