The Armour Archive

T. Finkas

... I am supposed to be 12 century welsh farmer peseant that gets caught up in all the wars that take place durring that time... Unless you are a wealthy land-owning farmer a shoot-from-the-hip-guess would be that you would wear no armour and wield some sort of converted farm implement. You would b...

T. Finkas

Nasal...huh? I meant this thing:

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/finkas/STUDBUCKLE/Gallowglass.bmp[/img]

T. Finkas

I am looking for somebody with the ability to do riveted maille to make some simple alterations to a riveted maille shirt (i.e. cut the sleeves off one shirt of riveted and attach them to lengthen the sleeves of an identical shirt, etc.).

Thanks,
Tim

T. Finkas

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292349343 (image number 19, please) This picture is from a De Burgo genealogy. The work was from 1583, but the person is from the 14th century, if I recall correctly. More important, the gear is the same as described in the articles cited above. This is the eq...

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Sent e-mail

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Steinolf wrote:I'm a fan of Askjel's work.
http://www.urweg.com/

Steinolf

Me too---I have a bunch of that stuff as well.

T. Finkas

OUTSTANDING (as always)! Keep up the incredible work, Jiri.

T. Finkas

I am a big fan of the Crafy Celt jewelry and own a small fortune's worth of it. However, their stuff is only historically "flavored", not based directly on archeological finds as the Hoard stuff seems to be. Those torqes from Hoard are DEAD ON accurate to extant pieces!

T. Finkas

...I have some illuminations of Irish warriors in leather vest-looking garmets with attached arms/pauldrons, these pieces are decorated and colored as if they were dyed and "embossed"... What leads you to believe the Irish jackets are leather? In the Elizabethan era, the various depictions of the I...

T. Finkas

Beautiful harness. Can we get some side views of the helm? And how about one with the visor flipped up?

Thanks,
Tim

T. Finkas

Cut up an old pair of jeans for a pattern.

T. Finkas

From researching this very same issue at many a 'Ye Olde Renni Fest" I can say with absolute certainty it was common cellulose sponges soaked in water.

T. Finkas

Perhaps "Scots wearing the scrip over their haunches" means over the crotch, front and center like a sporran, as opposed to the typical manner of wearing the scrip slung against the hip. No further explanation of kilts or what not need be piggybacked on to a more simple explanation such as this (Occ...

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Do you think that the name Spybeak is an authentic medieval last name? The reason I am even thinking of using it is because it's an anagram of my real name. The full name is Jerome T Spybeak. I'm thinking the name would be Spybeak beacuse my theoretical great-grandfather was a spy and had a long no...

T. Finkas

I don't have the dinero to buy an airplane. That's why flying is not a hobby of mine. I don't have the time to devote to being on a rowing crew. That's why crewing is not a hobby of mine. You have no innate "right" to participate in any existing hobby that interests you. Most hobbies require a certa...

T. Finkas

Studbuckle wrote: If you cannot afford to do SCA on a minimally acceptable level then don't do it. Why bring the whole scene down with a half-baked pathetic attempt? Ok, so you came to your first SCA event with a full Court outfit that you made, and you stuck with that persona? As a matter of fact,...

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In my opinion, the Midi Pavilion from Tentsmiths is an ideal size for one person. Here's the description from their site: MIDI PAVILION ...for the individual who does not demand a great deal of space, but does not want to lie down to sleep! 9'6" tall with walls of 5'6" and a roof rise of 4'. The ten...

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Thaddeus wrote:Tentmasters and Tentsmiths are two seperate companies.

Whoops! I went back and corrected my post. I was referring to Peter & Debra Marques' Temtsmiths, not Tentmasters. Sorry for the confusion!

T. Finkas

Tentsmiths make a great product but they can be rather disorganized and difficult to deal with. Four folks from my group (including me) all bought custom round or oval tents from them and each of us experienced many problems, omissions and errors in our orders. IIRC two of us had to ship the tents b...

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Kudos, Uilleag---you have a great attitude about this stuff.

T. Finkas

By the way, my earlier rant was not directed at Uilleag.

T. Finkas

I don't understand this DISCONNECT between what folks say they are portraying and the gear they are wearing. I submit to you that if you are wearing the harness of a 13th century French man-at-arms---THEN THAT"S WHAT THE @#$% YOU ARE! You are NOT an 8th century Irish soldier or whatever. Face it and...

T. Finkas

UPDATE: My last message from Revival was that the boots would be in stock at the end of September (presumably 2004). Well, sportsfans, my boots have still not arrived and it's approaching the third week of October. Somebody here advised I should be patient. So how long do I have to be patient? We're...

T. Finkas

Here is an amazing one from Windrose.

http://windrosearmoury.com/images/armou ... ianblk.jpg

It's a bit pricey, but gorgeous. I tired it on at Pennsic.

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Dearkheart seems to offer a nice one. It's a pity his waiting list is so long!

T. Finkas

How much more to bough it to be "smooth"?

T. Finkas

Those are really beautiful, T-Bob!

T. Finkas

How much does it weigh?

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Gabriel,

Check your messages. Let's close the deal.

Tim

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Gabriel,

I am still interested in the helm. How do I e-mail you?

Tim

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Hey...we're not even sure that later period folk ---always--- wore padding UNDER maille. There's evidence that some did, and lack of evidence of padding in other cases. And then there's the counter-intuitive pictoral evidence that shows padding worn OVER maille. I think there is still much room for ...

T. Finkas

Yipes...I had no idea something was "going on".

T. Finkas

Worried...are you quitting the hobby?

I am interested in the maille chausses. Can you give me more details as to the shape, and "size" of these? It occurs to me that mail chausses come in various configurations.

Thanks,
Tim

T. Finkas

What's the deal with the tooled leather strap? What historical concept am I missing here? Help!

T. Finkas

chef de chambre wrote:---not the sort of thing you would wear to fight on foot.

Unless you have just dismounted to fight, I presume, as some sorts of troops did (i.e. mounted crossbowman). Isn't this so, or am I misinformed?

Tim

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