The Armour Archive

Jeff J

It's from a "Pass the Pigs" game!

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First time I played this, I was taken by the similarity to the rules of knucklebones.

Jeff J

Ikea (now and then)

Jeff J

Y'all are so mean... It has recently come to my attention that I shouldn't be able to raise my arms above my head in real 15th century Italian pauldrons (and thus shouldn't be able to perform a cartwheel). What am I doing wrong? Apparently, my pauldrons don't restrict me in the fashion they're supp...

Jeff J

[Abuse = Josh] MY HE arming doublet never blew out like that. Oh - wait - that's because I actually have meat on my arms and the armpit comes up tighter. How about learning to tie the right knot, Josh? http://www.wolfeargent.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000147 [/abuse] Ditt...

Jeff J

If you do so, and if you use Diehl's pattern, make SURE you mock it up first.. theres at least one critical piece he leaves off, and you cannot just drill the holes and stuff on angles he has marked assuming they will fit.. it is very much a "modify as you go" pattern. Agree - it's not a ...

Jeff J

Careful... Don't say anything bad about MT products...

Jeff J

Nice pictures James 15th century reenactment? Only things I would avoid from those is a) the wearing of chain maille by servers... or anyone... b) the wearing of swords. As far as I can tell, it wasnt socially acceptable to wear them in public at that time. You're right about the maille - we have t...

Jeff J

James B. wrote:I am with Sir Angus on the "skin out" thing. If you want to wear modern underwear under braies (and jock) or a knee brace under your hose I don't see an issue,

They'll just be mocked for having VPL.

Jeff J

I dont even know what vetting is..... It's a process where a designated person or group looks over your stuff and determines if it meets the standards. Usually, if there is something that doesn't meet the standards, the presenter is allowed the opportunity to present documentation for his exception...

Jeff J

Char & I will buy two large. I'll send the check today.

Jeff J

Da-Bump!

Jeff J

Guy Dawkins wrote:
would the 'lower classes' have had tables or the need of them?

You mean in general, or at the emprise? In general - "ummm... yeah"

At the emprise - not really.

Jeff J

However, a lot of the exceptions are for jousts or mounted tournaments, which have different requirements from a combat on foot within the lists. So you're saying that having a set up of pavillions and furniture within the list was typical of late 14th century deeds of arms performed on foot We're ...

Jeff J

Tank top?

TOOOB TOP???

Gotta get Muriel in on the action as well.

Hey - I sense a need for a "Ladies of the 14th C mafia" calender.

Jeff J

Nick, shall I change the T-shirt en route to Tasha to a more prurient size? Don J! I'm shocked! SHOCKED, I say! Nay, nay, nay, it stays at a "large", merci very much. Hmph! -Tasha What you gentlemen fail to understand is that for some women, a large is still nicely snug through certain upper portio...

Jeff J

My name is Laura, and I'm a member of Gardiner's Company, Trayn'd Bandes of London (Elizabethan), a volunteer costumed interpreter and occasional researcher for the Jamestown Settlement and Museum (Early Colonial America), and a Laurel in the SCA ( which has gotten me absolutely no free cups of cof...

Jeff J

") that were designed to simulate Renee-like galleries, trestle tables, and... ta-daaa! ... the plans for a very simple but extremely effective and handsom tourney fence written by Earl Daffydd ap Gwystal from Atlantia (another member of St. Michael). Let me know and I'll get any of these to you. "...

Jeff J

Scratch that-the goal seems not to mittigate shock, but to perform a theatrical break on heavy impacts. I was thinking doweled sockets, but that might lead to sharp points.

Jeff J

It looks OK in the typing window but when it goes out to the message the system removes the spaces. Just imagine the vertical lines are moved to the right far enough to line up with the end of the dashes on top so the whole thing looks like a Z. Perhaps I can be of assistance ... Hey, that's a thou...

Jeff J

Tasha McG wrote:Size Large, please. Now if Don J would include a baby-doll t-shirt option, I'd opt for that in "Scary-bad tight" size, but he didn't offer it, so....

-T

Jehan, If you offer them in baby-doll, I solemly swear to do my utmost to take pics of Tasha & Charlotte posing in them.

Jeff J

[These are far more crucial questions (pardon me, Muriel) than whether button holes are hand stitched or not. lol! No problem Rhys! Of course, the whole reason we're gonna be there is to watch some wunerful Deeds! What say y'all about Galleron's suggestion?? regards, Muriel PS. But they ARE nice bu...

Jeff J

It appears that facial hairbecame less common as the 15th ntury wore on most liley as a result of decreasing testosterone among the 2nd estate. Or, because of the advances in armor, there is an increasing possibility that you'd catch your beard in your visor. I'd venture that wearing a beard came t...

Jeff J

Actually he died in 1376, well within the timeline of 1350 to 1399. [img]http://jcr.chu.cam.ac.uk/forum/images/smiles/assshaking.gif[/img] Ah - I'd fixed the time in my mind as 1390 - probably from an earlier post. So, forked, pointed beards are good if you are a prince then. Shall I post a few hun...

Jeff J

Edward was 15 years dead in 1390

Jeff J

Uh-huh... so probably best to use them first, eh? I personally think that goatees look HAWT on most men, so if the evidence is there for them... uh.... "yay!" -Tasha But SOOO overused in the SCA. Practically de rigeur. I'd bet at least half of the men in the society sport a goatee. Hell, a few year...

Jeff J

There's hair up on them there cheeks. Looks like an unshaven full, (however thin at the sides), beard. Besides, Chaucer was a clerk for most of his life, then when he became famous for his writings. I'd place him in amongst the scholars - decidedly not gentry. Show me a few nobles of fighting age w...

Jeff J

BTW - on a happy personal note - I've already got one confirmed servant - and the possibility of 4 more. WooHoo!! Which brings up the issue: should the wealthy be required to have a certain number of persons in service attending them as appropriate to station? We've discussed a special viewing area...

Jeff J

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3e/Geoffrey_Chaucer_-_Illustration_from_Cassell%27s_History_of_England_-_Century_Edition_-_published_circa_1902.jpg/491px-Geoffrey_Chaucer_-_Illustration_from_Cassell%27s_History_of_England_-_Century_Edition_-_published_circa_1902.jpg heigh...

Jeff J

My <a href="http://www.frederickwilbur-woodcarver.com">father-in-law</a> and I just made a collapsible medeival hutch this weekend out of plywood. Well, almost all of it's plywood. The sides are plywood, but the lid (whose edges you can see) is a joined piece of wood. Before I bring it out, I'll be...

Jeff J

And I say, what if you cant see the edges... so you dont see the laminations? The tables I am looking to make (have to get pics up) are made from plywood..t Large tablecloths are wonderful things to cover tables. However, there are several configurations of period trestle tables with planks across ...

Jeff J

Murdock wrote:well, start the vetting

OK.

Don't recall goatees in-period. Suspect the hat is beneath your station. Is that a filling in your molar?

Jeff J

Since there is all this talk about the stiching, If it goes to all hand stitched stuff...Where would someone look to find someone willing to do something, like say....The Von Hohenklingon padded jacket( James B, and three highly-skilled ladies who are already posting here about this event are the m...

Jeff J

But you can go to HE/ Revival/ Medieval Designs and pretty much buy a soft kit. You might have to hand sew the button holes. Thats good imo. In many LH groups, you can over-sew machined button holes - leaving the machine stichery in place and essentially covering it with the hand stitching. The oth...

Jeff J

Wolf wrote:but i dont have a 14thc outfit murdock

You have a year, Chuck.

Jeff J

I will be helping out with the Emprise. As a herald, marshal, attendent, whatever. Yeah, you do a great job at public announcement. It would be a loss if you weren't fighting though. You are also good at knowing what was done at tourneys. I have a question for you on that: would there be other cont...

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