The Armour Archive

William Frisbee

You know, I should get a chest for all my kit, currently it's in two large bags, and a pillow case for my helm...

The only issue is, it has to fit in my Mustang...

William Frisbee

hounskull bascinet's are out of the question for me... I would love to have one, but everyone seems to have them. I'm going to keep with my WMA Kettle helm...

William Frisbee

Is there such thing as enough armour porn?

William Frisbee

Pheylin Quinn,

when you get it, can you drop me a line? I need a few images on some of the later 14th century kits it has images in that very book if you have the time and scanner....

William Frisbee

Clang, I sent out the balance due on my arm armour on Wednsday of last week. It went out priority mail. Hopefully you have it by now. My home email (in fact my home internet connection) is currently off line due to my move, till ComCast shows up and reconnects me, which should be later this week. I ...

William Frisbee

You guys do know you can order brand new copies of the Churburg armour books right from Churburg Castle right?

â‚¬ 620, which is about 660 bucks.
http://www.churburg.com/willkommen_engl/shop/index.html

William Frisbee

Flonzy,

thanks for that link, I was looking for a place that did some of the more rare late 14th century boots...

William Frisbee

I would hit Historic Enterprises. I got my pair of black turnshoes from them. They look good, are sturdy and are period.

Before wearing I highly recommend sealing them with something as the dye is not "set".

William Frisbee

It seems that if you do not hit at the very apex of the curve on the exact 1 to 2 inch spot....it feels glancy. That's the way it's supposed to be on curved blades, they have a sweetspot that does all the cutting. It's ESPECIALLY apparent on Japanese styl...

William Frisbee

Unmounted knight 1385-1395 French, with family in Italy.

William Frisbee

canvas is porus and fabric. It will absorb sprays like a sponge.

I would recommend multiple coatings. Let them dry per the drying instructions. One dry, apply another coat. Continue till you get what you want for the finish...

William Frisbee

) My frustration lies in a rule set (I think we can all agree that the rules are slightly less than idea in the current environment) that will even allow the discussion that "Well, if this historically accurate helmet design does what it was intended to do (ie c...

William Frisbee

As my kit nears completion, I had a couple of questions... I know people who do a lot of SCA style combat have issues with full greaves. How common in the very late 14th century (1390's) were gutter greaves? In the late 14th century did the demigreaves have the "button holes" for the rest of the gre...

William Frisbee

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I looked a the society rules a minute ago, and fooud reference to blows to the "head", not blows to the "helm" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And this is what I was basing my calling of shots on. I will ...

William Frisbee

Sweet, I very much like that gambeson. Fine work.

William Frisbee

Or if it is acid etched... in that case it is almost white... vile looking in my opinion.

BTW 12 GU aluminum (3/8") was fine in the lists... Never blew a link.

William Frisbee

If that is a kettle helm, I wonder what I have...

William Frisbee

Thank you Adam.

William Frisbee

Geesh, I did not mean for this to develop into something like this. I've never fought in a kettle helm before, mostly just bascinets and great helms, so I'm still learning. I'm not trying to offend anyone, or like some people seem to be implying try to "cheat" or soil my honour. I maybe rather new t...

William Frisbee

RomeBuff I was in the 'Rocks when we were in the mills in downtown Fall River. I would guess from 1994 to 1996 or so. You guys all called me "babyface" as I was the only one who did not have a beard of some type. I went to Fall River a lot with Ian McPhearson (John something or other don't remember ...

William Frisbee

Woodsende, think the issue with the brimmed helmet would be the angle of the blow. If it is moving towards you in such a fashion that it would have travelled into the head (or body) if not impeded by the brim, ten it is good That is more or less how I tell...

William Frisbee

Ulrich, You make a good point, but the last thing I want to do is make "enemies". I'm working hard to be a good fighter, and I still have a LOT to learn, especially being out of it for more than 5 years (luckily I started with Master Padraig down in Smoking Rocks so I did have a good start). My loca...

William Frisbee

Yep John that was you when we did the spear drills. Before the bloody forehead incident. =)

William Frisbee

Watch out for thrusts from low in front though. They will make your helm work against you as they catch the brim and lift your head. Might even be dangerous... I got caught by a pole weapon the other weekend this way. It honestly was not all that bad, as ...

William Frisbee

You go ahead and enforce the rules of the list. That's your job and I was asking for a clarification of my interpretation of the rules of the list as I could find no clarification on this in either the Marshall's Handbook nor the standard rules of the list for either the SCA or the East Kingdom. BTW...

William Frisbee

The brim of my helm is not my head, nor any other part of my body... I may just be iterpreting the East Kingdom rules improperly, but if I were to treat my helm as if it were a skull cap or "an open faced iron helm with nasal" a shot that hits my brim would normally hit nothing but air, a shot that ...

William Frisbee

IF you cant take the frickin helm off and get a regular one..

Kettle helms were much more "regular" than say a bascinet or just about any other helm in the 14th and early 15th century...

William Frisbee

Bill, Yes I will be there. My CLANG arms are on the way to me, so I will be in full steel late 14th century kit. I will have my WMA kettle on, depending on the weather my Oak's Armoury corrazina and my Mad Matt's Churburg #15 breastplate & fauld. Not to mention my Flonzy Made pourpoint, Oaks armoury...

William Frisbee

No, Samuel you are not quite right. I fight in WMA's first kettle. A brim shot is not a killing blow as it did not hit your head, or any other part of your body... Ewan, the way I call them is by the sound it makes when hit. I good hit to the bowl will not ring all that much, but a brim shot will ha...

William Frisbee

Go check out James River Armoury,

Eric makes a DAMN fine set that I myself wear. In fact I think he has some up on eBay now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1552&item=2169528753

They are not stainless, but are still quite good.

William Frisbee

I have one of Karen's gambesons. Top notch work. They fit very well, are quite durable (I wear Forth Armoury Chain on top of mine with an Oaks Armoury Corrazina on top of that).

Just DO NOT wash them! I test washed my sleeves and they shrunk about 3-5%.

William Frisbee

Very good 14th century German looking stuff there!

William Frisbee

I'm with Sebastian on this one. My James River Armoury legs take one hell of a beating during fighter practice and melee practice and they are still as good as new.
The articulations are very well done, and the legs fit me perfectly.

William Frisbee

Mind you Adam, I'm not complaining, my kettle helm is still the best in my book! I just like all the small changes you have made.

You need to make a 15th century slotted raising visor kettle soon.

William Frisbee

DAMN IT! That last one is MINE!

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

Message for CLANG

Gutter greaves vs full greaves...