The Armour Archive

James Arlen Gillaspie

Stahlgrim, it's $16 each PAIR, just so all is clear. My bad; never thought it could refer to each half. My Paypal addy is

jamesarlen@verizon.net

PM me with your mailing address. I"ll work out the shipping in a little bit here. Thanks!

James Arlen Gillaspie

These are from Cet, and are 13 gauge, not 12. They still held up pretty well, though, even in Atenveldt! Just don't anneal them; they're pretty work hardened from the Big Hammer. There's a high point, a low point with part of the face cut out, a medium point, a round top for later helms and a kid si...

James Arlen Gillaspie

It's 18 gauge. Not up to combat, unless you case-harden it, and I wouldn't use it often if I went that way.

James Arlen Gillaspie

No kidding!

James Arlen Gillaspie

It would be about $18 + insurance, whatever that might be. Pity it won't quite fit into a Priority Mail flatrate small box! I'd have to flatten the cuff some.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Pitbull, that comes to $90.28. I didn't see your addy on your website. Please PM me.

Thanks,

James

James Arlen Gillaspie

OOOPS! There I go again. Here's the addy;

jamesarlen@verizon.net

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Graf, I found a knuckle lame for the first partial gauntlet. Please see my first post. I also found a knuckle lame matching the other one (a left) but I'm not sure what to do about that one. Maybe the same deal?

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Pitbull,

I am about to figure out shipping. My paypal addy is

jamesarlen@verizon.net

James Arlen Gillaspie

Yeah, but 'wanna-be katana' sounds better.

Stahlgrim, the postage comes to $12.30, so the total is $47.30.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Ghostpig, I suppose I should have made it clear that it will cost $73 plus whatever it costs to mail it. If you still want it, though, that's OK with me!

James Arlen Gillaspie

Yes, I do!

James Arlen Gillaspie

And a couple more examples.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Boy, I really hate to let this one go. It's a lot nicer than the later edition I'm keeping. It varies from the later editions by having some different pictures and more pages (413 vs. 314) mostly due to a different format. It has pictures (sometimes more than one), weights, and measurements of 135 h...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Pitbull, they both have triangular rolls. Which one do you like?

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Klaus, it's 13 5/8".

James Arlen Gillaspie

Some more pictures.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Not full sharp. NOT stainless. Full tang. Asking $35 + shipping.

James Arlen Gillaspie

The first one is a is a prototype of a prototype; my first attempt at the gauntlet shown in TOMAR. Boy, that was a long time ago... I'll start that one at $20. The second is a 16 gauge munitions piece that was never finished. Let's start at $30.The auction will end Friday at 10 pm Eastern Standard t...

James Arlen Gillaspie

I'm clearing out the shop, and here are a couple of things I've had around for years... The little one, a very long time. The big one is a Cet blank that I hand forged triangular edges on. Of very globose form. It would fit someone from 5'10" (1.8 meters) to 6' (1.83 meters) and is 13 1/2"...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Scott, I got the books in the mail today.

James Arlen Gillaspie

Scott, payment recieved! Thanks!

I'll send the books out no longer than tomorrow. Today is a bit of a zoo...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Scott, the total is $4.75 for the lot, priority mail, so the total total

is $65.75.

James Arlen Gillaspie

P.S. Scott, let me know what your mailing address is.

Thanks,

James

James Arlen Gillaspie

Thanks, gents! Will Paypal be OK? My email addy is

jamesarlen@verizon.net

James Arlen Gillaspie

And a couple more. Except for Bottomley's book, the others are very obscure and don't come to light very often.

Exhibition of Armour of Kings and Captains $15 +sh

L'Armeria di Palazzo Farnese a Piacenza $16 +sh

James Arlen Gillaspie

I'm not much for selling my books, but I'm having some financial challenges. Arms and Armour of the Samurai by I. Bottomley, plastic clad dust jacket, $45 + shipping T he Arms and Armour of Cesta Castle (Republic of San Marino) $15+sh Arms and Armor of the Hearst Collection, Detroit Institute of the...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Two that don't have a lot of combat (none, really) but aren't bad from a historical perspective and are big Oscar winners are 'Becket' and 'A Man for All Seasons'.

James Arlen Gillaspie

It's most likely a geometry problem. I used to take care of problems like this at Pennsic quite frequently; people would come to see me about 'armour clash', bad fit, etc., and I'd suss it out for them. Pauldrons often don't want to go with a cuirass till they are corrected.

James Arlen Gillaspie

The legharness for field harness made for mounted warefare works fine on foot once you get to about 1400 or so (I've read some earlier 14th c. accounts of English men-at-arms, in particular, ditching their legharness to fight on foot). SCAdian poleyns are typically made just plain wrong. They don't ...

James Arlen Gillaspie

You know, it oughtta be a law; anybody who's had elbow surgery simply shouldn't be allowed to throw a hammer at 12 gauge stainless!

James Arlen Gillaspie

Hello, Randall, Ye-ep, that's very true. I hadn't bothered to mention the wildly out of date stuff (by date of death) that shows up every now and again. I've done a lot of thinking about how artists did their job during the age of plate, brass and effigy makers and their tendency to adhere to standa...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Thomas, I hope you have 3-phase power!

James Arlen Gillaspie

Here's a little 'Dating 101', Quansu; it is the date of the PRODUCTION of an effigy that is cardinal, NOT the date of death. A classic example is the famous effigy of the Earl of Warwick who died in 1439. The making of the effigy started about 1453, and the model used for the effigy was probably the...

James Arlen Gillaspie

Thomas, please! The 'Real Wrought Iron' stuff is screaming CRRRAAAAP! to make armour from; it's so delaminated it's falling apart! YOU are the only one who has real armour grade stuff I know of!

Helmet halves for sale

Europaisches Helme first edition (book) for sale

Wanna-be katana for sale

Partial German 'gothic' gauntlets for auction

Breastplates for sale

Books for sale