The Armour Archive

Alcyoneus

I believe that the full version can be found in The Fighter's Handbook.

Alcyoneus

Halvgrim, try "Babelfish" it works pretty good, especially for short items.

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Cover the parts you don't want to see with suede. To continue down to the shoulders, try it first with cloth until you have adjusted it to the fit you like, then cut the leather.

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Be sure to flare the bottom of the greave out or it will cut into your foot.

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Can't you just make it like a large Bowie (or small Texas Bowie

) knife?

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The helmet is raised from 13g steel with a hammer.

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A friend of mine (Glendour- Talon Armory) had this helm on display at Pennsic, and I was wondering if any of you saw it and what did you think? I saw it before it was finished and painted, and was curious.

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Makes sense, any idea how early?

It looks like there is some sort of design on the concho, but I won't know until it gets here.($3 for the set, $3 bank fees, $9 shipping. lol)

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http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1457075866&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=998735249&indexURL=0&rd=1

So. What do you think?

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by JT: If the latter -- in keeping with medieval policies -- he will be eviscerated, drawn, and quartered. His head will then be stuck on a pike by the main page as a warning t...

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Looks like lorica from here.

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A few years ago, two friends and I were plinking in a rural area. We'd shot there before (private property that we had access to) and had been shooting a number of pistols and other items. It is a large, overgrown field. We look up and about 30-40 yards away we see a lone police officer heading our ...

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That should work fine. It doesn't hurt to have spare straps handy of the type that fit specific armor parts in case of sudden failure.

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There are welders that would probably work, but they are probably expensive jewelry welders. Do you really intend to weld 10's of thousands of rings together?

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People have been using them for years, I've never heard of one coming off. If they are made well, no problem. If they are junk, it doesn't matter who makes them.

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Hows about Galilea?

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In battle we probably all get a little adrenaline flowing and our acknowledgement goes up a little. Some get powered reactive armor and ignore a lot.

When whole units are known for it...

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I've seen references to similarily designed "mail" in Japan. They were still making that type of shirt in the 18th/19th C, if not of that design. Looks like a less "skill intensive" way to make a shirt.

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Thanks! Okay everybody, we now have no excuse for using French terms!

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One coat of plates I was looking at from about 1500 (don't remember exactly, but it was pretty late), had rather small plates. No sleeves to mention, and it didn't go much below the waist. It weighed 24 pounds. It had a lot of rivets, but not they wouldn't weigh THAT much, so the plates in this suit...

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I've seen photos of "wrought iron" fences made out of collections of gothic armor. [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/mad.gif[/img]

Pretty disgusting ain't it.

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If it was mine, it would be sharp for that reason, otherwise, I'd just use a sharp rod.

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I know it was used on some brigandines, which makes sense because of the amount of surface area and the cloth to hold in sweat and water would ruin it rather quick.

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For the quickest overview of an area, I would start with some of the Man-at-Arms series on the particular topic, and then look for more detailed and accurate info elsewhere. Osprey's series isn't bad, but it is sort of like using "Cliff Notes".

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They were Gods!

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1. It was pretty. 2. Somebody had to repair the armor in the museums, or build replacement pieces for incomplete suits. 3. There's money in forgeries. 4. They had a brief revival of tournaments during the Regency period. 5. "Rail Baron's" and other rich folks aspired to decorate their mansions with ...

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No, the first link insn't, but you can get to it from the second. The Nottinghamshire and Northhamptonshire helmets are rather similar.

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Try this and look around:
http://www.angelcynn.org.uk/index.html

I'll get this computer crap figured out someday. Or not.

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I found the pioneer helm!

http://www.angelcynn.org.uk/inline_graphics/warfare/war12.jpg

It is a good page (just found it!) with plenty of info.

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Is that "profit", "ordinary profit" or what?

How much? [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/cool.gif[/img]

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I think this came up awhile back with no response, I'd like to see it too. I hope someone can at least tell us what book to find it in.

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Or the colors/badge of your local group. Or primer.

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I was reading awhile back about period accounts of Norse/Vikings having to step on their blades to straighten them out after taking a few wacks. I guess they made the best blades then.

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Hurry up and make those swords, Krag. We can test them on Chris.

Black and White Burgeonet at Pennsic

Conchos are period!