The Armour Archive

Trevor

Second on the tongs.

Steve Forth makes them, and they're like $30. Well worth the money.

He also provides mail making supplies. (when they're in stock) Awesome stuff!

Trevor

Nice-but it could be simplified if you wanted. First off-the third wheel can be dispensed with. Put a large drive wheel on the motor and run it off that-that will give you enough clearance between the two sides of the belt. As to adjusting the drift-that's what a mallet is for-seriously. Whacking th...

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OK-I just came up with a solution. Of course, it involves modern manufacturing techniques, not to mention cost prohibitive up-front investment. But, a plastic gauntlet could be made to resembe a human hand out of three pieces: Fingers, metacarpals, thuimb and wrist piece. Hmmm-that's four pieces. It...

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Quick
Cheap
Good

Pick any two.

Trevor

Nice! Can't wait to see it with an aventail!

Trevor

Sorry guys, but the majority (note I didn't say all) of KSCA I know don't know diddly about real knights in period. Nor do they know about real armor, real weapons or real fighting techniques. Thankfully, it's getting better. But, I don't buy into why KSCA are "real" knights any more than other grou...

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Yeah, but in my experience it's the fact that you have a covering of not just your neck, but really the entire top surface of your body. All heat will rise through your torso, and be re-directed into your aventail and from there into your helmet-just like a funnel. Hopefully, the linen will breathe ...

Trevor

Nice COP, and not that far off the mark of ones found in Wisby. (There was even one that opened in the front, though it used smaller plates)

The best thing to go with the kit you described would be a bascinet or great helm. My vote's for the bascinet, as it is the most practical.

Trevor

Tell me you had armor there.

Otherwise, consider this a virtual smack to the back of the head.

Trevor

I believe the Ring Lord identifies its rings as "combat grade" if they're heavy enough to withstand SCA combat without going to pieces. Might want to check there. I had a piece of butted mail made out of 12 guage stainless (3/8" ID). I called it "thermonuclear chainmail". I used it for years, then s...

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ive got a cloth liner under my aventail, it dosn't seem to hold the heat bad..but then again i've been using it for a while and might not notice. a year with just the cloth before i added the maille to it. -T Dude-you're in freakin' NOVA SCOTIA!!! What heat? Of course, the owner of said bascinet is...

Trevor

Very nice-but I'd think twice about adding a cloth liner to the aventail. It will cut down on your ability to shed heat a LOT. (I used to have a leather aventail-much, much hotter than mail!)

Trevor

Here being an account for the Quest for the Holy Grail, held Mey 28, 2005 in Kansas City, MO by the Barony of Forgotten Sea. It should be noted that, in Le Morte de Arthur, the standard story line is "Knight A was a-riding in the woods and met Sir X. They fought until many greievous wounds were had ...

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Nice. Very nice!

Trevor

I don't know what the standards are down there, but up here in calontir, you have to haev some give to the head. That alows you to make the body of the polearm head out of something stiff-like crepe sole rubber, and pad the edges of it with endocel or some other closed cell foam. BTW-Shoe Goo and Go...

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Man! I'm just.....MAN!

Talk about OOP! You're nuts! Good luck!

Trevor

It's...nice. Great tooling. Great artistry. Absolute waste of time, money and talent though, IMHO.

Trevor

This rumor was confirmed. As of October, siloflex will no longer be legal on swords.

Trevor

I don't think it's anything more than poor artistry-but there is a chance that it could be showing a visor with side monts with one of the pins removed...

Trevor

Anybody ever try using leatherworking rivets (or anything similar) to attach mitten gauntlets directly to a tight pair of gloves so you don't have to use palm or finger straps? THe period way is to rivet leather strips to the gauntlet, then sew the glove to the leather strips. It allows you to wear...

Trevor

Hardwood would work-though I've never seen it used. Large diameter hose works well, too. You can spit the middle and slide it down and tape it in place. Stuff the hose with foam to stiffen it up. The counterweight is the tough part. MAke sure that their is some sort of support around the rattan to k...

Trevor

A shear is really, really nice to have on hand. The only drawback is cost. If you can't find one used on ebay, you can use a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade.

hope this helps!

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The only reference for splinted cuisses I've seen comes from a 15th c. ilustration from Froissart. It shows some archers with articlated knees over hose-and it seems that the "splints" for the cuisses were an after thought. From experience, I've noticed that spints on cuisses get bent up pretty badl...

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We have an old, established tourney here called "Mad Dogs and Englishmen". Perhaps this is what you're talking about: In it, Men at arms and AOA level fighting award recipients have a warlord-style tournament, while the GOA and Peerage level fighting award recipients have a simultaneous warlord-styl...

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In a similar vein, is knowing that the water-powered mill drove improvements in food supply in Europe in the 12th c enough? Or does one have to see one work? Why? Even a mundane item such as a water mill can lead to greater understanding. Following your example, sure, you could just know "about" wa...

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How do you move your head down?

Trevor

Wow.

Very nice. I assume you raised it from one piece?

Trevor

Metal will bend-and stay there. Plastic bends, then bends back. It's easier to shape metal with armoring tools. For plastic, you use armoring tools to make molds, then heat up the plastic and mold it. After that, if you have to make a minor adjustment, you can use a heat gun-but it still looks like ...

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chef de chambre wrote:
What do you consider mid-15th century Trevor?

1430-1470

Trevor

I rather like the unpadded polearms.

I think they are more akin to actual polearms in weight and speed (at least some of them). They sure beat a "sofa on a stick."

Trevor

I am unaware of any examples before the middle of the 15th century.

Trevor

Can't get much cheaper than making it your self.

Is this for SCA combat...or what?

Trevor

2mm isn't going to cut it. You'll get pinched often.

i'd put some cheater plates (either leather or steel) in the sides with two-piece Tandy rivets. You can remove them fairly easily later.

Trevor

Here's my Scientific Wild-Assed Guess. I think it's an early entranche , or jousting shield. The top and bottom edges are curved outward to help ward off lance points towards the sides and away from the groin and head. As far as the square section-that appears to be two horizontal stop-ribs. The end...

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I'd recommend selling it on ebay.

An account of the Quest for the Grail (w/pics!) LONG

Re: why study primary sources?