The Armour Archive

Jeff J

The maces.

Jeff J

Yeh, Bob, reenactor net is THERE, but it is ckunky and not very user-friendly. Firestryker is better, but has seen a dearth of traffic - it's focused on 15th C, and while that's the absolute bestest period evar, it's not conducive to bringing in the rest of the periods. The one site I've seen thatI ...

Jeff J

Buy a nice prezzie for a friend.

Jeff J

Members only access to photos

Jeff J

PHOTOS, DAMMIT!

Jeff J

Jehan de Pelham wrote:I am so building one when I get back from Iraq. Do you mind me copying the general design?

No problems here. I can also send you other cradle images if you'd like.

Jeff J

Cap'n Atli wrote: Tell your wif that she'll just have to keep it full, or keep trying!

It'll get it's second occupant in September - then it'll be an "Heirloom".

Jeff J

Third, many reenactors are pompous d!ckheads who think they have expertise in every aspect of life in their period. (These, unfortunately, are the ones most often encountered by non-reenactors.) My theory for the reason behind this phenomenon is that it's because a lot of reenactors are actually in...

Jeff J

Depends on the group. Our standards are written that the objective is the "Typical", and as such, members should have only equipment appropriate to their station. How much thought goes into it beyond that, Jeff? (I'm honestly curious). Do you guys look even further into the "Typical" arrangement? T...

Jeff J

Depends on the group. Our standards are written that the objective is the "Typical", and as such, members should have only equipment appropriate to their station. My own armor is 20 years out of date for the period we reenact. Our highest ranked member's is more current. Most of our guys don't have ...

Jeff J

Gotcha about the mortises. I do that on the chests so the front panels' tenons don't show at the top of the legs. Didn't think of it in this application, but it would have made it simpler to give a clean fit on the joint. Look forward to seeing yours when it's done. Now, what's MY next project? Hmmm...

Jeff J

InsaneIrish wrote:How did you do the morteses?

Cheated. Routed them rough and chiseled the edges.

Jeff J

Did you turn the posts? or are those add-on finials? They are turned. I wish I had a lathe and that kind of skill - the balls are almost perfectly round. The guy who did them is a retired Navy Captain and does the most fantastic bowls I'd ever seen. He asked $50 for the job, but he just had his fir...

Jeff J

Thanks Maeryk, Glad to have complements from someone who knows a lot about wood. I'm hoping you're wrong about the cracking, and will do as you suggest the next time I do a similar joint. It's similar what I do for my chests. You really can't but love cherry. I just can't wait for it to age. Cherry ...

Jeff J

3/4" deep full length tenons, glued & pinned with dowels. [img]http://www.mathildegirlgenius.com/gallery/albums/album03/20060227_IMG_39.sized.jpg[/img] The key to making it structurally sound with the angled end posts is to slot the posts into the rocker and that prevents the posts from spreading, h...

Jeff J

Yup, I built it. The swaddling and the amount of bedding are what you see in period baby and cradle artwork. Char has piles of swaddled baby pics and I've a dozen or so of cradles. A lot of the babies are wrapped, and all of the cradles are mounded with bedding. In practice, it actually keeps them c...

Jeff J

MariaAgrissa wrote:That kid looks pretty good for having been finished with boiled linseed & beeswax!

He's finished with "Boudreaux's Butt Paste". Best stuff ever for diaper rash!

Jeff J

Just complete. Cherry wood, wood glue, Finished with Boiled Linseed & beeswax. http://www.mathildegirlgenius.com/gallery/albums/Cradle/20060228_1HenryCradle.sized.jpg Source: http://www.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server/images/7013052.JPG With Henry, our experimental test baby in proper cradlewear. (what be...

Jeff J

(Twitch)... Second... baby... due... in... a... few... months... (twitch)...

Hey! This'd make a FANTASTIC baby gift, ya know! The AA could take up a collection and...

(whap! Char delivers Psychic head-smack)

Jeff J

Nice looking group. I noticed in the background of one of the thumbnails that they are also playing with pollaxe. Excellent. Regarding armor, when practicing forms as these folks are, it's a whole lot simpler to go through them, especially with a large group, when you don't have to deal with armor. ...

Jeff J

Every time a horse-hair plume goes on a helmet, a kitten dies.

[img]http://www.ntua.gr/posdep/logos/Kitten+Gun.jpg[/img]

Jeff J

this'll remain a burning issue until someone we know happens to be passing through Edinburgh and can look at the details! Toby has the original painting at his disposal, and said mine looked like what he sees in the painting. I've seen a closeup of the original and am satisfied that my interpretati...

Jeff J

Quite so! As with many museums, they are willing to provide photos for a fee. It's a bit steeper than I'm willing to pay, though; 20 pounds for a 6"x8" color pic., up to 73 pounds for a 20"x24". (squeek!) m I guess this'll remain a burning issue until someone we know happens to be passing through Ed...

Jeff J

Speculation is fun. Having a clear source is better! Thanks for the clarification, Gwen. It wasn't so apparent from the digital image. Any idea how the major strands making up the braid are constructed? They look thick - each of the three looks thicker than the HE cords I use for points. Thicker tha...

Jeff J

[img]http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/39090465/7121006[/img]

Jeff J

Spiffy! Glad to see more documentation on two-colored points. Not sure about the braid vs fingerloop pattern issue. The pic Gwen has in the newsletter looks like only two colors to me. Y'know what? I have two monitors, and the one I use more is darker but the other one is lighter, and when I look a...

Jeff J

I think the Trinity laces also look like a simple "brode lace of v bowes", or even the round "purstringe--3bos reed, 2 bos white". The "brode lace" was documented to 1475, while the round one to a 1600 manuscript, but they both look a lot like the lace in question, and are only one move apart from ...

Jeff J

Jehan de Pelham wrote:Jeff, Gwen, you two are top notch. You've always seemed to me great people and your passion for sharing your love of things medieval has obviously informed your business endeavors.

Thanks, Jehan! Oh.. you mean the OTHER Jeff...

Jeff J

Armet

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

If it looks like a frog helm, then it ain't an armet. Armets fit close to the face, and don't appear before 1430 or so. Alcy posted a pic of the earliest known survivng one.

Got pics?

Jeff J

Oh- a suggestion on point-making for the kids at home - if you taper the wide part of the sheet brass in just a tad, (like a 1/16th of an inch for the last quarter inch) the part of the point where the lace emerge taper in tighter on the lace and makes it a whole lot easier to remove the laces.

Jeff J

Spiffy! Glad to see more documentation on two-colored points. Not sure about the braid vs fingerloop pattern issue. The pic Gwen has in the newsletter looks like only two colors to me. This site: http://fingerloop.org/patterns.html#n07 Shows several patterns, and documents them to period (yeay!) (Ma...

Jeff J

Turned out rather well, and we enjoyed ourselves in spite of the cold. Great job setting it up, Kevin. It was really cool to see the Lord Grey's folks there. More crossover is good, in my mind. Their clothing was very inspiring. You were there? Dinna see ya. I was kept busy taking care of Char & Hen...

Jeff J

DAVID01 wrote:
Vitus von Atzinger wrote::!:

It was a simple design practicality question.

Jeff J

Can you bend over in that rigid skirt?

Jeff J

Is there any way to use this method to achieve the black and white look? The white in that historical look is highly polished brass that is riveted or for the truly rich gold wash or plating over the area you wish to have white. It is very interesting finding the things our ancestors knew that we t...

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