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Brodir

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Brodir

In Ian Heath's book 'The Vikings', Angus McBride illustrates a Rus warrior from Kiev c. 975 carrying a rectaungular shield, about four feet tall, with a boss in the center. Reading the descriptive text at the back of the book, the illustration is apparently based on a passage written by one Leo the ...

Brodir

Judging by the prices, I'm guessing this is Ashcraft-Baker stuff?

Brodir

T-Bob, please let me know if the Viking Sword is of the same quality, when you receive it. Thanks!

Brodir

Our boffers are made with 1/2" PVC with the pool noodle over. I shave the sides of the noodle flat so that it looks more like a sword, attach a crossguard and a wheel pommel made from a cross-section cut from the noodle, and aleather wrap if I'm feeling ambitous. I had a 15 year old kid refuse to fi...

Brodir

What are you looking to trade?

Brodir

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1827833535 This isn't some laughable head-bucked made of 16 gauge steel that looks like a Marvin the Martian hat... this looks like a durable, competently built SCA legal helmet, completely made in India. It's indistinguishable from the munitions h...

Brodir

Thanks for all the emails, it's sold.

Brodir

Not a big deal really. If I hit someone in the helm, and then just put my shield down and thank them for the fight, I am calling their shots for them, which is the exact opposite of what the SCA is all about. If I'm fighting and I land a killing shot, I just continue fighting until my opponent eithe...

Brodir

Hey all. Went to a small war last weekend, where I tried something I'd had bouncing around in my head all winter. When I took an opponent's sword arm, I simply asked him to relinquish the use of his shield and continue fighting me with his good hand. 1) If your opponent is fighting with a strapped s...

Brodir

I aquired a pair of beautiful splinted arms a while ago which were badly rusted out from sitting in storage and passing through multiple owners. I cleaned them up last week, and I'm offering them for sale now. They were made for someone 5-10 and 180 lbs, I will post exact measurements tonite. The va...

Brodir

replied to. Thanks.

Brodir

Hi All, I have a curved aluminum heater for sale, dimensions are 22X32, asking $55 with shipping included in that price. I made it from 5052 12 gauge aluminum, it's light, strong, and has a nice curve. Let me know if you are interested.

~Wil

Brodir

Beautiful, that's the sort of stuff I'd like to be doing.

Brodir

Yeah, the Gotland/Wisby lamellar is dated 1300's, but many times gets accidently labelled as a Viking armour. There's a guy here who made a stunning repro of that suit out of MILD steel, I'll look around online for a pic.

~Wil

Brodir

As Ivar promised, he got the pics up today. Looks good.

http://www.valhallaleather.com

Brodir

I would recomment lacing together 15 or 20 plates, then cutting the cord, knotting it, and starting anew. Everytime you drag 8 feet of cord through those holes you fray the cord and shorten it's lifespan. As for the vertical lacings, just for fun, try lacing the top holes so they overlap the second ...

Brodir

The picture you are referring to is in Tim Newark's 'Celtic Warriors', it's a color painting of Edward Bruce being ambushed by Irish warriors c. 1300. As far as I know, that painting is pretty much imagination; the CoP looks to be more of a non-overlapping brig made of coin-shaped plates. Check your...

Brodir

This book appears to be 1700's, but does offer instruction for fighting with a strapped round

http://www.chivalrybookshelf.com/titles/highland/highland.htm

Brodir

You might also get the look you are going for by covering the bars on your helm with a maille drape, creating the illusion of a cap with the sides and face covered in maille, which was very common on the heavy cavalry troops (Kataphract?) in that area at the time.

Brodir

Awesome, nice to see something besides a sallet or a barbute. That is a very cool helm style, and it is gonna look great with the cuirass and matching arming clothes.

Sweet.

Brodir

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Aaron you dog! High five!

Brodir

Tell me Pheylin, what else turned up when you ran a search for 'Erotic Pottery'?

Brodir

Ok, sorry Clay, I'm out. If I have any locals going to Pennsic, I'll email you. Sorry again amigo.

Brodir

I like it a lot, but I've told you that. Didn't you have a helm with a visor that went with the green man theme? Also, get some damn greaves on there!

Brodir

Patrice, how far are you from Gatineau? I have a sister in Gatineau, and my niece is going to see her on June 8. Email me.

POD, I'll organize stuff via email and get in touch with you.

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Brodir

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Brodir

Looks good, if you feel like picking up a boffer sword and doing a little mercenary work this summer, email me.

Brodir

Would it be cheaper to have mine, Ewan's and Dragon's all sent to the same address?

Brodir

Were you able to pick them up this weekend Clay?

Brodir

Hmm, that sounds like it would work alright. I made mine quite a bit simpler, six sided, and with a cuir boullei rondel. Please share the pics when you're done.

Brodir

I think it's neat. It would have been more authentic if, instead of riveting the plates inside of a frame, you overlapped them and riveted them to each other.

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by mrks: its not worth my effort to prove something like it existed but why dont prove it is not possible to have "not" existed in period. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Mrks, a...

Brodir

http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/mace.gif I started shaving one of these out of rattan until I remembered that you can't have exposed striking edges. Damned if I'm going to do all that work to wrap the thing in tape after! The illustration is copied from Rene of Anjou's Tournament Book, you can s...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Murdock: [B} And Ron isn't $90 for body armour. His base $51 in stainless, $36 in mild.[/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's for the solid breastplate, check prices for the segme...

Charlton Heston, eat your heart out

The Elusive Rus Scutum

The Indian armour invasion kicks it up a notch

-={SCA}=- Taking an arm...

Splinted arms; back from the dead!

Aluminum heater for sale

Ron Simmons Breastplate Pics Are Up