The Armour Archive

Jeff J

Charlotte J wrote:Please do post your treasure trove of English 1470s-80s women's clothing.

Abbreviated: "Cite"

Jeff J

Likely, they wore nothing.

A person could go "stealth", wearing flesh-toned disposable foam plugs. You can buy them by the hundred at pharmacies for a few bucks.

Jeff J

forgot to add: I've heard that if you want it blacker, add carbon to the linseed oil first, specifically carbon black, which you can buy from paint supply places, or "borrow" from a copier toner cartridge. Haven;t tried it myself...

Jeff J

Paint it on, let it dry a couple of weeks, throw it on the gas grill and run it up to around 450 Degrees. That'll do it. You're using Boiled linseed right?

Jeff J

Robert P. Norwalt wrote:Linseed oil to is a good "blackener". But leaves it somewhat "gommy".

Not of it's boiled linseed, cooked on hard, at just-smokin' temperature. It comes out like an enamel finish - nice & hard.

Jeff J

Done right:

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Jeff J

There was a minimum size of, like, 75 pounds on new orders (tooling and set-up). And they were almost $40 a pound 6 years ago, so you'd need to spend about $3K to get a new production lot. And there's inflation, so it might even be more (if the company is still in business). There may be some coming...

Jeff J

Matthew Amt wrote:Ut!
Of course, if I really AM coming down with the flu, I'll be very put out. Or I'll show up wth a bell around my neck as a leper...

Kewl! I'll be sure to bring some rotting fruit to throw at ya!

Jeff J

USED to be just the Laurels that would walk up, turn your hem and chastise you because it wasn't hand stitched.... In ten years of playing in the SCA I have seen a hem-check exactly once, and in the context (two costuming people geeking out) it was a welcome thing. There was no "chastising.&qu...

Jeff J

I dunno... part of the powder horn rig makes sense, but as you say, the hook is too severe (it curves in on itself) to be useful for inserting into a touch-hole. touch-holes I've seen were fairly big, but they seem to have tapered. I'm thinking it may be a belt-hook for the powder horn. Concur the e...

Jeff J

Shiney beast, aye it is. It's a shame that the sulfur products of gunpowder are so effective at patinating bronze. Thaaat's what those corrugations back by the breach are... He's fluted the edge of the pan. (I'd only seen fuzzy photos 'til now) Is a cover on the pan documented? What are your thought...

Jeff J

What Chef said. The pantler's knives are special, and a real hoot to learn to use. I've gotten pretty good at cutting up bread with a set, and would love to experiment with all of the formal steps. What's cool is their clip-point/spear design - you can move the bread around, set aside the trimmings,...

Jeff J

I hear he was also a pirate.

Jeff J

I'm just REALLY groovin on the wall-gun barrel the guy has. If he actually HAS ONE IN STOCK I'm buying it tomorrow. http://dixonmuzzleloading.com/index.php Not the sort of thing a guy stocks. I believe he's only made one of those wall guns, for Rick Orli's (Polish hussar). It's funny, the wall gun ...

Jeff J

Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing these!

(Pedantic quibble: "Ewart Oakeshott".)

Jeff J

Maeryk wrote:
BWAHA! WEll played, Sir, well played.

(bows)

Thank you, sirrah. You've been a worthy opponent.

Folks, we'll be here all week, try the veal!

Jeff J

Maeryk wrote:Well, you stared at me at least five times at war this year on the way by. I didn't see any retching.

Didn't know it was you. Sorry, though, my mama told me it was impolite to stare at the sick and deformed.

Jeff J

Maeryk wrote:
Jeff J wrote:
Maeryk wrote:as I referred to myself as ignoble german merc scum.. .

Rest assured - there are many who will always consider you "scum".

Look me in the eye when you say that.. peasant.

OK.

But I hear you're ugly too, so lets do it quick - I have a weak stomach.

Jeff J

Maeryk wrote:as I referred to myself as ignoble german merc scum.. .

Rest assured - there are many who will always consider you "scum".

Jeff J

Ooooo... shiney...

Gold leaf, Leo?

Jeff J

Hey - what're YOU looking at?

Jeff J

chef de chambre wrote:The problem is, that you are comparing apples and cumquats.

It's spelled "kumquats". Therefore, the rest of your argument is specious and irrelevant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumquat

Jeff J

chef de chambre wrote:I stated people who could not tell the difference between horse crap, and human crap, were either stupid or ignorant, ...

Either one will drop you on your butt if you step in it, though!

Jeff J

I have to ask, how is it possible that you are a peer and wouldn't know who the crowns are? Seriously? That sounds impossible. She know. I often don't remember though, so it's quite possible. I'd rather be focusing on learning & doing and knowing who's an up-n-coming Laurel or Pearl (kingdom A&...

Jeff J

Please. You really don't know what you are talking about. They never were at a 'gallop', at any time, for instance, nor did they 'gallop' around your tent. Dude. I was in that camp as well. Don't resort to semantics of Canter/gallop to make a point that she's ignorant. I know the difference, and it...

Jeff J

I've been around horses my ENTIRE life. If there is one thing I learned from an early age, and from my father and other cowboys is never ever completely take your eye off any horse. Love your horse, but if you take your eye off it it might be the end of you. Bingo. A horse is a thousand-pound two-y...

Jeff J

It would be impressive to see someone from Grey's (or Brent's prospective group) do target archery at an SCA event in full WOTR archery kit. I think it's the only SCA "martial" activity that allows fully historically accurate gear. Brent & I have discussed this very aspect. Issue bein...

Jeff J

Through.

Jeff J

Will poke him fer ya.

Jeff J

True dat, Jeff! We can get bored just like anyone else. I was also thinking of someone asking a boatload of questions when a merchant is swamped. And, most of these merchants I listed are also high-reenactors as well. Which is how they came to be merchants in the first place: couldn't find anything...

Jeff J

Thanks Brewer, I'll defintiely be looking you up. Are you focusing on improving your hard kit or soft? Both, Jeff. Transitioning (heh, no pun intended) my kit as we speak, soft kit is coming along. Slowly. As Brewer says, he's got good info on the household stuff. And you can get good advice from s...

Jeff J

Are you focusing on improving your hard kit or soft?

Jeff J

Both. You don't want all that extra cloth bunching up under your armor for the undergatments, and for the over, as Tracy & Char point out, it'll support the armor from the hips if it's snug: Girdle-tight.

Jeff J

I imagine that's one way of lining a garment. I'm not prepared to make a sweeping generalization about it being the only method, any more than I'm prepared to say sleeveless doublets were rare. Ways of making clothes probably varied from region to region, town to town and maker to maker. Gwen Oh, y...

Jeff J

Gwen and Jeff, indeed and an examination of a painting at the Charles the Bold exhibition showed a similar construction, ie panels of the lining rather than a bagged out whole one. Precisely the point! And I know exactly the painting you mean! I'll dig through my photos from the exhibition & se...

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