The Armour Archive

Garreth

Stephen,
I sent the money via Paypal on Saturday. Did you place the order this morning?

Thanks again for your assistance and the friendly A.A. discount

Garreth

Looks like there is a second book as well.

http://tinyurl.com/55kvkf

Garreth

Does anyone have this book, and if so, what is your opinion of it?

http://tinyurl.com/4wce7r

Garreth

Ben,
My squire brother is looking to buy a shirt. You have prices for titanium shirts on your site, but the FAQ says you do not work in titanium yet?

Garreth

Scorpus,
Did you get your helm back from the platers?

Garreth

Jamie,
I found the original email and re-sent it. It has a scan of the plate design I am looking for.

Thanks!

Garreth

Has anyone heard from Jamie lately? I haven't seen him post in ages, and I never heard back from him on an inquiry for some lammelar plates.

Garreth

Stephan,
I just sent you a p.m. regarding an order. Let me know and I will paypal you the money.

Thanks!

Garreth

Mike,
I just sent the money via paypal for the B and D sets in blued.

Thanks!

Garreth

The imported ones with the leather knee reinforcement?

Garreth

Does anyone have one? How do you like it? How heavily is it padded, and what kind of fabric and stuffing are used in it's construction? Would you recommend it , or something else for someone on a budget?

Thanks in advance!

Garreth

Does anyone have one? How do you like it? How heavily is it padded, and what kind of fabric and stuffing are used in it's construction? Would you recommend it , or something else for someone on a budget?

Thanks in advance!

Garreth

I sent you a P.M., as I cannot seem to locate you email address. The one in my profile is correct, BTW.

Garreth

Conal, They are the top ones in this pic. m You cut off the threaded part and peen them over like any other cast brass vervelle. I cant remember if you need to run a drill through them or if the hole goes all the way through. Master Cad would know. I think it's a hell of a deal for $1.25 a piece. <a...

Garreth

You can make your own vervelles easilly enough for $1.25 each. My bascinet has them made from the prt-3 drawer pull posts.

http://www.horton-brasses.com/products/parts/127

Garreth

Erick,
I sent you a P.M. with some questions on the valsgarde kit.

Garreth

Well, this may not be the most popular opinion, but ashcraft baker helms are great for starter / loaner gear. Not the prettiest helm, but solidly built and very servicable. m $105 for a helm with a removable grill and a 12 gauge top. It also appears that they are no longer using spun bowls, or they ...

Garreth

Jim,
I sent you a P.M. regarding the blower speed switch.

Jeff

Garreth

I'm just glad to see it found a good home! So, who had it before you? Just curious. FYI, speaking from personal experience with that setup, you can get a charcoal fire REALLY hot with that electric blower. I turned my back on it for a few seconds and melted a file I was trying to anneal to make a kn...

Garreth

Mike,
Put me down for a B and D in blued, please.

Garreth

You can build a mail aventail without using the expanding ring method. Basically it's 4 rectangles of maille and 4 triangular pieces woven together. The triangles are in the front, back and on the sides, over the shoulders, with the point facing up. Like this: [ ] / \ [ ] / \ [ ] / \ [ ] / \

Garreth

Jim,
You are going to need a rheostat (speed control), for the electric blower on the portable forge. Shoot me an email or a P.M. here and I can tell you how I did it when I had the forge. Or I can build you one for the cost of materials. It's not that hard to do.

Jeff

Garreth

Wow, I wondered what happened to all of my old forge stuff! Where did you get it from? I wouldn't mind having that steel dish back, if you'd care to part with it. I wonder what ever happened to my old railroad track anvil. The extra parts are all for a built in forge, and do not belong to the portab...

Garreth

Ron,
How much do you want for the great helm kit? Is the top cap already formed?

Garreth

Ron,
Did you ever get to check the gauge of that last great helm kit you had on the shelf?

Garreth

Scorpus,
You have great taste in armour! That is the same helm I 've been eyeballing for a while now. Super spif design. Could you take some pics of the inside of the helm? I'm interested in the hinges and inside views of the cheek plates and integral bar grill.

Thanks!

Garreth

Ulrich,
Did Alan ever get back to you on the greaves I asked about?

Garreth

You can find a pattern for a roman ridge helm (Burgh Castle), here. It's under the pattern section, towards the bottom of the page.

http://members.aol.com/gijchar/forge.html

Garreth

Wulfe,
I believe the guys at Windrose use th tools from Duncan metal craft and know the guy that makes them. I would contact Johannes.

Garreth

No steel... You could do a nasty cast bronze mace, or the like. Not that i'm rules lawyering or anything

Garreth

D., my household has a similar tradition of not wearing a sword until you get Knighted. Years ago, we took to carying maces and other nasty looking bits of non-sword hardware. Might be worth a thought!

Garreth

Darn you Scorpus!! I have lusted after those AB hammer greaves for a while.
Any chance i can talk you out of buying those

Garreth

D., is that a knuut aventail on your helm? is it one of the short ones?

Garreth

knotwolf@sunflower.com
785-838-3356

Garreth

Bump.

Let me know about the greaves. Also, how much did you want for the lorica kit?

Romano-Byzantine Infantry Equipment (Paperback)

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