The Armour Archive

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It's also possible that your "archer" might not be found with a bow in hand at all if he were acting in the role of bodygaurd or garrison soldier, in which case he might well be carrying a polarm such as a glaive or bill.

Not that you shouldn't have a bow!

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If the previous "dibs" fall through let me know what 14th century pieces you'd be looking for and we might be able to work something out.

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Beware- many of the brass pins you'll find are brass plated steel

Try here: http://www.rivetsinstock.com/

I've had luck geting unusuall sizes from them in the past

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I can't think of any extant examples either, or of a description from period detailing the material used. Any rich material would be a reasonable conjecture: well fulled wool, silk, fine leather... Most mantlings seem to be dagged or scalloped along thier edge and fulled wool and leather lend themse...

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I just picked mine up at the post ofice this morning. Do any of you whov'e used them for a while have any suggestions for attaching the handles?

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I made mine with Sir Steffans' challange in mind. Hope to see you there.

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Hafts of spears, polarms, and mass weapons must all be 1.25" minimum dia

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In part it may depend on how they're evaluated. If you do a push test like you would to evaluate a thrusting tip they give the impression of being fairly rigid but if force is applied to them at an angle, such as from a swung blow, the flex and twist quite a bit. They also vibrate quite a bit when h...

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Thanks Noe, that's good to know. I ship USPS only as last resort though as they are generally a pain. myabe because I ship from a small town and they probably don't do too much international shipping.

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I built a 5' polaxe using one of these a few weeks ago and had it with me at EK Coronation this past Saturday. They make very nice looking weapons and I wasn't able to walk past a Knight or Royal peer without them asking to to take a look at it and strike any available surface. Looking at this as so...

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E-mail sent

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At $100 I'd buy one. If they're $50 I'll buy two

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Klause,

Have Angus e-mail me if he could use some RFH stuff to get kitted up quick

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I'm planning to bring some of the BP documents for you to coronation

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With difficulty, I'm refraining from comment.

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My prefered harness for fighting a plaisaunce with weapons of SCA conventions as well as for studying historic technique in harness: An arming cote of stout linen lined with satin quilted an lightly padded A standard of mail, lined with leather and linen reinforced with plates of of hardened and tem...

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"Am I just having an English-language failure this weekend?" In part, your using "archetype" when you seem to be meaning "typical" which makes your question seem both overly broad and based upon erroneous ideas about the uniformity of medieval armour technology/fasion. What a "typical" harness might...

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Check out The HE/Black Swan website. Their complete 14th century mens outfit is a good guide to the overall look you want and the various pieces required. Given that your portrayle is of the lesser nobility you might want to spruce up the basic linen/wool stuff with some embroidery and a judicious u...

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Thanks for the plug Murdock but one correction: A set of Rough from the Hammer fanned elbows and knees in mild is only $28 plus $8 shipping and the fannless versions are $5 less for a set.

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How 'bout this then?

A two point battle; one point for being the first to capture the opposing forces banner; second point for having the last man standing on the field.

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I want to be the standard bearer.

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Several people sell very nice axe heads with either a bec-defaucon style (Revival) or with an axe blade opposite the hammer ( Mandrke, Ice Falcon, By My hand). You'll need to check with your KEM to see if they are legal where you live though.

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Mac constructed the the back of Galleron's suite with the the Lincoln alterpiece in mind. If G' leans forward while holding a crossbow bolt to his back the resemblance is striking Klause, if your interested I can send you pics of the back of G's suite or you can find them in the "Files" section of t...

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I do that on occaision, especially for high dollar orders which get done over a longer time frame.

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!4, 13 or 12 ga in 304 stainless all make fine helmets. I prefer 13ga ( .090) myself .

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Try contacting Asbjorn. He's been using one for a while, handled as a center grip, and has done some searching for documentation on them. I've run a cross an image here and there but none showing the strap/handel arrangement.

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It's been a number of years since I made the suite and I can't recall if I used one or two 24" by 48" sheets of material or two. Assuming it was two the current cost per scale made from alloy 220 comercial bronze .050 thick would be about 55 cents per scale with most of the cost being material. The ...

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Tim, for the piece I made I just had the material sheared to the appropriate sized rectangles,radiused two corners with a hand grinder, ( easy to do stacks of 20 or so at once) and punched all the holes by hand ( which could be speeded up by drilling stacks rather than punching individual scales) it...

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I made a scale vest a few years ago using 18ga scales of comercial bronze ( a copper zinc aloy) the guy had an @ 50" circ' torso and the assembled vest ended up at @28lbs. It used somewhere around 650 2" by 2.5" scales. The "comercial bronze" alloy is realatively soft so with the central rib and a s...

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Hi Greg, The earliest visors I've seen on bascinets are either shaped much like later Klappvisor styles but mount via two pivot arms on the sides of the helmet or angluar visors more associated with sugarloaf style helmets. The line between sugarloafs and early bascinets seems be a bit fuzzy at times.

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The fewer of us there are, the greater the share of Glory

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what are you looking to spend?

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I sell pre dished helm halves which are also available fitted and welded. Send an e-mail to the address in my profile and I'll get you a price list and FAQ

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Duke Ronald, Sir Gabriel, Sir Mord, HRH Kelson, Sir Jan are regulars (Ron's been out of commission for a while but teaches) also Duke Timothy and Sir Garret Show up on occaision. so 5-7.

GAA wooden shield question