The Armour Archive

Rev. George

I use a pair of linesmans pliers in one hand, and a pair of 8" needlenose in the other. I tend to keep my hands perpendicular to one another.

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Rev. George

Ok... so the "wave" is out (or are you referring to the SCA specific " bar twisted and split" fork? As to the tang/handle I am trying to find something that could easily be stamped, rather than cast, as stamping seems to be cheap. As to the pewter issue, I think you are right, and it may be part of ...

Rev. George

Well boredome set in, and I decised to draft some pics of feast gear, and wanted some commentary. I do realize that there is little or no evidence of forks used for most of the period (at least as EATING untinsels) [img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/pics/feastgear.jpg[/img] The drawing to ...

Rev. George

I've seen sueded leather into the 8 oz range. Course most of it is around 3-6 oz, pretty tough for a backing/covering..

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Rev. George

and "they hit harder back then"

And "our rules are rooted in our past"

Maybe its time to re-evaluate some of ouyr rules left over from those days...

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Rev. George

As an aside, anyone do any horn work? I've been pondering trying to make some simple items, a comb, a spoon, etc and was wondering how difficult it would be.

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Rev. George

I think the whole thing can be boiled down to two words:

FIRE BAD!!!

Everything else is just details.

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Rev. George

Fricken aussie post...grumble grumble...

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Rev. George

As an aside, notice how all the lammelar on that page overlap downward?

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Rev. George

Well I dont have any evidence of that plate. The "joke" I implied, was that if we look soley at statuary/ pictographic evidence, we have no frapping clue what the "hidden" edge looked like. Its possible it was straight, or notched, etc. We'll never know. Of course, we also have plenty of statuary/pi...

Rev. George

Crackpot idea du jour:

If your weapon is broken via "anvilling", can you still thrust it into your opponents face?

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Rev. George

Maybe a black or red arming cote, and metal "bones" cut out of plates and connected by maille rings, I would say embossing the greaves and bracers to look like they are aflame would be cool too. For the back, continue the bone motif, and put large spike coming off each "verteba" in the "vertebral co...

Rev. George

Maybe it was used to lanyard the baton?

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Rev. George

I thought that was Theatyn...Though I've only met him twice, He struck me as one of the nicest folx.

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Rev. George

Birka traders has a byzantine rectal probe/ eating utensil (no one is sure if its for eatin or doctorin) but that's gonna be hard core early period.

I've been looking for a supplier of them, but to no avail.

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Rev. George

If I'm not mistaken, Its there to hold plumes.

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Rev. George

Geocities strikes again.

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Rev. George

Introducing: "the Kidney plate" Usable as either B or D, the kidney plate makes life simple, and promotes world peace (wait, it's armour, cant really) Increases overlap, and is supported by statuary evidence(As much as any plate can be represented by only one side showing) http://www.arches.uga.edu/...

Rev. George

What are the dimensions on the two different "B" plates?? Normal B: 1.25" X4" Stubby" 1.25" X 3" "dog tag" 1.5" X 3" Why does the stubby-B have a triangular cut-out? -- it should be identical to the other one, just stubier. Because I drew it that way...LOL Seriously, the tecnique I used to but the ...

Rev. George

The express purpose of this board is:
For trading/Selling/and posting items that you need very badly.

I dunno...german chocolate could be something i need badly

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Rev. George

I've heard that the copper tarish (the greenish blue stuff) is bad for you.

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Rev. George

Do you need hosen steve?

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Rev. George

Funny you should mention that...

I went ahead and altered the "D" shaped plate drawings to have rounded corners.

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Rev. George

Yes I have some left (3-4)... I'm also gonna see if my supplier has anymore, as there seems to be interest in them...

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Rev. George

Well...provided the alloy contains no lead, or other hazardous metals, and isnt soldered with hazardous materials, AND you make sure there is no tarnish on it...It should be ok... I dont know if i'd eat really acidic foods on it, but that's just me You might also try stainless steels... -+G --------...

Rev. George

i think that's the purpose of the finger bucklers, to provide the bridge SCA marshalls require...

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Rev. George

Well may got a cool job as a surveyours assistant. He is routinely sent to all parts of the carolinas and tennesse, often for days at a time. When he is home, I think he is focousing on his writing, and may or may not have cancelled his ISP account. I talked to him last about 3 weeks ago, so these t...

Rev. George

Unfortunately no...

when wood breats it tends to form large pointy shards. rattan, even if it breaks, tends not to be wicked dangerous to participants and spectators.

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Of course Clay and co. use wood all the time...

Rev. George

I know there was the quintain, a gizmo that got poked by a lance from horseback, and spun around to thwackthe rider, unless the pas was perfectly done...

As to pells, to get more than a "thrust=swing" type motion. youre looking at some pretty ingeneous mechanical engineering...

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Rev. George

Well what's the theme?

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Rev. George

Sure, I'll take em...
(i was thinking of "mirrors" armour)

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Rev. George

As an aside, what are you doing withthe 6" circles being cut from the coffins?

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Rev. George

You could also yell "I yeild"

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Rev. George

I could be wrong AG, but according to the volume of the cylinder, and the density of lead, it came out to be something like 53 lbs here's the same type of calculation for the weight of the 4" peice (we assume that the radius is 1/2 the diameter (735 /2 = 3.75) Formula for volume of a cylinder : r^2 ...

Rev. George

Last night I was talking to T-bob, and had a bit of an idea involving commercial rivetted maille (of the round rivet/ indian persuasion). I understand that using authentic wedge rivets and peircing rather than punching the rings adds a great deal of time and effort to the process, driving the price ...

Feastware

A thought on commercial rivetted maille