The Armour Archive

Klaus the Red

I just emailed you pics, including in each shot a ruler or tape measure to show the different dimensions. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense. They're laced up the inside of the forearm with leather thongs, so the circumference is adjustable. The leather appears to be wax-hardened, about 1/4"...

Klaus the Red

I have a used pair of cuirboulli vambraces. I'm on my way out the door, but I can dig them out of the box and send you a photo with measurements a bit later today.

Klaus the Red

I don't know about the linen from the arming coat, but I'm pretty sure I have some of the same raw silk left if you need to extend the sleeves on the cotehardie.

Klaus the Red

Hah! It's nice to see that some of my early work has survived in such good condition.

Klaus the Red

Steve- the Charles de Blois doublet is definitely civilian. Even so, leg harness would scarcely require a center back point.

Klaus the Red

Contrariwise, I think there's plenty of evidence for the continued use of single-leg hose (and "boxer brief" braies) well into the 15th century. It depends on the class and the fashion. If the tunic is long and loose enough to cover the upper legs, there's no need to have tight joined hose and a cod...

Klaus the Red

That will do nicely.

Where there's smoke, there's butt-covering...

Klaus the Red

Char, do you have a decent hi-res image of the inside of the CdB? I could not see a center back point on the peplum the last time I went looking, but all I have is a crappy little 72dpi pic.

Klaus the Red

I'll be your huckleberry. I used to be a professional storyboard artist among other things, and I've done costume design (and did I mention I'm a garb laurel?). Send me your ideas, I'll have a look at them and see what springs to my mind.

Klaus

Klaus the Red

That's as may be, but I'm not going to argue with the queen.

Klaus the Red

Thank, Matt- seen 'em. My wife shuddered at the price tags, so the current scheme is I wear loaners and we build her an outfit from scratch. Just waiting for a friend's pattern to arrive in the mail.

Klaus the Red

Matt, you could pick up a cheap generic helmet of that form and pimp it out with the appropriate bronze fittings: https://www.quietpress.com/helms.html

Also, "Accdntprone" is selling a whole pile of these:
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Klaus the Red

PM sent.

Klaus the Red

Dibs for a friend! Let me check with her...

Klaus the Red

Some lovely pictures, but the classified section is anemic. My queen would rather we stay away from Landsknecht portrayals for court participation, so I'm really looking for German civilian wear.

Klaus the Red

Wood-n-Woven, seconded. I bought a couple of yards of Laina's diamond twill years ago, before she hit the big time, and turned it into a 13th century surcoat for my lady. The fabric was so awesome that I kept even the tiny scraps, and finally this year pieced together a Viking hat with them. I belie...

Klaus the Red

Thanks for the lead, looks interesting... but it appears to apply only to custom orders. I would be hesitant to drop that kind of cash on a merchant whose work I'm not personally familiar with and who can't fit me in person, and in any event, I don't see them turning it around in under three weeks.

Klaus the Red

Sorry, Frank, I forgot you had these too!

Klaus the Red

http://thorthorshammer.com/bucklepage.htm Best in the business. I believe the spectacle buckles listed at 3/4" will actually take a maximum strap width of 1", since they're measured on the center bar and the loops are a bit wider. He's at Pennsic right now, but maybe someone on the ground there can ...

Klaus the Red

Bump. I've got a local offer of a loaner outfit for myself, but nothing for my lady yet. Still curious if there's anything for sale out there.

Klaus the Red

When is said tourney scheduled to take place, and what are the terms? It's a bit early yet for the schedule to be up on the GWW site.

Klaus the Red

All 3 of those she's selling look as though they could be turned into decent loaner helmets. My instinct is that the seller is a legit dealer in miscellaneous junk- thieves tend to use Craigslist.

Klaus the Red

Noting that "pair" in the medieval context does not translate literally to the modern connotation of two, but more generally means a group or a set, as in a "pair of plates"... if sleeves are listed separately, and a mail skirt/fauld is a single item, what could a "pair of paunces" possibly be?

Klaus the Red

The first thing that comes to my mind is "The Kurgan," the villain from the first Highlander (which is in turn borrowed from the Russian / Ukrainian term for an ancient burial mound).

Klaus the Red

I don't know his name, but I'm positive it's the same guy I just bought a set of gauntlets from on eBay- how many Kyrgen1's can there be with a taste for medieval armor? :) I don't have his direct email, but you could message him via eBay. This is one of his auctions: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Steel-A...

Klaus the Red

I have several daggers with leather sheathes, but my attachment method hasn't yet evolved past a loop of thong threaded through a hole in the back seam of the sheathe and then tied to the belt via a sort of lark's-head knot. It's fine if the knife is hanging loosely vertical, but doesn't give that n...

Klaus the Red

Kameraden! Here I am again, chaperon in hand, asking for help outside my usual period. :) My lady and I are in need of authentic German court outfits circa 1530 for West Kingdom Purgatorio, coming up on 23 August. I am qualified to make them myself, but I have more important stuff to do that's falle...

Klaus the Red

That is a gorgeous hat. Outside my usual period, but I love the lines. If I wasn't an unemployed grad student, I'd seriously consider getting it and building an LH kit around it.

Klaus the Red

My first time out wearing both mail and a breastplate, the problem I had was one of restriction and binding of my arm motion rather than weight per se. I got some colorful abrasions across my pecs and deltoids from the armor fighting me every time I moved my arms vigorously above shoulder level. I w...

Klaus the Red

I have no connection to the seller, but this appears to be a well-made set of mild legs in a munitions finish for some of you strapping 6-footers. The starting price is a bargain, considering the closed greaves. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Full-front-leg-armor-SCA-LARP-Adria-reinactment-armor-14th-centu...

Klaus the Red

Nope, not you- there was a really obvious spam post that was right above yours but got deleted. Mods on the ball.

Klaus the Red

The only period for which we have visual evidence of splinted cuisses is the 14th century, mostly the first half. There are a few depictions of rigid defenses that might be iron or cuirboulli strapped on over gamboised cuisses, but most of the time it's not possible to tell what is underlying the ar...

Klaus the Red

Thanks, troll. Go away. Mods, a block, if you please?

Klaus the Red

Dibs, assuming Vail's month-old claim on it was never realized. PM sent.

Klaus the Red

Unless, of course, someone has already done the work. :) Are you measuring 38" in a t-shirt, or with a gambeson or whatever arming garment you plan to wear underneath? I have a shirt that I've tailored but couldn't quite get to where I wanted. It's open in the front and just barely squeezes around m...

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