The Armour Archive

SyrRhys

I miss the racour Well, I've been unable to muster any enthusiasm for the way the SCA is played out here, as you know, and my Schule has taken most of my focus lately anyway, but deeds like the one being discussed now will certainly bring me back to Pennsic, if nothing else, and I think I'll be abl...

SyrRhys

I have silver buckles on my shoes because Rhys has brass ones Hell, I was medieval when medieval wasn't cool; buncha Johnny-Chandos come latelies... But seriously, you guys are all focused on the periphery: When does progress get made on the substance of the Armes? Galleron has made an *excellent* ...

SyrRhys

Frankly I am shocked that I was never formally asked to join. Sir Vitus, you must increase your level rancor and authenticity to fit in with the likes of the good Earl in that noble company. Why, Felix... To which earl do you refer, pray tell? Vitus, the company was inactive for a lot longer than t...

SyrRhys

God's balls, I'm out of touch for a couple of years and you guys go getting all medieval? What's happening here?

So, may I play? I've done a couple of Deeds of Armes over the years.

Regards,
Hugh
www.schlachtschule.org

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Cet: Wow, it sounds like the mid has a sound and consistent policy regarding that aspect of armour inspections. I hope the East will follow your lead sometime soon. Right now i...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Richard Blackmoore: Perhaps off topic, but the illustration shown has come up before in discussions of the effectiveness of plate. Many people have tried to say that thrusts...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Clifford Galbraith: I was taught that there are no excessive blows....just inteded malice. To that end....I tend to side with Rhys on this....I do my upmost to hit my oppone...

SyrRhys

A good friend of mine once told me that a gentleman always hits his opponent so hard that he doesn't have to worry about whether the blow was good enough or not. I consider that an excellent and chivalrous approach. ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'pre...

SyrRhys

Cool stuff. I confess, I was one who thought two-headed axes weren't authentic. Isn't it interesting that in all three cases the wielders are all unarmored? I wonder what that means. ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt hard, kill swiftly, wast...

SyrRhys

Those are excellent pics, and I believe the first two, at least, are probabl.y forms of curies. I don't know what the Mathew Paris pic represents, but I think it's too much to speculate it's a curie; that's an odd picture all around (why is the mail depicted differently below the knee, for example?)...

SyrRhys

Dear Bob and Eric, Both of you misunderstand me, I think. You seem to believe I'm desperately clinging to some way of proving the helm was worn in foot combats. I'm not. I never was. As I said when Bob first brought it up, I had never even considered that helms weren't worn on foot, so I didn't have...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Hi All, Here is a verbatim response from the Royal Armouries to clarify the position of the scholarly community regarding the question of usage of great hel...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Thanks for the response. As I understand it your position then is that it may have been done, but we don't have any actual definitive documentation from the pe...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Clermont: Its use spashed outside the range some, but the short answer is the first quarter of the 14th century. It tended to be worn with a very maile dominated kit, despit...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Richard Blackmoore: How about "Hit too light, never be a knight."? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Now *that* one I really like! ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to the Church ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by IainMcClennan: I'm not discounting the pool cue thrust, only the "flying thrust" or "thrusting single". This is thrusting with the back hand at the end of the weapon, fully ext...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by IainMcClennan: Changing the rule to allow halfswording in the SCA only gets you partway there. It's a difficult technique to use because the SCA game reflects unarmoured com...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: From the form, and from the 'relegated to tournaments', the general concensus is that they continued to be used in a mounted role. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> If ...

SyrRhys

We have been experimenting with both blade grabbing and with half swording here in the East kingdom, and so far no problems at all.

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Hugh Knight
"Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt hard, kill swiftly, waste nothing, make no apologies"

SyrRhys

OK, Bob, I have looked at Blair, and he doesn't say what you said he does. On p. 29 he says: "After c. 1350 thre was a tendency for the helm to be relegated to the tournament field, though illustrations of it being worn in battle can still be found until the early years of the 15th century..." Just ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Hi Hugh, Can you document it's use on foot or not? You say "You don't see why not" - that is not documentation. The "Experts" in the field, such as the late...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Hi Hugh, Frankly, I am expecting you to document the practise - not me. I can find a ton of pictures of knights fighting on foot wearing bascinets in a late...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Hi All, Just a question - Is not a Pembridge properly a piece of mounted equipment? It is my understanding they were retained for mounted work with lance in...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by galenow: SyrRhys, what do you use for alumin. roundels? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> We're just cutting them out of aluminum sheet. ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to the C...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by sarnac: Hugh, a great helm? really? I would have thought that would be too EARLY for that harness.... I really thought the bascinet was right in the perfect place to go with...

SyrRhys

Hi, We had a whole thread on this a while ago, and no one was able to find any evidence for a tournament (in the sense of knightly armored combat) using small round shields. ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt hard, kill swiftly, waste nothing...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Brodir: I'll try it slowly at first, against an armoured friend. My concern was the exact opposite, that an opponent would simply let go of the axe. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> An...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alcyoneus: I couldn't find the topic where you mentioned the sliding rivets. I looked in Norman Vesey's A&A and have a supposition. The lance rest is on the plate connected ...

SyrRhys

Many sources say they were made of a material called "fustian" which is made of threads of linen going in one direction and threads of cotton going in the other (one's warp and one's weft, but I can never remember which is which). The word 'aketon' derives from the Arabic word 'al-haqueton', or 'cot...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by sarnac: So the consensus is the Corrazzina is NOT correct and the pic that Erik sent me is closer to what I should be shooting for.... and....the t face barbute is way too l...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jacob: Here's what I use for my 1250 SCA persona: Mac bible helm with aventail attached inside the helm (to look almost like a coif). Heavily padded gambeson with later-style e...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markH: Hi, Yes, thats exactly what Im looking for, what the things actually look like. So, if I understand correctly, I wouldnt see the splints on the vambrace or the rearbr...

SyrRhys

Hi, So what, exactly, are you trying to figure out? Just what splinted vambraces look like? There are few pictures that show them terribly clearly, but you frequently see them in Italian works. What you often see is rows of small rivets packed very close together, and the plates, like on splinted cu...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Erik Schmidt: Say what? "The moral equivalent of kettle hats"? You'll have to explain that one. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Kettle hats were very common in It...

SyrRhys

Try this. I don't sew, myself, so I can't speak to how good the instructions are.

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html

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Hugh Knight
"Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt hard, kill swiftly, waste nothing, make no apologies"