The Armour Archive

Kilkenny

I'm having trouble visualizing a one piece version of a fully enclosed greave. Could you elaborate a bit on that concept, please ? Dan, as usual, you're out on the cutting edge of what can be done with leather for armour. Gavin You can spring cuirbouilli open enough to put it on your leg, right? Or...

Kilkenny

I've found that Titebond thinned about ten to one with water works quite satisfactorily. There's nothing magic about "rabbit hide" glue in particular - I think the popularity has more to do with its fairly ready availability through art supply stores than just about anything else. Note that hide glu...

Kilkenny

Whatever material you are working in, when it comes to making a piece look right, there's no substitute for looking at *lots* of historic examples of the piece you want to make. When you've looked at loads of pics, visited the museum and taken pics and crawled around behind displays and looked from ...

Kilkenny

Definitely go with the last. Can twenty generations of cobblers be too far wrong? Two pieces, front half and back half. The rear profile will not precisely follow the gastrocnemeus muscle's bulge, but will instead give room for the gastrocnemeus bulge to move up and down as the foot moves up and do...

Kilkenny

What the hell. They're your knees, not mine. I just saw a lot of pain around and thought I could help. Never mind. Let me ask a different question. In all the instances where you have seen someone drop to their knees in acknowledgment of a blow, how many times have they also obviously damaged their...

Kilkenny

No. A proper sword would have prevented the injury. Not factually correct. A sword that did not break on impact would *also* have prevented the injury. However, the circumstance was one in which the sword *did* break on impact at which point a hard elbow cop would have prevented the injury. We migh...

Kilkenny

Contrary to repeated statements that there have been no injuries to shield elbows behind shields, the reason this rule was first instituted - something like 20 years ago - was a terrible injury. Earl Sir Kevin Peregrynne of the West Kingdom had his shield elbow *shattered* behind the shield when a s...

Kilkenny

"Disallowed: grappling striking with the body blows to the foot (if foot is lifted from the ground and struck, it will be counted as a limb shot) use of excessive force striking with the flat, guard, or pommel, of the sword" Hardly anything left is there? I guess you could strike with the edges and...

Kilkenny

[quote="Hebenstreit"]Your Grace, Ill give this a go... East Kingdom: Duke Kelson Duke Darius Duke Lucan Duke Morgan (sp) >>Duke Morghun Sheridan ? He's in Aethelmarc Sir Kai Mclaine (sp) Duke Balfar (sp) Duke Andreas Sir Geoffrey FitzGallen Duke Bryon (sp) (other tba) >> How about Sir Step...

Kilkenny

Maeryk wrote:
(though the idea of setting up a special kingdom just for the burned out and humorless is somewhat attractive).

It's called the East.

Ya know... nice Catch-22 Maeryk.

Gavin

Kilkenny

In some discussions I've had with various people, including my squires, I've made the observation that I think there's a single thread that runs through *all* of the top level fighters. It's nothing to do with physical attributes, and nothing to do with determination or any sort of mental toughness....

Kilkenny

Wood ash, a leeeeeeetle bit of water (enough to make a paste), and a peice of wool cloth (make sure it is wool!) This will polish up most metals including steel. hope this helps Haldan Any particular reason for wool ? I ask because I've had some very satisfactory experience polishing bone with a wo...

Kilkenny

VikingLeather wrote:How about a foot press?

Frank

Might be interested in a foot press. Space and price considerations push me toward the smaller hand model, but a foot press isn't out of the question.

Gavin

Kilkenny

As long as this has turned into old fart olympics, I was 11 and joined up 2 years later. And I intend to die doing this at some stupid advanced age and give the mortician a tough job prying the smile of my old wrinkled dead face. Damn kids today dont even know how to make thigh armour by duct tapin...

Kilkenny

A punch along the lines of the Heritage Hand Press, punches holes, sets rivets, spots, snaps, etc. Or a *manual* clicker press. I've got a friend doing some small size leather pieces on a volume that's hard to keep up with cutting and punching by hand and I'm looking into other options. Gavin

Kilkenny

You sidestep the issue. I would refuse because I felt my opponent was taking an unneccesary risk. That would be my FEELING. It's a SPORT-you do not HAVE to be out there-its purely optional. Yes, it is. People have that choice. Best friend growing up had a brain tumor. When they took it out they too...

Kilkenny

Speaking as someone who hasn't touched metal casting in over 30 years (high school shop), I would consider using soapstone. You can carve the shape of your rivet/stud head into the soapstone, pour your molten brass into said mold, and then insert an appropriate piece of brass wire into the mix. I wo...

Kilkenny

In general, if it's got lames, it's meant to flex/move. If you do a search looking for spalders in the construction forum, you should find some good discussions of just how they move, how much, and what ways of articulating them work best. I know there have been some fairly recent threads about whet...

Kilkenny

Thanks very much for making these available. yummy.

Gavin

Kilkenny

Get Healthy my friend!! I have had the surgery--not the WHOLE neck but 5 and 6. It takes time--listen to the Drs, take NO chances and youll be swinging a hammer sooner than you think. Tim Does our hobby/job make us more susceptible to this neck problem I wonder? With mine there was no way of knowin...

Kilkenny

Rhinos are cheaters. Big difference. I dont care how hard I gotta hit someone as long as they're not cheating. Give good, take good. Slop doesnt do anyone any favors. Well said, Animal. Angus, I think that your philosophy is sound. The line that divides rhinos from the rest of us isn't anything tha...

Kilkenny

Very nice work. I do have one concern though, with the size of the fans on the kneecops. They are large enough that a blow striking the top of the fan could easily be more than an inch above the knee. For SCA fighting purposes, this means the fans may create a difficulty correctly judging the impact...

Kilkenny

I decided to take a look at the new rules (after all, one ought to be familiar with them, right) and was a little confused by the fact that the old ones are still posted. Personally, I recommend sorbethane for inside gauntlets. It's amazingly effective at absorbing energy, better than 90%, and a lay...

Kilkenny

I like the new home page and the clean interface. But while we are on the subject of your corporate graphics... http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery_1915_69318232 I mean no offense but I have to report that your logo (the gothis S K behind the castle) always hits me with a "swas...

Kilkenny

steaks I like rare lefties I prefer well done they all seem to hit this sweet spot right under my right arm.....I askede sir gabrial if he wanted to sign it before he hit it once... kick your shield further to the right, and closer to your chest Shield? What shield? He's a Kilkenny squire Has to le...

Kilkenny

There's something morbidly wrong about paying for the opportunity to build a house for someone. A matter of perspective. Are you paying for the opportunity to build someone else's house, or are you paying for hands on experience with building techniques you couldn't get any other way? Think of it a...

Kilkenny

Looking at the pictures, I couldn't tell without text that this was meant to be a greave, not a vambrace. I think that's part of the problem - the piece is not designed to be worn on the lower leg. Greaves need to conform to the shape of the calf - it's part of how they distribute weight and keep fr...

Kilkenny

I've begun making scales for some leather lamellar I'm making. However I'm using an Xacto to cut. Scissors don't fare to well, and a pocket knife is no quicker than an Xacto. With 250 more scales to go, how do I make cutting faster? I guess my first question is what is the shape you are cutting. Th...

Kilkenny

"I don't think you should be grabbing it if it is a striking surface. If it can't cut you, then it shouldn't cut me. It is pretty simple, imo. If you grab it, you are grabbing it with either bare hands, or a light leather glove. That area should not be a threat to me, in the presumed armor standard...

Kilkenny

As far as I know, that has been legal before this rule. Knew a friend at GW whose spear didnt pass. Went into the Castle Battle without a weapon, stole a spear, and used it for the rest of the battle. He returned it with a beer taped on it. I like that, very much. Shows panache. And I've yet to run...

Kilkenny

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Gavin

Kilkenny

I don't mind: "I think I got you." That's just helping me out and rather kind of my opponent. I'll accept a shot that someone informs me about. I do mind: "Why don't you accept any of my shots!" This can be rather rude because it's basically accusing you of misdeeds while elevating themselves. Just...

Kilkenny

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Kilkenny

Re: Press

Looking for punch or manual clicker press

Re: Mass-cutting leather shapes.

better versions of pics of arm and leg harness