The Armour Archive

Lloyd

Mercenary Tailor, Pitbull and Horsefriend

All three great armourers and honorable gentlemen. With them you will get rock solid armour, at a fair price, and be able to buy with confidence knowing that you will get the armour you ordered.

Lloyd

Good luck everyone and thanks for supporting Allan!

Lloyd

You might also try oxbowbooks.com - as they have a tremendous selection of historical books for sale at extremely low prices (got a number of my Graduate school texts there for way less than what they were being sold elsewhere). Try these links: Islamic World ; Crusaders ; or Medieval World Overview...

Lloyd

Damn those are sweet! Crap, maybe I can sell the legs I have now....

Just to keep you in the loop - the sallet/bevor will be on its way to you on Tuesday (I get paid once a month, on the 1st). Looking forward to seeing the gauntlets.

Have a great day, my friend, and thanks again!

Lloyd

bryanrobbins wrote:what about the sheilds from here http://www.livesteelarmor.com/gal/joshdsym.html Blankenshield, they look pretty darn cool.

Oh no, he who must not be named...

I haven't used his gear, but I know that it didn't have the best reputation in the jousting community.

Lloyd

I'ved used pretty much every type of jousting shield out there (started jousting in '81) and have experience with both the HE shield and 12ga stainless (set up as a bolted on grande gard and a 12ga mild shield by Age of Armour). I want to throw in one more name - Vitus. Vitus sent me a couple of his...

Lloyd

Did you check with Velund?

Lloyd

I am also putting coat after coat of epoxy on 15 different shields. I cannot recommend Vitus' ecranche shields for jousting (SCA, Balsa, or even Heavy Armour styles), these things are nearly indestructable. If you are even giving the tiniest thought to jousting - get one of these TODAY! http://i237...

Lloyd

raito wrote:
LOGOS wrote:
Ron Broberg wrote:Some day the Battle of Thirty will be fought with steel.

Probably not in our lifetime...

Possibly in our lifetime. Probably not in the SCA.

Now you are talking about an organization that I think I could join.

Lloyd

RenJunkie wrote: I do hang about 14" over the back of the heel tho.

Good Lord, Man, how large are your feet?! :wink:

Oh c'mon, you know you all were thinking it!

Lloyd

InsaneIrish wrote:world's first invisible pair of X-chairs?

If so, I want them!!

Lloyd

Still available

I agree with you Ka0z - but KOA has it for $169,so it wouldn't make sense to sell it for more. I'm just not wired that way.

Lloyd

Buy my stuff.... I need a new horse - if I had a nickle for everytime I have said that...

Lloyd

Alric of Wiard wrote:
Murdock wrote:"but to use steel at my size would be about 60 pounds of metal"

grow stronger

The term smartass springs to mind.......

Your not the first.....

Lloyd

#1- Don't be a dick. Don't break your freinds. #2- Do you feel safe in your harness, and do you realize you can die a horrible and painful death participating. #3- All weapons must not pass between a 1" bar gap. No matter what. #4- Don't be a dick. Leo, you forgot "#5 - Rebatted steel is ...

Lloyd

Well, Richard was killed by an arrow during a seige of a French castle. But, I have never seen any evidence that "seigers" tied bags of oil onto portcullis and then fired them (explosively)to burn through the gates. There are accounts of setting fires at the corners of non-round fortificat...

Lloyd

Bump and looking for others to join in with their photo sets and/or links.

Lloyd

Jeff will be 48 in 2 weeks. He started jousting when he was 40, but he had been riding for 20 years before that. 2 weeks ago he was kicking butt and taking names- http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs700.snc4/62071_471313301207_593316207_7174266_7420626_n.jpg He intends to do it all over a...

Lloyd

Lance and ecranche.

Nothing beats thundering down the list on a powerful horse, the point of impact, your lance splintering and you staying in the saddle after your opponent has given you their best shot. There is just something Zen about it.

Lloyd

I turn 48 in 4 weeks.

Lloyd

I know, its not perfect:

http://www.translation-guide.com/free_o ... to=English

Lloyd

Between you and Vitus...you 2 are trying to kill me with kindness, I just know it!!

Lloyd

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=121862

Some of them aren't copywritten...

Lloyd

No disagreement about head carriage (I have had to aim around Valour's nogging on many occassions) . While I have, over the past 12 years or so, jousted predominately on Drafts and Draft/Crosses - since I started jousting back in 1981, I have also jousted on QH and Thoroughbreds, (some right off the...

Lloyd

Allan at Mercenary Tailor - www.merctailor.com

Lloyd

Hey Brother, Take me off the list. While I appreciate the thought, and agree that this is not only a great idea (for "our types" of businesses) and shows just what kind of upright, honorable person you are, I would rather increase the chance for someone who is a NEW customer for you. Trust...

Lloyd

Of course there is always one (or two) exceptions to the rule: http://api.ning.com/files/cdZT1CZ1C7F9nbIqB-EHTEB0YykAbUc0FrKzgM6dnnZX6qZUnJWjCcnjKQ5yFhcVw8NC-phHE6fhpC8ZLB0M4ELZ9NdMF93V/cass4.jpg http://api.ning.com/files/cdZT1CZ1C7HwrUlK-PT3Iaj0O78mOkDmM7UFSHucFOwKpdGG0QOJk*5vZ5Q8R2ekS1LGmleA3qANsc...

Lloyd

I prefer draft crosses (especially Percheron/QH), but have spent plenty of time of pure drafts. I like them mostly because of their good nature, character and willingness to work with you. Most are like big puppies and I have a great picture of my daughter, who was 3 at the time, walking across the ...

Lloyd

I must be dense, never noticed that it was mesh, always thought it was scales

Medieval bridles/tack.

Lloyd

or do a search for "aglets" singing "A - G - L - E - T, don't forget it..." If you have kids under 10, you'll get the joke. There a a few merchants overseas that sell them, but not a ton here in the states. I bought in quantity from Gwen when she had them. Under 10? Dude.. if yo...

Lloyd

Conrad the Mad wrote:or do a search for "aglets"

singing "A - G - L - E - T, don't forget it..." If you have kids under 10, you'll get the joke.

There a a few merchants overseas that sell them, but not a ton here in the states. I bought in quantity from Gwen when she had them.

Lloyd

Belts with period buckles and tips. You don't necessarily need to offer belt studs, but quality, reasonably priced, correct period belts with buckles/tips would sell across SCA/LARP/LH groups.

Thick leather vamplates for lances would also be on my list.

Lloyd

Leif has to win. He made me promise him years ago that I would do a solid lance joust at his coronation. Still waiting....

Lloyd

I know that much of the armor in knight's tale is 15th and 16th century stuff, but are you sure that the story line is that late? The characters; Geoffry Chaucer and the Black Prince were 14th century persons of note and from what I've read the story is based in 1370 (despite all that is to the con...

Lloyd

I figured when Astrid was talking about shield dimensions on FaceBook that Leif was in.

Re: First Impressions-Westland Norse 2-toggle Boot