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Brian W. Rainey

I had no idea Patrick could weld! I thought it a skill that was beneath him.

Brian W. Rainey

Aaron, no idea is decidedly stupid. Well, there was that one time where I..... Anyways, ideas are not stupid. Ideas are good thing, most of the time. Brian already basically did that on the research board a while ago. m Be nice if it became a regular occurance. Chris My goal was to make this a regul...

Brian W. Rainey

I am to the point in my development with this piece that I am deciding upon the type of material with which to cover a corrazina. I am aware of the velvets used, but what of brocades? Wools? heavy silks? I am curious what other options I have to work with aside from velvet. Most appreciative of any...

Brian W. Rainey

Beautiful work! The attention to detail is amazing. I love it.

This is truly the first later period helm that made me feel funny in my pants!

Brian W. Rainey

Trevor wrote:I have never seen splinted cuisses in the 14th century.

The effigy of either Roger or William Kerdiston (Reepham Church in Norfolk, England... possibly erected around 1391) could be argued as splinted cuisses. It clearly depicts verticle bars or reinforces.

Brian W. Rainey

chef de chambre wrote:Somehow I am doubting the 'leather' (iron, in this case) would have been a survival in an ecavated, uncleaned spur, which makes me wonder regarding the piece.

The strap in question is more than likely a ferrous metal... given the condition its is currently in.

Brian W. Rainey

Hello. Please explain one thing to your best- loved kraut on this forum...what is a soup can style elbow? Gothic, floating? "Crusader", floating, one piece? Articulated? Regards Ivo What T-Bob said. Someone, probably in the SCA, decided that they looked like cans of soup. I have no IDEA why. Whatev...

Brian W. Rainey

Ironmonger offers a centerpoint top you might be able to use as well. m The centerpoint on this site is EXACTLY what I'm looking for! Thank you! When we order these, do we use our hat size measurments or is there another measurement needed? Mustaffa bin Muhammed (mka - Dre) Keep in mind that those ...

Brian W. Rainey

The only 14th century splinted armour references that exist are in art works (effigies, brasses, etc), to my knowledge. Most of the documentation that I have shows "soupcan" style knees covering the knee of a person wearing only mail, otheriwse. To my knowledge, "soupcan" styled elbows did not exist...

Brian W. Rainey

Thomas james hayman wrote:what colour is the 1929 version?

Red cloth bound with gold gilt lettering, I believe.

I would not bother looking ofr it, unless it is in a library. It is absurdly expensive. I have seen a hand numbered example that stated only 400 copies total.

Brian W. Rainey

Thomas james hayman wrote:do you have or know where i can get a hold of Armorium glossarum at all?

It is Glossarium Armorum, BTW.

Brian W. Rainey

chef de chambre wrote:
"The Medieval Armour from Rhodes", Karcheski and Richardson, 2000(?)

WOW! How did I forget this one. I would get it if you see it for under $80.00 or so... it is getting harder to find.

Definitely a necessity.

Brian W. Rainey

The last two posted ones are good. I like the second to last one, personally. However, it is NOT worth more than about $300.00. How it almost achieved a "master" ranking is scary. Reasons why it is NOT a $650.00 CoP(a price that would demand exact historical accuracy and even then... paying $650 for...

Brian W. Rainey

Mi'lord Maddox is a seccond class petty officer who loves chainmail, has taught the chainmail class for our stronghold, and will turn into a great s&s man one day. Lord Tristan our seneschal began fighting in his own full suit of platemail in Japan, under the tutilage of Sir Guy LeStrange and (now)...

Brian W. Rainey

"The Wallace Collection" by JG Mann. Sets the standard for arms and armor catalogs. Two volumes. Not in print, but I have heard they are coming out with a CD-Rom catalog. Seeing as it is the only real catalogue... I guess this is an accurate statement. I would put it further down my list, though. I...

Brian W. Rainey

I have access to a reprint of the Churburg book but do not recollect it having weight, does only the 1929 version have it? The first volume of the reprint IS the 1929 version. If it was in the 1929 version it is in the reprint. Check Addall for the Wallace Collection catalogues. I suggest waiting a...

Brian W. Rainey

What century is it from? Not exactly sure. 16th, I would surmise. I am REALLY not a later period guy. I can't even figure out how the elbow joint works! It is quite simple, really. Remove the plates on the upper arm (the ones with the brass rivets) and you will see a more common-styled arm. The add...

Brian W. Rainey

There are a handful of earlier helms in the Waffensammlung, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

http://photos.armourguild.org/thumbnail ... m=6&page=3

Here are some different ones... later period than what you are looking at, though:

http://photos.armourguild.org/thumbnail ... =6&page=13

Brian W. Rainey

Thomas james hayman wrote:i love you. when i get them developed. do you want some pics from the RA

Sure, let me see them when you get them back.

Brian W. Rainey

You got a pic of A 110 from the side? I love you! No problem. This is one of the goals of this project. To provide information not readily available to the masses! There is SOOOO much information and access more readily available to the museum and academic communities. We wanted to spread some of t...

Brian W. Rainey

You got a pic of A 110 from the side? Without just knowing, how do you know which pictures correspond to suit A 110? I assume that is the museum reference number. Is there a book that shows these suits along with the reference numbers. ~Chris Chris, James is speaking of the inventory or "accession ...

Brian W. Rainey

Gethin wrote:Incredible pictures!
Is there anyway to flip the images from side to upright position?

Working on this... slowly.

Brian W. Rainey

We have been working on uploading photos like mad lately.... you will find pictures shortly from Austrian Museums and the Art Institute of Chicago. The goal is to provide a web-based repository of photos from publically accessible sources. m Let me know what you think. This may or may not stay up. I...

Brian W. Rainey

BlackRain wrote:Ok... this is great and all but what about us poor Canadian's who are definatly not going to be able to make it to these events.

I believe Doug Strong (Talbot on this board) will be video taping the session. It should be available on DVD by next spring.

Brian W. Rainey

Also, get arrestors... you SHOULD NOT work with them. They keep the flame/spark from backing up into the hoses/tanks..... which can be a bad thing. Small typo but I am pretty sure you meant you SHOULD NOT work withOUT them. Rob Yeah, sure... that is what I meant. It would be neat to see how high he...

Brian W. Rainey

Josh_Warren wrote:Why bother with ring arrangements that never existed in history?

You read my mind.

*Deleted the rest of the post so I don't piss people off.

Brian W. Rainey

Renting tanks will save you a ton of money. Don't bother buying them... not really the best thing to do if you want to save money and ensure that you can easily get them filled (as mentioed above). Additional note... take a welding course at the local college... or get someone to teach you. The mone...

Brian W. Rainey

You relly need to start calling me to ask these questions.....

Don't bother buying tanks.

Rent them from the local welding shop. There are MANY in our area.

Brian W. Rainey

I was not saying that viable documentation does not exist, merely that I could not find it online. However, thanks to everyone here I am now well on my way to getting the information I needed. 95% of any valid documentation (especially on an obscure topic such as this) you will find in books. I hig...

Brian W. Rainey

Thanks for the links with pics, I had actually come across that in my search but since it shows a 17th Century piece it's not really useful to my quest to date it before the 1500's I've found some places that suggest it predates the Euro 4:1 and that it was an Etruscan thing, as well as a few refer...

Brian W. Rainey

There have been merchants that have provided them in the past, GAA comes to mind, among others. The problem isn't the market, the problem is keeping them in stock because they sell so quickly. GAA was going through resupply shipments so fast that he hardly ever had stock left for the table at event...

Brian W. Rainey

You won't need the horse hauler after the kid shows up!

By-by horsie.... by-by Vette.... by-by armour..........

Your time and money will no longer be your own!

Brian W. Rainey

I do not really think that liners were sewn to the mail very mutch. A cloth liner that was attached would have made it very difficult to clean the mail without removing all of the stiches that attached it. What of mail bevors? Such as the one at Churburg (c1450) and depicted in the Thun sketchbook ...

Brian W. Rainey

You could always ask him.

His e-mail address is in his profile.

http://www.historicenterprises.com/cart ... _list&c=46

Brian W. Rainey

zugislander wrote:Wow!

Thanks for the fast response!

How do I get at the money? can I use it for other pay pal purchases? If so, how? I can find no information on the paypal info at ebay.

Cordially,

MJB

Try here:

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