The Armour Archive

Brodir

Would you be willing to scan the pic Hal, if I've remembered it well enough for you to find anything resembling it

Brodir

Clay, do you have the Charles Ffoulkes book, 'The Armourer And His Craft'? I'm going 100% by memory here, but there is a little drawing under the 'leather armour' chapter of an 1100's warrior in a kettle hat, maille hauberk with mittens, chausses, and a sleeveless coat of scales that covers him from...

Brodir

Thanks for the warning Bob. I'm not really into WMA right now. Last week I started stumbling my way through a little I. 33 with a Viking-style broadsword and a 22" centergripped roundshield I had lying around, but truth be told I feel like I'm spreading myself a little too thin right now. With unive...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Egfroth: Dear Brodir, here are quite a few difefrences between mtal weapons fighting and SCA style. To summarise the main ones 1. target areas are different - particularly,...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ny BjÃ¶rn: There is a "hybrid-style", namely the Huscarl style, that is becomming more and more popular here in Scandinavia. There's an [b]introduction to it at Ask's (a Danish...

Brodir

Iox- Very nice, smaller rings is a lot more work, but the finished product always looks awesome. I'm glad to see you didn't use that damned goofy 45Â° sleeve pattern either, straight sleeves are so much more logical. Thomas, that's not the inscription, that's his T-shirt, which reads "Blind Guardian...

Brodir

Did Tolkien ever sketch any of the guards of Minas Tirith? I always found the description of their helms as having raven's wings on them was really cheesy, until one night in bed I envisioned them as thus; conical helms with nasals, and a browband similar to the Wenceslaus helm , but instead of the ...

Brodir

Myself and a friend are wanting to get involved in re-enactment-style steel fighting, but there is nothing like this happening anywhere near here. Not studying historical methods, but the sort of fighting done by groups like Regia Anglorum & such. Sort of a preparation for when (if) we should ever t...

Brodir

Sir Victor, what are you guys making your weapons out of? Are they boffers, or solid weapons?

Brodir

Reading Njal's Saga tonight, I can appreciate the tactics used by the early Scandinavian Christian missionaries when dealing with their Pagan neighbours... "(Thorkell) challenged Thangbrand to a duel; Thangbrand defended himself with a crucifix instead of a shield; but even so he managed to defeat T...

Brodir

I have a friend named Brent, who I punch in the throat every time he says something stupid. He's not very bright, which adds up to a lot of knocks on the ol' apple in a day. The gorget would help preserve his voice, so that he may share his wisdom for generations to come.

Brodir

I honestly can't remember, the last time I even looked at it was when you and I were discussing on More Perfectly Period the date when helmets turned conical, that was at least six months ago. I think it was a depiction of two warriors, unarmoured besides their helmets. Someone on the Archive is mak...

Brodir

I wonder because these helmets look like the sort of weird stuff being worn by those German/Nordic nationalist clubs in the late 1800's/early 1900's. I've seen black & white photos of guys with huge handlebar moustaches, wearing horned and winged and spiked helmets and sheepskin vests, apparently ge...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Xander: I was only asking I didn't know! I'm not a "brit" anyway I'm Irish, I wasn't ragging on SCA I'm just not familiar with it, what is that sword made of? <HR></BLOC...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Xander: hey "mrks" is that you in the photo? nice armour anyway loved the gaunts especially but whats that thing sin your hand? looks like a magic wand or something!!! is th...

Brodir

http://www.knifezone.ca/

This company in based out of Saskatchewan. They have Glamdring for $385 CAD. I just bought a Paul Chen Practical Viking from them, and have to say the service and delivery time was awesome.

Brodir

I don't know if it's historical, but I've seen pics of a guy whose plates were disks, with two holes punched on each side to form a square. Looked fantastic.

Brodir

I used to have an image saved on my C drive I though I grabbed from your page, it was from the Golden Psalter of St. Gallen, and depicted Frankish warriors wearing very round spangenhelms with nasals. I lost the pic, and I can't find anything on your site from the GP except the proto-morions on the ...

Brodir

Halvgrim, do you think it's authentic personally?

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by widow montoya: The shield is hinged down the center to pack away. When I get to my destination, there are two plates of aircraft aluminum that bolt across the back to make it r...

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Guillaume2: and about ur viking....you liked the product? i might buy a knightly for my templar persona...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah, I'm really happy with it. I use...

Brodir

Flonzy, I'm pretty sure they aren't accepting orders anymore.

http://www.necrobones.com/armory/order.html

Brodir

I think the neck guards were probably more for defense from missiles, like the brim on a kettle hat. The wide arcs could just be written of to diffrentiate from the Roman practice of using the sword primarily in a thrusting motion.

Brodir

http://www.by-the-sword.com/ These guys are selling the 'Practical Katana' for $210, plus about $25 S&H. In Canadian dollars using today's exchange rate, that works out to $366.34 Canadian. They sell the Practical Viking for $105, plus about $25 S&H, which works out to $202.65 CAD. www.knifezone.ca...

Brodir

http://www.knifezone.ca These guys are Canadian (Saskatchewan), I ordered the Practical Viking from them, and had it in my hot hands a month later. Prices are pretty close to Americal distributors, especially when you consider that you aren't getting bent over on the shipping & handling. Keep your ...

Brodir

I've read a little rule somewhere, but I don't know how true to history it is; Scandinavian seaxes were straight along the cutting edge, and gently sloped down along the back. Saxon seaxes were straight along the cutting edge, and straight along the back, then suddenly angled down in a straight line...

Brodir

Now, to directly address your post... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Halloween1966: 1) the knee cops are too shallow and do not form a proper 90 degree angle. the lames are also cut way to small/short and th...

Brodir

OK, sincere apologies, my post was a bit hasty. Matt did take money, and he definetly does have an obligation to do this right. I'm not implying that Hal should shut up and be happy with any junk anyone throws his way, because that isn't fair to the consumer. I guess I just feel that Matt busted his...

Brodir

Have you tried nicely asking Matt to re-do the knees instead of posting stuff like this? I'm sure, after alittle break, he'd have been happy to take another shot at re-articulating them. Basically, you bought something from someone who lives thousands of miles from you, and has never laid eyes on yo...

Brodir

LOL the targes! The targes!

Don't get Wes all riled up here, Charles.

Brodir

I know that they are really thick, like 3/4"+.

Brodir

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by greenshield: Wil, If it is very hot I only wear my tunic. Usually I have a gambison on under my chain and over my tunic. It's a bit warm in the summer but it does take 'some...

Brodir

Really, really good work. Especially on the cuisses, the vambraces, and ESPECIALLY the greaves. Great shapes. The hinges are very attractive as well, you should consider offering them for sale on your site. To be honest, I've always thought of you as a hobby guy, learning and making a buck on the si...

Brodir

Sir Camric Thank you for posting! I read the article in TI about your trip to the Hastings re-enactment, and now to see you fighting in almost the same setup, is inspiring. I'm trying to portray an armoured warrior c. 800 from Denmark/Jutland within SCA combat. I've had a really hard time dealing wi...

Brodir

http://members.cox.net/cmccloud/SCA/image034.html

Awesome.

re-enactment-style steel fighting- learning in total isolati

You've got to love early Christianity...

Egfroth! Help re: Golden Psalter of St. Gallen