The Armour Archive

mordreth

Yah I started with a hair dryer brake drum forge so I don't know the agony of bellowing for your air but I can imagine. I usually run the hair dryer on low but if I kick it up to high i'm at high forge welding temp in just a few moments. It's an impressive amount of heat. http://c3.ac-images.myspac...

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If someone goes that far out of their way to pull something they love you, or loathe you.

The "Mom, Dad - I'm a norman" pamplets that went around pennsic quite a while was written by my oldest friend, and distributed by his retainers.

mordreth

for whatever it is worth the winding on my crossbow is what I would know as a square lash - check a boy scout handbook or fieldbook out at your local library for the basics

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I'll add on to Dilans list See if you can find a copy of "The Sweet Spot in Time" by John Jerome. It has been in print since the early 80's, and covers physical & mental training, and the search for the perfect moment of detached preparedness. He's big on the human potential movement

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Konstantin the Red wrote:What is the curious ruler-straight white vertical line with the nodes or nodules irregularly strung along it at center right?

I think the picture was taken through the display case

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I ran across this while looking for the original article
http://www.archive.org/stream/helmetsbo ... 0/mode/2up
"Helmets and Body Armor inModern Warefare by Bashford Dean is online

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Does anyone recognize this COP? If so do you have more information on it or can you point me in right direction to find more information on it. Thanks Mackenzie It is the Chalcis Coat of plates It's currently in the Bashford Dean Collection at the Metropolitan Museum It was the COP used as the patt...

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Thats not a fighter thing but I heared from a Blacksmith that works at medieval markets that a father told his son about the smiths fire: "thats not a real fire. You can put your hand in and try it" My friend told him to try it first before he gets his son injured for life..... You probab...

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Fortunately BSA still insists on it.
My son's troop worked on starting individual fires on a miserable drizzly day, the scoutmaster figured it was as good a time as any.

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JvR wrote:....
what was the period method for polishing and protecting armor? I would like to try that.

lackeys, retainers, and servants.
I used a dresssing that was a mix of tallow, beeswax, and neetsfoot oil which dates into the 1700s could be older.
Dogs thought it smelled fascinating

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I belong to Clan Yama Kaminari, and camp with them at Pennsic
The clan fights for Aethelmark, which doesn't necessarily side with the East every Pennsic.
It can be complicated.

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OK - so quite a while ago at pennsic I had a bad year, the people I was camping with sucked, I multi decade friendship strained past the breaking point etc. I decided I needed to get out of camp, armored, and went down to the practice field - btw it was wayyy hot. I watched a youngish guy in new chu...

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I'm enjoying the heck out of this thread. You can't swing a dead cat in this part of Meridies without hitting a lefty. Lots of very good tips! Thanks! So, the real key is to duct tape up a dead cat... Hmmmm..... ... perhaps if I tape clackers to it, I might could get it passed.... let it dry in the...

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just as a tought - if you can do three significant counted blows in fights you want to have you shouldn't be a speed bump in plain vanilla SCA fights

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The problem with opening with a rap is that exposes your arm. Lefties spend a great deal of time avoiding your arm and protecting his. If either of us has a deep wrap out and the other guy hammers the inside elbow even accidentally, that could easily cause serious injury. That is not as an sca knig...

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My apologies, I misread the reply

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I was the only right handed fighter in my college shire for two years.
A left handed opponent is open in exactly the same manner that you are, you can't fight them as though they are right handed but beyond that they have no great advantage except in your mind

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Aaron I would have had no problem with a statement that you would leave to find a fight you would prefer, which is what I think you're trying to say. What you did say was find better fighters to fight? which is a judgement on an opponent who doesn't share your POV on counted blows being the correct ...

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Yep, we do should not force others to move to a different game. If they want to fight standard, I fight standard, but take any shot as a win. Just because I've got my standards doesn't mean that others are required to have them. What would happen if I asked for three counted blows, it was refused, ...

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audax wrote:I would literally kill myself before making lamellar. Almost as bad as making mail.

I prefer to think of both as soul enriching zen experiences

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I counted how many folks got legged during a tourney once. There were 45 fights while I counted and 19 of them ended with someone fighting from their knees. I just don't imagine that the same percentage applied historically. I think the Visby mass grave had a lot of leg injuries among the dear depa...

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When I can use it I like a drill press with high speed bits When I have to a serious DeWalt cordless When I an doing a lot of work (Japanese helms) Roper Witney XX [img]http://roperwhitney.com/punching/2-45.cfm[/img] And once I have the time to refurbish it, and order bits to fit this was a pressie ...

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the reduction from such that an inch and a quarter dowel cannot enter the helm to less than one inch came out just before a pennsic war, the amount of effort that went into modifying several dozen helms in Ostgargr in time for the new rules was heartbreaking. The anger when it came out that the rule...

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oops - its an early Spanish colonial fort about twenty to thirty min drive from Jackson Vile

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If you can make the time for it it's worth the run to old Fort Augustine

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Aaron wrote:Hi,

I'm fishing around for used plastic samurai armour that I can expoxy cloth or leather to for use in Atlantia for my wife.

-Aaron

if you go to
http://www.yamakaminari.com/
there is a long essay on making a full armor in the public access section of the clan board, in black impact plastic it looks damn nice

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Hrolfr wrote:Wasn't there either an Englis or French King who died from a broken neck in a jousting tourney?

I seem to remember something like this, but this isn't my strong suit (ie, it is not Norwegian, Swedish or Lett/Liv.

Henry II was killed by a lance spllinter through the occular

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Torvaldr wrote:Graphic example of why I do not let anyone else use my industrial sewing machine. I just sewed through the end of my finger. Now on the way to the hospital.

Fun fun fun. ouch.

Torvaldr

put in some jewelry or the holes will close

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On the other side of the coin - I had one kid ask me what the glave combination I had just used on him was. I answered that it was a parry, bind, and repost with bayonet from the "State Defense Manual" in the mid 30's he replied how on earth could that work here? He couldn't quite get his ...

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somewhere between one and fifteen or so, but I mean all of them

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There was an article in TI (spring 92) by Mistress Catriona Mairghread way back when she was squired to Jehan le Batarde "A Woman Fighter's Protective Panty" - I know one of my squires swore by the design and protection level If you're interested I will see if I can track down the original...

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OK so East Kingdom old timers will probably recognise the guy he also wore a heavily embrodered sark, and great kilt with the japanese hauberk Could be the fellow i'm thinking of. Particularly if he has a yap-dog. then again, i only hang out with EK oldtimers from time to time, i'm not actually one...

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your pictures show the sling several feet off the ground as a starting point - if you lengthened the ropes used to pull the arm you would get several more feet of travel for the rock.
nice looking set up

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German surcoats appropriate to the helm will cover a lot of your gear

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmann_von_Aue

good picture of the helm & surcoat about halfway down the page
http://www.veldeke-kreis.de/veldeke/leben_und_werk.htm

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I had a guy with a split ring japanese hauberk.... non-fighter round mound in his forties I have this irrational instant-wince that happens every time i see an "armor as garb" individual at SCA events who really obviously doesn't fight. does that make me a bad person? no, its a natural re...

Re: Mystery COP -to me at least

Re: WTB(maybe): Used Plastic Samurai Armour

Re: OUCH!!!