The Armour Archive

Brodir

You can tell I can't sleep, I started drawing pictures http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif http://www.geocities.com/cantonwillowmere/strapped_round.html The one on the left is how lots of folks strap their rounds, and the strapping technique that produces the 'falling forward' syndrome. The o...

Brodir

http://www.canadiancraftsupplies.com/macrame.html

These guys are in Ontario, rude on the phone & took over a month to process my order from items in stock, but they have a great selection, and I like to spend my $ in Canada when possible. Take a look.

Brodir

I'll throw in another vote for Duke Rorik Gunnarson of An Tir, he's excellent, never a misstep.

Brodir

I was just coming here to post...

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1023993508

Cool looking helm, pity I won't be bidding on it. Was any of this resolved at all?

Brodir

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I agree, it was definetly isnpired by an old deep-sea diving helmet. Weird.

Brodir

I like, umm, all of them http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif The wider wisby is definetly better. Also, I lke the shape of the last plate you bosted Rev, but not the height, Birka plates were 4 inches tall, and something around 3 would be better. The shape is more aesthetically pleasing tho...

Brodir

Halvgrim, take a look on the Red Khaganate site, there's a discussion & pic there about a 10th c. helmet found in Ukraine which is not pictured on your website. Also, when I find an image of that Great Polish helm I mentioned to you, I'll let you know.

Broðir

Brodir

Congrats Sarnac, I understand your champion is a visiting Avacalian? If you can get Gann to put down his drinking horn long enough to listen to you, tell him Brodir says hi

Brodir

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html

Follow the link to a few clips from some PBS Viking documentry, the page features quicktime clips of the camera wandering through the streets of an amazing 1:30 scale reconstruction of Birka. Beautiful, excellent work.

Brodir

I think buying your own metal would be best, I need a small number (about 200) lamellar plates in brass, and there seems to be absolutely no interest in brass.

Brodir

I vote for the Wisby plate as well, it would allow the alternating rows Adam mentioned. As well as looking cool as hell, the alternating rows stiffens the armour up quite a bit, I did alternating on the chest plate of my armour, and it's much stiffer than the body.

Brodir

I'd be interested in a scalloped/tombstone shaped plate, a B shaped plate, or even a D shaped Wisby-style plate. Adam, please post any other shapes you have.

Brodir

Mmmm... Tillamook...

Brodir

Look at that mug, it's enough to make a Saxon pirate sell his arms & learn a trade...

[img]http://www.arthurian.freeuk.com/images/big/britsarge.jpg[/img]</img>

Brodir

Hey, a little off-topic... are there any pics online of the Bicolline war this year? www.bicolline.com still has the same pics from last year. If any of you know of Bicolline photo galleries online, please share. Two months later, still wishing I'd attended http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/frown.gif...

Brodir

http://www.bymyhanddesigns.com/bmhnew/ http://mandrakearmory.com/ http://members.loop.com/~padraic/keystone/Krubber.htm I have the $25 hand axe from Keystone, it's pretty nice. I've heard good things about the Mandrake single axe too. Broðir ------------------ "Under my skin I am really The Iro...

Brodir

And to think, he did it all in a great helm!

Brodir

http://www.geocities.com/merripan/Apprenticeworks.html A friend of mine popped into town for the day, we armoured up & fought for about an hour. It was his first time fighting since his new armour arrived Thursday, a breastplate, gorget, & pauldrons from Apprentice Works. I thoroughly inspected eve...

Brodir

When I first joined the SCA, I was told that Master of Arms was ONLY available to people who could not swear an oath of fealty for religious reasons. I don't know what religion that refers to, but that's how it was explained to me.

Brodir

Dalewyn- Nice suit! I've got some stainless plates, I'm going to experiment with turning them gold in the oven. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

Brodir

So the anodization doesn't hold up well to metal-on-metal contact? I was wanting to use it for lamellar plates, so much for that

Would powder-coating 250-300 lamellar plates be financially realistic?

Brodir

Very cool. Use blackened galvanised rings & the cross will stand out much more.

Brodir

These are modern reproductions of the original chess pieces. Sorry, couldn't find originals online. This picture very clearly shows the back of the helmet I was referring to. If I were building this helm (which I might), I would make the top, add a 16 gauge skirt, add a longish leather drape over th...

Brodir

Anywhere in Europe during the 10th Century, you're pretty much looking at maille. Don't roll your eyes though, it can be done... I'm starting work on a kit utilizing a maille shirt with hidden defenses, and Seamus just posted pics of his maille shirt & kidney belt on the Great Western War thread. Yo...

Brodir

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Brodir

Bob, that is so 3L33+ of you

Brodir

Adam, I could use that helm if nobody else is interested in it.

Brodir

Actually, I really like the elbows I have, and I'm sure someone else would buy the elbows you're selling, so I would just be interested in the vambraces & rebraces. If you want to keep the arms together, I'll buy the elbows too. ...If you split things up http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif

Brodir

THere's an An Tirian knight named Aveloc who sometimes fights with a punch-dagger sort of thing. He seems to like it, some folks think it packs too much oomph. Never faced it, so I can't say. Not in my top 500 European tourney weapons though

Brodir

I made what ended up looking like a cutlass sort of the same way as has been suggested. Filled a pot with water, set to boil. Laid my rattan across the top of the pot, then rested the lid on top of the rattan. Let it soak up the steam for 20 minutes, then bend it against the counter & hold the curve...

Brodir

There's a greatsword floating around the barony which nas been made into a flamberge through nothing but tape. Only time I've ever seen anyone pick it up in three years is to use it as a marshalling staff though

Brodir

I've heard folks describe a process by which aluminum can be turned a gold color. I know it involves a complicated process, but would anyone who is in the know be willing to do it for me, or recommend a business I could get in contact with? Thanks.

Brodir

If there's any interest in splitting it up, I like the arms a lot.

Brodir

Echoing what Anhur said, I always thought it was called the 'Dark Ages' because England was not yet introduced to the calming effects of Feudalism & was still operating on a politically unstable warrior king/tribal sort of system. Thus putting the end of the dark ages 1066. Are you relating those da...

Brodir

I've seen several folks post here & on Arador looking for the company 'Birka Plates'. FYI, one of the members here (I think he's posting as Yoshido now) went to a metal stamping company & got a rough price estimate for getting plates punched. He posted the price, and a discussion ensued about what s...

Birka reconstruction model- incredible!

Apprentice Works Armoury- Review

Coloring aluminum