The Armour Archive

Jeff J

Muriel wrote:Hello,
(note: I'm new to the Archive - Hi)

Hi Muriel!

Jeff J

Would a liberal dosing in linseed oil have provided similar protection? Perhaps even a couple of coats of boiled linseed after a couple of coats of regular linseed?

Jeff J

2. Per "Renaissance Martial Arts" by Anglo, there are descriptions of pauldrons being cut away. I recall this was in the poll-axe section of the book. Additionally, I'd conjecture that removing the whole piece of armor more likely involved failure of the attachment devices; the point, strap, or riv...

Jeff J

This is a BIG set of questions, and any answer is highly subject to the specific circumstances. I think that (generally) historic mail was very sword-cut resistant - maybe some blunt trauma to the target, but that's about it. And plate was essentially sword-cut proof. Now, if you start talking punct...

Jeff J

Are you possibly seeing what may be a tent liner of richer fabric in these illustrations, or perhaps the artist/illuminator showing off a bit? That's what I'm wondering. If you look at a enough illustrations of set-up tents, you'll see the exterior of the tent one color and the interior another. Fo...

Jeff J

[quote="brewer] Thank you, sir. It was a great deal of fun to host. As for PPIII, talk to Jeff J. He's running this year's. Ta![/quote] Ask, and it shall be! PPIII- (Working title - "The Vengance") will be at Maretta Mansion, Glendale MD, 12-14 November. The scenario is under development. The cool t...

Jeff J

Jeff J, for the crow's feet, I have an idea. Here is what I might do. I will make a wooden toggle with three holes that is secured onto the main guy by means of a knot--in other words, the wooden toggle cannot go closer to the tent, up the rope, than the knot allows. Then, a single rope goes throug...

Jeff J

You can apply the water/fire resisting materials while the tent is erect. Makes the sewing easier. Just be careful not to go into the tent while doing so. I did that to a tent I made once and got a helluva buzz. Natural Hemp cloth is like linen - grayish/brown, maybe even moreso. I have some canvas-...

Jeff J

There is a counter to the weathering effect. Period linen was whitened by placing it in the sun and breaching it with urea. So... He may not need canvas-weight cloth. Lighter-weight might do well. And regarding shrinking, a good wash in hot water ought pre-shrink the material and close the weave. Th...

Jeff J

You see, Bob and I share a general dislike (or I should probably say "lack of comprehension") for collectors. We know alot of reenactors who are really just collectors. They don't care about the period they purport to be reenacting. They just bring their collection of stuff to events and talk about...

Jeff J

The important part is how, or rather WHO UNlaces it.

Jeff J

Thanks James B.! I'd like to use these if I may: m m m I'm in no super hury. If you want to wait till after Pennsic to work it out - don't sweat it. The first pic only has two persons in the SCA-Winterfell from here on the AA & another fellow who's name escapes me for the moment. The other five are...

Jeff J

I wrote that. It's for an SCA site, Jeff. It is meant to educate people in how the SCA uses the words. Leave it alone, eh? It's not your group. Was just funin' - alluding to other discussions. Did see the - ya? Besides, the way THAT particular definition is phrased - I'm in agreement. (Nyaa nyaaa.....

Jeff J

Ya, I can see how us using our real names might be confusing. Jeff J is Jeff J & James B is James B is The-Artist-Formerly-Named-Flonzy James' Girfriend might not like it if we get mixed up... Or maybe she WOULD... (I expect she'll make me pay for that crack ) From your site: "The terms costume and ...

Jeff J

With his armor slid up like that, the fellow on his back in the foreground looks headless.

Jeff J

Michael B wrote:I can't believe I'm joining in with this, but ...

A knight's fleas ..... Creatures of the Knight.

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Creatures of the Knight?

Jeff J

What's this about the 14th being the "One True Century"? What a crock! The ignorant barbarians of that period hadn't even beheld the wonder of human technological achievement that is a mid-fiftenth century Italian cuirass. The deprived and misguided losers of the C14th had to cover their harness in...

Jeff J

The outer layer of my arming doublet is 5-7 ounce linen, but it doesn't wear very well and has worn spots where the armor rides - especially at the hips. For my next new arming doublet, I'm going to use a heavy canvas-weight material for the outer layer. I bought some 22-ounce hemp canvas at www.hem...

Jeff J

Sounds like a foot-bow fired while on your back with no mention of a release mechanism. My thought on that passage was that she was simply describing how the thing was cocked, 'cause that's exactly how you do a non-stirrupped crossbow. Which I liked, because it indicated to me that I shouldn't have...

Jeff J

must lie, one might say, almost on his back and apply both feet strongly against the semi-circle of the bow and with his two hands pull the string with all his might in the contrary direction. Sounds like a foot-bow fired while on your back with no mention of a release mechanism. In the middle of t...

Jeff J

No help on the documentation - I'm a visual guy & need pictures.

Have to comment though - it took guts to ask the back-documenting question over here on R&A - "Home of the Snarks"

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Secondly - I'm continually amazed by Marc Carleson.

Jeff J

Focus is on the mid/late 15th C. English.

I have kit for 11th C. Norman, late 18th C. Sailor, 14th C. English (low end), but those are all marginally adequate. I really can't do more than one period very well and maintain any form of a life.

Jeff J

LFord wrote:I picked up a longbow a few years back from a guy by the name of Bill Darr

Labelle stopped using him a while back - he became unreliable with deliveries.

Jeff J

Cool. Especially since the musem is closed for renovations for the next year or so.

Jeff J

Both arms & legs are attached to an arming doublet. It fits tight enough around the waist for most of the weight of the legs to be borne by the waist. I prefer this method for under a cuirass because it precludes the doublet riding up in the waist during movement.

Jeff J

[url]http://www.abcgallery.com/P/piero/francesca29.JPG[url] This Chap? Speaking of him. Notice the points on the sleeves (presumeably) for arm harness attachment? I've tried such an arrangement with my 15th C harness and been most dis-satisfied. The armhole is way too low/large and tends to restrict...

Jeff J

The first site is correct. (edit-I can't get the second site to load) HOWEVER, the pattern for the doublet is wrong in several places. There should not be straight lines in the pattern - it's all curves to fit the garment closely to the body and to flare the "skirt" (correct term is "Peplum") A bagg...

Jeff J

Second the safety warning. A guy I worked with lost his leg to a home-made cannon. He put it in the trunk of a car, lit it and ran the other way. Problem is, he forgot about recoil & the cannon flew through the trunk & caught him just above the knee.

Jeff J

The one I've seen in a museum was well under 2' wide and seemed just over 4' tall. I'd go by your personal dimensions and figure out what gave you adequate personal cover while cocking a crossbow or loading a gonne. I recall you posting that you were a wiry six-footer.

Jeff J

I have actually wanted to try cooking by the humors. For those that have, how was it? Is it only a change in presentation of the food or does it go into ingredients as well? I personally am having a hard enough time getting some of my household to eat fruit and meat on the same plate, let alone fru...

Jeff J

skip the rabbit. its not period for our camp and it falls apart. i ahve a full rabbit coat but they told me i couldnt use it. make a gown or soldiers coat. that'll keep u warm Not so much that you CAN'T use it, as that it's not a good idea to use it. There is a lot of evidence that rabbit fur fur s...

Jeff J

Then besides seasons, you'll start yelling that were serving wet and dry foods together. That's another fun part - planning the meal in such a way that the meal doesn't cause an imbalance in the diner's bodily humours. You must balance Warm/Cold and Wet/Dry foods. Otherwise disease is sure to follo...

Jeff J

My error - yellow & purple http://website.lineone.net/~stolarczyk/history2.html "Yellow and purple carrots are first recorded in Asia Minor and the Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) in the 10th century. This was a mutation which effectively removed the anthocyanins which gives the red/purple colour. " "...

Jeff J

Maeryk wrote:
Sometimes the white carrots are hard to find, but at least by the 16th c there are occasionally orange ones shown in German paintings.

They werent white carrots! THe artist was out of orange paint!

Maeryk

White or purple - no orange Carrots are seen until late renaisance.

Jeff J

Do you consider whether the foods you eat are "in season" when you buy? How much effort do you make to choose a variety of say, apples again, that are closest to the ones you've seen in art or descriptions from your period? Do you eat greens in the winter, or kraut in the summer? Do you serve fresh...

Re: Early crossbows

Re: To every thing there is a time, and a season