The Armour Archive

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WOW! That clinker is a peice of work man!

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Any clarification on this yet? I wear an armet without any chinstrap at all (don't need one), and don't want some uppity marshal screwing me over at an inspection... Just so you know. The armour standards specifically state that a snug fit isn't a substitute for a chinstrap. If a marshal bounces yo...

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Cool.... Azommin, yes, the ear holes should be bigger. As Owen pointed out, they need to be smaller so as to not let rattan pass through. I had thought about making it larger, and then covering it with perforated steel, painted black. This one is actualy 14g stainless though, and I only have mild pe...

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Regarding tools... Unfortunately, you're right. There aren't a LOT of the things you will want at the DIY stores. You need to get creative with a lot of the tools. You will probably need to either make a lot of them, or end up 'kustomizin' other tools to do the trick. Keep your eyes open for big har...

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Aw heck... now I'm busted.... Got no clue man. Working off of a pic of someone elses recreation that was provided to me. Basicly, 'can you make something like this for sca use?' Eventualy it's going to be fit with a bar grill. A lot of the details have been excluded because the customer wanted to st...

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Blackstone wrote:Outlands.

WOOHOO!

Blackstone wrote:Duke Hrothgar

Kinda skinny long haired guy? Consort was.... Madigan maybe?

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because....

your way is the only way that works... ever....

and the rest of us don't NEED options, because we should do it your way.

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It sounds like you don't have a forge, so this probably won't work for you... but the last spring I had, I cut at the holes... it was a pretty big spring, and pushed 3/8" thick easy. To thick for a blade, and also too wide at about 2 1/2". got it hot and drew it out. I wasn't making swords, but for ...

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Subject pretty much says it all... looking for comments and ways to make it better. You may note that in the pics the rivets are different colors, they're not set yet and I was providing options for the customer. We went with the brass...

http://www.whitebatarmory.com/helms/rom ... roman1.jpg
http://www.whitebatarmory.com/helms/rom ... roman2.jpg
http://www.whitebatarmory.com/helms/rom ... roman3.jpg
http://www.whitebatarmory.com/helms/rom ... roman4.jpg
http://www.whitebatarmory.com/helms/rom ... roman5.jpg

Thanks.

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Would you consider these to be fuglees? m Not really fuglees per se. Probably about average SCA stuff. Very shiny. maybe use a bit better articulation, but hell my stuff could too. They're likely not recreations of anything in particular, so depending on what camp you hang out in, (authenti-freak v...

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I really like the second one, and am soreley tempted to ask what you'd want for another, but as you're in Europe the shipping would likely be twice the purchase price.

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Payment received. Helm is boxed and ready to go, will be shipped out in the morning.

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(note -- I have a prejudice that the garment under the mail needs to be dark; a light color comes through and "washes" out the mail). Does anyone have any comments or opinions on any of this? AoC Hmm... never thought of that... but common sense tells me that a darker garment would hide dirt/stains/...

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Don't know the guys, so I can't say one way or another about their ideaologies.... but as far as the swastika goes.... depending on what books you read it is a VERY old symbol that predates the Nazi's by a couple thousand years IIRC. Generaly it tends to symbolize 'male' power, raw agression etc... ...

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Sixtus_Goetz wrote:
Sixtus_Goetz wrote:Got mine ordered

Sixtus, let me know when you get this, I'd like to see it.

Steve, How many thousands of dollars per yard did you pay for that brocade in the background?

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Similar question... Is it wrong, or unchivalrous to do the following... You're fighting a man in a tourney, and you clock him with a shot, and pull back to your guard... and the man says nothing, but you can tell he is thinking over the shot... is it wrong to simply clock him in the head, while he ...

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In a nutshell.... WOW! Recently I contacted Kass of m regarding some of the patterns that she sells. I ended up purchasing several, and this is my review of the product and transaction. Pre-order communication was astounding. I spent probably 4-5 days sending 2-3 e-mails loaded with questions prior ...

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Heh.... I originaly saw this in 'Brasseys Book of Body Armor'. (which all I can say is, I'm glad it was a gift...) My woofalupagus is I think about the right size and shape for boar hunting (but I'm guessing because I've never hunted anything). She's a boxer/pit/mutt, and has what feels like the rig...

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That's about the same thing I got from babel fish.

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Would one of the German speakers be so kind as to translate this page for me please?

Tried babbelfish, and while I don't know much German at all, it made more sense like that than it did after the fish mangled it.

http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/kultdoku/katal ... ml/221.htm

Thanks much in advance.

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Ooops!

Read first, then think, then post.

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So... just a curiosity then.... If gorgets don't count, because I should have a mail drape to be 'period' how would you handle a helmet like mine? m I almost don't need a gorget to fight SCA (I wear one still because I'm not suicidaly crazy but... ) How would you handle a gorget like this? (which mu...

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What they said. Full lengths. Got to be. I won't look at anything less. But generaly I'm pretty picky about rattan. I bought 2 sticks about a month ago. Out of the 30-40 that were presented to me, it took me about 45 minutes to Hmmm and Haw over them before I picked the 2 that I had, and they were a...

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Ken Zicker wrote: here's a pic, if you look close you can see the rivits and the slots

Wow... the jimping on the fans is a simple, but very elagant touch.

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WOW!

Very interested in this for a friend, are either still available?

You mentioned you had some 1 handers, anything appropriate for a katsbalger?

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This is sold pending payment. Well, my head is just under 24" and I think that I ordered it, that is if he got the email before he sent it off to corination, so hopefully it will fit me well, the measurements seem pretty good. If it doesn't fit you to your liking we'll talk and see what we can do.

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I bought my first gas forge. I was a little leary of fooling around with gas connections etc. on my own. Mine has simple venturi burners. Simple venturi burners are STUPID simple. It's a tube, with a flared cup on one end that propane gets shot into. They don't really require a lot of tuning. That's...

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Measurements are

Front to back at the brow line: 9-1/4"
Side to side at the brow: 7-3/4"
Circumfrence: 27-3/8"
Top center (in a straight line down the center of the helmet) to the bottom side: 9-3/4"
Top center to bottom of front grill: 13"

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how big is it, 'cause my head is about 24" and then add padding to that, so if you could get some actual measurments, that'd be cool. And I am giving serious thought to this one... It will probably fit you pretty well. I'm like 23 3/4" - 23 7/8" and it'd be just a bit loose on me with 1/2" closed c...

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Konstantin the Red wrote:...All the way back to the cave-wife who smacked her man upside the head with that supper's leg of musk ox when she found out he'd traded their best sabertooth skin for that really nifty stone axe.

But sweety, I'll be able to get all the sabertooth skins we need now!

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I've been told that the best way to do it is completely soak the rattan in water, then when it's wet and flexible, get it to the shape you want, and hold it there. Trick to this is... the rattan will want to go all willy nilly and not stay where you want it to. Best Idea I ever came up with (but nev...

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As to the basic question at hand - while marshalls may not judge blows, they are responsible for safety and following the rules of the list. There's a level at which failure to acknowledge demonstrates an incompetence to be in the lists at all - remember the authorization process ? This has been th...

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Can you give a breif list of what IS still available?

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Hmmm... interesting. Here in the Outlands, a thrust to the head is still counted. Front back side whatever. Nothing's 'proof' to a thrust. Face shots are just called, and generaly thrown lighter. My point was really... Under the assumed armor conventions, I fully understand why a face shot, thrust o...

Constructive critique sought on Roman hat.

Review: Reconstructing History patterns.

Translation help please, German to English.

Re: Hourglass gaunts

Large Stainless Spangen