The Armour Archive

Brodir

Murdock, I'll bite on that. Plastic thick enough to be effective is lighter than steel, it's been proven a hundred times. I have plastic legs that are the same size and same style as my old steel legs, and weigh 1/3 as much. As for cost, A segmented breastplate is plastic from Dalewyn costs $70, in ...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Marshal:
Don't be saucy.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

LOL

Brodir

Thanks Robert, I've been looking at that sword, and the practical Viking sword, for a couple months now. I was thinking I would have to re-wrap the hilts though, are the hilts actual leather? Thanks greatly for the review.

Brodir

I've never even seen something like this before, it's amazing some of the odd stuff SCA people come up with. Anyone have a pic of one?

Brodir

I don't know what stuff like this is worth, I'll open with $15.

Brodir

I'd like to find the guy who let that stuff rot like that and just kick him in the head. There are 500 year old museum pieces in better shape!

Brodir

Interested in trading for an aluminum heater?

Brodir

Numerous comanies offer completed flails for sale, but I've never seen the pieces offered individually. If you didn't have your heart set on the spikes, lots of folks could supply you with a simple iron ball with a loop for attaching a chain.

Brodir

I've heard good things about gun oil, just spraying it onto a cloth and wiping down your armour after use.

Brodir

I'll take a meduim, thanks!

~Wil

Brodir

Looks awesome, alot like the reconstruction pics I've seen of the shield from Latvia. Got a pic of the back?

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vitus: You guys are just being mean- this person could be lurking here all the time. I think that the only thing that we should be offended by is that there is a region wher...

Brodir

Rainald- That's the exact picture I'm thinking of, if you have acopy kicking around, please share! Tim- 600-1600 http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif . Mostly curious, I can look at numerous effigies online to figure out how to hang it c. 1350. Ewan- That would be great, after losing 3 Ebay auc...

Brodir

You mean these? http://www.bokalosarmoury.com/full%20page%20pictures/GA032.htm I've seen these, though very rarely. Hideous, I'd much rather use a properly dished/curved set. Sorry about the yokels, make your gaunts and offer them for sale, I'm sure you'll find someone with an interest in decent gear.

Brodir

I remember a long while ago somebody posting a jpeg of a bunch of different line drawings depicting correct ways to hang a sword scabbard over the centuries, based on effigies, illuminations, surviving examples, etc. Anyone know if this is still online? Thanks.

~Wil

Brodir

I would recommend that you use a body armour that has a bit of flex, so that you can call your blows a bit better (lamellar, scale, coat of plates, brig, etc). I've noticed that people who use a single elbow cop with a vambrace often throw shots faster and last longer than people with three or five ...

Brodir

Sorry to hear that Gundo, must be frustrating as hell. Don't push it; my mom had arthritis in her knees but kept waitressing anyway, and today at age 55 she can barely walk.

Brodir

I have the Mandrake rubber axehead, and it is great, weight is reasonable, it's tough as hell, and looks very realistic compared to a Rathbone or some of the homemade designs you see out there. Sword fittings are next on my list.

~Wil

Brodir

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Brodir

Make a full camail covering the bars, sides, and back of your helm. Fight in it this summer, and base your decision off the condition of the mail by October.

Good Luck

Brodir

www.boldo.com

$95 greathelm, I used to own one, it rocked.

Brodir

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1097005024

$350 gets you the helm, the bargrill, the houndskull visor, and a WELDED Master Knut aventail. Out of my price range, but a good price for what you get (Anshelm sells those aventails alone for $300).

Brodir

THere's one on Ebay right now...

Brodir

I had to save it to my hard drive, and watch it from there. Nice!

Brodir

I like it, it reminds me of something that a D&D monster would wear. Very shocked by the weight in comparison to the size of the rings, from the lics I thought the shirt would only weigh about 10 pounds.

Brodir

Um, the more rivets you use in the construction of the helm, the more impressive it looks. It's against SCA rules to use brass rivets in a helm, but using hundreds of brass-plated steel rivets would be great. Perhaps if you used a small hammer to add a 'dimple' texture to the plates between the span...

Brodir

Stoffel, your armouring has come so far from those first couple sallets

Beautiful stuff, the shapes seem correct, the details are great, and the finish & lines are very smooth. Awesome.

Brodir

There was one of those hilts unearthed in Ireland, but historians are 99% sure it was imported from the continent, and has been dated to the early Iron Age

Brodir

>The 12th Annual Pillage Practice & Spring Tea > >May 3rd, 4th, & 5th 2002 > > It is time once again to announce that the fair Shire of >Sigelhundas, in the Principality of Avacal, of the Kingdom of An Tir >will be hosting the 12th Annual Pillage Practice and Spring Tea. This >Year we have a brand n...

Brodir

I've noticed this too, I would assume that it gave the wearer the appearance of virility. Our modern attitudes about sex organs are very different from those of the Ancients, take the example of St. Patrick and the sailor's nipples, for example... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ~Wil

Brodir

I think that SCA axe and mace techniques are much more realistic than sword techniques, with two basic flaws; with the rubber heads you get the right weight, but the bounce-back causes the weapon to gain speed with every blow as you do combination shots, which wouldn't really happen. Go to a foam or...

Brodir

...and the final weight, I bet, is under 30 pounds. I've got to get my hands on some of that stuff!

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by InsaneIrish: I am putting together a 10th cent rig for SCA fighting and this is what I am going to do. celtic/viking spangen helm with cheek plates soupcan elbows and knees ...

Brodir

my ebay handle is An_tirian, $450 was the most I could afford. Best of luck though!

Brodir

If I recall, it was used for the cuffs; the fingers, thumb and metacarpel were all steel, then the cuff was fabric or leather with sections of whalebone underneath, like a brig. I could be wrong though.

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