The Armour Archive

Jeff J

I'd submit that it's because there is no real reward to win a reenactment tactical. You do it purely for the fun of it, so if you are hit, you take it. Agreed Some of the best moments Ive had are dieing spectacularly in front of large crowds:) Exactly! A good dramatic death is more fun that living ...

Jeff J

Slight change of subject. I've also done reenactment tacticals where it mattered what you were armored with and what hit you. i.e. If you were unarmored, any hit from any weapon would take you out. If you had a gambeson, you could shrug off arrow hits from a distance, mail you could take three sword...

Jeff J

Ahh. I'm thinking that might be part of the "difference" in the styles.. that the way we (sca) do it vs a known outcome, is due to force and impact. The most noticeable differences between reenactment combat and SCA is egos are less of a problem in reenactment circles. Dont get me wrong, ...

Jeff J

I point my leg armor to my testicles, but that's just me.

Steve, I say again: Tighten the belly! An inch is NOT enough. Try about four.

Jeff J

Yea- I saw Chef get nailed by a 65 pound bow with rabbit blunts. And Char nailed him in the crotch with a 35. I've also had a friend come back from Hasting UK with a broken collar bone. Not from an arrow. And another almost lose an eye in US reenactment from a spear thrust. Shit happens, Wounds heal...

Jeff J

PS - paint the ends.

Jeff J

Paint. Ya - they stained. There is documentation for staining, but for things like knife handles, where paint would wear off. Consider red, as in the specific color "barn-paint red" It's Iron-oxide pigment based, pretty, and relatively inexpensive in-period, and easy to purchase in a durab...

Jeff J

Grab a jack plane and run some bevels around the edges and it will look a _lot_ less "blocky". The biggest problem with dimensional lumber is.. it's dimensional. But it still beats the hell out of bag chairs! Well done. Agreed. It looks great, but with just a little more time with a jig s...

Jeff J

[img]http://www.wraithstudios.ca/forumpics/FoldingBenchV1-001.jpg[/img] A suggestion: Cut those long tabs (the part that hangs down, not the length) on the end short - to about 3/4" long, then cut a wedge at 5 degrees to drive sideways into the gap. It'll stabilize it immensely and make it les...

Jeff J

whether he is a 'proper' executioner or not, he is responding to a practical need. That image is more informative than anything to do with executioners, have you noticed the central seam down his doublet btw? Likely not a proper executioner - sword's all wrong. There's a lot to notice about that do...

Jeff J

(Skipping a lot of the previous discussion and going straight to the last photo) [img]http://www.forth-armoury.com/temp/pourpoint1.jpg[/img] Steve, I'd suggest : - Put the tops of the hosen UNDER the pourpoint, lacing through it and tying on the outside. If you must reinforce either garment at the e...

Jeff J

That's pansy stuff. You guys need blastblocs:

http://www.gssprotect.com/web_videos/web_videos.htm#

These are totally cool for castle walls, and make bitchin' fire positions. They interlock - and stack- like legos! Fill them with soil and they'll take a .50 cal round.

Jeff J

You do know the story behind the Bashford Dean Corrizzina...

Jeff J

Two arrived in the mail today.

Spiff!

Jeff J

I've always been in the "don't sweat it" camp myself. We modern folks have an additional problem that your average medieval person didn't. We have to differentiate not just between certain types of garments, but between garments from different times and geographical locations. I'll grant y...

Jeff J

...walks into a bar...

Jeff J

In 1986, Maestro Roberto cut his hair in a bowl cut and trimmed his beard to a small fork like any fashionable man in his prime would do in 1386. Now, in 2009, I am still cutting my hair in a bowl, and forking my gray beard like any old goat of 1409 who is still clinging desperately to the fashions...

Jeff J

A moose once bit my sister.

Someone had to say it.

Jeff J

It depends. I used to think there was an optimal length of just a bit taller than the wielder, but I've seen some apparent four foot long axes in Flemish art.

Jeff J

losthelm wrote:Jeff if your heading to Pennsic I have a B3 that needs a new home.
it should be more then enuff for your spring steel

Might take you up on that if you're serious. I'll contact you offline.

Jeff J

Maeryk wrote:Poplar and Alder are basically interchangeable woods, modern day.

Not so much. Alder is far softer than poplar.

Jeff J

Hi Jeff, If you are doing most of the brig plates to a standard pattern I can get a quote for laser cutting them for you. Dave Semi-standard. I recall probably 4 or five variations on the same plate shape for most of the plates, and some may have to be hand-done. I'd have to pull out the patterns A...

Jeff J

Hi Jeff, If you are doing most of the brig plates to a standard pattern I can get a quote for laser cutting them for you. Dave And if you are doing it to a variable pattern I may be able to help with that too. I've been considering building a small-plate brig (yeah, in my free time... what free tim...

Jeff J

white mountain armoury wrote:You cant cut your spring steel with aB2?
I cut it with mine in various thickness with no real issue.
The 18 ga 1050 I have can be cut with wiss hand snips

Really slowww... Mostly, it's the time issue.

Edit - wait... (not my shear). I think it's actually a B-1 Harbor freight.

Jeff J

Unfortunately, the tinned nails aren't in production. A person could convince the company to make some, but the last production run about 6 years ago, the company required a minimum run that was pretty big - like 100 pounds, and they cost $36 a pound, then. Ya - $3,600 for nails. A couple of people ...

Jeff J

Nothing wrong with practicing skills and working with pine. I did quite a bit of it when first starting, and still do work prototypes in pine. 1. Leg slant, almost all of the stools I have seen have the legs kanted out even just slightly. It really adds to stability and elegance. Nor really. There a...

Jeff J

If those two numbers aren't similar, please don't try to sell it. It's always the same story. Some new artisan comes on the scene, cranks out some nice stuff, and sells it really cheap. Once he realizes that he's getting paid $4/hour, he disappears (usually with a bunch of backorders). Meanwhile, h...

Jeff J

Brother Symon wrote:I can't go

Waaaah!

TAKE PICTURES !!

Meh - you is of the ebil unhispotialars.

Jeff J

Halvgrimr wrote:
Jeff J wrote:
Did I mention Oak?

Im on a budget of $150:)
If it were for me it would be of oak:)

Which brings up the question of period. I thought you were early.

The table isnt for me:)

What? you expect me to read the original post?

Jeff J

Well, in my experience, yes, in the pine stuff common in the SCA use The joints get 'reamed out'/loosened up H Did I mention Oak? Seriously, it's kind of hard to have make-do materials work well. You could try a clamp-front chest with long legs - documentable to the 13thc C. Which brings up the que...

Jeff J

I really hate the standard SCA breakdown trestles as in no time flat they develop wobble after multiple uses and teardowns. Even with the stretcher? All of our tables and benches with stretchers are quite stable. I think that part really does the trick. This could be a very cool design, if the legs...

Jeff J

Awww... And Henry is holding his dandelion that he picked.

He looks like such a little man.

Nice Ribbon display rack, Kender.

Jeff J

Consider using square dowels in your round holes. What that does is crush the corners of the square dowel and give you a really tight fitting dowel.

Jeff J

Pretty spiffy, D!

Jeff J

Stone ware is tough stuff. I doubt you'll break it through common use.

Eadric the Potter (Maryland) (Ironwood here on AA)

http://ironwoodpotterystudio.com/pages/demos.php

He doesn't have an online sales presence yet, but is at Pennsic. But he's on Youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p78kGNXDll0

Re: Box table info - HELP!

Re: Box table info - HELP!

Re: Box table info - HELP!