The Armour Archive

Brodir

The two armourers are a local knight & his squire. It woiuld be great if he posted a picture of his personal fighting helm on the site, it's a real piece of work. Good barwork too.

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vallconnan: 1.What are ther armor requirements for SCA combat in Laymans terms? (i know there is some type of pdf on the SCA website, but I would rather have it explained i...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Owen: if I tried to use a scutum in single combat, I'd be hampered by it's size(it is intended for formation use), yet have people complain about how big it is! <...

Brodir

I know I've been kind of silent, but I'm still in. Wish we could have got a decent price on the brass, I'd like to make a whole corselet out of them. Ah well.

Brodir

Sir Luther Anshelm has them in stock, and polished enough to closely resemble steel. Good price, too.

http://anshelmarms.com/baskethilts.html

Brodir

http://geocities.com/macdilly/armour-for-sale-2.html

I traded Fergus some lamellar plates for these arms, but they totally don't fit me. They originally belonged to Bob Hurley. If you like them, let me know. I'll make a point to clean the rust off them before I send them out.

Broðir

Brodir

That helm was made by Sir Alail, who posts here. The high bidder (An Tirian) is me. I really don't want this helmet, I just bid to get things rolling. My bid was (I think) $75, don't hesitate to outbid me. I suspect there are several people with ~$300 waiting to bid at the last moment, but you never...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Murdock: And what are these great rewards for authenticity you speak of? I have never heard of an authenticity laurel, or a LH laurel. Not even an order or award reserved f...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Out of curiosity, has the Society ever struck the spurs off of, or otherwise rescinded the awards of the occasional cad or bounder who has risen to the ran...

Brodir

Wow, Chef and I posted the same idea at the same time, but his is more eloquent. Ah well

Brodir

I don't know, If I have a Viking persona, and I can fight well with sword, small & long axe, scramaseax, six foot and nine foot spear, I would say that I've achieved martial prowess. I wouldn't feel the need to take up the billhook or crossbow, I've figured out every weapon that existed during my li...

Brodir

Hey Bulscu! Do you still have that pic online of your maille & leather lamellar setup?

Brodir

My persona is a Dane in the year 802, and I only fight with a sword, a six foot spear, and a small axe. The spear I only use at practice because I get clubbed http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Also available to me would be scramaseaxes, long handled axes, and spears of greater lengths. Asid...

Brodir

Sniffing around for documentation for leather lamellar, I found the scan from the Osprey book with the impossible armour

http://www.medieval.co.nz/images/AnlgoNorman11_12th.jpg

The Norman infantryman, his sleeves & aventail simply wouldn't work that way.

Brodir

Also, Robert De Tyre documents three leather lamellar finds in his lamellar construction article here: http://members.tripod.com/DeTyre/Articles/lamellar1.html Examples are at the bottom. THis site (I think by our own Egfroth) claims that Seljuk Turks favoured leather lamellar, with corselets made o...

Brodir

Not quite what you are looking for, but this is a picture of a pair of steel arms, and a pair of hardened leather arms for Tournament Combat C. 1460. As best as I can guess, the detail on the leather arms is braided leather strips, glued or sewn on.

http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/arms.gif

Brodir

If you own the Charles Ffoulkes armour book, there is an illumination of a 1200 European knight/man-at-arms/whatever wearing a kettle hat & a coat of scales which is (iirc) mid-calf length. Ffoulkes states that it is a coat of leather scales, but I don't know what his documentation for it is. I also...

Brodir

Master Jamie, please e-mail me with that photospread as well, I'm really interested.

Brodir

Looks good, you play with Bicolline, right? All the Bicolline players who post here always own or make such nice gear, I was meaning to go this year, but it's too far. Hopefully next summer...

Keep up the good work.

Brodir

The Angus McBride paintings in the Byzantine book I own all feature lamellar corselets which make no sense. He portrays them so that the sleeves attach to the body seamlessly, the shoulders continue right up from the body, and the aventails hang smoothly from the helmets. It sort of seems like he or...

Brodir

I think it's a great idea, but have a concern about them getting ripped off. May have to do a bit of experimentation.

Brodir

http://www.liongate-armsandarmour.com/ These guys have a bit of stuff, more weapons thatn armour, whatever armour they have is usually 1500-1600. Check the site about once a month for updates. I've been drooling over those two 10th century spearheads for sometime now... *sigh* BroÃ°ir [This message...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Two things that drive me absolutely batty - firstly when certain SCAdians look at high quality reproduction armour as not-armour (soley on the basis that it...

Brodir

http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/sword.gif I was thinking of getting an aluminum wheel pommel from Mandrake, and cutting a hole in the middle of a curved rectangular aluminum sheet for the hand guard. Anyone see a legality issue with the guard entering too far into a visor? I highly doubt this wo...

Brodir

Isn't it just like a regular helm half, but rounded at the bottom so that it comes down lower into that curved shape? As for the brim, I would think it would just be a cat's-eye shape with a hole in the middle, hammered into a curve. Anyone? [This message has been edited by Brodir (edited 12-29-2001...

Brodir

I'm not familiar with specific Celtic helmet finds, but Master Geoffrey made a decent-looking replica.

http://www.hammeredsteel.com/gaa/armour/gaa/gallery/cona.htm

Brodir

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1499740005

Claims to be a piece of real medieval maille. It is riveted, so take it from there. Kind of cool.

Brodir

This is good work, I would recommend anyone who's interested take a look.

Brodir

I'm interested as well, address is in my profile.

Brodir

http://gallery.the-exiles.org/view_photo.php?set_albumName=weapons&id=abd

If that is authentic, it would be great for SCA combat, really cut down on the amount of barwork needed on a helm.

Brodir

I'm probably misremembering, but I think Janos was selling three Del Tin axes here a couple years ago. May still have them.

Brodir

I received an e-mail from his wife saying that he was in & out of the hospital. I won an auction as well, but I am waiting to send payment until Micah resurfaces.

If you're reading this, merry Xmas man

Broðir

Brodir

I can't offer any advice, but I'm curious; how are you planning on constructing the wooden core? I've seen the Matthew Amt essay on the 'concentric donut' construction, and seen an Australian souce that offers turned shields blanks for mucho $. I ask because It's something I'd like to take a shot at...

Brodir

If you have the tools, I bet you could make a beautiful set from blocks of wood, I would want a planer, a grinding wheel, a jigsaw, and some sandpaper. Sand them smooth and perhaps cover them with silver leaf or gold leaf from the hobby store (didn't Richard I have a tournament where the swords were...

Brodir

I recall before that this included a gambeson as well, did you sell the gambeson seperately?

Brodir takes a moment to define 'Costume Armour'

Building a Rene rebated sword for SCA combat

Could be authentic...