The Armour Archive

William Frisbee

What a very fine piece of work.

William Frisbee

I think there is an easy way to solve this. Move the SCA combat to a point system for hits. Hockey gear and it's ilk is worth one point. One hit with a weapon is one point. Meaning if you get hit, you are dead. People with full chain kits get a couple more points, people with 14th century transition...

William Frisbee

I'm not trying to be a dick here, but I am far from rich, in fact many weeks I can barely pay the bills but I was able to put together a damn fine late 14th century kit. If I can do it, most other people can. you just have to play the prorities game. For me, having an accurate, and good looking harn...

William Frisbee

Not sure who made that one, but check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2179898574&category=1552&rd=1

He is on the archive and has a post in the Classifieds...

William Frisbee

nice work as usual luciusj!

Keep up the fine work

William Frisbee

but that about the only component that suited Japanese methods and tactics was the breast and back, which the Japanese liked well enough that they not only bought some but made a few more of themselves, styling such harness the "Southern Barbarian" type suit: th...

William Frisbee

DON'T MIX CULTURES ARMOUR. Please. There are no hybrid armors, until you start seeing Japanese armors with full steel breastplates, and even those are not really hybrid. Actually there was quite a bit of hybrid armour going around when the Portuguese start...

William Frisbee

Damn fine leg harness!

William Frisbee

I fight in some of flonzy's stuff. Wool chausses, linen braies and shirt. Last weekend I was fine in my gear for several hours at a time. I wear almost 100% metal (late 14th century) and feel fine in it. The ONLY problem I have is that my gambeson is open in the arm pits and I get some chain armour ...

William Frisbee

I'm with adamstjohn on this one. I have a rather bad case of tennis elbow on my right side. Moving to the poll weapon helped it considerably.

I'm still thinking of picking up a sword and board again, but lefty...

William Frisbee

Me thinks we are very lucky to have the likes of Chef around here.

William Frisbee

I don't know if anyone picked em up Adam.

I know I was going to, but didn't have the cash.

William Frisbee

I knew that was one of your matchlocks.

I wonder how many attempts Ermy had to make before he blasted it...

William Frisbee

Great picture Matt.

Lemme see if I can dig up the money for it quickly.

William Frisbee

One of our local fighters (Keith), used an electric sander to make his great sword.

Lemme tell you... it came out great.

VERY light, VERY quick.

William Frisbee

Klaus,

Yeah I spoke to the same woman you did.

Did she show you the very nice wool sweater she made? Wow.

William Frisbee

Matt,

do you have any images of the non-visored bascinet?

William Frisbee

After the melee's this past weekend, I think I am going to start carring a mace on my belt as a backup to the poll weapon.

Nothing worse than having someone arm wrap your poll.

William Frisbee

What is the reason behind them being banned?

William Frisbee

When I used to make CoP's I found that copper roofing nails worked great. I just had to make sure I filed all the flashing off the nail "stems". As for the pattern to use, I prefer some of the higher number Wisby styles, as the lower number Wisby's lack flexibility in my opinion. However the Wisby 1...

William Frisbee

Well if they used Velvet on real armour, I would have to say it's rather durable, considering we have some stuff in displays that still retains some or all of it's velvet covering.

My corrazina however has a canvas cover over the metal, and it has thus far survived about 5 months of repeated beatings

William Frisbee

Adam,

Would you be willing to take pictures of the brig construction process when you get to them? Brigs, in my opinion, are some of the coolest types of armour around.

William Frisbee

Hells ya, I could use a couple for my Living History stuff!

William Frisbee

William Frisbee

It didn't actually fit on dave he just kinda squished into it

Yeah I kinda noticed that. Damn his Churburg segmented is like twice the size of my Churburg #15. Dave is a big man. =)

William Frisbee

Man, my breastplate is going to be damn sexy when done...

Thanks for the pictures!

William Frisbee

Ewan, how did you strap you helm?

I've just run a thick strap thru the slats in the back kinda like belt loops on a pair of pants.

William Frisbee

Rust, you misunderstood me, I only own the helm. WMA made it.

William Frisbee

Heh...

Klaus, when you have a chance, email me will ya? I lost your card and wanted to have you do some stuff for me.

William Frisbee

Great images, thanks for sharing!

William Frisbee

you are in the Northern region of the East, are you not?

I'm a fellow Stonemarcher, along with WMA, and quite a few others that frequent around here...

William Frisbee

Actually that is one of Sinric's helms. What I always hear (I make a very hard attempt at an accurate very late 14th century French (Burgundian) kit) is that metal is too heavy, and slows you down. I swear at this event the number of people wearing hockeypad armour out numbered those of us wearing a...

William Frisbee

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Think I could manage riveting it in between the strapping and the brim? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I would not recommend it. The brim (that image is of my kettle helm) takes a lot of abuse. You want ...

William Frisbee

Torr, the squire in the mail is Thaddeus.

Quite a fine fellow, and the host of this year Pas at Midsummers.

He can hit like a truck. =)

William Frisbee

Claude was one of the first people (along with his close friend Padraig) to get me started with SCA fighting, especially the poll weapons... I still remember him calling me Baby Face at my first event just before Pennsic 24 (may have been 25). I remember him hitting me dead center in my gut and thro...