The Armour Archive

Cet

I suggest taking a look at some period illustrations or effigies that show bascinets of the style you have and see where the line of vervells falls in relation to the face. Usually this puts the vervell line about level with the lower lip/top of the chinat which point is angles upward stopping about...

Cet

I used to use a loose cotton wheel like these: http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/loose.htm
for polishing waxhardened leather.
A string buff like this: http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/stringbuffs.html
would probably work as well or better.

Cet

Thanks Mord! Thomas, thanks! My question is really whether 14th and 15th cemnntury arrow heads exhibit that type of construction? In other words, do the sockets have an open seam down one side. Rather than using the pliers you might try forming the socket aound a mandrel once it's been drawn out and...

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Can anyone suggest a source describing construction details of 14th/15th century arrow heads? I'm looking for small projects to try out in my newforge and thought period arrow heads would be an intersting challenge (and put me in good stead for when I can afford the longbow I want). I actually have ...

Cet

could you post a link to a picture of one of your wolf helms?

Cet

That's an amazingly low price for 410 sheet. You might want to double check their current pricing.

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Dave

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HI T-Bob.

Shoot me schematics and I'll be happy to work up an estimate for you. Stainless is no problem

Cet

Cet

The pig face bascinet would be more appropriate for the latter part of the century. the sugarloaf style helmets become leass common after around 1350.

Cet

I've had the best success using spirit base leather dyes. they penetrate well and give better color than any of the stains I've seen tried. Available in heraldic colours too

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Encourage helm crests and have a helm show befor the melee and between rounds, encourage people to bring banners with their arms and have the banners born by pages, Have special prizes for the most prex fighter, the fighter with the most noble bearing, the finest kit. Oh, and have buckets handy 'cau...

Cet

I ordered one. I'll let you know what I think when it gets here.

Cet

I think you mean the Charles VI jupon from Chartres which is red silk. Cad has some excerpts from a recent article about it's construction on his website: http://www.mallet-argent.com/

Cet

Ummm,.... Guys? The point is moot. The SEM says pushing with the haft is okay, striking is not. So, chivalrous or not, you can't "bonk" someone in the face with your haft to set up a follow on telling blow. Your right. I hadn't seen the SEM's response to your quesry posted earlier in the thread. I ...

Cet

HI Aaron,

I echo everything ASbjorn has said regarding the period use of halfswording. If you want to see some info on line check out this link:

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/dieschlachtschule/

You might also want to try and find a copy of the recent TI with Count Rhys' article on halfswording in an SCA context.

Cet

Ok then what is excessive for a face thrust . What's excessive for a wrap to the head, or leg, or thrust to the gut? We don't have legislated rules for excessive force levels just prevailing local standards established by custom. The SEM's ruling, as I understand it, is to tell fighters what they s...

Cet

Stahlgrim wrote: Okay I see I am not being clear. If a legal kill shot to the face is supposed to be a Touch,I.E.(as little force as possible), Why would we allow a nonleathal Haft shot to the face to exceed that level of force? The rule sets the lower limit for an acceptable face thrust but that do...

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Hi Drachus, There are a number of ways match back protection to your breastplate albeight, due to lack of extant examples, they will be somewhat speculative. Erik Schmidt would probably be the fellow to ask regarding specificlly German approaches on this site. As an example though, an inventory of t...

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Not cheaper but if you's rather stainless for not to much more let me know ( my e-mails in my profile) and I'll e-mail a price list.

Cet

My e-mail is in my profile below or you can call at 609-723-1299.

Cet

"My problem is that with my haft, I can deliver a leathal blow, given our standard armour, but it's not sporting." If you mean SCA armour standard you can't deliver a lethal blow with the haft since it's not a striking surface. If your in to close to use your pole arm drw your dagger, or steal his, ...

Cet

Those are great pics , thanks! it's very uisefull to be able to see it from so many angles.

Cet

Excellent ref's thankyou.

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Society regs don't require it so unless your Kingdom has different specs you don't need it. It's more a question of what you feel adequately protected in.

Cet

I have a pretty good library, most of Boccia's works and a buncjh of german stuff along with the more common english language stuff ( Blair, Edge and Paddock etc...) but not Mann's Essays . My reason for asking is I'm working out the details of a helmet for an English/French harness circa 1410-15 an...

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To do chemical blueing you can go with a comercial cold bluing compound such as Brownwells Oxpho-Blue which is what I've used. It ives me a very dark almost black blue on mild w/ kind of bronzy overtone. I've got some stuff for blackening stainless but nothing for bluing it at least not chemically y...

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Does anyoneone know where I could get some pictures of the great bascinet from the Pamplona Cathedral ?

Cet

Hi Klause, About a year ago Chris Gilman aka Gaston did a limited run of high quality reprints of Stothard from an original copy that he aquired. I believe he worked in onjunction with John Van hassel from Windrose Armoury on it. In any event I think all the copies were scooped up in short order and...

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SCa considerations pretty much forced my hand regarding the visor pivot as well as the lack of divisions in the occularia and certain overall proportions of the visor realative to the helm. As I mentioned to Brian I think this helm wouldn't have had a visor at all in period but would rather have bee...

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Unfortunately I don't have much in electronic form. I've been relying on The Victoria and Albert Museum book of brass rubbings a great deal ISBN 0 11 290087 9, Stothard, as well as sundry other images from manuscripts etc...

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I've got Stothard but not a scanner ( tells you where my priorities are ) I actually plan on picking up a scanner in the next week or so though so I'll either get someone to scan it for me or do it myself once I'm technologically complete . As best I can tell it looks like the cloth is attatched und...

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I'm currently researching English armour from exactly the time period you describe and while some of the Churburg pieces from the dates you describe are carry over fairly well ( primarily the bascinet and gauntlet shapes) the overall arrangement of the harness seem to me significantly different from...

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The effigy of Paolo di Jacobello de la Masegne c. 1394 shows a covered aventail with tippets of mail around the edges similar to the Hohenklingen effigy. Boccia's Mantova The Effigy of a Baset at Athererington, Devon shows a covered aventail with daging on the borders of the cloth ( the daging exten...

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Hi Klause, The lower image is from the Abbey Church of Tewksbury. Stothard states that there is no date or record of who is represented availble. In my copy of Stothard tha closure looks more like a button closure on the jupon rather than a cOP of some sort. The sculpted drape of the gament doesn't ...

arrowheads: construction details?

Great bascinet pics?