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T. Finkas

DOH!!! Must I eat my words? <laugh> That sketch makes me recall that my favorite reconstruction has a horse hair tassel! <Note to self: Open mouth, insert foot> Bwahahahahaha! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/finkas/ScythianHarness-1.jpg I have seen the archeological remains that inspired the a...

T. Finkas

I wish I would have seen you in person! Wow...simply outstanding!

T. Finkas

Hold on now...I got the distict feeling the original thread that this was based on (now deleted?) was talking about a horse tail, tanned in one piece, fastened to the top of a helmet like the simplification/bastardization of a Greek/Roman comb-type crest. I was lead to this supposition by the origin...

T. Finkas

Comments moved to the new discussion of the topic in the Historical Forum.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=63436

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Oh, me too, Syr Fynn. I admit that in my early Ren Faire days I also had those front-lacing knee boots, and the ankle high boots too. Mind you, I cut the fringe off to make them appear less egregious. Alone, perhaps the Minnetonka mocs are not so bad---but the combo of all those aforementioned eleme...

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Since when has that stopped people from wearing modern kilts? Hehe. Yup. And they typically wear those modern kilts with fringe-top Minnetonka mocassin boots, a 1970's-era girl's mexican leather purse (conplete with twist lock hasp), a cotton gauze peasant shirt with brass eyelets and leather cord ...

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Interesting discussion, but would not James II and Captain Kidd seem to be moot to the original question since both are post 1600 (the historical cut-off date for the SCA)? I believe Dredge implied that he is interested in this topic as it applies to assembling a harness that can be used in SCA hea...

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Interesting discussion, but would not James II and Captain Kidd seem to be moot to the original question since both are post 1600 (the historical cut-off date for the SCA)? I believe Dredge implied that he is interested in this topic as it applies to assembling a harness that can be used in SCA heav...

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M. Eversberg II

Check out the following thread and the mysterious connection between fishing tackle and armor will become clearer to you...

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... ght=scales

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Actually it does not sound unreasonable when you consider that the scale-happy Scythians shod shields in iron scales on occasion. That bent oval thing covering the shoulders in the display photo'd below is a shield covered in iron scales. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/finkas/ScythianHarness-...

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The Worth Company has brass but not bronze. They are a manufacturer of spinners and may be your best price. They will custom make scales but you'll need to order 10 thousand in order to make it cost effective. BTW: That site that Black Thumb just listed looks to be a reseller, not a manufacturer (A...

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It's pretty thin stuff. Not like foil, but very thin. I think the package said .005" thickness---it's the precut prepackaged type of sheets they sell at model & hobby shops.

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Windrose is great. I like White Mountain Armory too (and I own 2 of them). Both Dirk Lancaster (Dirk's Metal Works) and his brother Brand (The Armor Store?) are making some very clean bargrilled helmets. AB Hammer is also making some clean bargrills. I am sure there are more very good armorers makin...

T. Finkas

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. Too bad I missed meeting the two of you.

Cheers,
Tim

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Looking for information about any scottish pirates, I know most pirates just went about stealing cargo and such, so the aquire different types of clothing, weapons, and amor. I am also a Heavy weapons fighter. So if their is any type of armor that is SCA legal that I might be able to follow in the ...

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Right on, Tessa!

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"Iranian" troops were also there, in the form of Sarmatian Auxiliaries.

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Thanks! Though it would look even neater with some jack chains on the sleeves. Maybe I should try to make some...how hard could it be?

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I agree. An asshole in pretty armour at least makes the battlefield look nicer. But an asshole in crappy armor is offending to all the senses!

<wondering...will this end up being quoted as somebody else's sig line?>

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I am thinking of gifting that king with a really nice recreation of a belt of bells---in a style proper to his personna period. It would cost me a couple of hundred dollars to produce but it might be a fun gesture. The idea is that the rat (erstwhile, me) bells the cat (the King) in order to get war...

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Hold on a sec......you are supposed to RETREIVE your bolts?
<slaps self on forehead>
DOH!!!

T. Finkas

I needed some blue tape for my helmet because I started combat on Thursday and nobody had any. I ran into Malcom, the King of Aethelmarc and he tore some off his own helmet and gave it to me. Cool guy.

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...I'm saying this to you as a friend: You appear to have overreacted. I hear you. Thanks. Even though I am 47 years old I am "young" by way of being an SCA fighter, having fielded only a dozen or so times. So, I don't really have much perspective yet on the whole thing---I am still learning.

T. Finkas

RandallMoffett wrote:...what is the prod of your crossbow made from? ...

It's a Fellwalker-Surefoot bow and I think it's aluminum with a rawhide covering.

http://fellwalker.com/crossbow/index.html

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I am pleased to announce that I (aka Historical Stud & Buckle Company)have just entered into an arrangement with King's Keep. It is my understanding that the Sir Roger De Trumpington belt hardware components will soon be offered through their web storefront at www.Kingskeep.com and I expect they wil...

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...doesnt that hinder flexability? ... AFAIK the joints should either have a thinner area (i.e. less layers) on the inside, or may even be cut away leaving a slit or hole. I believe that's what some of the paintings show. For instructions, try checking out this link: m Cheers, Tim --- Oh yeah, here...

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DAMMIT!!! We met during the broken field battle!!! Me and Josh were asking what was in your shoulders Niiiicccceeeee Jack man. Thanks! You and Josh...is that Josh Warren? At any rate I'm sorry we didn't hook up to chat more. Too bad, a nice opportunity missed! ---------- Thanks for the encouragemen...

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Thanks. Yep it's 2 piece plus a band of hand-woven tape. You see, I forgot my new hat a few years back when my pals and I visited the Estrella War. Man was I bummed! I immediately hit the Merchant's row and bought a chunk of wool and a length of trim, went back to camp, and created that hat. I took ...

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For your consideration, my take on the Birka hat:

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Maybe resting my crossbow backwards over one shoulder and holding a bolt over my head with the opposite hand? I can't imagine anybody would take that for anything but a defeated soldier.

T. Finkas

Thanks, Dante. You might suspect the demi gauntlets would in fact get in the way or cut the string but they have not thus far. Actually, I used to use a metal demi on one hand and a leather demi on the other. You might remember seeing that before in photos of my kit. These demis were given to me by ...

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Ha! This time I had my camera nearby and talked a spectator into snapping my photo. Here I am before the Broken Field Battle (see attachment below). My harness is a Wars of the Roses style English "jack". In period it was constructed of up to 30 layers of linen quilted together but mine is a cheat w...

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Cat,

Those legs look really nice. Well done!

Tim

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Thanks for all your words of advice and validation of my acts. I will take them to heart. And as you say, the King and his knight seemingly had no further concern for me---they were GONE and apparently believed their work done and that I had been vanquished. While I might have perhaps considered mak...

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Wow.....wow, wow, wow.

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