The Armour Archive

Halfdan

Thanks for the heads up guys. That website is a little bewildering Halberds, got any product suggetions for a begginer? I will check out the scrapyard soon as well! Also, would bronze have been more common/probable/"period" for Dark/Viking Age hardware? Thanks again, Healfdene

Halfdan

So, any evidence about this subject? Preferably written academic-ish resources, but I'm willing to go with circumstantial/theoretical evidence as well. This is for an SCA A&S project.

Thanks!

Healfdene Hlagol

Halfdan

Sir Theo, I might end up ordering a pair of those up around summerish, do you think you could do greaves in the same style? Come by the Bastaermark at GW and have a beer (or mead)! There are several fighters in the group who would like to check your stuff out as well (my soon-to-be knight actually s...

Halfdan

I'm looking to start doing punchwork and such (making belt fittings, brooches and stuff) with bronze and brass and I'm looking for suppliers of tools and materials (small sheets and rods). Hobbytown has brass, but I'm not sure if that's appropriate for Dark Ages Germanic/Viking stuff, so if anyone c...

Halfdan

Nice kit! Hopefully we'll meet each other on the field at GW. Come by the Early Period Camp sometime during the week. I'll try to get a pic up of my Earlyish-Germanic kit, which is earily reminiscient of yours (Richard helm, black maile). Healfdene PS SirTheo, who sells the AL lamellar on here also ...

Halfdan

Wow! $550 seems really cheap! Or have guns gone down that much since the post-Brady days? I'm getting a new tent too, pr else I'd be on top of it.

Halfdan, the gun-toting liberal.

Halfdan

I'll be there. Camping in the Bastaermark. The thing I'm most excited about is recieving my red belt from Sir Dragolen, war chief of the Basternae. I also can't wait to show of my incredibly awesome new armour: black riveted chain, leather lamellar, and Sir Richard helm. I'll be one of the best look...

Halfdan

I think that the last time I was in the Wallace Collection I saw what was an onion-toppish bascinet with a barbute face (I think with a flattish lifting visor). Unfortunately, photos aren't allowed there and as far as I know there are no published pictures of this particular helmet. Hopefully y memo...

Halfdan

I'd like to have some of your blackened stealth spaulders. If they were in stainless they could be pretty thin, as I'm currently getting by with only two layers of maille and a gambeson on my shoulders.

Halfdan

Looking good! My only critique of your existing harness is that you seem to be suffering from floppy knee syndrome. You might want to try putting a strap behind the center of the cop. Find some good pics of realistic effigies and try to emulate the way the armour on them is strapped. If I was going ...

Halfdan

Less than 2 hours left!

Halfdan

Yeah, what Gordon and Karen said; if you do 14thC, at least read "A Distant Mirror." If you do Viking, at least read "A Concise History of the Vikings." One time I tried to teach a class called "Authenticity is Fun and Easy" focusing on the "Viking" period. The only people who seemed to "get it" wer...

Halfdan

Just a little "1 day left" bump.

Also, please don't message me offering just over half the starting bid. That really chaps my booty. At least wait until the auction ends.

Halfdan

I've never, ever had a single problem with this helmet. Never had a marshall even look sideways at it. I have never experienced a blow to the head (and I've got some hard ones at wars) that made e feel in any way unsafe in it. Two other people in my shire own the same model (one is a slat back) and ...

Halfdan

Otto: it's been through 4 Gulf Wars and Border Raids, plus 5-8 other events annually, as well as 12-20 fighter practices a year. Never gotten so much as a ding in it.

I'm bad about equipment maintenance... except with my new helm, I paid too much for it!

I'll put the steel ga. on the auction.

Halfdan

Item number: 160048997405

http://cgi.ebay.com/SCA-Medieval-Helm-H ... dZViewItem

Halfdan

Greetings! My soon-to-be knight has actually written a Master's thesis (History) on dark-age sheild construction and has built an tested (with real weapons and SCA weapons) a few round shields. He's extremely busy getting his PhD right now, but I'll email this thread to him. He MIGHT have time to ge...

Halfdan

"OOOOOOOOOOOOODIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNN!!!!" Seriously though, calling out to any of the war gods (Odin, Thor, Tyr) to watch your deeds/watch your ass in battle seems very sensible. In a very viking-y way... FYI: Old English "Ut!" means "Out!" and really only makes sense as a battle cry if you happen...

Halfdan

PM me your mailing address and I'll send em your way.

Halfdan

How many do you need? I have some I can give you. They're quite rusty, though.

Halfdan

I just want to chime in to say that I think the drawings are quite nice. To me, they don't even approach "racy." I would categorize them as "cute," maybe even "vaguely sensual." I'm surprised that anyone would take offense to them at all, but to each his own.

Halfdan

Bandyball? I think that's the name of it. During the 100 Years War, English kings outlawed this sport because men were playing it instead of practicing with the longbow. Sorry, I don't have any documentation handy, this is just from memory. It's somewhere to start if I'm not completely wrong though.

Halfdan

The one piece spangens and browband construction doesn't seem possible from a period standpoint. Maybe do something to cover that up?

Halfdan

If they're not sold I'd like them.

Halfdan

Try looking in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). It traces the origins of words with brief exerpts from the timeframes in which it was used. Any library worthy of the name should have it.

Halfdan

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/477002 ... 56?ie=UTF8

Supposedly, this is the first English-language biography of Miyamoto Musashi.

I'm not really into Japanese stuff, but I read some of this at the store and it was pretty well-written. I'll probably pick it up eventually, just because the guy was such a badass.

Halfdan

D'oh!

SLAY. Don't SLAY your kinsmen! SAY whatever you want about the suckers!

Halfdan

I just thought I'd share some music that I'm really into. I didn't put this in the Off Topic boards because I never visit it and I think this stuff certainly qualifies as "interpretive re-creation." (Note that myspace is indeed good for something.) Please share you links as well! m m (check out the ...

Halfdan

If you put a small (like a teaspoon) amount of bleach in the water, the rawhide won't stink.

Halfdan

Here's a couple of pics of my RQP fixins. I can't see any possible way you could damage them with rattan. When Sir Richard put the eyebrows on, he said something about them being flat and having to shape them, bnut I'm not 100% on that. I'm very happy with the quality. [img]http://i48.photobucket.co...

Halfdan

The Fourfold Germanic Warrior Ethic/Code was set ou by a literary critic many years ago. I learned bout it in y Old English class. However, I've lost the reference. Somebosy help me! FYI, it goes something like this: 1. Obey your lord 2. Avenge your kinsmen 3. Do not say your kinmen 4. ??? Thanks in...

Halfdan

Awesome! If you guys are planning a work weekend soetime, I'd be willing to make the trip (if I could get a couple more Southern boys together to spit gas).

Halfdan

I am severely geeking out right now. Thanks for the pics! I'd really like to see some of your craftsmanship in person sometime!

Halfdan

If you can get these SCA-passable I will pay an exhorbinate price for them in the near future!

Halfdan

I probably know this guy by his SCA name... he only lives about an hour and a half away from me. I'll see if I can snoop around and find out what's up. Mainly because I'd like to get my mitts on one of the gambesons and that viking axe...

Healfdene of Rising Stone

Dark Ages Leather Dyes (and other treatments).

Bronze/Brass Punch tools and supplies, where to buy?

Used Otto Helmet on eBay.

Miyamoto Musashi Biography

Medieval/Neo-Medieval Music Links

Fourfold Germanic Warrior Ethic/Code?