The Armour Archive

Halfdan

Hidden female street hockey armour or lamellar for the body would be the way to go. Hidden street hockey pants give a lot of bruise minimizing coverage for the legs and buttocks, whereas hidden SCA-armour-type legs leave the butt and sometimes the hips exposed. Maybe some low-profile leather bazuban...

Halfdan

Here is the OE ubersite, in case you've never been there. Especially helpfull are the Old English aerobics. (Look-- I just used archaic leftover OE syntax! Boy, I'm a nerd for knowing that!)

http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/

Halfdan

I defintely want the rebec if patric isn't intrested.

Halfdan

At times it serves as the precursor to "ye." I'll look it up when I'm home. (I've had two grad courses in OE, but the prof was lazy and it was a few years ago.)

Halfdan

Tullahoma, eh. That's about a 30 minute drive from my house!

Halfdan

I keep getting an error msg to. Try emailing me at halfdan76(at)yahoo.com

"Hey man, still haven't got the money order for the brown dog collar gorget out yet. Did you ever get paypal?

Thanks,

Wes"

Halfdan

The last big event you guys attended was during Lillies, now this is during Gulf Wars. Stop the madness!!!

Seriously, I'd love to be a part of what you guys are doing. Maybe this summer.

Halfdan

For bazubands, how about trying steel splinted bazubands that would echo the Vendel (?) find. Anyone got a link to a pic? If you were to be a "Swede" (not a lot of nationalism going on at this time) you could ostensibly have enough Eastern contact to have come across lamellar. Lamellar see...

Halfdan

I know what it's like to be in a financial tight spot.

I'll take the brown dog collar gorget. I get paid Tuesday, or if you get Paypal before then I can pay you with my Visa card.

Healfdene

Halfdan

I just realzed that you are a brother Bear. Shame on me.

Halfdan

Where can I get more info on the gaunt kit?

Tentative dibs.

Halfdan

BUMP

Suggestions without pics are also welcome

Halfdan

I would like to thank the buyer of this helmet for keeping me from spending my financial aid refund on a helm that isn't even from my period.

Halfdan

I'd like to see some of your interpretations of how to use a strap divider of the circular kind with three divisions. Any dark age Germanic impression is what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance!

Healfdene Hlagol

Halfdan

Angle Wing goes to Seamus. Only the coif left!

Halfdan

Sold items shipped. I apologize for how long it took me to get them on their way.

I'll be putting the coif and Angel-Wing cote on eBay in the next couple days.

Halfdan

A bump for manlove.

Halfdan

Tunic goes to Edward!

Angel wing cote and leather coif still available.

Halfdan

Belt, cote, and Meridian tunic sold pending payment.

Edward: Do you mean the flannel tunic with the red trim?

The belt proved to be a popular item. I might have to take up casting...

Halfdan

Bill time! (Hopefully I'll be caught up this month.) This sale aso has the dual purpose of ridding me of some things that are not period for me for one reason or another. All these things are made to fit me (5'11", 200 lbs, 36-in waist). All but the coif and belt were made by my sister who is n...

Halfdan

Damn, if I was done with my degree and had a regular job, I'd love to pick Wickett up. Just down the road, too! (Not to mention the fact that my niece has her BA in Horse Science and my sister has a small farm.) Unfortunately, I'm not in the financial position to get and/or take care of a horse. If ...

Halfdan

So I want to learn to play bagpipes. I don't really have much interest in modern Scottish piping; I want to play music that sounds like this: http://www.myspace.com/desteufelslockvoegel http://www.myspace.com/spielleute I found one dealer who sells on eBay who has cool-looking medieval pipes, and SE...

Halfdan

Not my auction, because if I had this puppy, I would wear it every day of y life.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-19thC-Winged-25-Viking-Theater-Opera-Costume-Helmet_W0QQitemZ250099803291QQcategoryZ12QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Halfdan

I'd really like to get ahold of the text source, but the one copy on Amazon is listed at $521! Since the title of the Book is "Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of early England," I assume that this is some sort of medicinal, not recreational, treatment. I'd be willing to bet that the ...

Halfdan

I cast my vote for 6 strings. Also, check this link out for an interesting article (only 1st page is directly available through link) that argues that the "hall harps" of Beowulf are different from the lyres found in graves such as Sutton-Hoo. I'm not taking sides on this one, but it's an ...

Halfdan

Desperately waiting for the rest of the pics! I'm hoping for something making me look a little more glorious than this one does: http://ursus.smugmug.com/photos/138312954-M.jpg That's me, bottom left corner, crawling away, with another man's butt directly on my head! BTW, the pics are all great! Mak...

Halfdan

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Wilson-Base ... 0095493893

Not my auction, just thought they would make cool hidden or semi-hidden armour.

Halfdan

Only about a day left!

Halfdan

I'm not sure if this is the exact same carving, but I think it is. Just thought I'd pop it up to give you a sense of scale. From the British Museum:

[img]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f212/JWC76/IM000686.jpg[/img]

Remember, if you're not in the picture it's just a postcard!

Healfdene

Halfdan

Cris: Pics sent.

SyrTheo: Hopefull I'll be out of this boat soon. I'm between jobs while working on my Master's Thesis. Hopefully in a couple years I'll have more money than I know what to do with

Halfdan

Hmm... eat, have house, or have cool knife...

http://tinyurl.com/26pj7d

BTW, the blade is sharp. I didn't figure most eBayers woud know about combat blunts, so I didn't bother bringing it up.

Halfdan

On finding a place to stay:

A lot of universities in London allow guests to stay in the dorms in the summer for a fairly reasonable rate. Don't know about other times of year though.

If price is really a factor, there are always hostels.

Halfdan

I have a 4-string lyre that I can sell you for $50 plus shipping. It's a smaller model, made by a guy in the US. It has nylon strings, but I think it'd sound better with steel. [img]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f212/JWC76/crap021.jpg[/img] [img]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f212/JWC76/crap0...

Halfdan

IIRC, the maiile is butted. It's been a while since I've been to see it though.
That's my 1/2 cent.

Halfdan

http://shops.half.ebay.com/jwc76_W0QQmZbooks

Not so rare, but some are pretty cool.

Viking/Saxon Strap Dividers

Cote, Belt, Tunics, Coif For Sale

Advice: Medieval Bagpipes

Trust me, you want this helmet.

"Periodish" Sport Greaves/Knees

Paul Binns Seax on eBay

I have some books on half.com