The Armour Archive

Rev. George

Well murdock, as a "tubby fellow" (or as one lady put it: padded for extra comfort) I can say that 90% of the problem people encounter is most likely an issue of not using the right waist. I buckle my jeans about 2-3 inches above my pubic hair. That's my "apparant waist", my actual waist is where my...

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actually, no...there's some weird assed rule about that.

Somethign about maintaining a separation between mundanity and scadia. Dont get me started on that whole rant.

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Rev. George

However, We heralds only check for conflict versus SCA heraldry and FAMOUS real world heraldry. While it is considered bad form, if you make no mention of it being your "family crest" it will likely pass (unless someone has one similar) Of course let us not forget that it is likely that that particu...

Rev. George

God I love the search fuinction: Rev George's Thesis on cuirboli... (you know sometime i should write this down somewhere...) Leather is , as we all know, the preserved hairless hide of an animal. during the tanning process, moisture is removed, and the hide is soaked in all manner of chemicals to a...

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Rev. George

I was kind of wondering if the fiberglass would throw chips with a pretty hard blow? People have a misunderstadnign of fibreglass based upon images of sprayed fibreglass items, usually bathtubs. Fiberglass cloth impregnated with resin is nigh impossible to remove hunks without a kinfe, as the fiber...

Rev. George

fromage or kase'?

Yeah, same deally, different languages. Hosen is Germanic, Chausses french.

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Rev. George

We dont know. We can guess that it might be 2 based upon the "cut" shown in period artwork, but that artwork isnt exactly photo realistic. 4 is also possible, given the proximity time wise and location wise to base your tunic cut on the bocksten man and/or the herjolfnes colony finds, but they are r...

Rev. George

soapstone is talc, btw. I dont think its as dangerous as asbestos, but i wouldnt breath it all day. As for a suggestion, Maybe brewing? a gallon of mead is relatively easy, pretty much cheap, and as we all know men are big on drinking... All you'll need is a glass gallon jug, a rubber stopper, a coo...

Rev. George

http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/cup_hilts_sinric/

cut the pieces from whatever you want, form them in the manner customary to the material selected.

bind them together with rivets and have at it.

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Rev. George

done. 30 bux will be forthcoming

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Rev. George

so, uhh, about that ram...

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Rev. George

Very Do-able

E-mail me

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Rev. George

If you use WonderUnder, (Rev probably did) it gets real simple.

Actually, no, i find that it makes the thing a bit stiff. But for most folks, the wonder under is a good aid.

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Rev. George

We need to remember that period gilding was most likely not the application of gold leaf, as was the case later on, but actual mercuric fire guilding. gold dust was mixed with mercury, painted on like a paste, and the heated until the mercury boiled off. Essentially, the mercury was used in the same...

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or equivilent... LOL but no one cares.

even lead plated titaniaum, which would be tougher and weigh as much, would get bounced, methinks

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Rev. George

AppliquÃƒÂ© is where you cut out the shape and stitch down the edge instead of embroidering the whole shape. _________________ here's an example... I tend to do a lot of applique, its becoem a sort of speciality: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~cavender/pictures/gryphclose.JPG It started out like this: ...

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george its the society for creative ANACHRONISM. which simply means it is a like minded group of people that are using creativity to birth something out of time or place. the emphasis should be on the anachronistic aspects of the game. so often people misuse the creative part as an excuse for lazin...

Rev. George

And if you tripped and landed face down in a puddle, you would drown cause the armor was so heavy you couldn't roll over. Rolling Eyes That ones easy to find the source of: Frederic barbarosa, The holy Roman Emperor, Died on crusade after falling off of his horse into relatively shallow water. Of c...

Rev. George

Why keep the name if it doesn't have anything to do with Gor? Just sayin'. Probably the same reason we keep the name SCA, despite the fact that Zimmer-bradley pulled it out of her arse (or was that her womb, she was big into womb-wisdom), and despit the fact that the name is used to account for all...

Rev. George

I speak only for myself in this matter, but I speak as one who has sat the throne and thought seriously on this subject. And I would add that the Baron who asked me to consider Animal for the chivalry rightly praised him as a teacher of fighting, an example of courtesy to the people of his Barony, ...

Rev. George

If you can wait a week or 2, I'll take the 256 mb ram (or do i have to take the whole lot?...not a prob if i have to)

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Rev. George

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Rev. George

If you can't give accurate delivery times, then don't give delivery times at all. Be up front about this. It may cost you some customers, but this is far better than setting up false expectations in the people you have already taken money from. This is sorta good advice. The problem is that there's...

Rev. George

What did you want your motto to say?

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Rev. George

Some submariners were exempted in modern times (at least during WW2), but those would seem to be the exeption. Actually, at least for the US, beards were allowed until the 80's for naval personell (1987 being the last death knell, as the USCG regulations changed). However, you do bring up an intere...

Rev. George

The Shaggy-Viking-look has in all likelihood been popularized so heavily people seem to ignore the lack of evidence for it - after all, a "barbarian" must be untidy, or he cannot provide a contrast with us civilized short-haired lads! How about the, until fairly recent, trend of sailors to not shav...

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keep a small pouch of hairclippings, horn chips and possibly some pancetta or dried glair. adding saltpeter would slow the burn a bit... When the local ME encampment decides to have "lets torture the doumbeks" at 4 am, stealthily drop it into thier fire. the resulting funky smoke will cause a bit of...

Rev. George

I'm not too sure exactly how wide wicklebander should be, however, you can get herringbone wool trill tape in widths up to 1.5" here: m #02-150, 1 1/2" wide - $ 4.75/yard #02-875, 7/8" wide - $3.00/yard #02-500, 1/2" wide - $2.50/yard #02-375, 3/8" wide - $ 2.40/yard QUANTITY PRICING PER ROLL #R02-1...

Rev. George

are you still interested in that huge commision? if so, i'd be willing to discount for it.

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Rev. George

Uhhh...Theophilus also described a grisly goat based ritual to carve quartz.

Just a thought

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Rev. George

sorry... I missed this. Replied privately.

Rev. George

No, a single (or a select few) source will be chalked up to "documented because it was different than the norm"

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Rev. George

unless it is a face thgrust or arrow strike, Light. Face strikes are supposed to be "positive force", so if i think about it, it musta been positive. Arrow strikes are supposed to be "can you feel it", Both are safety conventions. I dont want a 100 lb bow huckign arrows at me, nor do i want my face ...

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Thomas said bitterly!

HA HA

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(For the unaware, bases (like KOH) taste bitter)