The Armour Archive

Fearghus Macildubh

There were several other sketchy pieces of armour in the collection. Or if they weren't fakes, they were mismarked.

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m The Chateau de Castelnaud in the Dordonge has a nice little museum of armour and weapons from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. While not a mecca like the Musee de L'Armee in Paris or the Wallace Collection in London, it's worth the time if you are in the area. The local university in nearby Sarlat...

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Hi all,
My family and I were on vacation in the Perigord a few weeks ago. We stayed in mainly in the Vezere Valley. This is the valley that has the caverns of Lascaux and Cro-Magnon. The French call it the Vallee de L'Homme or the Valley of Man. Here are some pics from the prehistory museum.

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I agree with the layering of wool and linen. The fighting tunic I wear undee my armour is tropical weight wool lined with two layers of linen. I was comfortable, if warm, even in the ucky humidity of a Korean summer. Better than chem gear and body armour!

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Sir Tristen, I want to echo Aaron's comments about how much patience you've shown as you answered everyone's questions. But I think this is illustrative of the whole problem with the new rules. pretty much everyone who has been posting on this thread is a long time SCA member and expirienced armoure...

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I still don't get the big deal with double ended 9-12' spears, rattan or fiberglass. It's historicaly correct from the hoplite era forwards. I really feel that this change is opening us up for a whole bunch more rules lawyering and bearded gits.

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Murdock,
Do you have the 12th century shoes? In size 12?

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I don't recall that there have been any finds of Carolingian scale armour. Since the Carolingians were Christian, they didn't bury the dead with possesions like the pagan Germans did. Have you read this article? m I've made leather scale before and I simply started at the bottom of the jerkin and se...

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I can't access them at work, but do a search on yahoo groups for "75 years" http://home.scarlet.be/~klauwaer/ring/ here's their old site. There isn't much activity, but there are good links to some groups in the Dutch and Belgian reenactment communities. They should have the information you are looking for.

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2 weeks ago my family and I went to a small medeival market near Bonn. The band is a group called Prima Nocta, huge bagpipes and drums. The fighters were from several local reenactment groups.

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The early Landsknechts wore a cap like that as well. I've seen a few German altarpieces that have a soldier or two escorting Christ wearing that sort of scale cap.

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The fellow on the far left of the first image looks like he may be wearing maille. What's going on in the underside of his cloak? likes like the lining is made up of "scales" of fabric. Thanks! Christopher Aha, I missed that! He's not wearing maille chausses, I suppose that makes him a mo...

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The Manesse Codex has some plates with figures in sleeved surcotes. m Interestingly, they seem to mostly be wearing padded gambesons only. m There is this image of a man in full armour with a sleeved surcote on rectco 226 (I can't get my pdf to convert to a postable image), but mostly it seems like ...

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I didn't know that there had been issues with Alchem blades and deliveries. good to know. Looks like I'll be saving up for a custom hilt/blade combo, since I don't want to use a 16th century sword in 13th/14th century clothes. I plan to start out with a pratical hand and a half to test the cut and t...

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I thnink any of the 16th century foot soldiers' helmets would be appropriate. IIRC, Spain sent arms and armour to the Catholic lords in Ireland, sort of in response to England helping the Dutch rebels. Mostly light foot soldier's armour, given the skirmishing nature of warfare in Ireland. Body armou...

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Galloglass armour was pretty consistent throughout the period, right up until they were no longer a fighting force. Gambeson and/or maille hauberk, helmet, sometimes with an aventail. The helmet type may change with the times, but basinets seem to prevail right up till the end. Derrick's Image of Ir...

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In regards to the leg and butt armour. I got an old pair of ice hockey pants from Value Village and cut the protective plates out with the intention of sewing a pair of venetians or pluderhosen with pockets especially for the plates. My roller hockey pants fit right under a pair of simple venetians ...

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This is the latest list of allowed blades from the Society rapier page ( http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/rapier/bladetypes.pdf ), as of August 2009. It shows Alchem blades as being still prohibited in An Tir. Have you checked the website for the Kingdom Rapier Marshal of An Tir? Was there ...

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Greetings all, I'll be moving to An Tir in 18-24 months, depending on my exact military retirement date. I had been thinking of taking up rapier/ cut and thrust and was looking at purchasing a sword with an Alchem blade. Then I checked the Society blade standards and saw that An Tir doesn't allow an...

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The guys in the pink, yellow and blue? I think I see what you mean. The artist give the impression that the tunics are "heavy". Or the guy on the far right in pale yellow with the very smooth cote?

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Are they leather kaftans? or more tunic like? I've seen some pictures reenactors in Magyar clothes with small round shields, small enough to be bucklers. With the right sword, say a curved Alchem blade, that could be kickass impression. Either interpretation seems to be okay. Italian wall art showi...

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I didn't think it would be list legal, but I remembered a post where someone was discusing arms like that.

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Yeah, it's a little late. My research leads me to believe buff-coats become relatively common right round the death of Elizabeth (remember I'm decidedly Anglo-centric). We know they were worn by the Trained Bands of London in the first quarter of C17, and cavalry were issued them in ECW. If you're ...

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Copless full arms? Are those the ones where the splinted rerebrace seems to tuck into the bazuband?

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Thanks, Russ! Although in Transylvania, shouldn't it be a hidden gorget

I dunno what it is about armour from the horse nomad cultures, but no matter what I always come back it, thinking I should be wearing that. I'm going to have to make a kit, just because.

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I found this picture of a modern day Mongol tribesman in armour. What do you think he's wearing? A leather breastplate over a quilted kaftan? Felt hat over a helmet or just a felt hat?

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I've found that both the handle and the X strap on a flat shield will work, but your shield will pivot more than if your hand is in a boss. The straps are less likely to do so if your gauntlet is tight against the back ot eh shield. You'll want to pad the back of the shield no matter how well padded...

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SchweeeeeT!

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Cian's tale is what the SCA is all about.

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Everyone, Thanks for the insight and your time. As I wrote, I was just wondering because when I started out with 9 foot spear back in '93, it had a buttspike. I don't fight 9 foot spear much anymore, so it's a non-issue for me. I do recall something from 98-99ish, where buttspikes on great swords we...

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Sir Tristen,
If I may, what's the reason behind spears not having buttspikes? I'm assuming it's kingdom specific, I'm just wondering why is all.

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Back when I lived in the Outlands, I fought with the Huns and learned spear and shield from Sir Tore and Sir Rand the Tracker (back when they were just Tore and Tracker ) Anyhow, we would use a glaive reversed as our spear. What I mean is take a padded glaive (pre-unpadded pole days too) with a butt...

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Vitus,
That has to be the spiffest SCA axe I have seen to date!

Love the inscription too.

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Leather cuffs and the ubiquitous bracers are indeed Hollywoodisms. The answer depends on how wealthy a portrayal you are presenting. A simple farmer or freeman would have plain hemmed sleeves. Maybe some tablet or inkle woven trim if he were a prosperous farmer. A person with a big farm would have t...

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Dang it! I would have to be short of disposable income! I hope they find a good home.

Pics from the Medieval War Museum, Castelnaud, France

Pics from Musee de Prehistoire in Les Eyzies in France

Pics from German Medieval Market

An Tir Rapier and Alchem blades

Chatagai Mongol armour, how would you make it?