The Armour Archive

Effingham

Yes, there's a difference.

Tate eboshi are meant to be worn straight up.

Nagaeboshi is the type worn with armour -- the so called "land shark" hat.

There are patterns for both in the SCA-JML yahoo!group files page made by... uh... me.

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Kewl!

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I was going to "facepalm" but...

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I have no idea who the soldiers are, which side they are (I want to say German or French, just from the look) but...

This is cool.

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Konstantin the Red wrote:That ain't no pair of plates; that's a pair of cups.

I love you, man.

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Man, I wish I could play this year. I'd love to be out there with *another* Effingham on the field.

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Most would, but there are a lot of folks who don't pay attention to the buttons (or know what they mean).

I'd think people might shoot out a PM, but a lot of folks might just want to see a website of "what I done did" -- and hot links are always good.

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You really should put in a sig line with a link so people who want cool armour know where to go. Not all of us know how to find you.

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Don't forget those wonderful Asturias bollo preÃ±ao. Bread backed with chorizo inside. Mmmmm.

Gotta wonder how far back those go.

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That's a great looking helmet, man. Almost makes me want to do Mongol.

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Severely sweet!!

I'll be in my bunk.

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You DA MAN!!!

Ta very much!

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Bless you!

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Verukh wrote:Thoughts?

Being as it's your first year, I can only assume you're still in the "what do I want to do and who do I want to be" phase, but I have to second the question: What is the inspiration for what you're doing here?

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They were essentially mail sleeves that were... well, have you seen those girl's sweaters that only have arms and enough body to cover the boobs? Those, chausses, and a skirt. I'm really dealing with issues right now where I don't want to buy an actual hauberk as I'm doing a diet, and if I buy one t...

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Knuut's email is probably not working either, since it's at weldedchainmail.com. Granted, but this is a couple of e-mails going back several months, not something in the past day or two. It's like going to a restaurant at lunchtime, and finding them closed. I really want to eat there, and I know wh...

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His website IS down, but his email is knuut@weldedchainmail.com. The welded stainless is the most bullet proof mail available, he has something like 75 SS aventails in stock. We carry his aventails, as well. We charge slightly more to make sure we make a little money, but tend to be responsive to e...

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Heck, I'd LOVE to order from him.

I just never received an answer to either e-mail I sent asking about some stuff.

Can't order if I can't communicate.

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I vote for a handlebar mustache.

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Hey, anyone remember the good old days of toilet-paper-roll maces?

Ah, them was the days....

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(This is a bit like collecting a list of all children's books that feature the words "All About" in the title .) I remember fondly a whole spate of different books in my old neighborhood library beginning "A Boy's First Book on...." and they included books on knights, vikings, c...

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Way cool.

Thanks!!!!

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Great, more evil time spent on e-bay.

Thanks for the heads-up on that. I should have realized that would be the case.

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Yes, she was.

She was my introduction to physics-defying wardrobe.

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Galfrid atte grene wrote:My new SCA late 14th century English kit. Mostly made by me. Mostly stainless spring steel.

fffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

Damn.

GREAT kit. Seriously sweet.

I'll be in my bunk. And I usually don't say that about pics of guys.

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Ditto. Man, I loved those things.

Kinda wish I could find some now in mint.... Love to do 'em again.

Hey, anyone remember the Vampirella and Mad Doctor/Torture Chamber models?

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Oh, SWEET!!!

Me likey.

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It's a great set up, man. I find myself wishing I had the physique to be able to pull something like that off.

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That's spectacular. One concern I'd have (which I must wonder about) on safety issues is -- given the leather sole of the chausses, and the leather soles of the shoes INSIDE the chausses -- is there not a potential for foot-slippage in there? It seems like it would be a potentially unstable footing ...

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And can we talk about you doing more of these?

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Man....

I want you to build *MY* Pennsic house.

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Gotta tell you -- with that munged address, it sounds like they can be investigated for some element of fraud (on several levels) and identity theft.

I'd talk to someone about that.

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I may be stating the obvious, but have you been in contact with your ISP about the weirdness?

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I'd recommend a chiton.

But let me know where you'll be.

Interesting WW1 photo

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