The Armour Archive

mordreth

I have the worst time with the damn things, even though I've had some really skilled ladies working on them. I think it's because I'm fat, but no matter what I do the part of the breeches on the inside of my thigh flops down, exposing my inner thigh, then the leg of the breeches themselves run up a...

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Just for the heck of it Hold your arm straight out inside of the elbow up, palm up. Most women have a serious "jog" from the sholder to the wrist, the elbow itself is frequently completely out of the line from center sholder to center wrist. If this is the case for you make sure your armorer allows ...

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a bit out of date

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Murdock wrote:SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
wanted to go

EVEN HAD MY STUFFFFFF!!!!! (minus decent weapons)

DAMMIT!!!

Glad yall had fun though

You do realize that once you've gone 11th century you won't want to go back

mordreth

Cut the shapes for your charges from heavy canvas, soak it in water to get rid of the sizing, then use carpenters glue to attach themto the shield - I'm assuming it's wood.
You can use pins to hold it down while it dries and sets.

mordreth

M. Eversberg II wrote:Maybe it's a colonial tree-limb cutter

No, they were shaped like ? and sharpened on the inner curve

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Definatly a halberd. I wouldn't trust catalogues and the like much. 18th century due to the construction details, sergants halberds were functional, but were'nt designed to be used against armor, which explains the less robust construction Godwin sells quality pieces that are absolutely historicly ...

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I good sharp pocketknife will trim and clean nails. The Romans used communal sponge on a stick in place of Charmin D. We always called that a Farmer Handkerchief. Most peeps had their own personal sponge on a stick, either carried by a servant (if you were of the servant having type) or in a little...

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It looks like a sergants halberd (1700's)
see an example at http://www.gggodwin.com/page6.htm

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well they are a peasants weapon. the fact that some examples can be found of them dressed up doesnt change the fact they were very cheap to make and have no effect on an armoured man. naked men in combat were not nobles. nobles wore armour, peasants did not. even "middle classed" men used weapons m...

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Unless it collapsed into inself very symetricly, was made for the last surviving neadertal, or was very badly photographed the norman looks wrong.

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If you think of a siege the majority of threat is coming (for the beseigers) from above at an sharp angle (arrows/stones/trays of hot sand etc) It would make sense for a center grip shield to be used in that situation since you would be using it to cover yourself in a way that would be suicidal in ...

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I'll take a look to see if I can remember which book it was in

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If you think of a siege the majority of threat is coming (for the beseigers) from above at an sharp angle (arrows/stones/trays of hot sand etc) It would make sense for a center grip shield to be used in that situation since you would be using it to cover yourself in a way that would be suicidal in a...

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Ah my young squire. Thank you Sir for the inquery. The poor "lad" came off on the return from the fifth charge. "His" horse pulled him down and over its head when we were returning from the shield wall on a downhill canter. The only injuries were a brusied hip and a battered ego, but hell, I bet th...

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Alexander Caithnes wrote:I dunno, my "live feed" was pretty darned good. I guess it was because I was in the UK holding the left most position in the front rank of conroi 5.

How did you youthfull squire hold up?

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No. A proper sword would have prevented the injury. by that logic you could say that a proper sheild edge could have prevented the injury, or proper sheild blocking technique could have prevented it. I believe the point was that there was a incident that spurned this rule into place. Not someone as...

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Greetings, I am going to offer a flat topped crusader with globose faceplate for sale in kit form. I am about finished with the design with the exception of the cross overlay and the breathes. My first intention is use with SCA, but it wouldn't hurt to be living history quality if at all possible. ...

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Best single fight - before I was knighted I drew Sir Andreas Hak at a crown tournament, we elected greatswords, it was a perfect fight, smooth, flowing neither of us could do wrong. After however long we wound up on our knees, I swung, connnected with the side of his head, and (loud enough to be hea...

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You see a few here and there in Braveheart, if memory serves. Although, of course, it's hardly a good reference... -Ed There are bloody -tons- of them in there, except their all mounted on 5-6' shafts. Lots of the rank and file in the larger battles have them when their standing about. There are a ...

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BdeB wrote:
Ingvarr wrote:Also, while my memories of the 70s are colored by my youth, it seems to me that people smiled more readily than they do now.

It was the Pot.

naah - you can get better pot now

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1970 - I was fourteen, I joined four years later.

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Bomba Bomba
Bomba Bomba

Finally documentation for my scandinavian latino persona

mordreth

Uh...at that point, it's a fetus. And the mother is making the decisions, which are hers to make. Are you really telling me that you would feel more guilty about the possibility of causing a miscarriage (1 in 4 pregnancies ends in miscarriage regardless) than a fatality?????????? That's a very stra...

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SHEESH! Would everyone who has neither been pregnant, been a medical professional, or had a pregnant significant other fighting stop trying to inject completely unscientific opinions? If you have an armor suggestion, that is one thing, but being knee-jerk negative for no legitimate reason is really...

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As you will - I've built stiff 4:1 and fairly flexible 6:1 by varying wire diameter

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those stamped steel punches are not designed for use on armor grade leather. If you're going to work on armor and you want a rotary punch, you need to spend about $40 for a forged one. Unfortunately, Craftsman no longer sells a rotary punch. Those were heavier duty, reasonably priced and guaranteed...

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I'm a knight, fifty, have done manual labor, and martial arrs, my elbow is the only part of me that doesn't hurt, and learned this from a rehab guy who works with pitchers and have done it faithfully for some 25 years. exercise place your forearm on a table, palm up, fingers curled. Put a couple of ...

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whatever master jamie uses works well..... even though i have to pad it Yup, it works great. And I have to pad mine too! Kevin O'Shaughnessy Thats cause your KEM is soooo picky! Buncha little nancy's who think getting hit with an axe should feel good i was watchng the two towers with my son (age 7)...

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Thank you for posting this. I had done some limited searching as to what the long-term consequences of repeated bruising were, but the info didn't seem to be out there, so I assumed there weren't any. I'll bear this in mind as I upgrade armor... You might want to check into womens sports articles -...

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I have a very "stiff" muscle on the outside of my left thigh, it's different enough from surrounding tissue that someone else can figure out where it is by touch ( a massage therapist you dirty linded lot !) A doctor thanked me and let me know I had presented the first case of "cavalrymans leg" he h...

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What is the best gauge to get for helm drapes? I will try TIG welding some rings... after getting rid of that durned galv. stuff on it. Hal Ps We got a Tractor Store this year in our little town... I like it... I can not go in with out spending money. I got the stand up tilt table drill press there...

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I wonder what the likelyhood would have been of, for example, a hauberk with 6-in-1 body and 4-in-1 sleeves, coif, etc. ? You make a good point, one I fully support. ............................. The difficulty comes when one is dealing with a part of the hauberk that protects a part of the body th...

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I wonder what the likelyhood would have been of, for example, a hauberk with 6-in-1 body and 4-in-1 sleeves, coif, etc. ? It would be possible - six/one can go into four/one seamlessly if you work at it sx: a panel of 6/1 made of 14 gauge 1/2 inch rings goes into a 4/1 piece of 14 gauge made with 3...

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Roak he didnt have armor on. I remember that event Targeting something that is ouchie isnt a big deal. If it's a legal target and you dont bother to armor it you're asking for whatever you get. IMO it's all about the intent. If someone cracks me a good one and I gotta sit down for the day that's pa...

Re: Crusader, totenkopf, etc. looking primary source example

Re: cheapo punch