The Armour Archive

Rev. George

This is what they look like:

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~cavender/armour/

Rev. George

I'm definately against exposed plastic. Its an eyesore (most of the time) and blatantly mon period (unless your period is 2079, after the fall of the new berlin moon colony). It all boils down to suspension of disbelief. There exists for all of us, a line, that once crossed destroys any "magic" we h...

Rev. George

Have y'all considered that not everyone wears a lot of armor. The only armor that I have between my kidney belt and my gorget are my ribs, a t-shirt and a broadcloth surcoat. I don't wear upper or lower leg armor nor upper arm armor. If you're cranked up to nail someone with a breastplate, you'll s...

Rev. George

BTW:

I did some searching for pictures of "whale bone" (actually the balleen of balene whales). Every picture i could find had it either black, or a dark brown. If I'm not mistaken, there are precious few species that have white or tan balene.
So maybe an acetone wipe on siloflex?

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Rev. George

You anglo-centricist. I believe, for SCA heraldry, the convention is not used, either due to lessening the load for heralds, or because such practice was not uniform across the period and regions the SCA covers. I will admit that the other blazon is tecnichaly accurate. Heraldry is like that sometim...

Rev. George

It could be blazoned that way, however, I believe the official blazon is:

Azure, a cross arrondi between four roundels, a bordure argent.

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Rev. George

It's one of mine...

here's what it look like on a wider man:
[img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/sewing/Ecotefront.JPG[/img]
[img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/sewing/Ecoteside.JPG[/img]

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Rev. George

I was exagerrating for effect. looking at the AOA to KSCA times ahve been increasing as time progresses.

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Rev. George

Put some gaffers tape across the top of the thrusting tip, and it wont skip as much..

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Rev. George

le bump

Rev. George

50-50? Doesn't that mean that half of the current knights are fighting below what they require of entry level knights? Of course, those are the guys that were knighted back in the day, when you could be knighted after a year or two. Always struck me as funny that it took say 2 years to become a kni...

Rev. George

Here's a thought: A steel dog collar gorget, paddr, and wrapped in leather At the top seam, there is a strip of leather that sticks up. Then have the maille attach to the strip of leather that sticks up. From the outside it looks like a standard, but protects liek a dog collar.

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Rev. George

The ASTM # is ASTM D 2239

Perhaps that will help.

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Rev. George

The convers is also true. Because the market will not bear the price of really good work, we see bad work. poll the scadian mass, and you'll see that the "ideal helm" is perfectly formed, alows superior vision, mobility and comfort while staying under the 150 dollar mark. May as well be carved from ...

Rev. George

Uhhh do you realize the exorbitant fees ups charges to go to canada? I shipped banner, a tunic, a tabard and belt favour to canada. USPS cost 20 dollars, including tracking, and insurance. UPS wanted about 60, and said that there may be additional brokerages fees charged to the recipient. Admittedly...

Rev. George

Maybe a boiled leather "clacker" taped to the top of the thrusting tip?

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Rev. George

[img]http://sites.netscape.net/tkekona/Hall01altcrop.jpg[/img]

This pic isnt mine, Greyholt posted it on an earlier thread. the guy to the far right is wearing one.

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Rev. George

http://www.TWLeather.com/twlstar.htm

side of 14/16 oz leather: 79.99

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Rev. George

Here... i tossed them up on my site for a bit...easier access. [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/aelric/Aelric.jpg[/img] Aelric [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/aelric/GuntherAelric.jpg[/img] Gunther and Aelric [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/aelric/RaymondAelric....

Rev. George

You know if the horns were mounted somewhere else on the helmet. Maybe on the browband? they look exceptionally goofy where they are.

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Rev. George

To quote a fellow archiver: "Rev is a big, big boy" around 6'5" about 300 lbs 19" bicep 8" wrist 20" neck 24.5" head 56" chest (when flexed) As for the sizing on the fencing mask, like i said its a lil small for me. it is though adjustable, so that pretty much means i am just beyond the extrema. -+G

Rev. George

You've got to be joking, right? Flat sheets straight from the mill will rust no matter how shiny they are. Polished steel will rust faster that blued / blackened steel, and requires more care Polished steel does resist rusting more than unpolished. dont believe me? take a sheet of stel. Polish it. ...

Rev. George

No...they are cold rolled.

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Rev. George

If I'm not mistaken, the gorget could be used for fencing as well. But otherwise no. I bought the mask in order to start my kit. sigh.

Of course I can make SCa fencing "armour" so there is an option too.

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Rev. George

Ok...so it is shameless commercialism. [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/forsale/maskfront.JPG[/img] [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/forsale/maskside.JPG[/img] Fencing mask. I bought this off e-bay, and its a hair too small for me. I've cleaned it up, conditioned the trim, et...

Rev. George

Ok...according to his archive Bio, he is from Bismarch, North Dakota.

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Rev. George

Do they make it? reason I ask is that one way of looking at what we do is to think of it as a whale bone behourd. would a siloflexed sword (in dingy white/beige) look better than out duct tape standard?

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Rev. George

Ares, actually you wouldnt. Steves tools do make the job a bit easier (at least theoretically, as I have never used them), But even he started out with not "specialized" tools. If you would rather make round rivet maille, look here: http://www.armourarchive.org/essays/rivet_revgeorge/index.shtml At ...

Rev. George

Also, I've seen about a hundred pewter/silver spoons of 14th and 15th century date, and these are the only two I've seen with a spiral along the handle. You hit the problem chef. We must assume more than 100 people had a spoon between the years 1301 and 1400 (i mean that's about 5 modern generation...

Rev. George

http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001180.html

Look there...

The guy is known as damn(ed) dane. And his pics were up on geocities, but they got kinda pissy about the traffic....

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Rev. George

RB: Why would there be an uprising? I not advbocating denying them membership to the order of the chivalry (maybe we could change the name to order of the sword. we have Oothe Rose Oothe Laurel Oothe Pelican)I'm just denying them the title knight and the styling of sir, chevailier, ritter or don. th...

Rev. George

So why arent you knighted?

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Rev. George

http://www.re-enact.com/Artefact4.htm
spoons from 3 GBP

http://www.by-the-sword.com/accessories.html (scroll down almost to the bottom
fork & spoon $27

http://www.newmoon.uk.com/catalogue/Med.htm
37 dollars pair

Just some stuff i found after looking...

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Rev. George

RB: therein i think lies the problem. There are plenty of titles/awards/stylings to signify membership in a mounted elite military class. The samurai for example. The equites. The huscarl (historically, not the SCA award in some (backwards LOL) kingdoms) Perhaps (never will happen) membership into t...

Rev. George

A question to the chivalry: After the commentary on the katana not being a knightly weapon-- Does persona/period at all figure into the determination? Or is a care given to the fact that persona X doesnt use weapon Y because his persona wouldnt have acess to it? Or the culture placed different empha...

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White/ beige siloflex