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Alcyoneus

I've been thinking of doing something like Henry V's surcoat, and incorporating a touch of 'modern military' heraldry in it. My arms on the body, kingdom badge on my R sleeve (unit you've seen combat with), and baronial on my L (present duty unit).

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M. Eversberg II wrote:So is it just called a chopper or does it have a regular name?

Mac Bible Horror Weapon #1.

There was one in the movie Tristan & Ysult.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkXG5ObwuJc&NR

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Wallace Collection, A4 is sleeveless, and open down the front. A5 is also sleeveless, both are mid 15thC.

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And you didn't come say hi?

The penalty is...one ballock dagger.

Do you need my mailing address?

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No pics for us, James? Unbelievables: The "Scandinavian" Buddha. (and remember, one group has a "only one Buddha per reenactment gig" rule) The statue of Lakshmi found in Pompeii. Anything by Negroli. The 'tribal' etching on the L pauldron on A 50 in the Wallace Collection. There is a three book tex...

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Please correct my comprehension errors. Centurion Daire de Haya fought no one in the first round, while Centurion Chiang Ti Lung fought a destructive bye in the same round. Duke Patrick Michael enters in the quarter finals, defeats Sir Morgan Buchanan, and is defeated by Count Gunthar Jonson. I know...

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I think that it would be just the thing for voiders. You might check with the AA's "first, and best loved German" Sebastian. There was a company in Germany that wasn't too excited about shipping to the USA, but I don't know if this it that company.

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This is the armor page.

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Hrolfr wrote:
Roisin wrote:Wulf,
Just for the record: I hit like a girl.
See you sometime soon. Bring your sticks.
Roisin

I know a guy that told a gal that, and she punched him in the ribs. He said it hurt a bit.

The next morning he realized that she'd broken at least one rib.

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Ask on the armor page.

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http://www.northwestpitchworks.com/

Smells good, too.

Do a google search for repousse pitch, and you'll find a number of recipes. The simplest is beeswax and plaster.

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Its my AA webpage, under Alcyon.

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The Wallace Collection's A4, A5, andA7 are specifically mentioned as having some tailoring, a couple others are mentioned as being of high quality, and tailoring is noted as being a sign of quality.

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Wallace A3 has a 5" slit at the neck closed with a hook. A4 is sleeveless, and opens down the front, but no closure method is listed (it is tailored, though). A5 has 6" opening in the neck, no closure method noted, it is tailored as well. A8 has a 8" opening in the neck, again... Here is the buckle ...

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Boudica means "victorious" so it wasn't her real name. Therefore, Queen Boudica doesn't make sense. Cheers. Why not, it worked for Queen Victoria! I have a book on British folk heros (I haven't looked at it in a long time...) that said that Victoria derived from Boudica, or at least had the same me...

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Baron Alejandro wrote:Animal, please be careful with the lead, man! Fumes are bad. We want you to have all your braincells.

Baron Alejandro is a zombie!

At least he's willing to share...

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"A316 Buckler "Circular, of wood, the flat front covered with dark red leather held by an iron rim; iron boss in the centre with pierced ornamental border secured by brass-headed nails; over this is fixed a sword-breaking ring (the under edge serrated), and below is a hook. The interior is also face...

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This is a Calico: [img]http://world.guns.ru/smg/calico100-22.jpg[/img] m) Calico is a fabric made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but owing to its unfinished and undy...

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Why? I strap mine so that they don't fall off of my hands when I fight.

You might bring them with you if you are coming tonight.

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I'll try to dig out my catalog. It should give size&weight, materials, and origin, if known.

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Botticelli's Portrait of a Man Holding a Medallion of Cosimo de' Medici, 1475 [img]http://www.fineartprintsondemand.com/images/prints/400/44369.jpg[/img] While I've found a couple criss-cross lacings from about the same era in Italy, this is the only double loop I've found so far in the med-ren eras...

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I don't understand why they would call it a 'theory' that the Norse were here prior to Columbus.

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You've done some good forming so far, and just need to do a bit of planishing. Anything you can see now will be magnified when it is polished. I like the points on the metacarpal, it adds quite a bit to the look.

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Keep it going.

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Wallace Collection?

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A number of years ago Regulus of Vinhold made armor. I know not how to get ahold of him today, and My Lobster-tailgorget he made is starting to break. I would like to get a new one made of SS but exactly the same otherwise. If I can't do that then I would like to get the pattern. Can anyone help? -...

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No, it does not look like crap. You haven't shown us the edge, but this doesn't look too bad. You could touch it up a bit, and sand some of the bumps down a little to clean it up.

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There are plans of doing excavations in these areas maybe some time next year, Ill keep you posted on the findings... /R I can read the headline now: Yes! It still stinks! That was one of the things the original dig had to content with, about 3' of oily, nasty decomposition. And once air got to it ...

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The next time you call, ask to talk to someone higher up in the food chain.

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If the roll touches the base of the buckler all the way around, it should be good enough for the fencers, as well. (No gap for a blade to catch) Depending on the kingdom, and inspecting marshals, you may or may not still need hose on the edge. If it is sturdy enough, and round enough I don't think i...

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The Pistoia? Altar shows bp over mail, with no back plates. c1376?

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Any shirt that included a mail standard would have to have some sort of way to tie the gap closed in order to make it stand up. Bishop's mantles often had buckles attached to plates that were riveted to the mail, in order to close the neck keyhole. the St Louis Art Museum has one like this, that als...

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I'd post scans, if I could make them right now, but I can't so this will have to suffice until someone pulls out the references and posts them. From Robert Held's A&A Annual Vol 1, 1973 Colaccio Beccadelli: an Emilian Knight of about 1340: http://www.ugopozzati.it/images/Beccadelli1.jpg Not too bad ...

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My legs are armored with hose, and virtue . I'm fooked. Thank you for posting this. I had done some limited searching as to what the long-term consequences of repeated bruising were, but the info didn't seem to be out there, so I assumed there weren't any. I'll bear this in mind as I upgrade armor.....

Cool Video (from Northshield)

Re: Regulus leather backed Lobster-Tail Gorget (pattern)