The Armour Archive

Kilkenny

1.75 depth won't be deep enough for SCA fighters that use Aluminum shields. Otherwise they look nice. Nodding....but most who use aluminum don't make rounds, they make heaters. And even so, you can just use spacers under the handle in back. Spacing the handle out from the boss takes it out of plane...

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Dan, From what you've posted - SCA more interested for now in the fighting aspect than the history - Don't want pickle barrel or all leather kit - It's rather hard to make any recommendations. You mention Lorica segmentata, and it's true enough that that is a pretty flexible body harness. But the to...

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Thank you for that insight Sir Mord, but one can NEVER tell me that Italian armor will ever move like maile. No matter how well fitted etc. Granted, If I had 3 grand sitting around to try out a 15c German Gothic Harness, I would. But my budget limits me to used armor...which doesn't exactly seem to...

Kilkenny

If I were in your situation, I would take about a 16 oz hammer and tap at the shaft there below the anvil, just rap it in different directions at various points to get a "feel" for exactly how tightly wedged the shaft is and in which directions. Try to figure out where there is play, room to move a ...

Kilkenny

Lol... only for directed thrusts... that's sad. Sebastian: I'd think that hooking the other's sword with the quillons and triing to tear it from his/her hands would be grappling... and the mortchlag often ends up there. And if they allow it, they should allow striking with the pommel and quillons a...

Kilkenny

It certainly is a very slick little piece. I find myself echoing D. Sebastian's question.

Also find it interesting that Sir Gemini is using a wankel.

Pretty pictures.

Gavin

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Airport security is going to give birth to a cow when they see that

Neat.

Gavin

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Eyvindr wrote:The northern climate is, in my opinion, overrated. I live in sweden, and when i go outside or sleep in my smithy, a linen sark and a wool tunic suffice.

Edit: Yup, even during winter...

That's because you are young and Swedish

Gavin

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Kilkenny

and the "fancy" greave.

Kilkenny

Had a four day weekend, so naturally most of it went to making armor type stuff. All pieces are from saddle skirting, ranges from about 10 to about 14 oz. I've struggled now for several minutes trying to get the pictures I took into a size/format that the archive will accept as an attachment, but wi...

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HOW does he do that????? Its like watching a master sculpter form clay. I cant even get a compund curve on a friggin spaulder right.... *sigh* why do I even bother....... Because you, like so many of us, dream of the incredible sense of satisfaction (words really fail me for describing the sensatio...

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Following up on the previous post regarding 20th century slaughter house practice, I've a friend whose veterinary training involved a stint working in a slaughter house (don't ask me why, I don't know). He described the method of slaughter with a "captive bolt" rather than blanks. It would seem that...

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I've only got small bits to work with, but it seems like it'll absorb impact much like thick boiled leather armour; it's not quite as hard as steel, but stiffer than leather. Hmm. Crayola are doing $75 for a five pound bag of it. Tempting. John You're free to experiment, of course. I suppose there'...

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Malcolm_Mor I think you may have misunderstood me, and Morgan touched on this already, but I want to be sure I'm clear. I would never turn down a fighter because they were unbelted, or a complete newbie, it just means that I refrain from approaching them and challenging them to a fight. I can see h...

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Within that time, movements are very explosive and fast, and quite aerobically demanding, as well as the actual strength required to weild sheilds, swords and stop blows if it's a bad one. I love this statement - it describes fighting to a "t" for me. So with stamina needed for your body, I always ...

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Aaron wrote:Air conditioned, historically correct armour....and nobody is interested?

Man, this is a tough crowd!

I'll be testing the air conditioning at Pennsic. Should be fun!

Holiday weekend - most people have better things to do than be on the Armour Archive.

Gavin

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I was wondering...has anyone tried to use Silly Putty in armour ? It seems like a great idea - it's soft, flexible..and if someone hits it, it stiffens up, even breaks, to absorb the shock. Seems like the perfect aketon padding, if you could find someway to stop it pooling...yes, I know it's a sill...

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Lindsay wrote:Guinness... ICE COLD??? You sick, sick little man!

warpiper wrote: Maybe I'll put an ice cold Guinness just out of reach.

Do you have any idea what the temperature of ice in a Texas attic in the summer is ?

Gavin

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Heh... anyone else remember the Madu? Haven't seen one of those in a loooooooong time now.... All depends on where you are. Odds are good that I'll see one on the field at any tourney I attend, although they do seem to be on a downward trend in popularity here in the East. As to the basic question ...

Kilkenny

I would like some more information about what metals you have used where, gauges, intended use of the gauntlet. Another angle of photo might clarify one possible criticism I have - it looks in the image posted as though the ridging (don't have a good word for what I mean right now.) on the metacarpa...

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There are a lot of ways that this gauntlet could have been better...cleaner riveting, better fitting on the fingers, a narrow wrist and a wider cuff, etching instead of engraving on the copper, using brass instead of copper, etc. However, I'm still really pleased with the piece since it is afterall...

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I have some Galvanised chainmails and would like to know if anyone knows how to make the galvanize all nice and shinny. My chainmails and coifs are kinda tarnished Thanks david I believe the answer to this is - you can't. That is, the zinc coating that is the galvanizing won't polish and I am unawa...

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Hmm...and I thought if I hammered, the pieces would just fall right into place.... Sigh....what a noob. Thanks again. The truly frustrating thing isn't thinking they will fall into place - it's watching the guys who are really, really good who make it look as though they *do* just fall into place -...

Kilkenny

well my armour is hopefully heading to 15th C german... i have just tried heaps of gaunts and never found one remotly usable .... This is the part that makes answering your question almost impossible. Gauntlets are incredibly individual, what one person loves another may hate, what one demands as n...

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I'll address the concept of Kingdom badge first, from the perspective of a longtime knight, Duke and head of household. I would much prefer to take the field with my unit wearing livery of *mine* with a nod to the kingdom, rather than livery of the *kingdom* with a nod to my house. This is not becau...

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Actually, I think its the armored dags that are throwing me. Every COP that I have ever seen (and I admit that these examples are limited) in either pictures, patterns or product DOES include them. I guess what I'm asking is; were there any that did not? I can't imagine why they would not have them...

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I discovered in my tests that I got the best results with a combination of blinding speed and hip movement ala' Bellatrix- everything on 10 was what worked best- but great care to control angles was what was very important. I was lopping off trees three fingers in width- meaning take your first, se...

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It was mentioned (in the thread about HRM Godwine and meridean fencing) the power of royal Whim. How far does this go? How much of the following would fly? I become King (Yeah right). I decide that Heavy fighting is dangerous. (Well, it CAN be) I use royal whim to ban it at events and practices (ev...

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If the king ordered you to rhino your way through a tournament, would you do so? If the king ordered you to lie to another gentle, would you do so? If the king demanded that you rudely treat a lady he didn't like, would you do so? If the king ordered you to injure your opponent in a tournament, bec...

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"period" falchion techniques might not work either, simply because of weight balance. Same thing for a Kukri. To be effective, at the weight it's going to be made of rattan and padding, you will need it balanced for SCA combat (IE: very fast to recover, probably balanced about the center of the bla...

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People running off complaining about how their King has done them wrong really doesn't fit very well, especially when the complaints are the kind that involve delicate sensibilities - "I didn't get my warm fuzzies" just doesn't fly. With all due respect, your grace... Wat Tyler & friends (not so su...

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Fighting is fighting. Nope fighting is fighting. Combat is combat. Be it with a rapier or a stave of rattan. Don't believe me? Please feel free to seek me out on the rapier field at gulf wars. No, that's not a challenge. However, until you have crossed blades on the rapier field with someone who un...

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thats the kinda thing where we'd say "George your being a jerk, chill out." This is the kinda thing where the oh so popular "it's just a game" card needs to be played. I hate that card. It's most frequently played, in my experience, by the party doing something that is intensely *wrong* in order to...

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Its all very well to say that but the redrawn picture I've posted from Osprey would have been taken from an original source, that source I'm not sure of. I have seen the same helm in other pictures, not Osprey, but again a modern redrawn picture. I doubt its a mistake or badly drawn picture unless ...

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How I spent my holiday weekend

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gauntlet

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Heraldry on the battlefield

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