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Klaus the Red

I am also in favor of a PDF. I don't know how much of an embuggerance this is, but perhaps two different resolution scans could be made available: lower res for easier download and reading onscreen, and a higher (300dpi) version of at least the photos for those as wants to print them out at better q...

Klaus the Red

Tracy, thanks for the link to those awesome pictures! Every time I think I've seen all the details on the Charles de Blois that one can get without making a pilgrimage to Lyon, someone else goes there and shares their bounty. Pity about the focus, but them's the breaks with non-flash museum photos. ...

Klaus the Red

Doug, I just discovered this thread, after the auction officially ended- would you still be willing to part with Pyle's "Men of Iron" for $5 plus postage? (I always liked this book but my old copy is falling apart.) Also, check your PMs in re: the Churburg book, please.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Jealous now. Must get a black hat to complement my white one. Well done.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Jehan, I'm glad you like the manuscript. I agree, there's all kind of really interesting stuff going on. For instance, did you notice (A) none (or almost none) of the bascinets have visors, (B) there's one fellow wearing what I swear is an intentional depiction of a German-style oniontop form (find ...

Klaus the Red

(Edited for reasons of journalistic discretion. Info on this manuscript will be forthcoming soon.)

Klaus the Red

Oh, no argument with safety- but my feeling is that it was as much a matter of personal choice for the individual man-at-arms in period as it is for us today. Fight in what you can afford and in what works best for you, maybe trading a little protection for comfort or reduced weight. Recall that som...

Klaus the Red

Regarding fully enclosed greaves, they were used for most of the era from 1350AD to 1500AD, and when they were not--specifically from commonly about 1300AD to a few strange examples as late as 1400AD--I am willing to state that mail chausses were always worn. I have seen some manuscript images that...

Klaus the Red

Klaus, I know your web site and I have often considered approaching you to make some articles of medieval clothing. Perhaps if we were to meet at this event, we could do some measurements for future projects? I am excited to hear that you are interested in this event but I fear that the distances i...

Klaus the Red

Heraldry:Persons choosing to portray historical persons may bear the arms of those persons. Sorry, clarify this for me: does this mean that you can only display heraldry if you are doing a portrayal of an actual historic person whose heraldry is documented, or are SCA-type researched historic (yet ...

Klaus the Red

Jehan, I am printing out your rule set to read at home at my leisure (my eyes get a bit fatigued following so much text onscreen), but my initial impression is that this is the event I was born to attend...

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Klaus the Red

Yes, I am sadly aware of this. I consider two or three pieces of fragmentary 14th century harness in one American museum "a lot."

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Thanx. I'll put it on the medium-term list of places to go before (and if) Zil and I move back to California next year.

Klaus the Red

The Philly visor came from Chalcis and is probably Venetian.

Doug, how much 14th/early 15th century material does Philly have on display? I've never been there and I'd love to pay a visit if it has enough stuff up my alley.

Nick

Klaus the Red

Right here: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/sasuke/corpat/corpat.html I think this is meant to work best with plastic. I tried adapting parts of it to make a fauld and backplate for my steel globose, only to find there was way too much curve in the fauld plates- it makes a seriously outjutting...

Klaus the Red

Make sure you ask everyone involved to sign a photo release, lest you get hassled later for tossing their images around without permission. And if this project works, maybe someone will do one for the 14th century. Hint hint.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

That's a klappvisier, wiseass... which is also kind of interesting, since I've never seen one used as a helm in an achievement before. Must be a Polish thing. As for the crest, if this were the English system, I'd call that a royal crown--as opposed to a ducal or baronial coronet, say--but I'm not t...

Klaus the Red

Chartres.

The full title is "TrÃƒÂ©sors de la CathÃƒÂ©drale de Chartres," and the ISBN is 2-902549-31-8. if you want to go hunting elsewhere.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Yep- in fact, I have the catalog of the Chartres treasury that those pictures came from. The armor was on tour at the Louvre when I was there two years ago (went to see it the next day), and the coat was not in the museum and must have been in the cathedral vault, which we couldn't get in to see bec...

Klaus the Red

My pleasure. Drop me a line at redbarbarian(at)comcast.net and bug me if you haven't heard from me before Thanksgiving, OK? And if you would care to look at what else has resulted from my pattern lately, see this thread: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=52284 ...not that you lo...

Klaus the Red

It's reminscent of the Chalcis helmet in Athens no. B7, of which I don't have a photo, but do have a copy of Boccia's report with a line drawing. The Athens helmet appears to have a faceted skull and a hinged right cheekpiece (missing) but the overall silhouette, the y-shaped face and the curly litt...

Klaus the Red

Jimena, my friend Jen is finishing up a grand asiette coat for herself based on a pattern I drew up for her, and it seems to be working well so far. I'll ask for her impressions of the fitting process, and will also try to get some photos of her wearing the finished product and post them if you like...

Klaus the Red

Drat. They found me again.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

E-mail sent regarding the blue wool.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

...or. alternatively, it could describe one feeling sleepy after a good lunch. Full, followed by a nap.

Klaus the Red

In other words, you want it fulled with a generous nap.

Klaus the Red

Define "fluffy." Then have a look at James B's items for sale on this thread: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=51705 in which he is offering a scant 2 yards of black wool/cashmere blend that might make yer tootsies happy.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

email sent.

Klaus the Red

Cet, I've got a great article on Memling from an old art journal from the early 70's focusing on one of his larger paintings (I forget the title) showing several men-at-arms wearing 14th century harness side-by-side with men wearing kit of circa 1470 when it was painted; perhaps you were part of the...

Klaus the Red

All right, not technically unpublished; let's call it "unpublicized," then, compared to the well-known lineup of arms from the Met, Churburg and the Chartres harness.

Klaus the Red

So I'm in Brian's hotel room with the gang on Friday night, and my wife calls me on my cel: Her: "Dear, are you having a good time?" Me: "Well, I'm surrounded by several of the best armorers in the country, and we're passing around an unpublished 14th century arm harness and taking hits off it like ...

Klaus the Red

Just 'cause I want everyone to like me, my new technique is to wait for the company I'm in to pronounce such-and-such a helmet's name, then make an effort to pronounce it the same. When in Rome... or London, or Paris, for that matter... The New Official Pronunciation unfortunately shoots holes in my...

Klaus the Red

If only the ARS conference hadn't just sucked $600-odd out of me...

Klaus

Klaus the Red

Dave, I can't find your e-mail; please drop me a line at redbarbarian(at)comcast.net. I'll PM you also. If anyone can give me Dave's current e-mail before he gets this, that'll work too...

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Klaus the Red

Not only the mitten gauntlet, but that fan on the knee cop says classic Milanese white harness to me...

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