The Armour Archive

Brodir

Smaller rings are more work but make for more effective and more realistic looking armour. But for a first time taking a shot at a project, bigger rings are a lot easier to work with. I'll second the comment about closing the throat up, my theory is that this was the primary purpose of a coif, to pr...

Brodir

IMO, any armourer who "doesn't get to a computer all that often" probably shouldn't be selling online.

~Wil

Brodir

Just curious if anyone has a bow handy? I'm just looking for something for a beginner basically. Wood or fiberglass is OK, thinking ~45#. Not a compound. Not for combat or re-enactment, I just feel like doing some shooting, since i never get outdoors in the winter. Interested in a trade, or possibly...

Brodir

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/brodir/galongauntlets.jpg These were made by the elusive David Patton, they're basically the old Andy Ward pattern, but instead of a two piece clamshell, they have a fully articulated mitten. Very nice. THere's nothing wrong with them, they're actually quite ni...

Brodir

You may have some luck posting it for sale on the discussion forum at www.theringlord.com or placing an ad on www.chainmailstore.com as I'm sure targeting a more maille-oriented customer base couldn't hurt. Good luck.

~Wil

Brodir

I'd just like to go to bat for Padrig here, I bought a stainless shield boss from him about a year ago, and it's top-notch. You won't be sorry.

~Wil

Brodir

Hal, that looks soooo good. I've thought about it, and I think we should go with the plain steel nasal. It won't look as flashy as the bronze, but that way there can be no question. I read your other thread with the armourer's stamp (nice!). If possible, I would prefer if you stamped my helm on the ...

Brodir

I think my favorite archers are those who hunt other archers almost exclusively. I don't think it should be legislated in the SCA to be this way, but I think for the first half of the battle, archers, out of politeness, should focus on gunning down other archers, they join in the cleanup once everyo...

Brodir

And a nod to the man that taught it to a generation...

[img]http://www.users.wineasy.se/ludde/pics/360.jpg[/img] </img>

[This message has been edited by Brodir (edited 12-28-2002).]

Brodir

Good to hear, I've been drooling over that bearded axe for a couple months now.

Brodir

I owned a shirt that was made like this, and hated it. Good maille should bunch up as it hangs, making the weave tighter. Maille hanging vertically is always drawn open to it's fullest expansion, making it less effective. Also, I found that it is much less flexible for side-to-side expansion, meanin...

Brodir

I would think that Duke Paul Bellatrix shield theory, rotating and punch blocks, would translate best to that style. It'll work, just don't think 'heater'. Never tried it though.

~Wil

Brodir

Not mine, but if it were, I'd proudly be buried in it. Hope he gets a bid, damned sexy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20156&item=931408908

Brodir

I think these are damn sexy, and Archive members get a 15% discount!

http://www.albionarmorers.com/swords/albion/medieval/medieval.htm

~Wil

Brodir

I don't think it's a matter of Chivalry, but simple good sportsmanship. A bunch of heavies are standing around making sure someone is OK, and you shoot one in the head? It's like running a home run while everyone else is in the showers. Yeah, you pulled it off, but who really cares?

~Wil

Brodir

Hjalmer, I've been lusting after something low-profile to wear under maille for a long time, do you have a pic of yourself in your gear, and would you be interested in sharing a pattern for the four-piece body armour?

Brodir

Sorry Bran, I should clarify something a bit (seeing that you are in Ansteorra). I'm in An Tir, and An Tir, West and I think Drachenwald are the only three kingdoms left that employ absolute, 100% non-contact light archers. You kill them by getting within 15 feet, and declaring them dead. I don't co...

Brodir

www.boldo.com

Nice great helm at a good price.

Brodir

http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/temp/helms/got.jpg http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/temp/helms/got1.jpg http://www.missouri.edu/~winsloww/temp/helms/thor.jpg What is the date and location for these? Got1.jpg is especially interesting, it looks like one of the Valsgarde helms, but the constructio...

Brodir

How big are the rings in the coif? How thick is the wire?

Brodir

Small group skirmish; two sides are fighting on a steep hill, the trail is sandy and full of mole holes etc., each side has four fighters and one archer. The eight fighters clash, nobody is killed, but one fighter loses his footing and falls. All heavy fighters stop, and gather round him to make sur...

Brodir

Aaron, doesn't your kit weigh 100+ pounds? Without maille? I honestly don't believe that, at that weight, you are authentically re-creating anything but Victorian stereotypes. You are fighting in much heavier armour than a person in the 14th century would have used, and fighting on foot in a cavalry...

Brodir

ALso, I should mention this is would be a great war kit, where 90% of shots are either a knock on the head, or a thrust to the chest. I would want something a little thicker over the ribs and shoulder blades in a tourney.

~Wil

Brodir

Here's an idea; For your legs, I'd wear hockey pants (the ones with the plates that slide in) with a simple one piece knee made of leather or plastic, steel or aluminum may tear the fabric. Wear over these a pair of pants like these; http://www.gotmus.i.se/1engelska/bildstenar/bilder/bild_broa_halla...

Brodir

There's a place locally that sells those plastic water tanks that sit in the back of a pickup truck, and if yours is damaged (they somethimes fracture if you leave them full of water and let it freeze), they can weld them for you.

~Wil

Brodir

Every year myself and some friends dress up for LOTR and mingle with the crowd on opening night, and in exchange we get a private screening of the movie (woohoo!). THis year, my brother and I are doing orcs of Isengard. Here's the first helmet, made entirely of water-hardened leather. http://home.ar...

Brodir

Hi Brennan and THomas Sorry for not replying to the emails, I was waiting myself to see what unfolds. There are two possibilities; 1) After I posted this, a prominent member of The Maille Research Society contacted me. Apparently, there is a fragment of the Gjermundbu shirt touring the US right now....

Brodir

http://www.cs.usu.edu/~watson/bartholomew/barmor.htm Aluminum maille, carpet armour with a kidney belt, plastic arms and legs, aluminum shield with rubber hose edging, sweat pants, hockey gloves... and yet I've read this article about 20 times. What can I say, I dig this guy's kit; an endearing uni...

Brodir

What are the stats on the hauberk?

Brodir

The guy I buy rings from has some 14 gauge 5/16" rings on sale. They are iron/mild steel. I've had an itch lately to try my hand at making a coif, but it wouldn't really be appropriate for my persona (Denmark/Jutland c. 800), and I can't really afford to just buy the rings for the hell of it. I'm no...

Brodir

So Wulfgar, if you need any help researching your new Scythian persona, I have a couple books

*cough cough*

Brodir

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/brodir/byrnie1.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/brodir/byrnie2.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/brodir/byrnie3.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/brodir/byrnie4.jpg Hey Hal- I'm not at home, so I couldn't email these to you, I just thou...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: If you want to hear speculation based on very little, keep up searching internet boards. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Was this directed at me? Just curious....

Brodir

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in stock, no less

Brodir

If I were portraying a Highland Scot, I would wither wear a maille shirt, or a thickly-padded knee length garment. There are many accounts of Highlanders fighting in maille shirts, long after they went out of vogue in England or on the Continent. You have to remember, when the simple chain shirt was...

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Hal- finished pics of your byrnie