The Armour Archive

Klaus the Red

There's also a bloody gorgeous little 14th century mounted knight figure in the Met. The thought of the entire set to match... ooh, words fail me.

Klaus the Red

Are there any other famous sets? I haven't seen any.

I saw a repro set on e-bay a couple of years ago that was supposedly based after an early 14th-century German set- I shoulda snapped it up as I haven't seen the pattern since. It was rather nice.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Danke.

Klaus the Red

From my recent experience futzing around with both leather and shell articulation, I'm pretty sure you can't get a vambrace to articulate properly to a cop on just a pair of rivets but without lames. There just isn't enough of a turning radius. My current solution is to have a pair of parallel strap...

Klaus the Red

Have you shipped the sugarloaf yet, and when if so? I haven't gotten it yet and it shouldn't be that long from ME to MA.

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Klaus the Red

I like this idea but why wait till the end, perhaps a special tent set with a few nice props, tapestries, and furniture just for photography.

I'm mostly thinking of people's camps. I agree a dedicated photo tent for outfits would be great. "Prom photos," anyone?

Klaus the Red

Regading critique, I would prefer to do it after the event. I have had some experience with attempting to do an After Action Review at the end of an event, and I have to say "Not so fun." Fair enough. I think my gist is that if we allow participants to first confess to what they think are the worst...

Klaus the Red

I am going to look into a fluff and fold and dry cleaning service to help folks with getting their kit cleaned during the event-- Maybe for the fancy stuff. For the whites, why not see if someone is willing to run an on-site hand-washing service? What could be more authentic to a military encampmen...

Klaus the Red

I particularly like the Compagnia di Porta Giovia. Some very nice variations in kit for the battle, nothing cookie-cutter about them. We should look so authentic. You have a very finely focused eye for the little stuff. I was going to suggest having some sort of committee to take notes on everyone's...

Klaus the Red

Nick, are you saying the tailor has no clothes? Nah, just that my standards have been outpacing my own wardrobe, and I've been putting all my energy into work for paying customers. I've only been going to day-trip events and damn few of those lately, so I don't need more than one really nice outfit...

Klaus the Red

At the rate my kit is coming together, I may not be ready to take a comprehensive photo until pretty close to the event. I have enough garb to pass for a merchant for about 2 days, but not for someone of the squire class for a week. My helmet's still in pieces waiting for me to finish the liner Mk. ...

Klaus the Red

Now if you want dead-tree editions of Vol. 1, he might have some available for just under $20, w/shipping. That's what the ARS has permisson to sell. I made an inquiry with the ARS and the whole copyright thing with Erik's publication is sort of up in the air between them, but the upshot is that do...

Klaus the Red

Not to throw a monkey wrench in the works, but I was under the impression that the ARS still held copyright for the old Mail Research Society stuff, so this may not be a legal download.

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Klaus the Red

You could use a conventional-sized anvil for a hardie with that bastard...

Klaus
stuck with a Harbor Freight POASS
(That's "Piece of anvil-shaped...")

Klaus the Red

(Say, a whole bunch of these and you've got a plaque belt!)

Klaus the Red

That's a Wisby style coat of plates, most accurate for 1325-1375- well past its prime in the 15th century.

Klaus the Red

I would call those are early gutter-shaped arm defenses with rondels or shallow couters, not "jack chains."

Klaus the Red

Running it through a brown dye bath to make it more of an earth-tone might help.

Klaus the Red

Just looked at Matuls' site for the first time. Although, as a rule, I try not to criticize my competition in public, I must say his Charles de Blois pourpoint fits his model like a cheap tent. He seems to have altogether missed the point of the grand asiette design.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

I'm tempted--and I love doing eyelets (weird, I know)-- though I've got a bit of a backlog at present. When do you need it done by, ideally? I've got a week off at the end of the month for project catch-up and might be able to squeeze it in. Send me an e-mail and we can talk.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

OK, I took a breath and went down again. It looks as though the original manuscript dates to 1350-ish, but since this image was appended after the fact, who can say...

Klaus the Red

Hmm. I went page-diving for a proper date but couldn't swim through all the German. Erik, she's all yours.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Good deal, that's just what I wanted to know. I'm considering some of their pre-dyed twills for arming coat production, but I want some options in the heavier tabby-weave canvas too. I've bought the 13 oz. canvas from Hemptraders and like it a lot- their price is about $1.50 cheaper per yard than He...

Klaus the Red

I you use their stuff, I made a simple spreadsheet that calculates amount of ingredients based on the weight of fabric you're dyeing. Let me know if you want it. I can post it. I'd love to see that. Have any luck with hemp? I anticipate attempting to do some dying of hemp canvas in the near term- r...

Klaus the Red

I just signed up, something I should have done some time ago...

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Klaus the Red

I seem to recall Tim Finkas showed up this past Pennsic in a set of these.

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Klaus the Red

Nothing new here, but may make sense to arrange a communal truck rental if you reach a critical mass of camp equipment that needs to travel from the East Coast, so that individuals can take flights as needed without being excessively overloaded. I believe that's how the West Kingdom does Pennsic eac...

Klaus the Red

Since most of the women seem to be wearing tight-fitting gowns, and one even has tippets, my sense is that this is more likely to be late 14th century than early 15th- though the helm does appear to have the later frogmouth profile. Very interesting. If it's Spanish in origin, could be the women's f...

Klaus the Red

For my current rebuilt-leg project, I've been absorbing lots of detail from the leg photos in my scrapbook- from Churburg, the RA, various other places- and getting a feel for the different features of each and how they might be combined. Most of it is beyond my current abilities as an armorer, but ...

Klaus the Red

If I didn't already have two pairs of legs in progress (one by me, one by Geoffrey the Younger)- not to mention if I wasn't so damn short- I'd be all over those. Nicest, cleanest lines of any 14th century legs I've seen in a good while. Clang, if you prefer not to roll the tops of the cuisses, have ...

Klaus the Red

Some nice examples of repro benches here:
http://www.albionworks.net/seatfurniture.html

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Since he appears to be mostly armored in mail plus gambeson with some cuirbouilli reinforcement on the arms, I don't believe he is nearly so late as you say, even for a Welshman with somewhat obsolescent kit.

Klaus the Red

It is a lot like muslims getting upset over portrayals of the Prophet(s). It is personal to them, and no amount of convincing will change thier mind. That was going to be my next point of comparison, though this is hardly in the same league when it comes to potential offense. Here's a thought. If t...

Klaus the Red

To the question of SCA knighthood in the UK. By the law it is taking on false orders and could be procuted in the Heraldic courts which have the power to levy pretty heavy fines. If you are a member of the SCA there has been a direct letter from the Lord Lyon of Scotland taking a very dim view of u...

Klaus the Red

That's Jabba and his slave girls, I reckon. He's seen better days.