The Armour Archive

Alcyoneus

I sent him a "thank you".

Alcyoneus

They were probably put in there in the most expedient manner possible. It was hot, they were dead (and didn't care), and they stunk. The armor was old, out of fashion and considered obsolesent. It was worn by the reserves since the real army was away somewhere else. They were attacked by the enemy f...

Alcyoneus

Well, if Billyoof in 13th Warrior can have Celtic-Gothic, then why not?

Alcyoneus

I wonder if he is serious in his description?
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Alcyoneus

How about The Black Legion, oughta work for Landsknechts...

Alcyoneus

I put it on from the baskethilt all the way down the front, over the top, and back down the back edge 6" or so. It covers almost all of the cutting edge I will likely strike with. I get it locally by the foot, I haven't a clue where you would get it in CA. I strike at range quite a lot (ask Morgan!)...

Alcyoneus

So how much? I'd hate to have to reinvent the wheel for more than you are charging...

Alcyoneus

Perhaps you are thinking of a falchion?

Alcyoneus

I recently started putting some 1" wide webbing on my swords. They are new, so I don't know if they are lasting longer yet, but the tape seems to hold up a little better. I also play a lot of range games and use my thrusting tips. It seems that the thrusters are holding up much better.

Alcyoneus

One reason I use BH is for hand protection. One thing that results from that is it helps balance the sword, which would not work effectively with leather, or plastic.

I have seen cour boulli bh, and they seem to work.

Alcyoneus

It is fun to take Latin lessons in the middle of the battle.

Alcyoneus

If done right, the weld should be stronger than the material welded. Therefore, if the weld breaks, somebody didn't do something right.

Alcyoneus

I got taken for $270 for some Bosch electric shears by a gal Pat Robertson in Altoona PA. Just recently Paypal got me $220 back from her account. I may have only lost $50, but I guess I shouldn't have outbid Sarnac.

Alcyoneus

They are very feasible to make, but not by very many people. Repousse in steel, especially fighting weight, isn't easy, and few do it.

Alcyoneus

DANCE!

Alcyoneus

I found the SCA there while in the USA, I was involved in the SCA from 12/81-6/82, when I got out of the Army. About the only person I think might still be there that we might both know is a math teacher from a HS? over in Kaneohe that I think was knighted some time after I left. Name? Beats the hel...

Alcyoneus

When I was there, I bought some at the Bamboo Barn? Bamboo Warehouse? in Honolulu 20 years ago...

Alcyoneus

It is an attractive piece.

Alcyoneus

I recently cut out 5 complete pairs of gauntlets (plus a couple extra parts) from a 22 1/2 pound sheet of 18g ss. After deburring, I had about 16 1/2 pounds of parts. There wasn't a piece of scrap left large enough to make a thumb piece out of. I had a small problem with the back edge of the top bla...

Alcyoneus

Various sizes it looks like. Round stock, flat stock... Some about 1/2"x1" or so, which is what I thought about using for making the triangular Japanese spears. Fuller, grind off and heat treat...

Alcyoneus

Do you mean like not being able to wear the chain and spurs?

Alcyoneus

Try "Fraycheck".

Alcyoneus

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vallconnan:
[B]everybody knows since pulp fiction we use the metric system

Sebastian

Vallconnan@gmx.de

We can blame that on a Hollywood movie? You used the English system prior to Pulp Fiction, right?

Alcyoneus

I hear "Bonsai" swords are good for chopping trees in half, but only small ones.

Alcyoneus

Well, at least the rules were in place at the beginning of the battle!

Last Estrella, we found that the legal targets and effects of missile weapons seemed to change in mid-flight.

Alcyoneus

I found some 4140 steel (annealed) flat barstock. Does anyone care to offer an opinion on whether it would make good weapons?

Alcyoneus

When you can remember dukes that were newbies just yesterday...

Alcyoneus

The drawing of the helm sort of looks like it is one of the rare transitional pieces between "gothic" and "maximillian". Hard to tell from a drawing though.

Alcyoneus

They suck. You think you are protected, and you aren't. Then you put your hands where you shouldn't. You can put plates on top of them, but at that point, why not just go with the gauntlets? <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Origin...

Alcyoneus

I met Duke Angus once or twice when he had moved to Ansteorra (app. Duke Inman's last reign), and have heard most of the details of this stuff recently, some I already knew. (knew about the FL case long ago)

It is almost like there are two people sharing the body.

Alcyoneus

There is a reason 16g is the minimum. "You get what you pay for, or you pay for what you get."

Alcyoneus

No effect whatsoever. Armor is a durable, luxury good. If people have the money and desire, they will buy it.

Now if the price of gas went through the roof it would sure as hell hurt the SCA.

Alcyoneus

One of Henry VIII's "gun shields"!

Alcyoneus

A couple of big points were Martin Luther and his "95 Thesis", and Henry VIII's first divorce.

There were other things prior to both of these, but I think these would be listed as the two major ones.

Alcyoneus

Dover has reprinted GC Stone's Glossary, so you should be able to get a pb version pretty easy.

Suggestive selling?

4140 Steel