The Armour Archive

Trevor

Giant sucking sound from my bank account right now...

Very nice! Love the red gauntlets! The final straw was that they match the rest of my armor beautifully! (Now I gotta get the rest of my armor to match these better...)

Oh well-time for an upgrade anyhoo.

Trevor

I gotta say-looks a bit too tall. May I suggest shortening it some?

Trevor

Historic Enterprises sells realistic looking rubber coronels-might be a nicer thing to use on your opponents...

Trevor

I think that the breast plate is on the outside, while the rest of the plates are on the inside. This would aid covering, as the breast plate would have to have more fabric to cover the extreme dome. By placing it on the outside, it would simplify construction, and also ensure that the plate overlap...

Trevor

And they are first-rate!

WELL worth the money! Plus-having them machine-made simplifies assembly.

I'm VERY happy with my fish-scale skirt!

Trevor

FWIW, I have had nothing but warm and polite responses from them. They have always been helpful, and their response time is extremely prompt. Given the limitations of email communication, is there a chance you may have misinterpreted a brief reply as a blow-off? I am sure that they respond personall...

Trevor

Wow-I don't know what to say.

I've always gotten top-notch service from them, so I'm kinda stunned...

Sorry to hear about your experience.

Trevor

Depends on where you sell it. Ebay has a lot of Indian armor there, for a lot less. unfortunately, it has pretty well shot the domestic mail market. I'd say you could get $100-150 at best. It's not stainless, and it's not rivetted. Your best bet is to get a $50 bascinet from King's Lance, add vervel...

Trevor

I'll buy it now if you covert it to right handed wear first.

36" waist.

Trevor

FWIW, I could attend the event right now with soft kit. I will have to work a bit on my harness to get it up to snuff, though I have a hell of a lead on a mid-14th c. harness. I will be working on my circa 1406 AD suit so by the time this thing happens I'll probably be prepared one way or the other....

Trevor

Veeeery nice Patrick!

Trevor

I have an extra one in the shop. $40 plus shipping.

Trevor

All I want is a bascinet that looks like a bascinet. There's lots of pictures out there- 'taint hard to find lots of different styles in history. Even some really weird ones.

Go look at a few dozen pics while you're drinking next time! It'll do wonders!

Trevor

(I am posting this for a friend.)

Please advise me as to what time frame and geographical location Phrygian helms were used in.

Please list any books that would be good references.

Any web links would also be helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Trevor

Trevor

All I can tell you is that I took a foam morning star and crushed a mailbox on it from the back of my motorcycle going about 20 mph.

I noticed that a lot of illustrations that show people getting cut into pieces by swords had the weilder on horseback.

Should be interesting, Russ. Good luck!

Trevor

They're not bad. Pretty generic stuff-they fit in with a lot of armor from 14th to 16th century.

Granted-they're not really accurate. But, they'll lend an air to the suit.

Trevor

I'd rather see that armor than some of Dark Victory's any day.

But-I'd rather see a metal suit than a plastic one, any day.

I agree with James B. Plastic has it's uses in a competitive sport. But there is no reason I have to see it.

Trevor

I don't think that a satin finish isn't period, either. A satin finish is easier to obtain after the piece has rusted. A servant, a rag and some pumice is all that is required. A mirror finish probably required a water-powered polishing wheel to obtain at that time. It's probably one of those slidin...

Trevor

Can't argue with you, Ivo. There are a few harnesses out there that are LH level authentic, but they are rare. But, as long as the game is competitive, you will have such anachronisms. Fortunately, we do have a few isolated events where authenticity is given more emphasis than being the top stick. T...

Trevor

OMG-if that helmet wasn't in a museum I'd swear it was another SCA amagamation of horrors!

Trevor

I think Nicolle is a madman for insisting that some coats of plates were actually made with leather plates. Seriously, where's the evidence for that? I've never heard of any primary sources or secondary sources. But, given that 14th c. gauntlets were sometimes made with whalebone, I'm not inclined ...

Trevor

Two things about mirror polishing armor: 1) Pieces found in a church in Italy (Can't remember which one), when taken apart for cleaning, still retained a mirror polish on the parts that were covered by other armor bits. (the armor had been used on statues on pieces that were well above floor height)...

Trevor

Tasha McG wrote:Dagnabbit, where are the pics, Trevor? They're showing up as broken links.

-Tasha

Sorry-they're showing up fine for me. Try these:

http://www.photodump.com/direct/trevorc ... hield1.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/trevorc ... hield2.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/trevorc ... hield3.jpg
http://www.photodump.com/direct/trevorc ... hield4.jpg

Trevor

I'm not a huge guy, (I'm 5'11" and 210) and I 've wrestled the state champion in the 150lb range. I mopped the floor with him. don't get me wrong-the guy was an awesome wrestler. He was fast, had a lot of great moves and he was strong for his size. But, the fact is that he could try to put me in a ...

Trevor

Aldamir wrote:Trevor,

it's not a matter of size, you were wrestling, not trying to kill each other, it make a huge difference.

So, if I liked the guy and beat him, do you think I'd fight him any less stingently if he was trying to kil me?

That makes no sense.

Trevor

OK-i know this is an age-old staple question of geekery, but I got to thinking about this question today. I have come to the conclusion that, taking an average knight circa 14th century onwards and an average samurai, the knight would win hands-down. It doesn't have so much to do with armor, though ...

Trevor

http://www.forth-armoury.com/photo_gall ... _liner.htm

Otherwise, I pad the top until my eyes look through the eyeslots. Then, I pad the sides. I use 3M super 77 spray adhesive, though contact cement, hot glue, or just about anything will work.

Trevor

Surely infantry weren't fully armored, even if it were just the top half? Wasn't even a well-armored infantryman more likely to have an open helm like a sallet or chapel-de-fer (for late 15th century), a breast and back, and maybe some additional pieces, but not complete coverage of the arms? It de...

Trevor

ooops-yeah, that left arm looks like a mis match...

Trevor

Greg- you've hit on an important point-one that is too often overlooked! What sorts of armors were used by what type of troop? Infantry armors were vastly different from cavalry armors-the principle differences being the leg defenses and helmets. Also, each troop's position in a formation would also...

Trevor

What is reasonable? First: as far as armor is concerned, make what you can make profitably and will sell well . That's all you need to know. Some people are good at helms, others gauntlets or knees. Figure out what you're good at and can make quickly. Few people will pay for really nice, top-quality...

Trevor

does it have much of a curve? I can't really tell from the pic. The total depth of curve is about 1 1/2" deep. Which is basically just enough to not look flat, but not be too deep where you can't fully extend your arm without the back corner hitting you in the tricep. In other words-it's jussssst r...

Trevor

Here's a pic of a practice shield I made a couple of months ago. It is 2" smaller than my regular shield in all dimensions. I got the inspiration for the design from Medieval Costume, Armor and Weapons. There are several drawings of Bohemian "face shields" there. I wish I had the primary source, but...

Trevor

Here's a pic of my shield as it came from Vitus-already primed and gessoed: [img]http://www.photodump.com/direct/trevorclemons/shield1.jpg[/img] and the back: [img]http://www.photodump.com/direct/trevorclemons/shield2.jpg[/img] here's the same shield painted (minus touch up and the addition of some ...

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The main part of the helm looks authentic to me-but the visor is definitely a cobbled-togeher POS. Which is more common than you'd like to think. A lot of pieces were cobbled togehter out of old harnesses to improve their resale value on the collector's market. I would guess that the main visor was ...

Phrygian helms: where and when?

Re: Medieval knightvs. Samurai-amatter of size

Medieval knightvs. Samurai-amatter of size

Mr. Sunshine shield

Vitus' shields: a review with pics