The Armour Archive

Jeff J

Charlotte J wrote:So, whatchya gonna do with it when he grows out of it?

I think that's Wade's son, not Tracy's.

Jeff J

hrolf wrote: I do. I posted too hastily, i'm afraid - i was referring to HE's split hose.

I figured you had.

I was advising Aaron.

Jeff J

Looking for pieces for a friend.

Who sells a good, reasonably-priced set of mid-15th C. archer's knees? (non-SCA, mild steel)

Jeff J

and i can wear wool hosen for at least 3 days of nonfighting in a row without stinking up the place.. That's the thing about wool - it doesn't tend to collect a stink the way cotton and un-natural fibers do. I'd also suggest that you buy a set of the time-appropriate linen braes (one per day of int...

Jeff J

Great price.

Jeff J

So he is aprenticed in SCA-politics? Then the laurel is not a craft mastery but a mastery in SCA-politics? (edit - "In My Opinion") A Laurel/apprentice relationship in differing fields is not so much a guide to craft or politics, but a coach, guide to behaviour, work ethics, practices and...

Jeff J

You could be knighted (not exactly the same as ennobled) for a bunch of stuff. I recollect a story about a cook... Late-medieval, knighthood generally entailed having the money and supporting the king. There was a whole class of knight-bannerets ("a commoner of rank") who'd have a knightho...

Jeff J

Isabella E wrote:I was replying to Jeff J.

Yeah, sorry about causing the confusion.

Jeff J

Deleted. Gonna piss WAY too many people off.

Jeff J

The plumbing parts aren't overly attractive. I'm betting they will get replaced.

Elegant solution with the winch plate handle. Did you cut the sliding dovetail slots by chisel?

Jeff J

RoaK wrote:Ok you got me... you put brass on that thing and I'll have to join the crew...

Yeah. Siege is the one SCA combat arm that I could get into. It'd be a blast to build a battery of these things.

Jeff J

Neat workbench. Your construct?

Jeff J

Weather forecast looks promising. Rain's supposed to stop Friday, and the temp is supposed to be in the 60s.

Jeff J

Hey, about the steel rails to reduce string drag; Bronze is slipperier than steel. It'd be a bit more spendy, but real pretty, to put a couple of bronze rails on it. And, it'd be corrosion-resistant. Bare hardened steel on oak is often a corrosion problem because of the tannins.

Jeff J

Why did I just know that you'd be using quarter-sawn WO and be one of those guys who works with Japanese chisels? I do have a question about the miter cut on the end; standing it up to run it through... Not a real safe practice without a jig or other support... A guy could end up eating the board. Y...

Jeff J

if your kids are too stupid to not play with swords without permission, leave em at home. It's not MY kids that are stupid, dumbass. It's other people's kids. And people who are supposedly adults. I once let someone who seemed responsible handle a sharp. They whipped it around like a windmill, in c...

Jeff J

It looks front-heavy. You might want to move the balance point forward.

Jeff J

I see nothing wrong with wearing sharp knives; they are tools, and people usually understand that a knife is sharp and are accustomed to them being so, and handling them reasonably safely. This is not true for swords, so unless the wearer has very responsible safety practices, such as never letting ...

Jeff J

As well, right-of-way & electric equipment have completely destroyed any semblance that sabre bears to an actual sword fight. Why I resisted electric sabre. Know that I kilet you by the bruise that you shall surely have in the morning. Sabre is the manly way to fence. Prissy Epeeists - BAH! (ra...

Jeff J

Sir Mathghamhain MacAlpin wrote:LIVE STEEL!!?? I've never had any of my steel weapons come to life!! That would scare the crap out of me!

Exactly.

Sharp. The English word is SHARP, people.

Jeff J

There's a Negroli display at the National Gallery of Art in DC until the 29th of this month. There are supposedly a couple of burgonets, but I think they are from the museum in spain as part of the Art of Power exhibit . I will be going one day, possibly next week, if I can get the day off. -Cian Y...

Jeff J

http://www.arador.com/articles/chain4.jpg I believe this is also a realistic possiblity, even though no examples have been found. Beg to differ. This arrangement is highly impractical and (in my book) very implausible. It gives almost no protection, and takes as much, or more, metal than a set of m...

Jeff J

Double-Bow knots.

Jeff J

I'd consider putting a metal rim around the top of the box part. It'd be more secure.

Jeff J

Flatsawn red oak? Ummm....

Jeff J

Very nice work.

Jeff J

BTW, Jehan, where'd you get your aventail?

Jeff J

I suspect it's leather over an undyed leather core. Cat Probably. I've been wondering whether such might have wood components for added stiffening for additional protection. I've been doing wood turning, fiddling with making cylindrical boxes that Chef mentions below. Although they are pretty kewl ...

Jeff J

Cat wrote:Thanks for the info! Do you happen to recall what the leather cylindrical case was used for?

Thanks again!!
Cat

Probably a beaker or something. I suspect that the only way to know for sure is to have the item found with it, in which case, it'd probably have been displayed as a set.

Jeff J

http://www.historiclife.com/images/Muse ... 1552_3.jpg

Looking through that gap: Does that look like it's leather over a wooden core?

Jeff J

Didn't happen to get an end view on that bench, did ya?

Jeff J

Regarding the original question: I've not seen any voider/arming doublet illustrations that early. It's safest to just wear a full hauberk, especially as wearing just voiders doesn't really entail a lot less mass than a full garment, especially as you'd have to have a skirt anyways with your rig. Wh...

Jeff J

Signo wrote:We are talking about people that used to stone eachother during sunday festivity....

And there's the favorite kid's game of holding hands, facing each other, and kicking each other in the shins until one give up and breaks the hold.

Jeff J

For those who pass up protection in favor of hearing the tools: how about wearing a plug in one ear and alternating?

Jeff J

In Grey's Retinue: English 1461, Steward of the Lord's Household

In LaBelle Compagnie: English 1388, Member of Sir Geoffrey's Household, Sometimes archer, sometimes hand Gonner

In SCA: English craftsman - Joiner. Either of the two above dates, based on what Char & I feel like for the event.

Archer Knees reproductions