The Armour Archive

Tom Knighton

Good question.... Now I guess I need to answer it huh? *I* want to do the military impression, but I don't want it to be exclusively military, since my wife wants to play as well and she don't do sword stuff. I have contacted a couple UK groups like britannia and [urlhttp://www.comitatus.net/]comita...

Tom Knighton

I've been asked to gauge interest in a 5th Century reenactment group here in the US. The group is to be primarily focused on 5th Century England (yeah, I know it wasn't England yet, but you know what I mean ) and would be centered in the southeastern US (I"m in south GA). Is anyone else interested? ...

Tom Knighton

I'll rip it apart.

send it to me IMMEDIATELY so I may do so

Bran

Tom Knighton

My personal favorite is The Battle of Hastings by Stephen Morillo. It's really more of a collection of articles, but it covers a wide variety of subjects and is easily read by those of the short attention span (like me

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Bran

Tom Knighton

oo-yah eyes-gay uck-say

Bran

Tom Knighton

don't feel like you have to rush onto the field just because others say they did and that you should. DO put together a kit that you can really be happy with and that is comfortable to wear. It greatly increases your enjoyment. Don't keep trying to reinvent the wheel. When in doubt, look at what wa...

Tom Knighton

That's my long term plan Stephen, since the maille will hide the required backplate of the helm.

But right now I'm just looking at prices. Anyone do spring steel?

Bran

Tom Knighton

Karl,

That is exactly it! Only an SCA legal version of course

Guillaume,

I tried opening the links up and it wouldn't work

To Everyone else,

Thanks so far for the help!!!

Bran

Tom Knighton

That's a nice helm, but it looks a bit later than what I am looking for. The type I am wanting has the bottom part of the face plate dished somewhat, and a slightly bowled top as well, though not drastically so. I just wish I had a scanner so I could post a picture of what I'm wanting

Bran

Tom Knighton

I think the topic says it all. I'm looking for something like the early great helms, just about the point that they started putting backplates on them. Of course, I want it SCA legal (hence the "SCA" in the topic ). Anyone know where I can look? I want mild steel, 14 gauge would probably be ideal, b...

Tom Knighton

Documentation can be found in Dr Fullof Ight's book Feline Martial Arts of the 12th Century, published in 1987. On page 137 it begins to detail the use of "clawes". This work is based heavily on Mortimer Katte's work from the 12th Century called "Thye Kittye of Doom"

Bran

Tom Knighton

I used to be an American Civil War reenactor. I was with the 2nd GA Artillery before I turned 16 and started to play with the 4th GA Infantry. I had wool and cotton for my clothing, hand made Jefferson boots, the works. I looked the Civil War soldier. It was fun, but I didn't give a damn about the C...

Tom Knighton

See? With simple web search techniques, people were able to find the answer to the original question. Now, a more involved question would be something like this maybe: I have been doing some research lately and I find the term "hide" used to refer to an amount of land. With it being the amount of la...

Tom Knighton

Do they have a place? Sure. However, I personally believe that they should put forth some effort in being authentic and finding out what is authentic. I would like to see some minimum for authenticity set. If people just want to do that minimum, that's cool but I think it should be there. Many of th...

Tom Knighton

Ron Broberg wrote:For Kass, Gwenyth, and Charlotte,
For Bran, Brewer, and their lot,
Is there no more praise,
For these foes of malaise,
Trouncing the katana armed Scotts?

And to think I hadn't been paying attention to this thread until today!

Personally, I'm honored

Bran

Tom Knighton

I guess everyone seems to miss where I only said to put forth an effort, not necessarily a successful effort. There is a huge difference between "What was the War of the Roses?" and "I've looked on the net but couldn't find anything on this, can someone here help me?" An effort put forth isn't much,...

Tom Knighton

Gwenyth, I can totally relate. Once upon a time I thought I really knew armour well. I just knew I was an expert or something. Then I came here are realized that I know squat about anything, and I'm ok with that. I can learn now, and not be arrogant in my ignorance like I was My personal goal is to ...

Tom Knighton

What do I wear on MY hands? I have this lovely cucumber melon lotion with aloe vera...... OOPS!

This isn't the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy board is it????

Bran
Who took an extra dose of silly apparently

Tom Knighton

I'm sorry, but I can't believe that people who can find this board can't even do a rudimentary web search on google. I'm not talking about flying to Europe to examine illuminated manuscripts first hand, I'm talking about a basic look. type www.google.com and then type in whatever you are wanting to ...

Tom Knighton

Personally, I understand thier frustrations. Many people come here for information, myself included. However, there is a difference between people seeking information and those who want it spoon fed. People being asked to TRY to find the information first isn't a case of them being told to "go away"...

Tom Knighton

Maybe we can find documentation for it being used in armour.......

Bran

Tom Knighton

Someone gave Kass weaponry?????

Bran

Tom Knighton

Well, the way we used to do it was that the first time in armour, the new guy got to throw all the shots. The only exception to that being a tap to the helm to remind them to keep thier shield up. Then we bring them up slowly until one day they realize they just fought against someone going full spe...

Tom Knighton

The idea that just because they can beat thier buddies who have just as little training means that they will be an SCA bad ass instantly. Actually, many think they will be a bad ass automatically regardless of whether or not there is any prior sparring. I've seen this one more times than I care to c...

Tom Knighton

[quote="Anders Helseth"]Well, here is one you might find funny: While working as a blacksmith in a Viking theme park some years ago, a female american tourist came up to me; Ã¢â‚¬Å“Do you have the same problems with your vikings as we have with our indians? Ã¢â‚¬Å“ To which my answer was a...

Tom Knighton

Marvin, This new guy is going to ask questions so answer them completely. I've managed somehow to steer several people toward authenticity somehow (still not completely sure how) and all I did was present them with all the options and tried to show them that the authentic stuff looked cooler and wor...

Tom Knighton

Bjorn, Where did you read anything about the Norse wearing padded garmets, like gambesons, into battle? I've never seen anything that really suggested that they did, but my knowledge is FAR from complete. Please enlighten me on this area. Part of the reason I ask for that is that there isn't any evi...

Tom Knighton

But what if Joe Newguy is interested in an era you know very little about? He really doesn't KNOW anything in particular, except that he's not authentic and wants to learn how to be authentic. Lets say he's interested in 13th Century Lithunia or something else that you know very little, if anything,...

Tom Knighton

Since we (myself included) spend a great deal of time complaining about the lack of authenticity in the SCA, I thought it would be fun to see what folks would do in this hypothetical situation. You are known in your area for authenticity, and you are approached by Joe Newguy. Joe wants to be drastic...

Tom Knighton

I'm sorry, but I really think that spliting the forums is a bad idea. If you have no interest in the threads about SCA tourney results, then simply don't read them. Just as I wouldn't read one about potential x-rays of a German crossbow (crossbows not being my thing). If we were to label and potenti...

Tom Knighton

I apologize to everyone. I am human and was mistaken apparently on the number of acres that makes a hide. I was correct that it varied and what it took for land to be a hide, but that is irrelevant apparently. I was wrong and can admit that. I wasn't sure that I was right in the first place. I was u...

Tom Knighton

Bascot, Would you agree that there is no set amount of land that equals a hide? If so, then that is the answer to the question. We can debate on the how much is sufficient all damn week, but it doesn't answer the question which was how much is enough to be called a damn hide. I don't have the source...

Tom Knighton

A hide of land was the amount of land that was needed to support a household of folks. I think in this regard, household means family unit, not noble house with servants and other retainers present. There is no real set amount of land, since different land yeilds different amounts of crops. For good...

Tom Knighton

The stereotype that sticks with me most is that Atlantian's are rhino's. I know NOW that it is bull, but when I first started I didn't know better.

I'm Meridian. We supposedly can't hit hard. We CAN, we just take way to light.

Bran

Tom Knighton

I had the two Duke John's as heros. Duke John the Mad Celt was pretty close to me geographically so it wasn't a big deal to see him. However, I almost pooped in my armour at my first Fool's War when he pointed to me and indicated that I should come and fight some pickups with him. He showed me somet...

Interest in a 5th Century Reenactment group?

Shopping for Early 13th Century Greathelm (SCA)

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