The Armour Archive

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I'd love to order a set of Milanese legs -- God knows I need legs. But my discretionary armour money has already been spent, a postal order sent months ago, to Armorworks -- and I can't afford a *second* order now. And if, by some miracle, legs materialized from Armorworks, I wouldn't be able to use...

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From the Vulgate:

[Iesus] ipse autem transiens per medium illorum ibat

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Heard squat. Am very unhappy.

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For the record, yumi cannot be used on an SCA battlefield. They require too much length of draw -- far more than the official "inches per pound" ratio, measured from a common longbow or recurve. Second, you need arrows a foot longer than everyone elses. Third, the cheap, practise fiberglass yumi sta...

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Is is basicly just a regular kozane, with a very extreme angle to one side? Essentially, yes. The easiest way to do it would be to... aw, heck. You've given me a good idea. Just this afternoon I finished the new nodowa pattern for the website. Now I'll go back and add a kozane to it in case anyone ...

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OOoh, pretty!!!

Damn, that's nifty.

For some reason, it makes me think Cthulhu armour.

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Not bad!!

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Mykaru, I've said it before...

That's still one of the prettiest kabuto I've ever seen made for the SCA.

And I still want that 16-plater someday.

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Three e-mails, no response.

Anyone heard anything?

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Up now to three unresponded e-mails.

Has anyone heard anything from them?

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Just don't forget to post pics!

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There's one in the "kabuto" section of my site. Here's the image:

You can also see a few on the Arts of the Samurai site (http://www.artsofthesamurai.com/kabuto/html/kabuto.html)

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Two more question if you allow me, first did you had time for this picture of the "putting on a japanese armor", second is there traditional colour used for armor piece beside red and black ? I haven't had a chance to go back and fix that, no. I was working on the other components of my site. (I'm ...

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Arrghhhh look like you're absolutely right I punched on the wrong side

We've all been there. I have been known to get 6 plates dished for an 8-plate kabuto and only then realize I'm working on TWO left sides...

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Dang, sorry, Dale. I misread your "laces" as "lames." Sigh. More coffee. Must drink more coffee... That sounds like it would work -- but it really does depend on the measurements. Four sets of laces across the front would be fine for someone who has a 36" waist line... but for someone with my waistl...

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I don't think I've ever turned you guys down

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

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So, I either have the choise of putting rivet elsewhere where they will show or to use the tomegawa ... You know, not all rivets are the same diameter. Well, I'd have to order it, there really isn't anything close to this around here. Will have to check with my friend Hanzo if he can find something...

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There's no reason you can't use the same sized odoshi for sode, kusazuri, and dÃƒÂ´. It's just not commonly done with the real thing. But it wouldn't be a horrid mistake for a replica suit for fighting. As to the odoshi -- you may in for a problem. You should be using polypropylene or nylon. Cotton ...

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Frankly, that's an understandable sentiment. Of course, the whole basis of my order, though, was that it was originally an in-stock item that was then set to be made special by one of their subcontractors (apparently) as it was needed urgently. Well, I guess was is the operative part of that sentenc...

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I don't want to pile on here, but I ordered some legs and a helm top in January that I was told were a couple of weeks away.

To date, not even a reply to several e-mails.

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(Who owes someone armour himself -- but at least I'm waiting on a supplier for material

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What's your opinion on 'The Code of the Samurai' by A.L.Sadler?

I'm not familiar with it. Then again, I usually don't do secondary sources.

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I saw Hearts and Armor when I was a kid, and wondered how Tanya Roberts was supposed to be an Arabic Princess or something. The armor was interesting, but you could see that it wasn't period, nor was it made out of appropriate weight metals for the gear it was supposed to be portraying (I remember ...

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Hagakure is interesting as a cultural study if you keep in mind where and when it was written. Unfortunately, most of the idio... er, people... who worship the book lack the discernment to realize that. Hagakure was the demented rantings of a psychotic retired warrior-wannabe with a deathwish from a...

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I've NEVER seen a japanese armor beit period or SCADIAN first hand. Have you never watched Kagemusha, Ran, Samurai Banners, Shogun, or any of a hundred samurai films? You have to look at what you're seeing. I guess that the "warp out" of the lower lame should help the sash not to slip ? Nope. It ke...

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Runtime error? What the heck is a runtime error?

You mean nothing is happening?

Mik -- You do know you wear a sash around your waist, right?

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effingham: every time I go to your page I get an error report, I can see in this forum that u have updated it, but I cant see the page... Well, two questions. (1) what is the URL you are going to, and (2) what error message? Try this: m I'm afraid the kote pattern link still isnt working I'll check...

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I've also found that they shrink slightly when I print them out. Thank goodness most of the patterns use the 1/4" square graph paper, which I can then enlarge to get the proper size. That's why I do all my patterns as PDFs. They always are 1:1 in printing, and if there's a specific reduction, all I...

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Beer seems to be a theme in the recent pictures you have posted!

At least it's not a Bud

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Y'know, Matt, I often feel like that armour looks at the end of a long day.

Spiffy lookin' get-up, though, when it's not all tuckered out.

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Hey Eff, love the updates you've done to your page, looks really sharp. I was wondering though if you have any good patterns for the kote foundation. It should be up there now. I'm still having trouble with about four or five links (I think it's probably an upper-lower case issue, as the files are ...

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Aaaaaaand.... once again.....

Period? Place?

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oooo. Shiny!

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My Haidate hang very well, but I imagine they are on the heavy side, unless I tie them well, they have a tendancy to fall down. But then again I used wide nylon webbing for the himo, so it is difficult to tie tight. Have you tried using the over-the-shoulder cord method? Lestat: I wouldn't worry ab...

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What about a Haidate? Were these padded and / or would a padded one (especially at the hips) be out of place? What do you guys do, other than parry or suck it up? Haidate weren't padded, and in any event, only cover the front half of the body. Frankly, I've never taken a hip shot that solidly that ...

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A legharness pourpoint does strike me as an excellent location and carrier for concealed kidney belt plates for our SCA correspondents who don't otherwise have a hard shell about their midsections.

Brilliant! You've just solved something I was thinking about.

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