The Armour Archive

Rev. George

their main interest was in overweight sex-swaps and bodily fluid exchanges

Amd you say they are gone? damn....

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Rev. George

Some creature comforts might be nice. A proper brazier, shaving bowl (doubles as a helm for the quixote types), pitcher and "sink"/basin, that sorta thing... Another thing that might be cool, but i dunno how well it would work, would be prinicpal heraldric charges in brass/pewter/aluminum for rivett...

Rev. George

The way one COULD do it, would be to have lugs on the inside of the helmet. that way, a given face poke could only push the mempo back so far.

As to putting the mempo over a bargrill, it si doable, but that's a mucking big mempo. (especially for something that is supposed to fit to your face)

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Rev. George

Alcy: I believe the "fair use" was me taping the critter. But to be honest, i'm not a copyright lawyer..if i were, i'd probably own my home, and probly not live in athens... E: You said The size of mail links varied, but what you've quoted is a fairly good average. The biggest ones seem to have been...

Rev. George

I know a coupel folx were wanting to purchase some feastplates, etc from me for thier freinds and family for christmas. Just a freindly reminder that Christmas is 8 days away, and the post office is backed up during the holidays...

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Rev. George

Ld Murdock in these pix is pretty cap a pie (he's the cahp in the spiff barbute) http://www.geocities.com/aidancambel/ there's this: From april 2001 (the nants' boars hunt pas) Again the spiff barbute is murdock, bastain is to his left, gaston/ bob hurley/the viking formerly known as thorgrim is to ...

Rev. George

you said: (Battle of Visby, 70% of initial wounds were below the knee) Not to argue a lot, but i'd have to say that 70% of the wounds that we have evidence of... Bob the dane marches out, and gets his throat cut. sam marches out and gets gutted. In both of these cases, there is no bone evidence... I...

Rev. George

E: i saw the history channel special withthe arrow and maille thing...it was pretty impressive... i have the tape if anyone wants to borrow it. i would like my tape back. I would also appreciate it if you NOT copy it, as that would be illeagle. (as an aside, i also have a couple other history channe...

Rev. George

Yes.

LOL

From my understanding leine is the ?gaelic? word for linen. But the type of shirt you are probably talikning about is definately documentable for the later period, And, if i'm not mistaken we have some evidence for it to have been used earlier, even much earlier.

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Rev. George

Yoou know i was thinking, perhaps a "jumbo economy sized" bauzuband to wear under your trews and garters...

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Rev. George

I dont believe that the wrap shot was ever used against an armoured opponent during the period we portray. There is some evidence that the back side of the blade was used to SLICE the back side of an opponents torso/limbs. In these cases those areas, or the entire body, are unarmoured. Using the des...

Rev. George

Most of your metal patterns can be done in leather... FOr example alan baldtrees gorget pattern works REALLY nicely in leather...
[img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/forsale/gorgright.JPG[/img]

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Rev. George

did you remeber to remove the SPAM portion of his address?

IIRC, his adress is somethinglike user@SPAM.provider.com

He put the "spam" part there to prevent casual address harvesting.

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Rev. George

This should be on the faq... "why do they do XXXXXX in the SCA, its not in the rules." Answer: SCA penchant for orthodoxy... same reason people throw wraps. Same reason waxed leather is so common. Same reason people throw a fit when ANY rule change is mentioned. It all boils down to the "its what we...

Rev. George

You might be able to laminate the rattan with layers of horn/bone/fibreglass and get something serviciable....

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Rev. George

Ofc ourse if a leg blow is supposed to be a amputaion, i'll argue you would die, rather quickly...

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Rev. George

Sarnac.... what if you wanted to have a 3 foot iorn bar sharpened to a spike? could that hit flat?

And its at least as period/ effective as a madu

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Rev. George

BTW... I have the otto's guide to making armour:

http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/armor.pdf

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Rev. George

To address the mellee "cheaters", merely make it an engagement issue. When you are engaged, three blows will be required to force you to retire. if you break engagement (forcing all comers to yeild/retire, or they happen to see the prince off by himself and leave you), then your blow count resets. -+G

Rev. George

that's good to hear ivar....
(I ordered knee cops onetime, and ended up with what worked as elbow cops...LOL)

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Rev. George

well why noy put a fan peice on it, then hack it off when done?

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Rev. George

Ok...question on the Xtra large fanned cops...

Is that "cop with extra large fan?"
OR
"Extra large cop with porportional fan"

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Rev. George

Massa G's webserver went down... but now he's got a new URL... i just cant remeber what it is

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Rev. George

I'll second steve's advice... dont steal stopsigns. or "bridge out" signs, or anyother sign...

if you must steal a road sign, pick something like: "this area litter patrolled by troop 113" or "speed checked by detection devices"

Just dont do it...

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Rev. George

Probably...but damn if its not cool...

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Of course if i got one, i'd want it chased in brass, with all kinds of roupouse...so unless some rich woman needs a gigalo, or i hit the lotterry....

Rev. George

You know i always wanted a thracian helm...

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Rev. George

hey sasha:

Any word from the post?

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Rev. George

It only grows overseas: What have you got against the orient? Well i'd rather my money stay in america. It is environmentally unfriendly: Itâ€™s a plant, how can it be environmentally unfriendly? Ever visit the south? one word: Kudzu. To address the rattan issue, if i'm not mistaken farmers in trop...

Rev. George

It only grows overseas
It is environmentally unfreindly
no tow sticks are alike due to organic origin
it is short lived for what we do
it is difficult to get a uniform thickness and straighness
it promotes the use of ugly ducttape...

Shall i go on?

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Rev. George

Here i was thinking that this was about blue feather (or open minded female) armourers...

Sorry... had to say it...

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Rev. George

it always seemed like saying " I can fight you with one hand behind my back" (i keep seeing snagglepus in armour in my mind) though i see the honour behind it...

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Rev. George

BTW... Master geoffreys gauntlets are by far some of the nicest full gaunts i've ever handled...And one day, when i have the cash i shall own a pair.

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Rev. George

Owl's nest is a shire in GA. Northwestern metro atlanta area.

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Rev. George

My choice would be the henry 8 butt suit...

You're in atlanta, right aidan? If so i'll loan you my copy of AAotMK, and you can see for yourself...

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PS Congratulations

Rev. George

If i'm not mistaken scale (both mill and forge) is ferric oxide. Rust is ferrous oxide. Therefore the inclusion of one tends to exclude the other (though, with the proper process, one can be turned into another).

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