The Armour Archive

William Frisbee

Very nice. Good lines, smooth, and looks very clean.

Good job!

William Frisbee

Sorry Adam...

I'm rather protective of my kit. =)

William Frisbee

If you allow head shots, how the heck do you fight without a bar grill? Especially with pre-mid 15th century armour? Espeially considering most soldiers had kettle on when fighting... You seem to like to pass a lot of judgements on SCA fighting yet you admin to have not participated in any... If you...

William Frisbee

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they didn't hit there, one look at the Wisby graves proves otherwise... I've still not seen any org. that allows the sytle and realative free-form fighting that the SCA allows... The aventail is a temporary one at best. I'm saving the cash to pick up one from Forth...

William Frisbee

From my understanding, lower leg strikes in armoured combat were not really used because it opened the person striking too much. I think I read about that in some 15th century swordsmanship book... Never the less, I would rather be fighting this way than not being alowed to do head shots, face thrus...

William Frisbee

Um, we use leg shots a lot.

There are dents in my cuisses to prove it...

William Frisbee

what if you put a buckle near or at the ends of the faulds to keep the "bell" shape correct? i know it wouldnt be totally period but it might help with the sag and over lapped look. could even put the buckles n straps on the inside if your worried about it. use ...

William Frisbee

very nice, very nice indeed. whats the total amount do you think you have in your kit so far? what about weight? Money? About $2500. Half of that was for the gauntlets, corrazina, and a set of arms, legs, greaves, sabatons and spaulders that I am currentl...

William Frisbee

In all honesty, because of Sasuke's design, I don't even know they are there...

The strap of the buckler goes around my palm so it's painless, and effortless...

William Frisbee

Wulfe,

Nah, they need finger bucklers...

I knew I forgot to wear something last night!

William Frisbee

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>As to the sabatons, you could cut off those points and round em off to make them more period.... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually pointy toes were period. It is the way the lames are articulated t...

William Frisbee

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>It is a historical FACT that a katana cut through a .50 cal machine gun barrel during the battle of Okinawa. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Um, no it is NOT. I have many MANY MANY books right from Japan ...

William Frisbee

I'll second anything Mykaru has said.

He makes some seriously kick butt SCA legal kabuto.

I own one!

This one would have been mine too, but my Wife would have killed me. =)

William Frisbee

Couple of Comments or Updates: Do the greaves and sabatons slow ya' down any? Greaves, no, I don't like fighting without them at all. Sasuke did a great job fitting them so they are like a second skin on my shin. I need to drill a couple of pointing holes ...

William Frisbee

Well see, in the SCA we kinda need them to keep our faces from getting beat in. I've not found any other organization that allows the free form, full speed, full contact fighting... till then, I'll fight SCA and follow it's rules... Since everyone seems to wear bascinets I did something different. L...

William Frisbee

A couple more pictures of the full kit...

[img]http://home.comcast.net/~evil_merlin/fullkit2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://home.comcast.net/~evil_merlin/fillkit3.jpg[/img]

[This message has been edited by Evil_Merlin (edited 08-10-2003).]

William Frisbee

Several people were asking for images so here we go... Lets start with the basics. Chausses, braies and shirt by Gilded Boar. Turnshoes by Historic Enterprises... [img]http://home.comcast.net/~evil_merlin/underclothing.jpg[/img] Moving on to my sabatons and greaves. The greaves are gutter greaves, b...

William Frisbee

While I have one in the works it's going to be a while before it is done, so I'm in the need of a late 14th century early 15th Century pourpoint/arming coat. I would like it to be light, but slightly padded, full sleeves, collar and done in red. It should be made of fairly durable materials as I pla...

William Frisbee

Very nice.

I have one very similar coming from Mad Matt soon.

William Frisbee

Adriano,

I hope that did not come across as rude or insultling... If it did I appologize.

As for the Fourth Armoury Haubergeon... 17lbs is quite nice. =)

William Frisbee

Here in the Northern Army...

tippy == skippy or glancing.

The weapon just makes contact but slides off without impact.

William Frisbee

Isn't there a full hauberk in the Wallace Collection that weighs in at 17 lbs? Chain armour, even with the advent of bodkins, was VERY effective. Anyone who tells you otherwise, knows very little about armour. Chain armour existed in some way shape or form for MORE than 1000 years. It lasted that lo...

William Frisbee

While the topic of discussion, does anyone out there make a petit pourpoint?

I'm sick of strapping my cuisses to a damn web belt...

William Frisbee

You have mitten gauntlets and finger gauntlets. Gauntlets if I am not mistaken are simply armour that cover the hands.

William Frisbee

It's not even SCA legal.

No camo allowed in SCA fighting.

William Frisbee

Joseph,

I'll email you when I get home tonight.

Thanks a bunch.

William Frisbee

Steven,

If I'm not mistaken they are a offshoot of the SCA and many of them still participate with the SCA in some events. I will be heading down to an event with these fine folks in mid-September with some of the friends I've made in the SCA who also participate with these folks.

William Frisbee

I must do this.

I only wish there was something local in Southern New Hampshire.

I've been riding horses most of my life, armour for at least half of it, but never the two together...

William Frisbee

I've run into a couple of people like this.

When it happens I simply drop my guard, stand open and wait for them to kill me.

William Frisbee

Max, in TOMAR there is a picture in colour of pointing legs to a pourpoint...

William Frisbee

OK, so no pictures from last night.

I got busy with an issue at the office. Sorry guys, I will try to get to it tonight!

William Frisbee

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Actually if this is the same story i read, it was actually an imported western peascod modifed to Japanese tastes and the shot put a large dent on his left side..the impact knocked him clean off hi...

William Frisbee

My corrazina is black canvas.

It's holding up VERY well to SCA combat.

William Frisbee

I will be taking some pictures tonight...

I hope!

=)

[This message has been edited by Evil_Merlin (edited 08-04-2003).]

William Frisbee

Yes, the legs are pointed to the pourpoint as well as the arms(I actually point my spaulders to the straps of my corrazina)...

Final images of my kit... Very late 14th Century...

Looking for a decent pourpoint/arming coat