The Armour Archive

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Donasian wrote:I've been reading through mint records lately. Very dry material, but occasionally you find a real gem.

Mint records as in the coining of money? Interesting I'd never thought of paying much attention to that.

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Suck, not that anyone contacted me but due to the interstate being closed I'm not going. I guess I'll have to go during the week sometime.

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There are likely more then you think as that tends to be the case every time such questions come up but like many times and places, if you don't read the language you will end up doing a piss poor job and why do something poorly.

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Well a bargrill is what it is....not period for all but late period tourney helms and a possible freak bargrill depiction in the 14th century....that is still debatable. Actually I believe the handful of various bargrill like things on helms are mostly 15th century. Sometimes on bascinets of an old...

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Actually a large portion of the old PRO records in the National Archive you can search using their search engine. But it only tells you that they are referenced in the document and sometimes not even that. Some things you still have to do the old way. Although someone digitized I think the patent ro...

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What are you researching? These are better to use a library. I'm dealing with a small English towns involvement in military activities in the mid-15th century about 1429-1483. So I have to look at a bunch of indexes to calendars of government documents and reports on manuscripts and archives. It ca...

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Real men don't wear tights they wear hosen. The problem with sweat pants is easily overcome if you want something simple. Firstly buy sweat pants that fit instead of baggy like we tend to wear them today. Secondly take the elastic out of the hem at the ankles and put a stirup on them. If they are st...

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I have to spend some time in the main library at UT looking through lots and lots of volumes of old books looking for things and well that gets boring. So if anyone in Austin or in the area and wants to come by and get help researching whatever or just want to learn more about doing historical resea...

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wga has a Spanish section and there are a couple of Spanish manuscripts in the BNF online from the 15th century, and I have an awesome book from the library that deals with hispanoflamenca painters in the late-15th century from the library.

And yes I do know about everything.

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You can define them however you want although I was thinking more of war like melees.

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I'm curious if many people out there fight with shields without basket hilts on them and if so how you do your handle.

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I am wondering which kind of events tend to be more popular in the SCA. Melee or Tournament events. Not which one do you prefer but which one seems to be more popular where you are.

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Any chance of larger photos.

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Yeah ....it's cheaper.... but I can drive to a Harbor Freight and not pay shipping....unless you are saying that these are enough of a quality upgrade that they are worth paying the shipping....or is the fact that they are listed at .99$ a big clue... Seeing as the shipping is $19.99 I'd say they a...

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I made a deck this summer based off of woodcuts. I'll have to pull it out and photograph it.

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I have posted it.

http://quodscripsi.livejournal.com/80267.html

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I'm becoming unpopular, Soon I will be pariah...But somehow I like it. emails secretly passed in the night saying "how can I do this on the cheap" etc... You need to sit down with yourself and have a serious conversation with yourself about whether or not you are getting any real support....

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Why would you sell such a thing?

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Has anyone bought much from Cafe Press and have an opinion on the quality of their goods?

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RenJunkie wrote:...A while back?

I often do but I don't recall such a transaction and hopefully everyone who has given me money for books has gotten them.

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Ok I'm sorry that I kinda took this in the wrong direction. As I understand the rules above on hand and wrist armor yes heavy leather is acceptable with 1/2" padding and hardened with 1/4" padding. I should have been clearer that I am referring to heavy leather alone without padding. Was t...

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Did plain heavy leather halfgauntlets with a basket hilt use to be enough? Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly but surely someone like Stonekeep wouldn't sell something people knew wasn't legal.

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I had wondered if you had come across any books that are on just livery badges before? I have looked but usually they are consigned to short little blurbs in other works. You might e-mail Dave Key and ask him if you haven't already because I know he's looked into that sort of thing a lot. The book ...

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1. A rigid basket or cup hilt with enough bars or plates to prevent a blow from striking the fingers or the back of the hand. If a basket or cup hilt, shield basket, or center-grip shield is used, a vambrace and or partial gauntlet shall cover the remaining exposed portions of the hand and wrist. F...

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Konstantin the Red wrote:Or else that Knight's-Marshal is mistaken about something.

Well according to the rules it should be 1/2" instead of 1/4" that is one of the reasons why I quoted the rules from the handbook.

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I guess what I mean is that if leather half gauntlets that are hardened and padded are legal, what is your point? Why were yours not legal? Firstly I wasn't aware they had to be as I've seen people selling heavy leather half gauntlets as legal and that is what someone told me they did. Perhaps this...

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Oswyn_de_Wulferton wrote:I have made, and use legal leather half gauntlets. Any particular part you want to bold, explaining why you or your local marshall doesnt?

There is no part to Bold. It says heavy leather requires 1/2" padding though.

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I know people sell them as legal and when I made mine I thought it was legal but a marshal at a practice told me it wasn't, although let me fight and then I checked and it would appear they do not meet the requirement. Any Marshals out there want to chime in on this. The SCA Marshall's Handbook say....

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Would people say that the AA is the center of the Deeds of Arms movement in the SCA or no?

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I seek period representations--manuscript illustrations, tapestry images, sculptures--of any sort of textile garments, especially long, fancy civilian-style gowns or coats, worn over plate armour in later 15th century Italy. I guess I shouldn't restrict my search to Italy. I'll take any images I ca...

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http://www.wga.hu/art/b/baldung/1/01knight.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/b/baldung/1/06_3ages.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/c/costa/triumph.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/d/durer/2/12/4_1510/08death.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/d/durer/2/13/4/071.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/p/provost/deathmis.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/w/wolgemut/dance_de.jpg

The closer you stick to period art the better it will look.

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http://www.wga.hu/art/m/memling/3mature4/26vani13.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/m/memling/3mature4/26vani14.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/m/memling/1early3/02last33.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/m/memling/3mature4/26vani2.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/m/memling/3mature4/26vani1.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/m/master/zunk_fl/ ... scenes.jpg

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Nissan Maxima wrote:Peder,
I have not, but I am very interested.

I'll keep looking.

Attached is a treatment using the wallace helmet as a guide.
I am not sure what I think of it.

Dude that rocks. If you want more ideas for demon faces or what not or whatever done in a more medieval style let me know.

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Nissan have you seen or saves the one done as a sun?

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Alcyoneus wrote:Just low-church.

Which there is no excuse for because the Bishop of reference for Western Rite Orthodoxy is in Wichita.

Library Time Austin, TX

Shield without baskethilt

Melee vs Tournament events SCA

Re: Infected by the desire to create a good looking unit.

Quality of Cafe Press

Re: Who Was Selling Books On Here...

Leather Half gauntlet: SCA lega?

AA center of Deeds of Arms movement

Re: Civilian-style garments over armour in 15th century Ital