The Armour Archive

Kilkenny

although i have no citations handy, I would argue a definitive yes. Through out what the 11-13th centuries, I have seen mainy very highly decorated leather pieces either carved or embossed featuring climbing vines, flowers and what have you all done in very bright yellows, golds, whites, and greens...

Kilkenny

thanks for the two replies so far, but I'm afraid it wasnt realy what I hoped for. I have done a lot of "dishing-research", and as I said, my previous dishing pieces worked out perfectly. I have read a bunch of additional texts and mainly the one in Techniques of Medieval Armour Reproduction by wic...

Kilkenny

I have read that several times. Paxleonix answered my question. The rigis leather part is what I had questions on. I will doubleup the leather to make it safer. Including the part that defines rigid material ? ********* MarshalÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Handbook 18 10. Rigid Material: a. Steel of no less than 18-ga...

Kilkenny

I thought about that, and that would probably work for full-wrapped chausses. I'm talking about having them lace up the back of the calf like a shoe so I can avoid Templar Bob's problem of taking 20+ minutes to put on just his legs/feet. My worry with going straight through the rings is that it wil...

Kilkenny

Is there a certain thickness a gorget has to be. I recently made one out of 8 ounce leather and it was mentioned to me that it would not pass because of the thickness of the leather. I have never heard of this before. Is there any armoring requirements on the thickness of a gotget? I would recommen...

Kilkenny

one more of the bazuband, showing the ball marks on the inside from raising.

Kilkenny

On my "What I did on my holiday weekend" thread there are pictures of a greave tooled with vines and flowers. This is a vambrace to go with that greave. Painted but not yet hardened. And an experiment with other options for dyeing leather - I tried Minwax Special Walnut stain. It doesn't look like m...

Kilkenny

This past weekend I worked out a bazuband and a 2 piece vambrace.
The bazuband is raised on my raising ball, not dished.

Kilkenny

What are you trying to accomplish? Jean Paul The question was about greatsword theory as it applies to both SCA and WMA techniques. My philosophy on swordplay in general is that we can never be as good with this stuff as those practicioners in times past. We have very valuable manuals that give us ...

Kilkenny

Jeff;

How are the legs attached to the top ? How do the legs come off from the top ?

Thanks.

Gavin

Kilkenny

Armour just isn't armour without a few dents in it. Give me a musket ball dent any day. Until then, it is art, not armour. David (feeling controversial today) Translation: A car just isn't a car without a few dents in it. Give me a drive by shooting dent any day. Until then, it is art, not a car. M...

Kilkenny

Dead sexy.

Gavin

Kilkenny

The mail with plates looks like Jazerant, a type of armour I've always thought was pretty cool.

The lining in the dragoon's breastplate is quite interesting. I wonder how it might inform us about similar treatments in earlier bp's where liners may not have survived....

Gavin

Kilkenny

critter: What are you calling a crecent step? Also, this "hit block hit block" idea isnt really what good swordplay is like. If all you are doing is parry riposte then you may as well be a sport fencer Most of the medieval masters advocate to strike first and continue striking until your opponent i...

Kilkenny

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:Nail gun.

Been there, seen that, heard some very creative expressions of displeasure and discomfort.

best wishes for a swift recovery.

Gavin

Kilkenny

[ I tried with leather i got from a quality source, it was unmodifiable by boiling, it didn't even strech a little. Perhaps it was a too good product, i have heard that certain treatments make lether unworkable and very stable. Depends very much on how the leather was tanned. Vegetable tanned cowhi...

Kilkenny

Ricther, the No. 5 Jr will easily -- easily -- handle anything 16 gauge mild on down, and will tackle 14 gauge mild with only somewhat more difficulty. <snip> The Whitney No. 7 and No. 8 are for jobs that are more humungous than armourers usually encounter. They can take larger punches and dies, in...

Kilkenny

Hi Jeff. I think you haven't answered Tristan's question yet.

How do I take the table down to put it in my car ?

I'm quite fond of trestle tables, mine has lasted me a great many years of rough use at many events.

Gavin

Kilkenny

In any event, the rigid greave should rise no higher than the kneecap, or it will be acutely uncomfortable to kneel in. The greave would act as a lever, trying, with the entirety of your body weight, to lever your ankles into the ground, if it extends at all above your kneecap, which is that bump. ...

Kilkenny

greetings all I am a big fan of being able to get into and out of my kit by myself (most especially on account of those times when I have failed to bring my bond servant along with me ) and to that end I was wondering if there are any examples of CoP's that buckle in the front rather than in the ba...

Kilkenny

Wasn't there a show that was just that "Just blow stuff up". No lesson, no myth, no reason other than "hey, what would happen if we blew *insert Item* up?" Yeah, really short lived, not even one season I think.. they had special effects guys blow things up. "Boom!" ? I think the name was something ...

Kilkenny

One sinks, the other doesn't. Armor that 'floats' isn't solidly located on your person, and will shift around as you move. Armor that does't 'float' is strapped, pointed (tied with laces to other armor, or the clothing you are wearing), or otherwise attached to you more snuggly than floating armor....

Kilkenny

Very nice work Corby. Very clean and smooth. Wish my bevelling came out that well.

Gavin

Kilkenny

...The last time I looked a camaile or aventail over a padded coif was an SCA legal neck protection... Official SCA Armor Standards 3. Neck Armor: a. The neck (larynx and cervical vertebrae) must be covered by either the helm, gorget of rigid material, mail or heavy leather camail or aventail, or b...

Kilkenny

Again I say "That is why Mythbusters is both frustarting and GLORIOUS at the same time!" It's TV, but there's just enough history to make it interesting. Joe It is that - and a nearly perfect example of what I hate about TV. They present themselves as being people who will give definitive answers a...

Kilkenny

On neck/throat protection - not everyone dislikes plate gorgets. I would far prefer the well fitting plate gorgets I've worn for better than twenty years over any sort of lamellar. I've taken shots straight to the trachea and lived to talk about it - even right away. But - if the plate gorget doesn'...

Kilkenny

I have "a few" manuals on my drive, all of them side-by-side transalations. If you wish, I can spend a day or two seeking and quoting terms like halben schwert, winden, ringen am schwert in their context with their transalation so you can decide what did they mean. If slices doesn't work against ar...

Kilkenny

I can see potential for a practice tool for heavy rights for accuracy. Place a few "targets" on each other and then work on your shot accuracy. Dang it, now my gears are a spinnin. Chuckle... yeah, there is some opportunity for both challenges to skill and fun. I can see it now, a new drinking game...

Kilkenny

The octofoils are very nice looking. I don't recall seeing any mention of where you are getting them, Corby.

Would you mind telling the rest of us your source ?

Gavin

Kilkenny

I am 6'3" 255 with around 8-9%body fat. 50in chest, 36in waist, 20inch arms, 20in neck and 34in quads. Neck and quads are the biggest problem finding armor that fits. I compete in bodybuilding, powerlifting and strongman. Not on a professional level. I just like lifting heavy stuff. Best lifts so f...

Kilkenny

So is the breastplate supposed to end just under the ribs, at the hips, or somewhere in between? Im soon going to attempt a 14th Century harness and have been looking for this info, and I want to use the Globose pattern in the Armour Archive. I can tell you with some certainty that taking a globose...

Kilkenny

Interesting. I would say it looks pretty good, with a couple of comments/questions. One is it looks, to my eye, as though the breastplate is long on your torso, that it comes down a bit too far - and that the metal one in your inspirational photo looks the same way - to me - an inch, perhaps 2 inche...

Kilkenny

dukelogan wrote:good, so you agree that unpadded polearms suck and that nobody that actually cares about the sca would ever use one?

i feel that way. or do you simply jest?

logan

Your Grace, I trust that *you* speak in jest.

Gavin

Kilkenny

In the same spirit as my polearm thread: I would be interested in seeing is a discussion of what people think arethe best ways to use greatswords, techniques, how to deal with other weapons systems such as sword and sheild, florentine, poleweapons, etc. In fact I'd like to hear any and all thoughts...

Kilkenny

I personally use two armoured kickboxing dummies as my pells. Their bases are filled with about 100lbs of water so if I do a shield press I can move them but their pivot points move to mimic the human wobble. They are the best pells I have ever used ( and I thank my lady wife for both of them). I u...

Re: Gorget thickness

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more leather armour bits

Re: 14th Century Leather Globose Project

Re: Front buckling CoP's

octofoils

Re: to gavin...body type and size

Re: greatsword theory