The Armour Archive

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch: Find me that period weave damask in silk that I don't have to pay $200 and buy 50 yds in bulk and I'd be very very happy. Juliana<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Th...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch: Oh yeah, that was one he made wasn't it? He had one up before that was cotton velvet with a white cotton shirt, no sleeves. Juliana<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ...

James B.

Eat a period diet, go in outhouse, dig it up in a 1000 years

Flonzy

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James B.

Chef I was just retelling the argument I have heard, I have not seen an image with the knot but that does not mean that there aren't any out there http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif . I just go without the knot for now. I want to, when I have time, research chaps to hold the belt in because ...

James B.

Wulfe It's not the belt length people call incorrect it is jus the knot. I have a long belt, I just let it hang without the reenacters knot. There are many effigys and illustrations from diffrent eras showing the long hanging belt, but at the same time they also hade them without the long hanging pa...

James B.

I am guilty of using LH as a high end reenactment term too. What ever you lable this kind of reenactment the groups I disaproved of don't live up to the standards the groups I was refering to as LH do. If they did the problems I pointed to would be fixed. No one is perfect but that is not a good exc...

James B.

Jean Paul Maybe its material. My CoPs shell is 2 layers of canvas, and the rivets are set in without cutting the fabric so it is real strong. I don't know what kind of leather you are using but I have seen many CoPs with crome tanned 3/4oz shells or heavy suede shells sag because the leather tanned ...

James B.

Okay We seem to be on the same page with the groups I said are not LH not being LH but you seem pissed I pointed it out. Get over it. A) You have SO misqouted me from past arguments it's not even funny, it is to point of lying! If you want to say my arguments are wrong you might what to get the quot...

James B.

Royce Even if you start with 3 or 4 local guys do it! Grey's basicly doubled in members this year and they have been at it a while. Hell when I get to doing my 16th C gear if you had an event I maight travel down. 6 to 8 hour drives are not unreasonable for LH folks, we had people come 14 hours to p...

James B.

God knows I am not perfect, but I still can't except those groups being called LH. They can get the gear or the material and don't, most are acting troops, why call them what they are not? Ren fairs are not reenacting they are acting. I know when I see them they are late 16th C, but I know that a gu...

James B.

I don't think wool, linen, and silk is a magic bar. I do it for 15th, and 14th century. I can't consider a cotton outfit with modern trim, spandex, OOP weapons made cheaply, and modern thigh high boots living history and I think even most SCA folks here will agree. A noble can be done you just have ...

James B.

Yes I said that at first then in my 2nd post I said "Company of Shotte looks good but are 17th century, and one guy has German commander boots on, or they may be Muse Rep boots, either way they are wrong" I indorse the look of the group so I have to point out something that is wrong because I do not...

James B.

David Calling a dog a dog and not a cat makes me snarky? I said the Shotte guys look good except 1 guy in my second post. Everyone else in that list was not Living History. Sorry if YOU think that makes me a snark but the others are as much LH as a mustang is a porshe. You can't say it is what it is...

James B.

Iaen There is no need to line a cote if your material isn't too light. The bits of cotes they have in the MoL book "Textiles and Clothing : Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, c.1150-c.1450" shows that they just lined the edge in the front with an inch or two wide piece of silk to finish that...

James B.

Chef knows more about this subject than I do but the Royal Armories in England has done some testing with maille, arming coats and plate that were set up with real high standards in the equipment used. They determined that a well-armed knight of most eras they tested was rarely going to take an arro...

James B.

In the 15th century men wore jacks made of 10 layers of linen, sometimes with a stags skin on the outer layer, over a maille shirt and walked around fighting with arrows stuck in the jack but untouched by the arrows. There are many accounts of this. Flonzy ------------------ Cheap garb is as bad as ...

James B.

Butted round wire is easy to go through and an unfair test. The round wire helps the arrow keep force going in.

Flonzy

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James B.

Own a helm, but I got it second hand. It is a good quality helm, not ment for SCA use, gives the correct feel for a 15th century soldier. Way better quality in shape and feel than most SCA guys do and much better than costume armor thaat muse reps and India guys make. Flonzy ------------------ Cheap...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by horsefriend: Yes, I wear BOOTS <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hehe boots are a fashion in your era, in the 15th and 16th century they are for riding, well at least the popular knee a...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jean Paul de Sens: I've had blown rivets, and have seen ripped leather... if you get hit hard enough, it'll happen.. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I am in Atlantia and practice with...

James B.

Never had a rip in the material or a blown rivet.

Flonzy

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James B.

Maybe you mean The Calling of Saint Matthew 1599-1600: http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/c/caravagg/04/23conta.jpg Or The Cardsharps 1596: http://gallery.euroweb.hu/art/c/caravagg/01/08cardsh.jpg by CARAVAGGIO. Not Musketeers so it may not be what you mean. Flonzy ------------------ Cheap garb is as bad...

James B.

Just got my longsword and rondel 2 weeks ago. Fine craftsmen and they deliver at promised time. I know several people who own them, and a few have had a sword for a while and it's still in good shape. Blade is well tempered. Tang is proper unlike Pakistan and India made blades, preventing blade snap...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gaston de Vieuxchamps: Neither will a two-handed one. That's why, when fighting in harness, the books don't even show techniques where you are trying to "cut through plate"...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by kass: PS - I don't know what the Irish guys in the battle are wearing on their heads, but it looks like 1950s-era British driving caps. And BOOTS?!?! What is it with all the da...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch: Several would also argue that reeanacting is not necessarily the same as LH. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> True reenactment is reliving a battle by most standards, such ...

James B.

Aaron

Why stainless? Spring steel is lighter and more dent resistant.

Flonzy

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James B.

Finally someone else understands that the modern sole helps turn your ankle and turns shoes don't! You are able to feel the ground without huring your foot. I have never turned my ankle in turn shoes and I did it several times with modern boots or shoes on. Flonzy ------------------ Cheap garb is as...

James B.

FrauHirsch I would not consider any of the first set of groups you posted LH. Now the ECWSA guys are. All of the groups in your first post are using wrong materials, modern trim, and bad shoes and armor. They don't live up to the simple rules that 13th, 14th, 15th, and the 17th century groups are. L...

James B.

Maelgwyn

The As Real Men Fought tourney is plate armor as a standard which is what my suggested rule changes calls for. A single handed sword will not cut plate.

Flonzy

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James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Halberds: I prefer the 6 beer rule. If she looks good after 6 beers it's ok with me<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Too bad many of the women in the SCA are not following that r...

James B.

Early 16th century heavily fluted German plate from Mac with proper maille from Erik S. Face it Max plate just kicks ass.

Flonzy

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James B.

Hi Swordsailor Lets see if I can sum it all up for you. 99.9% of the folks out there are using bad materials and patterns from fantasy fashion instead of Janet Arnold. Many women in the SCA and Ren fairs use Janet Arnolds patterns, but make modern short cuts, don't hand sew the outside, add gaudy mo...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch: Have you found any examples of square single peaked tents in period? I haven't, but so many people still use that Regent style... Juliana<HR></BLOCKQ...

James B.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by kass: I wish that Thai Silks hadn't run out of the red and gold damask they had. I would have pointed you to it! Kass<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Bummer. I guess I will have...