The Armour Archive

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Which ones? There are some done, there are some rescheduled.

Bob

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Just in time for all you SCA East Kingdom subjects prepping for Coronation, Reconstructing History is proud to announce new early 16th century patterns for men and women! [url=https://www.reconstructinghistory.com/rh608-1490s-pre-tudor-womans-kirtle.php?s=&c=22&d=190&e=32&q=1&p=6...

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All the theses I downloaded were correct.

I think it's worth noting that this system is still in beta. There are probably some bugs to be expected.

I'm having a great deal of fun with this!

Bob

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Dansknecht wrote:Damn... What do you have?

A couple of Siegburg beakers and some late C17 brown English mugs. That's about it, really.

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Fellow seekers: Sorry if this is old news. I'm excited! I just found out about a new source for UK theses. m has heaps of digitized theses on any number of subjects, with more coming online daily. Just dithering about, I discovered a thesis called "Knightly armour in England in the age of the b...

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Bob, that's unfortunate. I was hoping you'd have some of the Elizabethan green and blackware pottery back again this year. If you have anything left, I'd love to take a look at it, especially a porringer or something. What do you have? Unfortunately, nothing like that. While I've got some of the gr...

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Can you divulge any rough costs, or is that proprietary? tax refund season is coming No, it's not proprietary; it's just complicated. There's a lot goes into making an historical garment, all of which impacts the final price. Materials, embellishments, the amount of hand-stitching, etc. - all these...

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Dansknecht wrote:Are you going to have any pottery at RF this year Bob?

Unfortunately, no. We're out of that line now, and we've decided to concentrate on clothing, patterns and notions.

Did you need something specific? I've still got a few pieces left.

Bob

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Don't forget: We can make to measure pretty much any pattern you see on our website.

Just sayin'.

Bob

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I vote for "ostracized madman". Your other stuff is too spiff for "beggar", and I don't trust you with either scythe or pitchfork; you'll put your (or someone else's) eye out. I've mown in C17 kit. It's warmish. Hell, I've done a half-mile of split-rail fence in C17 kit. Rolled-u...

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Dan, Right on, brother. Testify. The urge toward documentation in the "dress-up-in-funny-clothes-on-weekends" hobbyists is excellent. I find it more laudable when people - like you - place an overarching rule over their documentation: Do not make the rare common and the common rare. Sure, ...

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Suzerain wrote:Sarcasm aside, good luck, have fun, and remember, every time someone dresses in a tartan car blanket with blue facepaint on, God kills another cute, innocent fluffy haggis.

That's utterly perfect.

Bob

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... but the SCA as a whole will never come close to understanding, representing, or looking like the TRUE medieval era until it can get past its intitutionalized, codified repulsion of the medieval Christian religion. And that, of course, can not and will not ever happen. More's the pity. And I don...

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I respect everyone's faith. I despise everyone's religion. Faith fulfills a basic human need to believe in something. Religion is a fabrication by the powerful to control the weak. See, you're already passing judgement on folks based soley on your own perspectives and definitions, in an either-or k...

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While I theoreticaly heartily agree, the lack of church in the "official" side of the SCA does serve to make some of us (Jews, Moslems, ...various neo-Pagans) substantialy more comfortible in the SCA setting then we otherwise may have been. Arguably a far more useful (maybe even valuable)...

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How to appropriately represent the religious life in the Middle Ages -- somewhat on topic (imo) Who's imaginary friend is more period -- not so much. Valid for a different thread, but not in one discussion annoying inaccuracies. Well, it is and it isn't. An annoying inaccuracy is someone shoving th...

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Alright, enough already, "science fiction" and "fantasy" discussions can start their own thread. Chris I was going to read the bible, but I'm waiting for a signed copy... FTW! [REDDWARF] Archeologists near mount Sinai have discovered what is believed to be a missing page from th...

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"Always"? One makes statements like "trunkhose were always paned" at their peril.

Beyond that, what exactly are you talking about? "Paned" and "slashed" are different things.

Bob

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Scanning through my links, I found a very interesting and relevant image here.

Charlotte, what do you think? The liripipe all rolled up, and chaperons and all that.

Cheers,

Bob

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Charlotte and Flonzy will probably recognize this one. (Christus Rex, has it been that long?)

Not a "thug", exactly, except against sin!

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I want to butt in and say that the helm pictured above is a very good look for the harness discussed in the ITWBA Roundhead thread. While I can't vouch for the construction of the pot, it's as good an approximation of the early-C17 cavalryman's lobster-pot as I've seen for SCA heavy-lists combat. Wh...

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darksole03 wrote:This is because its a good generalization for anyone in the "Early Fantasy" realm. That outfit can go from literally 1300's all the way to 1800's. You get the shirt + Vest and BAM! your ready for any thing with the word "Ye" in it.

I do hope this is sarcasm.

Bob

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPwJ5198iYU

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Bob, these things are a big bowl of Win and Cookies slathered with Awesome-sauce.

Good job!

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But isn't saying "because we only have pictures of commoners wearing it means non-commoners DID NOT wear it" disingenuous? We can say for sure that commoners DID. We can not, in any way shape or form, say that nobles did not. Evidence is proof of something ; a lack of something is merely ...

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I appreciate you advice Bob, but I am not using a modern reenactorisim to describe the object - the object is so described in the 1475 list of badges for Edward IV expedition to France. If you have access to JSTOR, hit this link, and you will see it listed m So it is a 15th century English descript...

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w00t!

This is for you, Jeff:

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MJBlazek wrote:But I didn't pay for Win and Kittens! I paid fro the Doublet and Breeches!!! i knew you and Kas were nothing but con artists!!

Back under the stairs, Potter.

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Hmm. This seems like a better option than buying the patterns, and waiting for them to self-assemble. That hasn't worked out so well thus far... Except for the kittens part...can those of us allergic to cats get puppies instead? Of course. That'll be an extra charge, but "special needs" c...

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What on earth is a "Flemish Wives Hood"? I think what's happened here is that you, Chef, have been gainsaid by actual experts in this narrow field. While you have a broad area of knowledge in the 15th century, for which I compliment you, a broad area of knowledge is necessarily shallow. Th...

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A good friend of mine made an arming coat padded with bamboo batting. He swears by it. He testifies he stays exponentially cooler with the bamboo than the cotton batting he used to have.

YMMV. I haven't used it myself - yet! - so I can't testify personally. But he raves about the stuff.

Bob

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Should you wish to have ready-to-wear clothing, we can have any of our patterns made to measure by experienced tailors. can you expound on this a bit? Sure! Say you want the doublet and breeches in RH207 - Common Man's Doublet & Breeches . You contact us, we tell you what measurements we need, ...

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It may be tooting our own horn, but permit me to put forth Reconstructing History . We carry a complete line of patterns for pretty much any garment you'd like for men or women from ca. 1100 to ca. 1900. Should you choose to DIY (or you've got your own tailor), we've got patterns and notions, and we...

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Be leery of those swank boots. You really don't see them much at all until quite far into C17. When they first start appearing in portraiture, they're worn by kings and princes. Plus, the few we do see are so tight to the leg they hardly resemble what we think of as "bucket boots" - for th...

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