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Klaus the Red

What is your head size? I have a vintage 16 ga mild bascinet shell that might work for your fencing purposes, and a complete 12 or 14 ga mild Coburg-pattern hundsgugel with 2 visors that's on the XXL side. I have a 23.5" head and it has room for at least an inch of padding- it was probably made for ...

Klaus the Red

99% set up, just waiting for my partner to hook up our new checking account and PayPal.

Klaus the Red

Maybe it all flaked off, or the project ran out of money before the bling could be finished?

Klaus the Red

This is not to say that cased greaves and a foundation garment MUST be worn to let you fight effectively in steel cuisses; it entirely depends on what system works best for you. I've converted to the doctrine of the holy pourpoint and I'll never go back to a C-belt, but YMMV.

Klaus the Red

His back looks far too straight for him to consider such traffic...

Klaus the Red

Tentative dibs on the white gloves, leather gorget, and rusty spaulders pending size info and price offer. PM imminent…

Edit: Halbrust can have first dibs on the gorget if it fits him- he types faster than I, apparently.

Klaus the Red

We don't have a lot of precise information on leg suspension, particularly in the transition period. As a general rule, gamboised (quilted) cuisses were probably used as a supplemental defense for the thighs in addition to mail chausses, though the "poor bloody infantry" might have worn quilted legs...

Klaus the Red

All the armored parts of her seem to be still in sketch form, whereas the rest of her is a finished painting. I suspect those areas were originally meant to have been silvered- was the fresco left unfinished, or was the metal foil stripped off cleanly enough to leave the underdrawing intact? Note th...

Klaus the Red

That's a sallet, not a close helm, if ya wanna get technical.

Klaus the Red

I've got a couple of helmets that resemble that… are you looking for anything specific?

Klaus the Red

It doesn't have the GDFB's craptastic 45 degree angle on the pivot arm where it was welded together, and the oculars look like they might actually be raised, not welded: http://www.globalgear.com.au/Files/Products/Hanwei/Armour/AB0423_1%20Houndskull%20Bascinet%20Helmet,%2014G%20pop1.jpg It's still a...

Klaus the Red

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Klaus the Red

Thanks, beat me to it!

Klaus the Red

Got mine today!

Klaus the Red

Gonna ping Duke Steingrim, he so needs one of these...

Klaus the Red

PM sent.

Klaus the Red

You might want to look around and see what Wisby gauntlet plate kits are going for. At the least, they're worth the value of the labor to make the plates. If I was the buyer, I'd want to take them apart and strip them down to bare metal pieces for rebuilding, but I'm kinda OCD like that.

Klaus the Red

Price and pictures, bitte!

Klaus the Red

I think he's referring to Viscount Nathan, not me.

Klaus the Red

Nah, the custom work is still in its own dawdling queue. Your green tunic needs button holes, is all. Getting there. Real soon now.

Klaus the Red

The Gilded Boar is dead, long live the Bear and Boar! In partnership with my friend Johanna, I've launched a new part-time garb business that has been slowly coming up to speed over the last few months. We will have a modest selection of wares available at Pennsic at the booth of North Star Armory. ...

Klaus the Red

Direct fund-raising site.

http://www.gofundme.com/c6y8xw

Klaus the Red

It is GDFB. I am in the midst of customizing the same model right now. I believe it's 14g mild, seems fairly solid.

Klaus the Red

https://www.facebook.com/events/937229402958872/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming The following is a message from Her Majesty of the West, copied with permission: Brand is a good friend to many of us. He has received some devastating news. His doctors have told him he risks becoming paralyzed just by g...

Klaus the Red

Dibs on the pourpoint, pending some more info- PM sent.

Klaus the Red

I should clarify: I won't actually be there myself.

Max at Northstar will be my proxy vendor.

Klaus the Red

I will have a modest selection of kids' garb for sale at North Star Armory. My business, The Bear and Boar, is brand new and the web site will hopefully go live by the end of this week.

Klaus the Red

Just replied a few seconds ago.

Klaus the Red

I just encountered some of those at an event a couple of weeks ago. Something like this…
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products ... acet-_--_-

Klaus the Red

one or two are wearing aketongs

@Randall- would that be a quilted protective thong?

Klaus the Red

Yep, same email. Your two partly- finished linen tunics are still in my get-around-to-it pile. I will bump them to the top of the list whenever you are done settling in to your new home and ready to expand your summer wardrobe.

Klaus the Red

Glass-blowing is not in my skill set, unfortunately, but I'm always looking for excuses to upgrade my household collection.

Klaus the Red

Thanks, all! My sense is that blue was not so common as green, but definitely out there. Good enough for off-the-cuff documentation.

Klaus the Red

Thanks- who are "they" to whom he refers?

Klaus the Red

Quick toss-out to the hive mind: has anyone seen evidence for everyday glass drinking vessels circa 1300 - 1500 with a distinct blue color? All the surviving examples, when they have a color, appear to be green. The Romans used blue glass, as did the Anglo-Saxons, and there's the odd luxury vessel i...

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