The Armour Archive

InsaneIrish

Can i get some pics of the current condition of the helm. Also can you measure around the brow line of the helm?

InsaneIrish

Ken Mondschein wrote:OK, so far I have Irish with two large masks and Swete with two medium.

Randy has the two books, and Eric R. has one copy of Alfieri.

Will probably need to ship next week.

Not Large. I want EXTRA LARGE.

I have a large mask. I need XL ones.

InsaneIrish

When you say made of mold proof synthetics are you saying it is built of the same nylon that land pimples are made from?

InsaneIrish

Lots and lots of gals wearing lamellar too. A lot of guys hmm and hawww over the flexible chest protection but I figure if it was that big a deal you would see a lot fewer women wearing it. Honestly I think lamallar is probably the BEST protection for women that want to have something that "bends" ...

InsaneIrish

Dude AWESOME!
I'm so glad you hooked up with Luc down there.
Even happier you got into gear and got a swing stick!

You going to make Regional Fighter practice in Hallsville Tomorrow?

InsaneIrish

Just a little clarification from someone that was there and was neither the marshal or the weapon owner. This mace hit like a brick. One of our longtime fighters (probably 15+ years) mentioned to me that when he got hit with it was one of 4 times he has ever been whited out by a weapon. And he figh...

InsaneIrish

A list, sizes, and pics of what you have to trade would help.

InsaneIrish

What would shipping be to zip 65109?

InsaneIrish

Do you have any XL sized fencing masks?
If so I will take 2.

InsaneIrish

Do you want to look like a hockey player wearing a tunic? If not, don't use hockey shoulder pads. I'm going to disagree a bit here. I wore street hockey shoulder pads for years under a gambeson. They offered good protection and unnoticeable withe the gambeson buttoned up. Decent protection and inex...

InsaneIrish

How big is your head?

InsaneIrish

Do you want to look like a hockey player wearing a tunic?
If not, don't use hockey shoulder pads.

If you have serviceable shoulder protection now, just rig up a pourpoint (read as un padded gambeson) and attach the shoulders to that. Then put your tunic on over it. Wa la!

InsaneIrish

InsaneIrish

Baron Logan wrote:I love Chaos Space Marine armor!

It is obviously sub-par. No jump jets.

InsaneIrish

Less than six months? I'd say drop the mace and learn good sword technique first. As mentioned before, good technique is good technique. Once you know how to throw shots, the weapon used is not as important.

InsaneIrish

I can see the weight making it not nice. that, right there, is why you should re-think your approach. I'm not looking to hurt anyone but I also want an effective weapon that isn't a sword. The weight of it isn't nice but it does move slower than a sword and it does have padding to prevent injury. J...

InsaneIrish

A list of sizes and proposed prices might help with the sale.

InsaneIrish

$15 on the Chopper

InsaneIrish

Nice helm...more pics!

InsaneIrish

Lack of knowledge? Lack of a mentor to point them in the right direction? WRONG mentor, pointing them in the wrong direction? New person, fighting in what they could get at this time? Someone more interested in the actual martial aspect than the theater aspect? Lots of reasons. Well, excuses. . Wha...

InsaneIrish

Gavin, so you are saying that because the length of a rattan sword is greater and the 'mass' of the sword is 'usually' in the hand and not the head that the force of the impact for a 'typical' SCA good blow is significantly different? Basically, yes. Since the balance point of a mass should be abov...

InsaneIrish

This year they were not at Pennsic. Just because "they" were not vending at Pennsic does not mean "They" were not AT pennsic. Bottom line: when you deal with a new armorer, make sure you have it from the owner (not an underling) what their policies are. Lesson learned. Or, you know, read all the te...

InsaneIrish

Just a question, but did they say they would "fix" the armour? If so is there a particular reason why them fixing the gear is not good enough?

InsaneIrish

Pics?

InsaneIrish

1. In most kingdoms there are no rules for hand protection because of there are no formalized criteria in SCA rules in general NO, we DO have a formalized criteria for SCA hand protection go here: http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/docs/marshal_handbook.pdf Page 12 Section F. F. Hand and Wrist Arm...

InsaneIrish

I think dibs it pretty loose on this forum. I know this, if you think you want something on here, better call dibs, cause if not, 300 people are behind you. :-) I am trying to get pics up for gypsy. This right here, and the subsequent "never mind, I release dibs", honestly falls on the shoulders of...

InsaneIrish

Look at the Triumph of Maximilian - there's a little bit of everything from that period in there.' Does anyone know if it's on manuscriptminiatures.com? Actually, while the Triumph does have Sallets in it, they are part of fully armoured cavalry. No rocks and Sallets. Christian, sorry I don't remem...

InsaneIrish

Ok hold up here. Armstreet, you are not dealing with an issue of your gauntlets not working. You are dealing with an issue of IGNORANT MARSHALS. This is what I would suggest you do. Have your guy at Pennsic take a set of your version 2 improved and version 1 hourglass gauntlets to the Societ Earl Ma...

InsaneIrish

Lower right hand corner on the horse:

InsaneIrish

nice clean copper and brass work and very creative, but his porportions seem off to me. His stuff seems to lack a more "period" feel.

InsaneIrish

Gunthar wrote:Freakin Brilliant!
<golfclap>

agreed!

InsaneIrish

Not actually rust. It is a corrosive reaction between two dissimilar metals. Statue of Liberty was/is a great example. Iron frame with a copper skin. Dang thing was rotting apart. Seal one of the metals with something like paint, lacquer and it helps to stop the reaction. Yeah, what he said. I had ...

InsaneIrish

IF you're gonna buy one. I'd have them make you one without all the stupid cut work in them. They vaguely resemble a sugerloaf greathelm. So I'd have them just cut some small breath holes in the helm and call it good. That is if you DON'T want to look like you stepped out of a dungeons and dragons c...

InsaneIrish

To be honest, the CNC pierce work on those helms are a METRIC TON better than ashcraft.
I don't think those are Ashcraft. Or if they are, they are made by a worker in that shop and sold independently.

That being said, they are STILL ASS UGLY and totally NON PERIOD.

InsaneIrish

Stainless rivets of any type are a PITA. I constantly have problems getting them to peen properly. I've never worked with mail. But with normal armour rivets I typically go with Brass for the 'bling' factor, but also to avoid rust, and for the easier peening. Of course I would expect that would be ...

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