The Armour Archive

DWolfhunter

Handkissing or bowing over the Lady's hand is mostly a Victorian custom. Although there are medieval precedents. If you happened to be a Norman liege lord of many vassals or a high churchman (archbishop and up) you could reasonably expect to have you hand kissed by your underlings on a regular basis...

DWolfhunter

To call this guy's work trash is an insult to midden heaps the world over. I wouldn't hit a dog in the ass with any of this drek! The real shame of course is that this bastard makes big bux selling this garbage to movie companies and suchlike. There is just no justice in the world. The tripe this tu...

DWolfhunter

Ja es ist Deutsch. Was moechten sie hier?
Baron Hamish

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To stand fast against the coming darkness, and not yield.

DWolfhunter

Ya, the whole "bated weapons" thing is moot in Sca combat. After all how can rattan swords be blunter? In LH the live steel is also rebated...so again the concept is moot. I suspect that your opponent was trying to be "Forsoothly" and telling you he would prefer not to give the illusion that he was ...

DWolfhunter

The real problem with modern resources for anything pictish is that they are almost exclusively drawn from Roman accounts of how the Picts lived. The Irish myth cycles and The stories of the Dalriada/Scots are full of references to Picts but very little description. The Roman accounts have typically...

DWolfhunter

Sounds like fun, guys...It's a shame I live in Central NY and cannot make the drive to join you. My lady is from Cleveland and we'd love an excuse to get out there to do an event AND visit her mom. Pity the timing is just not on. I wish you all much joy at your pas. Baron Hamish MacLeod ------------...

DWolfhunter

Well...hmmm...the traditional way involves urine and deer brains. A lot of urine. The enzymes soften and penetrate the leather, the minerals and chemicals in urine tan the hise. The deer brains add another set of minerals and another series of enzymes. The smell is nose destroyingly strong. Most hun...

DWolfhunter

Depends on the type of combat we are engaging in. At Crown, I am likely to allow him to settle to his knees and get comfortable. In a melee I am not even going to let him hit the ground before I gakk him. In a run-of-the-mill tourney I will step in as he drops to his knees and try to kill him quickl...

DWolfhunter

Hmmm...again with the "Egfroth wants ostriches to destroy my outhouse" thing. Dude you have serious issues! :>P But seriously folks, Egfroth is correct. There are no real extant examples of early norman period helmet linings. I wonder however what the shock absorbing qualities of heavy felt would be...

DWolfhunter

Hey Shameless! The great thing about Red Falcon is A: he was at Crown so you've seen his work and who he is and what his gear is like. And B: he just moved into AEthelmearc...he lives near Pennsic. so therefore pretty close to you. He's also online and has a pretty good rep. Hamish P.s. You're still...

DWolfhunter

After you dip the fabric in the boiled onion peel solution and get the color you want you dunk the fabric in a bath of vinegar to fix the color. Enough vinegar to cover the fabric. Then hang it up to drip dry. Apparently, that's all there is to it. Or so my lady the fiber goddess says.

HAmish

DWolfhunter

Yup onion skins, red , yellow etc = yellow dye when heated and mordanted with vinegar.
The wife is a spinner and weaver...she says so.

Hamish

DWolfhunter

No. No, it hasn't been my experience. I and many like me are the marshalls that others call "killjoy". We are the guys who never compromise the rules. I have thrown royal peers out of the list and will do so again! I have refused to authorise fighters whose sponsors were screaming vituperation into ...

DWolfhunter

Ahhh Aye, there's many O' us Scots wha've gone tae the wars wi' our daddie's wee samuree sword on our backs...GRRRRRRRRR!! Seriously,the Celts were liable to show up to war in stolen roman gear( lorica hamatae ,squamatae, etc...), boiled (vinegar and/or wax)laminnated leather,iron maille,horn lammel...

DWolfhunter

First of all, I am still trying to figure out why Egfroth wants ostriches to destroy my outhouse?? On the other subject...the Gokstad burials provide several weapons and other items of questionable use. Many of the weapons in particular were so decorated that their usefulness in combat would have be...

DWolfhunter

Then I am Interested in the medium. How would you like to arrange payment??

Baron Hamish

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To stand fast against the coming darkness, and not yield.

DWolfhunter

Hi folks. As usual Chef is pretty much factually correct. Speaking as a Scottish-born American, I have a few observations of my own to make. The philabeg was in fact a strictly out of period thing. The short kilt was in fashion from early 17C to the rebellion of'15 and again in '45 when it was banne...

DWolfhunter

Hey Cad,
I could be ree-all interested in the medium one, if you could guarantee shipping by Dec. . Is that possible?

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To stand fast against the coming darkness, and not yield.

DWolfhunter

Name : Baron Hamish MacLeod Age: 40 and 8 days Location: Utica, NY Sex: Male Period I portray : Scotland late 14c Groups I would join if it existed : 1388 Battle of Otterburn re-enactment Hardsuited space marines LH group based on the sarmations,cimmerians and other pre mongol steppe peoples. ------...

DWolfhunter

Over the years I have marshalled alot of fights and melees. Most times I have managed to avoid contact with active combattants. Once in a great while during melee scenarii I have been the recipient of undue attention from a combattant. Usually due to a "Fog-of-war" issue. I have invariably remanded ...

DWolfhunter

NO worries. It's a fair cop that a lot of SCA members are taught an almost institutional dislike for authority and authenticity. They are not the mainstream! The mainstrean sees the trend toward authenticity and is making tottering baby steps to get there. Our "all-inclusive" culture retards this pr...

DWolfhunter

Would these be SCA-legal? Because I might be interested depending on cost and posible delivery time. Can you clarify?
Baron Hamish

DWolfhunter

Umm...Chef? How can you lambast someone for being an "Elitist" while making an equally "Elitist" statement? Isn't that a bit "pot and kettle?" The point is that SCA members (no, not SCAdians. There's a distinction...ask me later)are a diverse bunch. Not all of whom are fun -obsessed, vaguely medieva...

DWolfhunter

The distinction between fighting and archer communities is a fact. I have seen the wide gulf between them. Tarring me with being the bad guy for using the distinction for a talking point is a little silly isn't it? Fighters have been a separate community from the rest of the SCA for it's entir exist...

DWolfhunter

I am a late 14C. Scottish Baron residing at my townhouse in the city of Berwick, rather than my manor in Roxburgh. Where I am the king's justiciar, a magistrate. I have traveled to Rome and speak several languages. I can read and write. I am a Catholic but not terribly devout and I am a fierce defen...

DWolfhunter

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DWolfhunter

Ok...I may be abusing a dead equine here, but here goes. We have recognised that the rules DO need to change. We recognise that technology dictates tactics. We recognise that NO ONE will be completely satisfied by the inevitable compromise that is coming. But we, providing that we are capable of bei...

DWolfhunter

Aside from the fact that I am still washing mud outta my gear...I had a blast at Harvest Raid. The tourney was fantastic and I can only pray that I do half as well at Crown next weekend. The Birthday Party that my friends and my lady wife threw me was just the icing on the cake. Despite the tempest,...

DWolfhunter

OK...doughnuts are period. In Italy they are called "zeppole" prounounced (Tsee-polee)and they are often filled with anchovies or onion paste. In Holland they are called "Oelle kekes" or oily cakes and have been made since at least the fifteen hundreds. In Germany they are called Fastnach. The Dutch...

DWolfhunter

I would rather remove my crank with a rawhide mallet than put that piece of trash on anybody's head!

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To stand fast against the coming darkness, and not yield.

DWolfhunter

My suggestion is to use a 2-1 solution of warm water and hydrogen peroxide. The mold spore and fruiting bodies will die instantly and NOT come back (unless you put it back in a damp place to be re infected). When you have made several applications of the peroxide mixture, then oil the hard leather t...

DWolfhunter

I will throw my hat into the ring with Uilleag. If you really want help with leather gear. I would be happy to assist. Where do you live BTW?

Hamish

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To stand fast against the coming darkness, and not yield.

DWolfhunter

If your student cannot accept your advice...then shoe her by example. Do all the things you are showing her TO her. Then discuss what you did and why it worked. After enough beatings she'll either learn or quit. I find that I teach best while fighting...my students are in the list with me at all tim...

DWolfhunter

I'll be there...cabining with Kyngesbridge.

BAron Hamish

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To stand fast against the coming darkness, and not yield.

DWolfhunter

Pine tar or petroleum pitch were used to Harden and water-proof leather in rome, greece, egypt, phoenicia, britain and germania in the classic periods. There is a recipe for cuir bouilli that calls for the addition of "rosin" to the wax mixyure. Rosin is a tree sap based substance. Also Oak sap is a...