The Armour Archive

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I thought this was a neat idea, and would be good for those that don't want to drink out of a leather vessel (like me - yuk). And yes, I know - this is not historically accurate...which is why I put it in the "off topics". This is definitely an interpretation of a period piece so definite...

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Why doesn't he have one of those sleeveless liveries that you see so frequently in the 1460s and 70s

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Jeff needs to slap Thomas upside the head for wearing that red belt like that.

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Kit Whore

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Peder: We dont have a standard thickness on anything. We make 4 thicknesses from TW, to midweight, to heavyweight, to super heavy weight. Its personal preference of the buyer. If you clcik on the actual product page, you will see our items routinely come with 10-15 options listed below. All items c...

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What gauge do you use on the standard full leg cuisses?

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One thing we take for granted is smaller sticks. Even in Slovenia as of a few years ago you could see fagots of small sticks on the woodpiles with the fire wood. Cooking is also done on coals so charcoal was common. Wear layers and furs and that reduces the need even more. Recently there was a major...

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Too invested in late-15th century myself. I spend too much time and effort in people both in North America and in Europe to change. If you want to consider going that direction I'm sure we could find something that would be successful.

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Adeliz wrote:Valerius and I cheat and use the guy ropes and some clothes pins. Nobody notices, especially if you put it on the "back" or between your pavilion and your neighbor's.

Kinda like this.

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Fire Stryker wrote:Remember before God Richard III, King of England and those who fell at Bosworth Field having kept the faith , August 22, 1485

More like burning in hell for all eternity.

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Thats the problem with good armour, there isn't much one size fits all.

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chef de chambre wrote:
I only wish I'd have had a brig that would have fitted him

Did he seek to borrow one of yours?

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James, do you mean the red silk satin man's gown? There's some information in it in Textile Conservation and Research by Mechtild Flury-Limburg, 1988. Abegg-Stiftung conserved the gown in 1960 and at that time the seams were opened up and the pieces measured. There's a pattern in the book. The lini...

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While I don't want to say that their customer service over their troubles is justified, they have gone through a lot and to see an armoury start to come out the other side of the amount of time they have had problems is nearly unheard of. And I'm glad to see them getting back on their feet.

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It gives a crucial insight into the mind of educated people in the mid-14th century AD. Just to clarify it really is Italian in mindset although the genre and some of the stories are retold or based on others. The Decameron and its successor collections are some of the best books to take and read a...

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Lucian Ro wrote:Anyone ever tried any of the medieval recipes or added ingredients to their own modern brewed (or storebought) wines for reenactments/events?

I've had mulled wines at events. And special Yeoman Archers Hipocris.

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Joinville reports having a conversation with St. Louis about cutting wine with water. I believe it was also done in the church at the time of the Reformation or atleast proposed by some because Luther discarded the idea because it wasn't scriptural.

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I've had this idea for a while, I actually have done a couple prints of a latin version I did but I've wanted to do an English one. I have my own Caxton font and while I technically can print the pages myself on a laser printer it ends up being a lot of work. So when I was looking a lulu.com I thoug...

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Washington Irving's translation of The Conquest of Granada The book is a work of historical fiction. And so it is. The son of a gun had me fooled. Thank you, Peder. It really is amazing the number of people who have been fooled by it. He either was in Spain at the time or was soon after he left Spa...

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I can see the bascinet as passing, but cotehardies and bocksten style tunics would be like wearing a revolutionary war regimental jacket to a civil war reenactment Uniforms and fashionable attire tend to be quite time specific where as lower class garments tend to change much more slowly. I can sho...

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They are made of hardened spring steel and are based on several extant examples and the brass of Richard Quartermaine. The style is Italian export, and I'll use them in a low countries burgundian context in the third quarter of the 15th century. I'm curious as to why you chose an English brass inst...

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Washington Irving's translation of The Conquest of Granada relates a case of a siege camp being feed on bread cooked in the coals of fires until the supply train was able to catch up with them. This is a fake source. ??? http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3293 The book is a work of historical fiction.

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jester wrote: Washington Irving's translation of The Conquest of Granada relates a case of a siege camp being feed on bread cooked in the coals of fires until the supply train was able to catch up with them.

This is a fake source.

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Only somewhat relevant, about a year ago I did the first execution of a pavilion design that I had been thinking of for a long time. The idea was to make it as simple to make as possible. However my first execution failed partially due to my own stupidity. Are people still interested in the ability...

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Only somewhat relevant, about a year ago I did the first execution of a pavilion design that I had been thinking of for a long time. The idea was to make it as simple to make as possible. However my first execution failed partially due to my own stupidity. Are people still interested in the ability ...

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Maeryk wrote:If I remember correctly, there were some bigger pavilions in that very illustration, weren't there?

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If the expense accounting for the Cloth of Gold is detailed enough you should be able to take that and the plans for the pavilions we have which are said to have been done for the Cloth of Gold you should have a pretty good idea of many of them. I'm trying to recall correctly but I want to say there...

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I don't get why crow's feet are taken as evidence of absence of spokes. I have seen some illustrations that I interpret as showing spoke-wheel tents, but can't point you to any off the top of my head. I think the gables found in the roofs of some pavillions constitute a fairly strong argument for s...

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Yabut.. there's not one whit of documentation for a spoke-wheel tent anywhere. (Least, not that I have ever seen). Even the (ONE!) extant one in a museum is crows-footed. Having put up tents with the 3 ways most used today, ropes only, spokes, or side poles, I can definitely say that ropes only is ...

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I was under the impression that the "wall tent" design went as far back as Rome. Like most things they come in and out of use for whatever reason but as a general rule the wall tent is not in use in western Europe from 1200-1500. Much like cups in 13th century England, just disapear. I do...

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chef de chambre wrote:The SCA isn't Lord of the Rings, so it has to deal with Human History as it was.

Interesting that you should say that because if you read about the early years Tolkien seems to have had an enormous influence. For example, the oath for knighthood was taken right out of Tolkien.

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Most of my friends would tell you that I'm a bad case study for most anything because I'm not even like the exception that proves the rule, I am more like proof that chaos exists in the universe. That could be what Peder ran into.. "Oh. We all do (fill in period). You should probably do (that),...

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But, (and here's the REALLY IMPORTANT POINT), people who "don't welcome you with open arms" or "peers" or etc, AREN'T IN CHARGE. Your missing my point. It isn't about who is in charge it is about belonging. If a vocal 1/4 of a group does not want you there and they make the grou...

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Point the third: Anyone wanting to do "high fidelity" but refusing to do it in the SCA (in response to a different post in this thread), or being "driven away" by those not doing as high a level, is a big poopy head who just wants to have something to whine about. I so hate that...

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