The Armour Archive

Norman

Well, whatever you guys are doing, figure it out and send me the results. Now I'm wating on you. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif BTW: Egfroth, I got your package in the mail. Once the Chanukah madness ends, I'll get cozy with my scanner. ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour ...

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I meant places to the West of Russia What do you mean by eastern limb defenses? ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505 The Silk Road Designs Armoury - http://www.enteract.com/~silkroad Jewish Warriors - http://www.geocities.co...

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<big>Big caution with monumental National Hero statues --</big> These were mostly done during the Romantic/ Nationalist period in the late 19th century or later on -- in that style. Historical research is NEVER a concern on these but rather the national image of the Heroic warrior. (thus Russia's 1...

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With Xena's armour, the fitted parts are a garment leather boostier (I have no idea how to spell that) -- something one could buy off-the-rack (pun not really intended). The metal parts are not so fitted but yeah, still best done "on site". The specific Xena armour looks like it was probably cast ra...

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Cyric, Taking advantage of the situation -- I know you sent me some questions, my apologies for not getting back to you - I wasn't (quite) blowing you off, my company has once again firewalled my email service and I just haven't had the time at home to sit down with the correspondence. If you send y...

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I don't know about vikings, but I'm sorry, the only armour that is period if you want to reenact me is a very particular type of maile and plates that's roughly 15th century Turko-Russian. You can see a picture of me in armour at my Armour of the Silk Road site (URL at sig) http://www.armourarchive....

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I just added a suggestion for modified versions for SCA-type games. Have a look. Further input is apreciated. ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505 The Silk Road Designs Armoury - http://www.enteract.com/~silkroad Jewish Warr...

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Thanks to some input from this board, I wrote up some suggested rules for playing Buzkashi in an SCA-type situation. Suggestions, comments... all welcome -- Have a look here: http://www.geocities.com/kaganate/buzkashi.html ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://ww...

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Cyric why do i see so much waxed leather in SCA.?? is there a reason..or anybody can answer One can certainly guess. Early on, references to cuirboli were not clearly understood past the fact that the armour was treated in some way (with "boiling"). You can see early historians speculating that it w...

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The problem with research on the Dark Ages is that it was ...dark. So the artists and chroniclers didn't realy see the armour well enough to document it in detail, and, again 'cause it was dark, the artists and chroniclers didn't quite see what they were doing either -- so the images are odd looking...

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oh, and as it relates to combat, and the recreation of, were there any period ways of dealing with this, or did nobody who would put on a helm have long hair? Braids. Braids were THEE thing for Turkic warriors. Do you wear a coif or arming cap of any sort or do you just go with the SCA usual of foa...

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What Nomad said. Beeswax, as far as can be found from the available materials is NOT period for hardening armour. Use Water. ...I wasn't too successful with Cariadoc's recipe though. I'd say reduce the temperature. At this point, my opinion is one is best off throwing leather pieces into a tub of ho...

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Thanks Halvgrim. That kinda crystalised some things for me. Anyone else?? ...it kinda sucks though that they said -- "here's this game we based on a sci-fi flick, if you really want to, you can find a period analog" instead of - "here's this period game, we needed to modify the rules for SCA - so we...

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That locked elbow thing -- Yeah man, like Firebow said -- that's a recipe for disaster. I like the chart DiGrassi (I think it was him) had -- you know, a series of circles with the edge of the sword as the outside, one with the shoulder as center, the next with the elbow, the next with the wrist bri...

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Alternatives for Mongols Two options I forgot to mention -- the "reinforced Khatangu-Dhegel" (Coat of Plates) and Big-@$$ Padded Coat. The Coats of Plate are quite common in contemporary illustrations of Mongols esp. in the "Persian world". The best illustrations of Mongols in thickly padded coats ...

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Torvald, I recomend a new thread with the first post stating the full details of what's available, price, ordering details... That thread to be used for orders only, the first post updated with information as things go -- Just as JT did it on the original order. ------------------ Norman J. Finkelsh...

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Kristoff - It is not Steel or Plastic. Leather is right between, and there's really little easier than making a leather Coat of Plates (and will look really spiff with the plates on the outside ...and with large - say 4 inch or so plates, possible mildew can be wiped off quite easily). Richard If y...

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How frequently would this game be played? I mean, you're pretty much wasting a couple day's worth of food... unless you're using a diseased animal, which doesn't seem to smart. Food?? What society cares solely bout food?? -- there's rituals everywhere that amount to wasting food. As I understand th...

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The reporter claimed that the use of the "half goat" was meant to simulate a partial human torso (presumably of a vanquished enemy). Sounds like war-time sensationalism to me -- "look at those barbarians - pretending to drag a dead guy around". The idea that it was practice for stealing sheep (and ...

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In support of Harbourfreight's anvil shaped objects I've had the Cast Iron one for a year. I like it. It's precisely the "anvil shape" that's important in what I use it for. (you're cold working mild sheet steel, I don't know that you really need a high quality anvil) ...that, and the hole finaly g...

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Sasa, Glad you got that one book. I still owe you two (got them sitting here, but my company has refused to ship them to Russia ...I have to find my way to the post office - and those things are not very conveniently spaced or scheduled http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/frown.gif ) Sorry I'm such a l...

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Sasa wrote: Since swords were "status things" and best blades were coming from Rhine area (Ulfberth, Ingelri and other workshops) even good blades made localy were decorated not by runes, but by imitation (remember, they were illiterate) of Rhine workshop's names (like cheep chineese brand AdiBas or...

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Look into Viking and Russian houses. ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505 The Silk Road Designs Armoury - http://www.enteract.com/~silkroad Jewish Warriors - http://www.geocities.com/jewishwarriors The Red Kaganate - http://...

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Janos said: Oh, and Norman, would there not be a single lower hole AND a middle hole? That depends on how lazy you are http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ...the lower hole would just be another horizontal lace, considering you already have two horizontal laces, it's all just belt-n-suspenders...

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Contact "Royal Armouries" and the "Wallace Collection", both are very friendly to hobbyists and may put you in touch with a local. Oh, and first time I was in London, I went to "The Clink" -- a two room museum of imprisonment, the guy that runs it has his armoury upfront. ...nice fella The Clink is ...

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When I was aprenticed and worked the NY Renn Faire in Tuxedo, a bunch of rennies would get together after-hours in the parking lots and fight (that was before those blimey new owners started charging for OUR lot and tightened the "trespassing" rules on us http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/frown.gif -...

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I found three "authentic" varieties described (ie: the real game played in Central Asia on horseback). How do YOU play it?? ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505 The Silk Road Designs Armoury - http://www.enteract.com/~silkro...

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Matt, Look closely at the pics in AAoMK. (those brass doors or whatever they are) Some of those have a small neck-plate. So you can go full SCA legal and get the look you want without hiding anything. ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens...

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I jotted down a little note on the game of Buzkashi and was hoping for comment. This is the main thread for it: http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000725.html ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505 The Silk Road Desi...

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I jotted down a little note on the game of Buzkashi. Here: http://www.geocities.com/kaganate/buzkashi.html Comments, corrections, addenda... are welcome. ------------------ Norman J. Finkelshteyn Armour of the Silk Road - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/3505 The Silk Road Designs Armoury - h...

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...and I don't even have a horse!

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Amalric -- That depends on your theory of what we are doing in SCA combat. I am advocating the notion of "in personna combat game" -- ie you personna is playing within the constraints of SCA rules, not just you as a "mundane". So -- what would your personna do if faced with SCA rules for guarding th...

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