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by Sasha_Khan
Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:26 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Has anyone bought this book?
Replies: 2
Views: 284

<BOING>

Um... I'll be... um

Aw, hell - I'll be in my bunk.
by Sasha_Khan
Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: let me see your helmet crests
Replies: 22
Views: 1011

I dunno - I think Eadric looks like Galactus...
by Sasha_Khan
Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Roman General/Officer Helms and armour
Replies: 18
Views: 492

Boris, the Deepeeka stuff will not meet the requirements the original poster has for the gear.
by Sasha_Khan
Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:33 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Help identify a helmet
Replies: 12
Views: 455

Looks like one of the helmets from Nepal/Northern India. The's a similar reconstruction in the Osprey Mongols book, as I remember.

It also looks like riveted maille to me (looking at the swells in the rings)
by Sasha_Khan
Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:27 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Roman Military Sandals + Boots (Pictures uploaded)
Replies: 162
Views: 6741

what is the sole construction, and how much coverage is there with the hobnails?

What type of nails are used?
by Sasha_Khan
Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I close my eyes...
Replies: 27
Views: 617

Re: I close my eyes...

Takeyama wrote:I close my eyes...


...only for a moment, and the moment's gone...

Sorry. I HAD to... :D
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:32 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Gulf Wars - the complaining begins
Replies: 109
Views: 4214

Looks (yeah, I know) like good placement on the shots, but nuttin' on the impact.

All I could think of after seeing that, was this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqzvFiNt328
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:24 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Jolly Knight.........a review.
Replies: 3
Views: 290

Benedek Bey, you will shine brightly on the field, as is proper for a descendant of Osman Bey...
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:37 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Mad Skillz (Jackie @ Shamrock)
Replies: 6
Views: 484

Well, now I can definitely suggest Jackie as able to do Osmanli helmets - that is SWEET!
by Sasha_Khan
Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Decided to make two kits. Thanks for Input!
Replies: 10
Views: 494

My feeling is that by attaching the cut-down chausses to the gamboised cuisses, you'll still be dealing with a lot of downward drag on the cuisses
by Sasha_Khan
Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:52 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Nerf Swords
Replies: 18
Views: 661

Re: Nerf Swords

Anyone tried [url=http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/03/not-at-all-safe-the-nerf-marauder-longsword.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]these? http://static.arstechnica.com/longswordnerf.jpg [/url] Just in the Walmart - until they made us stop I think we need to buy some...
by Sasha_Khan
Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:16 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Jupons?
Replies: 12
Views: 660

All right, take this with a grain of salt; I'm not criticizing anyone personally, but expressing my dislike of a fabric. That fabric's name is silk noil . It's made from the waste bits left over after the good, long-fiber silk is spun. Short little waste bits are all squished together and spun, whi...
by Sasha_Khan
Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:34 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: armorers who lie.
Replies: 101
Views: 5430

BTW. I think I own the record - I'm still waiting for a helmet I ordered in 1988. Wow. And I thought I had been waiting a long time on an order from Alan Bauldree I made in 2000... I have a friend who is still waiting for a pikeman's breastplate and tassets from an armourer in Arizona that he order...
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:30 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: ISO triangular etc. leather punches.
Replies: 17
Views: 402

Inexpensive round leather punches from HF or the like. They get heated in the forge or with a MAPP gas torch, and treated to a little whacking with the anvil and various hammers. The Roman women's shoes that we've made for the ladies in the group were the inspiration for making triangular punches - ...
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:26 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: how to bend rattan and is it legal
Replies: 22
Views: 847

What Konstantin wrote - my addition is that the rattan furniture factory I learned bending from also used wet and dry heat as well.
by Sasha_Khan
Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:00 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Jupons?
Replies: 12
Views: 660

B. Amos wrote:
BdeB wrote:Silk Noil heat retains like a byatch apparently. It's as bad as poly, so i've heard.


Is it worse than regular silk?


Yes - and living where you are now, you'll suffer for it.
by Sasha_Khan
Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:42 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What Kind of Helm Should I Get? 1275-1300
Replies: 18
Views: 681

Gah. Sasha, you dream spoiler. Truly, I want to impress those who really know what they're looking at. I am always most impressed by seeing what is most accurate... So, you're probably right. Now I must go rethink my plans of world domination... I'll post some pictures of sugarloaf designs and see ...
by Sasha_Khan
Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:07 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What Kind of Helm Should I Get? 1275-1300
Replies: 18
Views: 681

Well, there's flash, and then there's right ... Personally, my own preference would be to do it as right as possible and let the little details impress those people that really care about correctness - since those that know little have seen a million yobbos that do it in a half-assed fashion, and wo...
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:04 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Identifying a middle eastern blade.
Replies: 9
Views: 353

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/index.php?

The ethnographic arms and armor forum
by Sasha_Khan
Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:10 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Important people injured/killed by archery through armor
Replies: 28
Views: 770

I'm pretty sure it was arrows that took down Custer.... I was at an art show/powwow on the Jicarilla Apache reservation - the MC was a great stand-up comedian. He just about killed the entire audience when he related that he knew what Custer's last words were: "Where the F**k did all them inju...
by Sasha_Khan
Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:07 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Important people injured/killed by archery through armor
Replies: 28
Views: 770

Temujin was wounded in the neck during the campaign against the Tayichiud.
by Sasha_Khan
Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:50 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: a 17th c Ottoman tent
Replies: 3
Views: 123

This is a link to Viskontess Safiye's Osmanli pavilion. She's an amazing artist and all around cool person... and completely, wonderfully mad.

Mad, I tell you!

http://safiye.myphotoalbum.com/view_alb ... me=album01
by Sasha_Khan
Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:40 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Ottoman maces?????
Replies: 7
Views: 361

Just went through the copy of the book I recommended to you (Splendors of the Ottoman Sultans) - the only book I have with me at my current residence - and the three examples are 26.75", and the other two are 27 inches.

As soon as I can get to a scanner, I'll post images.
by Sasha_Khan
Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:33 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pics that would inspire new guys. (UPDATE 8/31/2011)
Replies: 598
Views: 154976

A few more: We're definitely NOT a 'stand around and look pretty' group: <a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/sasha_khan/pic/000a0t2k/g24"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/sasha_khan/pic/000a0t2k/s320x240" alt="000a0t2k"></a> Although we can do that as well... <a href="http://pics.livejournal.c...
by Sasha_Khan
Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:32 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Tent finials
Replies: 10
Views: 346

A friend picked up a bunch for dirt cheap on eBay.
by Sasha_Khan
Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:27 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: REVIEW: Hosen from Gwen of Black Swan Designs -- GOOD!
Replies: 7
Views: 454

KyleKurth wrote:Is there a website so one could see these? or possible order some?


historicenterprises.com
by Sasha_Khan
Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:06 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: What do you attatch voiders to?
Replies: 12
Views: 392

Re: Hi there

Pitbull Armory wrote:Hi there. Ok thanks for your time guys I will begin my quest now for an Arming Coat or Doublet and Voiders. Im finally going to build myself a personal suit of armor and have always wanted some voiders. My last question is, can anyone suggest a good source for these?


Historic Enterprises
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:11 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pics that would inspire new guys. (UPDATE 8/31/2011)
Replies: 598
Views: 154976

Hibernicus and I hiking a few years ago - at 6500' of altitude. Each of us is loaded out with full marching kit - about 100-110 pounds, including armour, clothing, rations, weapons, tools and incidental gear. This was a short hike, only a few miles. <a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/sasha_khan/pi...
by Sasha_Khan
Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:24 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Caid Crown
Replies: 67
Views: 2035

His Highness Conrad IS a mutant, and I recall his saying (several years ago) that one of the workouts he was indulging in was throwing small boulders...

:shock: :shock: :shock:
by Sasha_Khan
Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:12 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Where to start Heraldry
Replies: 10
Views: 219

Since so many of the extant examples are either geometric or floral patterns, my first thought was to use the cross of Calatrava with some complementary bits to fill in the background - based on your location... You sir may just be a genius, I hadn't even thought of that. Thank you for noticing... ...
by Sasha_Khan
Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:20 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Where to start Heraldry
Replies: 10
Views: 219

Since so many of the extant examples are either geometric or floral patterns, my first thought was to use the cross of Calatrava with some complementary bits to fill in the background - based on your location...

:lol:
by Sasha_Khan
Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:09 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Where to start Heraldry
Replies: 10
Views: 219

You are not required to display arms on your kalkan -and as an Osmanli ghazi, it behooves you to show those poor, backwards Franks some flash and style... :D
by Sasha_Khan
Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:46 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Caid Crown
Replies: 67
Views: 2035

First time in the Big Chair.
by Sasha_Khan
Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:42 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Ottoman maces?????
Replies: 7
Views: 361

I'll have to get my museum catalogs back from Cristobal's, but I do have some good pics.
by Sasha_Khan
Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Dark Apprentice Dark Apprentice
Replies: 23
Views: 1590

Let me know if you ever need to know His Grace's kryptonite.... :twisted: :shock:

Just kidding, Mathghaimain!

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