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Thanks Mikael, Having the original to compare with the translation would be helpful as would texts in French. I don't read French but I know some folks who could translate for me. I'm primarily interested in the passage in which de Wavrin states "... the French began to hold down their heads, especi...

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Is anyone aware of translations of Jehan de Wavrin's Chronicles 1399-1422 other than that by Sir W. hardy and E. Hardy 1887?

I'm particulary interested in his account of Agincourt.

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One inch vertical and horizontals will allow a 1" dowel to pass through at the intersection. The common way to fix this is to have a bar across the at the meeting of the two openings but you can also do it by having a point come down from the horizontal bar to take up the space. Imagine the standard...

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mild steel, 18ga, riveted. with the features T-bob mentioned.

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Try this one:

clang@citynet.net

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Mandrake armory has several varieties.
www.mandrakearmory.com

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Hi Joaquin,

e-mail sent

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I've found spring pins with center pivots to be a bit fussy though they can be made to work while being fairly unobtrusive. I'm getting ready to convert a klap visor bascinet I made for a customer from spring pin closure to a hybrid hook and spring pin closure. Will your helmet have an aventail?

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I usually make my Rough frm the Hammer breastplates from 16ga in either mild or stainless. For backplates I go with 18 in stainless but stick with 16 in mild. These weights seem to work well for most people as I haven't had any complaints. My own breastplate is 14ga stainless, largely because that t...

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I sell a variety of pre dished halves in both mild and stainless. I'll e-mail a price list.

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For anyone interested, you may want to check out dieschlachtschule in yahoo groups. It's devoted primarily to exploring medieval combat from the perspective of the German traditions.

Cheers

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Hi Ernie, the e-mail addy I have for you @aggressiveonline.net
keeps bouncing. If you see this let me know if there's another addy I can use.

Thanks

Dave
Vulcan's Forge Inc.

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Check to see if it's magnetic. Galvinized steel is magnetic most stainlesss alloys used for mail are not.

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Marcelle, could you share some of the representations of grand aisette foundation garments? I'm always on the look out for any pictures of any type of arming clothes but can't find nearly as many as I'd like.

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Miles Davis or
Anything by the Anonymous 4

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Hi Symon- I'm familiar with the claims about lifting the arms etc... but frankly I don't put much stock in it. If ( big if ) the grand aisette was ever used for a foundation garment various illustrations from the 15th cent and onward show that it was replaced with various doublet sleeve patterns. Pe...

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Let me preface by saying that in order to avoid confusion I'm going to use the descriptive phrase " foundation garment" to describe the article of clothing that was worn underneath plate armour to pad and support it ( attach it to the body). I find I prefer this to aketon, arming coat gambeson etc.....

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Your about my size and I use on eof their mediums. If I was a little bigger it would be too small but as is it's just right.

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I've had one since June, wore it all Pennsic as well as at weekly practices ever since. For refrence I ware it with a churburg 14 style breasplate, simple couters with rondels and demi lower cannons. I'm generally happy with it. I find no restriction in movement, had no troubles with the heat at War...

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With the exception of being two handed it appears to be a pretty good interpretation of the grossmessers illustrated in Talhoffer.

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there's a nice picture of it in Osprey's "Essential Histories: the 100 Years War" by Anne Curry.

The caption in the book states that it's a gilded parade helmet dated to 1410.

I'm glad to now know were it's at.

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Unless you want something special just tell them you need "16ga cold rolled mild steel" and you'll be fine.

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Any pics of what these things look like?

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Hi Sedric, Glad to hear about the bascinet tops. I agree, I prefer softer rivets myself. I may offer a variety of rivets to suit tastes since I always keep a variety of types in the shop anyway. I've been using aluminum rivets for strapping my stainless stuff lately. I find the blend well with the s...

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Beautiful Adam. You capture the feel for stuff from this period better than anyone I've seen.

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Thanks Adam, http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I'd still offer the various pieces without the assembly kits as I do now. the kits would just be something available to save folks from having to shop around and/or buy larger quantities than they'd have a use for. So far the interest seems to ...

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I've been thinking about offering assembly kits to go along with my Rough from the Hammer parts. They'd consist of buckles, rivets, possibly an appropriate amount of strapping. Would you folks find this usefull or do you usually have a supply of these materials on hand ? I think I could keep costs t...

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It's underconstructiion. E-mail sent meanwhile.

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I've been thinking about offering assembly kits to go along with my Rough from the Hammer parts. They'd consist of buckles, rivets, possibly an appropriate amount of strapping. Would you folks find this usefull or do you usually have a supply of these materials on hand ? I think I could keep costs t...

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Terminology confusion- I class the garmnent Cad was selling as jupon after the Charles the VI example. A similar garment is worn in the Von Holenklingen (sp?) effigy with the breastplate on the outside. Makes for quite a spiff look but possibly more German in flavor than English/French. He's also we...

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Try Adam at White Mountain Armory:
www.thegreenman.net

He sells beautifil plates and finished suits based, I believe, on the Birka finds.

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I've seen at least one example of splinted legs into the last 1/4 of the 14th cent though it's from an Italian sculpture rather than the areas you mentioned. The splints are on the outside of the cuisse in this example. Generally the plan Flonzy outlined is pretty solid. I might go with a breastplat...

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I basically do that now except I usually dish the stuff too http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I've occaisionally cut and deburred stuff for customers and sent them out flat. Cost would depend on the complexity of the piece, material used, and shipping. I buy large enough volumes of most com...

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Hi Gwen, Glad to hear you guys had a good time in the UK. Whenever is fine on the books, I really appreciate the work your doing. If you need a laser printer you might want to give Ron call. He's dealing in used printers and computers since I took over the armoring from him. Don't know if shipping c...

Jehan de Wavrin trtanslations ?

WMA school/discusion group.

paging Ernie Thompson

to grand aisette or not ?

RFH assembly kits: interest ? ( x-post)

RFH assembly kits: interest ?