The Armour Archive

InsaneIrish

I think Insane Irish was trying to say that a discription of the items would be good. Also are you selling every thing together or would you sell it by the piece? Edward Actually I was remarking on the WAY griffon wrote his offer. It was extremely hard to read and very vague as to what exactly he w...

InsaneIrish

Sarcasm will get you NOWHERE on this board. Steve -SoFC- was kind enough to respond to you AND answer your question. It is a simple leather gorget with a small chainmaille "mantle" sewn onto the outside. From what I have read and or seen, that type of thing is NOT period. More than likely Steve is r...

InsaneIrish

perhaps a clarification on what you typed above?
A am uncertain as to what you are selling?

InsaneIrish

pics and price on the Burgeonet?

InsaneIrish

Per the Society Website: Insurance Most site owners require some sort of evidence that the SCA Inc. has liability insurance. To provide documentation, the "Proof of Insurance" certificate is distributed to Kingdom Seneschals toward the end of each year. Promptly distribute the new form to your branc...

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Pics would be nice, BUT, perhaps telling us what you are selling would be nicer?

InsaneIrish

Lulach, Is there a particular reason you are stirring up this mess again? It seems to me that you have gone back into the archives and drug up every Wombat Thread. There is a reason those threads have fallen off the board. It is because no one wants to read them anymore. The gentles involved in acti...

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here are Cunian's Pics:

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InsaneIrish

Jason Grimes: IIRC there is a wood cut on your site (it could be another site not %100 sure) of a Fat Landsknect with the cross over vest with legs. As you said earlier he looks to not be wearing armour. I agree with the others assessment that the armour you describe is more 15th cent. than 16th. I ...

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No they don't! They are big long round sticks, that have no performance characteristics of real swords.... just like the unpadded glaives... 90% of them have non-period-style basket hilts, and the other 10% have crosshilts of exagerated size and style (and 9% of them are in Calontir). The acceptanc...

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Cunian:

email them to me, I would love to see them. I will post them for you as well.

InsaneIrish

When buying armour of any type (Gaunts especially) I go by the Triangle rule. Quality-------Cheap---------Fast (put each word at a corner of a triangle) You can get Quality Gauntlets that are Cheap...but they won't be Fast getting to you. You can get Cheap Gauntlets that are Fast...but they won't be...

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I agree, it looks to be a darkheart piece. Very nice fantasy helm. Although the seller thinks it is a Sallet. It looks more like an ARMET.

InsaneIrish

Pardon me while I show a little disrespect. Folks, we are fighting with round sticks that we call swords. How can this be any different from fighting with a round stick that we call a polearm? By adding a little padding, it is a stick with padding that we call a polearm. It resembles nothig like th...

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I am not sure as to the historical precadent for rawhide lammallar but, having worked with it before you will have to do a couple things. 1. you will need to dry the wet rawhide between 2 boards that are weighted down otherwise the raw hide will curl up. 2. you will need to laminate the rawhide toge...

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Gorm: Quite simply, the idea of "war" didn't come about in an attempt to change what we do, but rather because "the Estrella WAR" and "the Pennsic WAR" etc. sound alot more appealing than "the Estrella GRAND MELEE" and "the Pennsic GRAND MELEE". I contest that it was a marketing descision. It just s...

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I would make a circle out of 12ga galvinized steel, about 3 3/4" wide as big as you want the door to be. Then attach an inner "X" or "star" type skeleton of 2x4s that way your door will be strong and still have "a little" weight behind it. I would then use wood paneling venier type wood to apply the...

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I'll bite. Why not make the outside center knob also operate the latch at the edge of the door? I'm thinking something similar to some car doors where there is a long rod or strip that operates the latch mechanism from the interior that is EXACTLY what I was thinking. Just use a Manual Garage door ...

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AlucardTheDruid wrote:No i probably would join the SCA if they paid me.

Would or Wouldn't???

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i bought a chain hauberk, Lancaster Armouires black prince arms and legs with ballocks..Next thing to buy is my sugarloaf and gaunlets also from Lancaster..i also picked up a padded jack..along with a period style shirt ..so i am quite pleased with myself.. i just thought yall would like to know i ...

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Owen I believe the side head thrust is a kingdom specific thing. We don't allow it in Calontir, but I don't know about other kingdoms.

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Parlan: You are reading WAY to much into my post. It is simple, everyone was happy with the game when ONLY 9' spears were allowed Society wide. If that was the case then WHY did people want to pick up a 12' spear and try to get it passed as an acceptable weapons form? My Pesimistic thinking says it ...

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If they are not safe then they should be told not to use them. Regardless of the authorization process (and the West does not do weapon specific auths either [thank God]) if a fighter is unsafe with a weapon they should not use it. If they continue to use it they should lose their card. Personally ...

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What/who's not 14th c? Everything I mentioned is documentable to the 14th century...(tho not great swords) Oh.. I know it is. I was just pointing out that Landsknechts (among others) used all of the above AND greatswords, within our period. I was curious about your selection of 14th C when 16th C a...

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Mrks has it right. for me it is not a force thing or period thing. It is a fairness and fun thing. I know first hand what one weapon that is 1 foot or longer than every other weapon the feild can do. You can pretty much kill with impunaty. If everyone had 12' spears it would be a different story, bu...

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Clarification: I pike has an axe head on it doesn't it? If so, it is not the same as a spear. Personally I have never understood the whole 12' spear thing. It smacks of "I am bringing a bigger gun to the fight than you are" type of thing. It adds nothing to very little to the game we play and the on...

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One guy around here tried something pretty cool. He soaked extra large rawhide strips (big dog chews) in water for awhile. (until very soft) He then used that to wrap his shield. Once dried, it conformed to the edging. He had a few holes drilled into it, then a little bit of lacing. (I don't think ...

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this is basically what he wants, only with a real blade:
http://www.armsofvalour.com/miva/mercha ... ory_Code=F

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Andrixos at www.Calontirtrim.com Sells Sir Andrew Ward Gauntlets. I have a set. They are very nice funtional gauntlets. Not the best gauntlets in the world BUT they are very durable and protect excellently. In the past 4 yrs. the only injury I have had in them is a thumb nail slice, and that was due...

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Ld. David, did you prep the surface of the shield before painting? With gesso or car primer maybe? If you did and that didn't work, you might try ruffing up the surface with 80grit sandpaper before applying the primer. sometimes when painting on polished or slick metal the paint has nothing the "gra...

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I learn from books and videos, sometimes exchanging comments with group like ARMA. I haven't done SCA before, though. Yes, all the shots are full force, and we do full body targetting as well. I didn't bring my helmet to Taiwan because it's bulky. In the first day of sparring I did wear a bike helm...

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Chan, where did you learn your european fighting technique?
I can't view your videos, are your shots full force?
why don't the other combatants have helmets on?
have you ever done any SCA fighting?

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Right now, it is only $87. I think we can take up a collection, buy it, and make Insane Irish wear it since he brought it to our attention. You just made the little black book of ass wraps. welcome to the list! Am i on that list for buying that oh soo beutiful phrygian helm? you might be interested...

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Alcyoneus wrote:Right now, it is only $87. I think we can take up a collection, buy it, and make Insane Irish wear it since he brought it to our attention.

You just made the little black book of ass wraps. welcome to the list!

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OMG is this thing ugly!