The Armour Archive

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by David deKunstenaar: 1: Is finger side the same side as palm or back of hand? 2: If palm, how could you grip anything? I would think the inside would be leather? Arti</fo...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Giles of Redheugh: All, Wow, I have had the pleasure of many discussions with Hugh. I have found all of his posts to be informative and fun. Yes, he has bluntly told me when...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Thomas of Tadcaster: What thickness padding should be used for a 13th century gambeson? Should the padding be sandwiched between two layers then quilted or make a series of tub...

SyrRhys

On p. 41 of _European Armor_, Blair says: "During the last years of the 13th century, references to all types of plate armor become increasingly common, although the materials from which it was made were not always metal. It is clear that the amorers were experim...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Talbot: My theory is that Perhaps one plate was found that looked like those or Dean knew the Pistoia altarpiece (or another similar artistic source) and copied that. This styl...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by pdepamiers: Hushgirl, Why don't you leave Hugh alone. If you truly feel that his opinion is of no value then just ignore it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thank you Phillipe. ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Talbot: Originally posted by SyrRhys: For example, if folks look at the skirt of the brig, they will see that it's shown here to be composed of wide, vertical plates. If it...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Hi Sir Rhys, I am in no way, shape, or form comparing you to that ignoble idiot Sharpton. I was merely looking for an completely unbelievable aspiration (an...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Talbot: Take a look at this. In the Met is the most complete surviving harnesses of its type. while the harness is composite, all the aprts are from the same source though they...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by warclub_33: SyrRhys did you get the email I sent? If you have no prob, but email is acting weird and thought I would check. Thanks<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I did, and I'm...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Amalric Unomen: I think I am going to buy the German branch sword from Arms and Armor. It has a 30 inch blade and is a riding sword. I do not do any live steel sparring, but...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Is Sir Rhys wrong? Very rarely, although he tends to give his message over with all the tact and tastiness of a ladel full of cod liver oil mixed with horse ra...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Brodir: Do you think it would be inappropriate to recreate that kit with solid steel greaves, and maille sabatons? ~Wil<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I can't find any referenc...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Noe: Why would the splints in the cuisse be on the inside, and the splints on the greave be on the outside? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> For the very simple reason that thig...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Marshal: I don't know...the nails are in pretty much the same pattern as the CoP ( which I take it no one thinks is splinted? ) and one can't be sure whether it's meant to indi...

SyrRhys

I have always liked this effigy. I think we're seeing simple splinted legs here: Long, vertical strips of metal riveted inside a leather cover. If they were smaller plates the rivet heads would be offset so that the smaller plates could have some overlap. The fact that they don't suggests that's not...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winther: This is what I was referring to: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/folstolf :look in pics folder, knees. Here is what I am working on currently, I am a German living in En...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ulrich: Ok, crap I really was sort of hoping I wouldnt have to go through all this....again. First let me say, I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just giving my opinion.</fon...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winther: 1415 England, would "soup-can knees have been worn with greaves, or would greaves only be worn with full upper plate legs ? I will not be wearing any seeable upper bod...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Erik Schmidt: For greathelms, go here; http://www.tempus-vivit.net/tempus-vivit/bibliothek/ruestungen/topfhelm/index.html <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The Kussnacht greathe...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Logan of Seaforth: Rhys I was always under the impression that those were mail breeches that extended below the poleyn. If you have some information that proves otherwise Iâ...

SyrRhys

Plate and mail were *often* connected together. The most obvious example is the aventail dependant from bascinets, but many other examples abound. The Italians, in particular, seemed to have a real fetish for this practice; they liked to hang it off of a strip below their poleyns. You can also see i...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by warclub_33: I'm going to try and slip several question in at once. For early 14th cen. England, say 1300-1330. 1. For splinted limb armour, were the splints on the inside or...

SyrRhys

They are simply different words for the same thing, a drape of mail hanging from the bascinet. An englishman would say "aventail" just as a French-speaking person would say "camail". It's the same things as the word "coude" which is French and the word "couter" which is English. ------------------ H...

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First, a caveat: I am *not* an armorer. I have made a few pieces, but I'm *bad* at it. Having said that, let me pass on to you what *real* armorers have said: *don't copy and SCA piece of armor. Pick a *real* piece that is extant (a painting probably doesn't show enough detail, but if it does then g...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: jgalak I think using real technique gives you an advantage over the "stickjock" wack-a-mole style. Just like it gave a Knight of the middle ages an advantage over pe...

SyrRhys

Hi, Very good question. I have been working with Ringeck's techniques for a little while now, and I think I can give some insight's into the question. First, we have to remember that we in the SCA fight tournament combat... We can tell that's true because we swing powerful cutting blows at one anoth...

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I was so flabbergasted by you're patently untrue character attacks on me that I almost didn't notice that you actually raised some issues in this post for a change: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch:...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch: Over and over YOU have been the one attacking various people with demeaning and disrespectful comments and when someone finally responds to your crap, then you just...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Hushgirl: All that "roftlmao" and the condescension, especially towards women, makes it impossible for me and for many others to read Surly Rhys' posts, let alone credit them. ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch: It is interesting that the article link I posted that had a small mention of archers in early period tournaments said exactly what Hugh himself said in one of hi...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrauHirsch: My Laurel research brain hurts when I read your so-called historical interpetations of an extremely limited type of sources. It saddens me when people think you kno...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dame Lucia: As a research historian I have a problem with the way this Rhys fellow challenges the historical sources cited by certain individuals, What gives? <HR></BLOC...

SyrRhys

I have two basic harnesses, each with some variation. I have a Crecy-style harness made for me by Tom and Traci Justus which is a full aketon, bascinet with closed visor and aventail (and a very nice sewn-in lining), floating spaulders and coudes, gamboissed cuisses with dependant poleyns, front gre...

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Hey Vitus, why don't you just get it from Mac like I do... Oh, wait, never mind...

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