The Armour Archive

James B.

There is the Skjoldehamn hood

http://www.medieval-baltic.us/skjold.html

James B.

Bob you are at Pennsic and wasting your time on the net?

You should be enjoying the weather, because it sucks here

James B.

I understand. Good luck with the cart sale.

James B.

I guess you are not coming into Pennsic this year then Tim?

James B.

Sent you a private message, I am interested

Thanks

James B.

I got the 6mm chausses, could be the different makers construct them differently.

James B.

Good info guys! Are jacks displayed with any frequency in german art? They are not shown with any frequency in art at all; I might have 20 or so images of jacks in total. I have found what I think are a few more in manuscripts but they are not shown in art frequently. Here are most of the images I ...

James B.

Olaf is that the hammer of Thor

James B.

earnest carruthers wrote:There is a pair of Italian breeches found in a wall, currently being written up, complete and basically boxer shorts, I will check if they have a side slit for the wanger.

Awesome; I would love to see the details, time, shape, material

James B.

Armor is not simulated or "assumed". You are either actually wearing maille and plate or you are not. When did that become a rule? As we originally wrote these rules, armor *was* assumed, else it would have changed the nature of the engagement. Over that years the kits have kept improving...

James B.

Maeryk wrote:It's called a "lantern shield" and is not even remotely unique.

Indeed I have seem a number of these over the years.

James B.

I think it all depends on what type of armor you are looking at. Clearly floating elbows are used even in the 15th century so why not the 14th? Plenty of effigies and artwork has the look of floating elbows especially before 1370 however some clearly have lames and would not float starting as early ...

James B.

Aryllyian wrote:I hope my kit passes muster. This looks to be a blast.

Edit:

How many times do you run this? Is it one time only or best of three?

There is only one ransom battle but often there is a second for fun battle.

James B.

The top of Ice Falcons maille chausses have a loop to put a belt through to hold them up. The foot is open.

James B.

I should have said killed 90% of the mildew at that Pennsic, the tent we used it on is in great shape today. It got mildewed in a basement flood.

James B.

That looks like a tool vs a combat weapon.

However there is at least on period painting that shows a double headed axe; it is Byzantine if I recall correctly.

James B.

My wife made a lemon water solution we sprayed on a tent day one at Pennsic one year, it killed 90% of the mildew on the tent we borrowed. She found info on it online if recall correctly.

Here are some sites on natural mildew removal:

http://camping.about.com/cs/frequentque ... oldew2.htm

http://www.ehow.com/info_8577650_homema ... anvas.html

James B.

I think it opens on Tuesday every year.

James B.

Sigurd Fjalarson wrote:So it appears I was told correctly... 15th century, sca, and "cheaply" apparently don't go together...

Really doing any kit to look correct is not cheap in the SCA.

James B.

white mountain armoury wrote:How can I save the vambrace image ?

I am going to capture them all in photoshop this week and I will post them online.

James B.

CiaranBlackrune wrote:Whatever happened to In Service To The Dream?

Ever seen it? It is way out of date.

James B.

We saw plenty of problems with the interpretation on the mannequins, what was up with lacing the hose up on the back of the leg, no artwork or historical find supports such a thing. Maybe it was something they had to do in order to get them on the mannequin? We wondered the same but why not just se...

James B.

My wife and I went with a couple of other La Belle company folks, all the costumes had issues but the gold dress had the least issues of the bunch. The V opening in that kind of dress gives more than enough room for it to slip on over your lace up under dress. It shouldn't have much or any room for ...

James B.

Looks like Brian is taking the spurs. I have some PMs about the leather armor I am going to take them all in order. Ozzie you are second in line I will take a look at the shipping. The armor is died, hardened and sealed. If I recall Dan would water harden then die then seal with a polymer; that is w...

James B.

James B.

Wow that is a nice belt set. I just saw something similar in a medieval jewelery book my wife just bought.

James B.

Just want to let people know this is sold I had Dave Rylak (Cet) make me the plates for a Pair of Plates/Brigandine/Corazzina with a globose chest based of Master Galleron's body armor a number of years ago and have not done anything with it. The plates are 16ga spring steel (no heat treating) and a...

James B.

Wolf wrote:learn to finger braid and get some hobby brass to roll up on the end.

Finger braiding is not hard just time consuming. You can buy chapes for the end pre-made from Historic Enterprises

James B.

Ulrich of Wiard wrote:I would be interested in the cuisses if you are separating the armor. How much?

If that is the case I will think about separate prices and post them later, I was worried I would not find a buyer for this part id I broke it apart.

James B.

Very true James, but the analogy still falls apart because those soldiers were most likely not wearing cap-a-pie gothic harnesses. While we might get an approximation from such a test, the test subjects truly ought to be outfitted in appropriate armaments for foot soldiers from a specific time and ...

James B.

I don't know of anyone making them for sale, too much labor too little profit for what people are willing to pay

James B.

One obviously thing that wasn't accounted for was that men with nice cap a pie suits like that would not have been on foot, but rather sitting ahorse. How tiring is it by comparison to be sitting on a horse hacking at other people; that might be a more fruitful study. The English preferred foot com...

James B.

As to the subject of harness weight I think the biggest issue you will find is a modern harness is always going to run a little on the heavy side because most modern men are going to run a bit on the heavy side. I would love to see someone squeeze into a period harness that is only 55 pound of plat...

James B.

PM sent Brian.

James B.

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/richmedia/images/cover.gif

I don't see the image.

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