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Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bob Charron: I suppose the truth is that rattan will never balance, act, or strike like a steel sword. It is a baton. This is baton combat. Do research on batons and find ou...

Brodir

Shields are all gone, thanks folks. I'll post when I get the other alloy.

Broðir

Brodir

I have a set of CLANG archer knees I bought some while back, and never really got around to using. They are size 'extra large', knee cop with five articulations, a demi cuisse and a demi greave (7 piece total). Total length from top to bottom is 16" with the leg straight, measurement across the insi...

Brodir

Thanks Adam, anyone interested email me for a pic after the bars & goggles were done.

Brodir

Hey all, I have a helm from Adam Berry which I'm going to sell off, to help finance a new hat (most likely also from Adam). You all know the excellent caliber of his work, and I've done my best to take good care of this helm in the 2 or so years I've been fighting in it. Size is XL, will fit anywher...

Brodir

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1080924144

It's enough to make a guy switch to a 14th century portrayal, and the bidding is at $100.

Broðir

Brodir

Thanks so far for your replies so far. I'm also wondering, does your group let new fighters keep the armour, use the armour at events, or does the Marshall/Baron/someone core keep the stuff with them, and let folks borrow it for the day? I'm working on a loaner suit, and looking for ideas for what t...

Brodir

I saw you post on Arador that you have a picture of the helm, could you please send it to me? Email is in the profile. Thanks.

Broðir

Brodir

Hi, I'm just wanting to run a quick survey; please say where you are from (branch and kingdom), describe the loaner suit of armour (including shield & sword)in your SCA branch, and rate it on a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of function and comfort (and authenticity, if you feel so inclined). Maybe you'v...

Brodir

Jasper, you are one funny dude. You must be a lot of fun in person, hope to meet you & buy a beer one day.

Brodir

In a positive sense, a stickjock is somebody who loves the fighting to the point of single-mindedness. I have a really cool pair of Alistair shoes which I wear with my garb. At a tournament a couple years ago, a face thrust from a greatsword broke my chinstrap 20 minutes in, so I pulled the laces ou...

Brodir

That's hands-down the best looking leather gorget I've ever seen. Sweet.

Broðir

Brodir

Galileo, you shield is finished, and I must say you are a BRAVE man!

Everyone else's will be done after supper.

Broðir

Brodir

I too think you guys look great. What are you using for shield edging? Hose is the standard issue here, but it looks crappy, and it's impossible to use your shield to glance spear-thrusts with a giant pizza-crust around the edge. Whatever you have there is nice and low-profile, and improves the look...

Brodir

http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/demigaunt/ I've used that pattern to make several pair of leather demi-gaunts, and it's great. I've added an almond-shaped piece that rests about 50% on top of the metacarpel (narrow end facing in) & articulates on a leather, it works really well for covering y...

Brodir

BTW, due to the nature of aluminum shields, if you order two, I'll give you free shipping on the second one. They are really light, and only .10 thick, so stacking two only changes the weight of the package by a couple pounds, and the size of the package my a miniscule amount. There's room on the sh...

Brodir

Hey all. Anradan, Matt, and Crystol, check yer e-mails. Ulfbjorn, I don't really feel comfortable going bigger than 24" with this stuff, it seems to wobble a bit that big (but is nice and strong under 24")... when it's all gone, I'm going to order a sheet of a different alloy (or maybe a thicker gau...

Brodir

If any of you pick up one of the 2"+ sticks, I'll pay $10 for a straight 24" stick. Please consider, I want to make a really cool scramasax for war fighting this summer.

Broðir

Brodir

Hey all, I was wanting to host a Torchlight Tourney this summer at a big event, and was wondering if anyone has ever attended one of these before? I don't want to runa double-elim tourney, so if anyone could recommend any unique Tourney formats compatible with SCA combat, I'd be really interested. I...

Brodir

http://www.man.poznan.pl/~ritter/Photo/lecz_01/L01_020.html Another shot. That Czech armourer site has several bascinets with bargrills as well, I wonder of the Eastern Europeans know something we don't? Norman has in other discussions alluded to several importand but poorly documented Eastern Euro...

Brodir

http://www.man.poznan.pl/~ritter/Photo/lecz_01/L01_023.html

A bargrill bascinet in the bottom right corner, I guess Bascot could teach these guys a thing or two as well

Brodir

You can lace them with about 25% overlap, if you are willing to stagger the plates. I know of no historical precedent for staggered plates, but they work well. I will draw up a little JPEG and e-mail it to you.

Broðir

Brodir

Totally unrelated, but why does bronze hold up to the test of millenia so much better than iron and/or steel? I assume that green patina is bronze's equivalent to rust, but doesn't it corrode the meatl at all? Many ancient bronze pieces look like they would still be functional, whereas iron pieces 1...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Murdock:
nylon earth pimple.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

HA HA! That's one for the books...

Brodir

Jesus, that's the best price I've ever seen for re-enactment tents. Looks like Brodir has a little shopping to do...

Brodir

My girlfriend has her 3 sisters sleeping over for a few days, so I am kicked out of our apartment & away from my email! Ulfbjorn- $11 will cover it. If it's more (which I doubt), I'll happily pay the difference. If that sounds too high, let me know, and I will get an exact quote from the PO for you....

Brodir

Perfect, I love it when people fight in maille. Looks really good.

Brodir

The idea is really cool, but I'll echo that the cop is too shallow

Brodir

Hey all, I have enough 5052 12 gauge aluminum left to make seven flat shields, maximum size 24"X24". Asking $25 per shield. Good for rounds, ovals, wankels, bunny rounds, etc. Edges filed round, 6" hole for a shield boss included free. Email me if you're interested. BroÃ°ir *edit* I can have them ro...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by houseofthedragon: I do not understand what this customers problem is. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> He paid you for armour, and you never sent it to him. If you were wondering about...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bertram: Does anyone know how I can recover my item #s after more than 30 days past the auctions' end on eBay? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Go into 'Leave feedback' in My Ebay, it ...

Brodir

I may be pointing out the obvious, but the last post on this thread by ARC was done under a different name. Look closely, and it says 2O12 instead of 2012.

Brodir

You are doing a lot to improve the look of SCA combat, that is going to be a lovely & very unique helm when it's done.

Brodir

I'm with Clay, someone on the archive likes doing things like this. There's an alias, Tom Foolery, which has said some pretty lowbrow things on some of the threads. But, whatever floats your boat, as my brother would say. I 90% ignore, and 10% post on Saturday mornings http://www.armourarchive.org/u...

Brodir

There is no gapping. The lames are curved, on some top-of-the-line limb armour the lames are dished slightly, but most SCA folks are using articulated armour with simple curved lames. These knees have the usual SCA curved lames, which funtions fine from my experiences.

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Macpherson armour on Ebay!!!

SCA fighter survey

Torchlight Tourney

Aluminum shields for sale