The Armour Archive

Dave Womble

Jason Grimes can give you some info on uses of whalebone and walrus ivory use in armour....from what I've learned (I'm a big fan of organic armour, and have researched it a bit) its primary (and possibly only use) is in lamellar. Jason has photos of lamellar plates made of either whalebone or walrus...

Dave Womble

Hey Stonekeep, your armour is crap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You state right in the beginning of your site what your armour is, and who its geared for...and personally, I think its a great thing youve done, and I respect you more for it because you flat out say what it is...you dont try and pa...

Dave Womble

If he's looking at extant pieces and copying them, he does so about as well as a busted up Xerox machine. Some of the Indian pieces made by back alley metalworkers who've never seen a real piece of antique armour in their lives can pull off a better job. I'm almost positive thats just a line he uses...

Dave Womble

Cool. The various Meso-American warrior cultures fascinate me, as do their tactics/strategies and equipment. Feather armour....never even thought of that..... Hey, if any of you are interested, I also started this thread on Arador, and its gone a slightly different way than here. Here's the thread: ...

Dave Womble

Good point Thomas. I've been wondering what kind of facilities there were in Scandinavia for beekeeping...since mead figures so prominently in their culture and literature, but I havnt as of yet read any instances of it in the Sagas...would every large farm have had a modest beehive perhaps? Or woul...

Dave Womble

I think its funny that everyone seems to think EVERYONE wore armour in ancient/medieval times. Armour was as rare and expensive to soldiers then as high tech ballistic and SWAT battle gear is to us today. Only the head honchos had armour....the rank and file mustered infantryman was lucky if he had ...

Dave Womble

It's just a piece of homemade garb I've had hangin around for the last 10 years almost...sized about XL-XXL...has a small Porche like coat of arms patch sewn onto the breast. Not exactly sure what its made of, its pretty lightweight...cotton/poly blend most likely. I'm not able to post pics however....

Dave Womble

Greg, didnt you hear? You're the unofficial Whipping Boy Scapegoat mascot of the Archive. I'm sure Broadway and the others have dropped your ID card in the mail by now.....

Love ya man.

Dave

Dave Womble

It looks like crappy imported Indian stuff...and yeah, looks like it was all dished with rocks. His prices, for what he's selling, well, quite frankly suck IMO....You can get a lot nicer helm for $400+ than he's selling. To each their own though.

Dave

Dave Womble

I apologize Jason...I knew it was either you or Dan that showed me. I'd like to see more recreations of wood, bark, fiber, etc armour...even the Chinese mulberry fiber (sometimes called paper, though its not quite paper as we know it)...or more armours made of animal parts... Anyone know if the Azte...

Dave Womble

Here's that other image I promised...I cant for the life of me remember where I got it from, no idea n the provenance...I think maybe Dan Howard gave me the link to wherever I found it, but its long gone now:

Dave Womble

The only info I know about containers is what little I've read about the various Oseberg buckets, and then there's no mention on how they were sealed, if indeed they even were....We know how ships were sealed, but I dont think buckets would have been done the same way...bees were quite common, so I'...

Dave Womble

basically, horn prepared and treated the proper way is pretty much the equivalent of Dark Age/Medieval plastic. Its tough and springy. The benty Grange helm (I'm pretty sure it was that one anyways) reputably had plates of horn instead of iron filling in the bands, so if it was tough enough to provi...

Dave Womble

and this one:

Dave Womble

Here we go...I figured out how to reduce the size of my images:

Dave Womble

Wow...thats a slick deal...the helm alone would run half your asking price, or damn close.

Cripes....deals like that will spoil me....though I'm not currently in the market for a new harness.

Dave

Dave Womble

No, it's ok Halv...I'm keeping it...it'll get more use and appreciation as I get older and begin to actually make things...I'm an apartment dweller right now with children and animals, so space is limited, and I'm also the domestic one while my wife persues her teaching career and Mary Kay business ...

Dave Womble

It wasnt quite what I was expecting, it's more of a report/paper than an actual book...but it does have a lot of info and drawings/diagrams etc that are very useful.

It's a decent addition to my Migration/Viking period library.

Dave

Dave Womble

Leather and the Warrior....hell no I dont have a copy of that....i'd have a better chance of getting ahold of the original 10 Commandments with original stylus. I've only ever found 1 copy, and the only way I'd be able to afford it is if I sold 1 of every organ I have 2 of on the Black Market. Alway...

Dave Womble

Timothy, !!! Yes! I totally forgot the scale and lamellar I've seen made from horn.... I had 3 images I wanted to post, but for some reason I get an error message saying theyre too big, max size allowed is 100kb, yet all these images I'm pretty sure I saved from the Archive in the past.... Festive. ...

Dave Womble

Jason's lamellae were one of the reasons I got interested in organic armour...that and the fact I like to play realistic druids and barbarians and rangers in various RPGs, plus I'm just fascinated at what cultures can do with what little they have materials and tech wise. Yes I do have Stones Glossa...

Dave Womble

I have an interest in more primitive types of armour, specifically organic armour...leather/hides, plant fibers, minerals, bone, that sort of thing....I'm familiar with various types like Dani (and other tribes) woven cane, Polynesian coconut fiber, banana fiber and other armour, Tlingit and other P...

Dave Womble

Uh, folks? The title of the thread was what would you change about the SCA if you could.... Many of you stated what you'd change...and then the backlash started...why does every thread have to spiral into pissing contests and exhibitions on who has the more rhetorical and witty replies? MilleniumLan...

Dave Womble

You could try the viking skeggox (small hatchets, some bearded, some not) the Francisca (oddly shaped Frankish axe designed for throwing) stereotypical tomahawks, hurlbats (think Western European axelike ninja stars)...theres all kinds of axe like weapons you can have fun throwing. Prices run the ga...

Dave Womble

Sounds like he was looking for a stereotypical "barbarian" vest. I dont think it was very common to cover mail with anything at that time...mail was a status symbol...you wanted to show it off.

Dave

Dave Womble

We anneal inconel (a nickle/steel alloy) where I work in a vacuum furnace, so I'd say heat and then cool down.

Dave

Dave Womble

From what I've read, it was as common to have uncovered shields as it was to cover them.

I highly recomend The Anglo Saxon Shield by I.P. Stephenson for anyone interested in Migration and Viking age shields.

Dave

Dave Womble

Saw her before in the other thread...truly special that one....I cant get over her waist....you could tie a ripped burlap sack around her and she'd look just as good as Victorias Secret models

Dave

Dave Womble

I've actualy got an old issue of Hustler with a pic of Rosanne from the late 70s...big old nasty bush, but shes only about a 1X instead of a 5X

Since you guys are so enraptured with her, I'll let it go for $5

Dave

Dave Womble

So, does anyone have any pics of hot chicks in armour or other related garb?

Lets see em! I'm bored and de-sensatized with my usual fare of plain old NaziAsianMidgetTransexualFisting porn. I need something new and refreshing.

Dave

Dave Womble

Not to mention the Viking influence on Celtic art. Something people don't seem to realize is that "Celtic" is as broad a term as American....just as there are Americans from the Northeast (damn Yankees), the deep south, the midwest, pacific northwest, west coast, and of course Texans (who are in the...

Dave Womble

Contact Chris Ingledue at wheeljackslab@adiis.net He deals in Transformers (mostly) and Star wars, He Man, and GI Joe as well. He may offer to buy everything. From what you've said though greg, $600 might be a bit much. Damage, heavy wear and missing accessories kills the value fast. Much of the val...

Dave Womble

It's just important you let others know when the question is asked that you are doing so based on your own interpretation and not on hard evidence, be it archeological, artistic, or literary. When you don't (and this is for anyone regarding any number of myths and misconceptions and so far, unprovab...

Dave Womble

I always thought the subarmalis was worn in conjunction with the hamata only...had never seen any instances of it worn under segementata. Learn something new every day right? Years ago, I had the Windlass Steelcrafts segmentata, and I only wore a heavy sweatshirt under it with little discomfort (exc...

Dave Womble

Well the newbie should still know what/why theyre asking about said gear right? He obviously has a purpose for the garment. Too many people just show up here and on Arador and say something like: "Hey, I need a full suit of plate mail and a cool cloak, I need it by this weekend, and it has to be gol...

whalebone/walrus armour

black generitunic for Faire or LARP wear

Organic armour