The Armour Archive

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Looks good, have you fought in it yet?
I dont think any of us like the look of a grill Egfroth, but its an evil we scadians have to live with

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the rivits on the brow should make no diff in its passing inspection, the occular is ontop so it realy cant be pushed into the face if there was a rivit failure, i put occulars on with 3 1/8th in rivits, Id say not supporting the grill with a central bar is a bad idea, would likely be ok Kings lance...

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Ive found it behaves similar to mild when shaping, a bit harder but not as hard as stainless, Even not heat treated its a better steel than mild. The reason you dont see much is the cost and the extra processes, the heat treating and scale removal. I think as more people see it it will become more p...

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Im building my tourney harness with gamboised cuisses so ive been looking around at diff ones, Matts look nice ! Thaddeus who posts here on occasion has gamboised cuisses with abs splints, they are realy nice, his splints are not sewn into the cuisses, instead he made a seperate splinted cloth cuiss...

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There is an Alan Bualdree gorget pattern in the archive, i wear a similar on in leather for my early protrayal

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My wisby plate will have the birka hole pattern, i liked the way my birka laced but thought the plate was a little long, not quite as easy to tailor, and i prefer the "D" shape of the wisby. Ill be offering them as plates, kits with instructions and lace as well as options like ptreuges leather shou...

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I understand where you are comming from Olaf, i dont think i was able to get you to understand my point about authenticity in regards to function but thats ok, weve done this to death And halberds your new helmet is looking cool, but i dont think it would pass muster at hastings, i think cheeks were...

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I played the first 3 when they were early nintendo system games, but i believe the game went on to other more advanced systems
In the games im familliar with the hero was more of a doublet wearing type, i only recall armour on some of the "baddies"

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we can discuss these, actually im in the process of having the wisby plate made and hope to soon be offering them on my site, i have modified the hole pattern though

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great idea, id like to link to it from my page, theives suck

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whos photo album is this?

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I think it was bigbeer, im not sure.
it was the hawaii crew though.

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Cool info i guess my assumptions were wrong

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A few weeks ago i found myself in a jam, i needed 8 shield bosses and had no time to make any, Madd Matt to the rescue. 8 nicely shaped and finnished shield bosses in a very short amount of time, at a very fair price They are dished very evenly, nicely plannished and look to be about 13 ga. I could ...

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Sorry Gundo, yes it was yuck, i hate to misquote, just needed an example. But in that case yuck and suck seem pretty interchangable I have a great deal of respect that you can be so brutally honest, sometimes someone has to say it, I just prefer to go a little easier thats all. Critism is very impor...

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Olaf, i believe there was a thread about these helmets on the classified section, it was easily missed, i recall someone pointing out the lack of accuracy in the width of the eye slots, it was then pointed out by an individal that frequents Macs shop that the sights were large to accomodate scadians...

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By all means its appropriate Olaf, Im also not sure if "the ultimate in authenticity" was quoted by Mac or someone else, i tend to leave it to the armourer to make claims about their product thats all, the thread in question did discuss that these helms were constructed for the sca so i think their ...

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I guess you missed the post Olaf, the width of Macs pembridge eyeslots was discussed and explained, although i dont recall the helm being made from to many peices, or any particularly incorrect spacings, i dont think people were not critical about it because it was Macs work, i think people were not...

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Ch 13 is 1370, img 5 in mantova book has a single piece globose with "v" shaped stop rib and mouting lugs for a lance rest, dated 1390/1400, no fauld, i wish i read italian so i could give you better info, from my limited knowlage it seems that the articulated fauld begins to apearjust after or abou...

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Intersting thought, and true in some respects, but not in others, I know for a fact that i have more armour construction ability than Chef, mostly because i armour every day, I probably built 40 helemts last year, but Chef knows a hell of alot more about aromour than i do, I could likely build a bet...

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SyrRhys, you are making points in your argument that are the same as mine, yet somehow you seem to not notice them, Im very devoted to authenticity, ive put alot of thought into my diff gear and how to make it functional yet appear correct, ive spent hours doing the same for others, You quote to me ...

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i have the above mentioned book, it is wonderfull, many backside images of 14th cent italian armours. An excellent book

AB/WMA

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Im not going to argue SyrRhys, we have been throught this, and your entitled to your oppinion, i just think that there is room for everybody, And im not saying it i want something simply becasue i want it, im saying it becasue many many people enjoy it, arguments on this forum have shown that some p...

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I disagree that we should not try, dont call it a war, still call it a tourney, but modify the rules to be all inclusive. I think banning scenarios that call for archers, sappers engineers is disapointing, limiting their involvement is a good idea, Why is there a huge castle built at pennsic, to lay...

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[img]http://www.thegreenman.net/wma/ab1a.jpg[/img] Ok here is a pic of whats underneath, the coat is duck cloth, 2 layers of cotton batting quilted every inch, the sleeves are the same material only less batting, the lace on, also the sleeves have a strip of polar tech cloth, polar tech stretches ni...

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Looks good Greyholt, very cool.
Talon, was your the question about the closure?

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Hey Gundo, i have terrible hands, severe carpal tunnel added to tendonitis, ive spent alot of time in phystherapy because of it. I have been able to manage though by varying my activities, special stretched, soaking my hands at night etc. I have good days and bad days, im a little behind because im ...

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Trajans column ive very cool as well, it may be a little early, lots of lorica, scale as well, cool Dacien shields and helms and the like.

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the smooth side was the side you got to see,
Occasionally ive got leather that had a brand mark on it.
I believe suede is leather with the skin side removed.

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Ok ok, but the shoes are still not done, but they are simple, Nike shark high top cleats (i need the ankle support) i think cleats offer to much grip, so the cleats a taken down to offer decent but less grip. Build a correct looking shoe and punch corresponding holes so that when they are put on ove...

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looking good, looking forward to finnished pics

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Thanks for the kind words, i still have a way to go but im getting there. Ill be selling my own lamellar plates soon so i will likely rebuild a new cuirass using the new plate shape, As for the leg treatment, im wearing full gamboised legs, Plastic (im so ashamed ) knees pointed to the legs. From ju...

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The sheep skin slippers rock

Im building similar footware to pull on over my shoes.
Imlooking forward to being able to get the correct belt hardware as well

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There is a fender jazz, tobacco sunburst with white gaurd and pickups and a matching strat, good eye ! And yes the walls are bare, ive got a pile of osb to put up, every now and then i move a bench and put up a piece, ill prob have it finnished for next winter. Im thinking about moving so ill likely...

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Yes Otto, you are close, number 2 with germanic influences

And yes otters den made the furniture, the weapon is rattan/siloflex

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