Ulik wrote:Here is mine still in progress. Made of Eldesar aluminum plates.
I think if I was ever going to do lamellar again I'd go with larger plates for better protection.
What's your chest row length? (squints)
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- Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:48 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Lamellar question...preference?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 565
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:41 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Lamellar question...preference?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 565
Wear... over.... unnecessary. Now, mine's banded, so there's a thin layer of leather... but generally speaking, supplemental layers are simply some minor padding, if that. Of course, the weight of steel is an ADVANTAGE here.... I don't wear my rivetted chain for protection, I wear it's 15lbs for lo...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:39 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Lamellar question...preference?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 565
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:49 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Lamellar question...preference?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 565
- Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:20 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Period helm padding VS. The evil blue foam
- Replies: 53
- Views: 1853
New Helm - How to pad it.
I'm bumping this thread because it's of current importance to me. All I've ever padded with is foam, and my head is usually an oven. --- I have purchased a pretty new helm from Shamrock, and figure I should pad it the best possible way for protection and comfort. If anyone has any further informatio...
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:30 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Wanted: Occular Spangen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 186
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:13 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Wanted: Occular Spangen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 186
Wanted: Occular Spangen
I've seen the white mountain one here, just something not doing it for me. My dream helm is a knotwolf look, pitted, greys, blacks, and brass, occular. I really like the slat back style helms, for instance I love the top and back of the Zweillhammer(sp?) kit. I have a 24" head, and almost had a...
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:32 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Stainless lamalar for sale
- Replies: 11
- Views: 474
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:27 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FS: White Mountain Armory Viking Helmet *SOLD*
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1469
- Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:03 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Tir Righ Baldric - Regalia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 230
It looks very well made. But, I find myself drawn to the massive hardware on the piece. The huge buckles and tips seem to overpower it. Point taken. There's 2 different size buckles on it and I was contemplating using the smaller buckle on both the front and back near the bottom instead of the larg...
- Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Tandy Leather ---Armor Plates---
- Replies: 31
- Views: 913
I believe that leather armor should be about sixty percent more expensive than it is. It is only the very small barriers to market entry that keep our expectations so high, price wise. There is always some young, hungry turk ready to jump into the market and undercut everybody's prices. f My prices...
- Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:49 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Tir Righ Baldric - Regalia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 230
Hjlmr inn Danski wrote:Greetings,
That's sexy, Magnus.
The Skewer of the North has some sweet regalia already, the cloak in particular, but the baldric is like the icing.
Huzzah!
Hjlmr inn Danski
Thanks, was a fun project and really helped me as a craftsman since I had only done one Baldric prior to this.
- Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:47 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Looking for someone to build leather body armor (byz lamalla
- Replies: 12
- Views: 292
Wait. Do you want the lamellae tooled or just some part of the cuirass? Because tooling individual lamellae will probably not be cheap. The artist will probably hunt you down and kill you for making them work on something that tedious. Plus the person who sells hardened leather lamellae is Torvaldr...
- Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:34 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Tir Righ Baldric - Regalia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 230
Tir Righ Baldric - Regalia
Baldric I just finished for the Principality of Tir Righ with a material investment from the current Rapier Champion, Lucien. - 4 visible stars (5 in total because the frog is reversible so it can be worn over the right or the left shoulder. - Lined with black leather. This is the 2nd baldric I've m...
- Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:11 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FS: White Mountain Armory Viking Helmet *SOLD*
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1469
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:21 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Rapier Blades - New
- Replies: 9
- Views: 256
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:58 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Rapier Blades - New
- Replies: 9
- Views: 256
Rapier Blades - New
Hanwei 37" Rapier Blades (New)
$40 + 10 shipping
OR
2 for $75, Shipping should be similair
$40 + 10 shipping
OR
2 for $75, Shipping should be similair
- Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:34 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: WTB Leather guantlets, gorget
- Replies: 7
- Views: 219
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:04 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FS: SOLD&SHIPPED - Thanks! Tooled leather pencil holder
- Replies: 5
- Views: 232
- Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:43 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather Tooling - Printing to Tracing Film
- Replies: 5
- Views: 216
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:46 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What's up with the smaller and smaller thrusting tips?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 1747
Re: What's up with the smaller and smaller thrusting tips?
Why are there now experiments using smaller and smaller thrusting tips on weapons? I wasn't all that happy with the Low Profile Thrusting Tip as I thought they could cause some serious harm. Now there are experiments with Extreamely Low Profile Thrusting Tips and even thrusting with no padding at a...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:24 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather Tooling - Printing to Tracing Film
- Replies: 5
- Views: 216
Leather Tooling - Printing to Tracing Film
I tried printing to tracing film with my ink jet with terrible results a while ago, I didn't think it would work but figured "what the hey!" So I just tossed my inkjet since it's $100 to replace the stupid ink and bought a $65 laser printer. I taped some tracing film to a piece of paper, a...
- Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:05 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Rapier fighter training standards
- Replies: 15
- Views: 291
My own 2 cents having done a bit of rapier and a lot of heavy. The Rapier community here has actual practices that have structure and multiple days and a place to go. The heavy practices are more of a fight night. So if you want to get very good doing heavy, it's a lot of alone time doing drills. Ra...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:36 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: For Sale: Leather Musculata
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6625
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:37 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather Armor - No Specific Period
- Replies: 16
- Views: 575
I have ceramic blades, and prefer my steel ones. Ceramic feels like it has more drag. I think it's personal preference more than actuality. I strop the ceramic too. There are a number of small custom makers out there who are doing extraordinary swivel knives and blades to go with them. Same, people...
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:59 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather Armor - No Specific Period
- Replies: 16
- Views: 575
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:18 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather Armor - No Specific Period
- Replies: 16
- Views: 575
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:25 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather Armor - No Specific Period
- Replies: 16
- Views: 575
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather Armor - No Specific Period
- Replies: 16
- Views: 575
Leather Armor - No Specific Period
Though it has no specific period I'm trying not to cut it all fantasy with crazy curves and super sharp points etc.
Just thought I'd throw it up here.
[img]http://www.dark-horse.ca/newarmor_01.jpg[/img]
Just thought I'd throw it up here.
[img]http://www.dark-horse.ca/newarmor_01.jpg[/img]
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:10 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Is SCA armored combat for everyone?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1483
Re: Is SCA armored combat for everyone?
No, it's not for everyone. Just like various sports aren't for everyone.
Or any physical activity... heck.. is belly dancing for everyone? I might like to watch as a spectator, but you'll never see me belly dancing and you can thank the gods for that.
Or any physical activity... heck.. is belly dancing for everyone? I might like to watch as a spectator, but you'll never see me belly dancing and you can thank the gods for that.
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:12 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: WTB: Blackened Shield Boss
- Replies: 3
- Views: 128
WTB: Blackened Shield Boss
Looking for a shield boss similair to the following. Sir Ulfgar is being kind enough to make me a shield but needs to travel a ways to make a boss. I'd prefer to see if I can just get one sent to him that is similair to the ones he makes. Needs to be .. well.. pretty, ya I know it's just a boss but ...
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:21 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Show me the Lamellar!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4331
- Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:13 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Show me the Lamellar!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4331
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:13 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Stainless Sallet for sale
- Replies: 12
- Views: 631
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:04 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Thrusting Shields - Without a Thrusting Tip
- Replies: 14
- Views: 412
On a related note, I personally would prefer for someone to be allowed to thrust my shield without a tip, because I'm not fond of pokies, and whatever I can do to keep them off peoples swords, the happier I am. Out of curiosity, do you not like thrusties because they look like ugly or because you d...