The Armour Archive

JJ Shred

The ferret wears all of that stuff? Cool... It looks like he can get in and out without the help of a squire as well.

JJ Shred

A Lusitano would be my first choice - ever seen them fight a bull? Amazing! An Andulusian would be second, followed by a Friesian. Cold-bloods (drafts) are too slow and uncoordinated for anything but straight 16th C. tilt usage. Even then, Andulusians were used for battle. Of course, we are talking ...

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Looks pretty good....nice knives, too.

JJ Shred

I can only tell you what an honourable man did under a similar situation:

Templar Bob was squired to a cad who, at one of his rib-fests, got drunk and proceeded to hit on and then insult my lady. TB handed him his spurs and belt and told him to hit the road.
Your milage may vary....

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I love the details like the rivet heads, the straps with tips, etc... And to think my Milanese harness still has solid brass "horse" or "tack" buckles! I guess I'm going to have to do some wax-carving & visit Alan Bauldrie if I'm going to keep up!

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MSC Supply. Flat, domed, brass, steel, whatever.

www.mscdirect.com

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Try:

http://www.maiwa.com/

for natural dyes.

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I sold the chausses, but I still have a coif w/brass trim & a halberk for sale for $400.00
The haulberk is thigh-length and long-sleeved, fitting me with gambeson at 5'11" & 210 lbs. It's all 14 guage galv. 3/8" butted maille with a nice pantina.

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http://bexter.adkinssoftware.com/wapretty.jpg Yes, that's Patty, or the Lady Johanna le Mareschel. The picture was taken by persons unknown at Pennsic about 3 years ago and was e-mailed to me. She is wearing a stainless steel kettle helm, a welded 1/4" ID stainless steel haulbergen, a Christian Fle...

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Try Starfire - a 28" single-handed sword for $95.00 lifetime guarantee. The two-handers are too heavy though.

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How about Gwen in her earlier Tuchux garb?!?

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If the model is included, I'd say me wearing only a smile!!!

JJ Shred

I think you guys are thinking of 15th C. lances. Early 14th C., they still used straight ash with a disk-shaped "grapper", and no real lathe-work. I'd say a 1 1/2" wide 12' long shaft narrowed with a spokeshave to 3/4" and a leaf-shaped 3" long tip would work, but I'm not sure if they really tapered...

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I, too might be interested in hinges & hasps to fit medieval chests consisting of 1" - 2" thick white oak, as 16 guage is the most I can cold-forge. I am paying $8 - 15.00 each for stamped 12 guage Indian, then pounding them with a blacksmith hammer and blackening them with charcoal/kerosene before ...

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For school convocations, Renn. Faires, etc... we do choreograph to a certain extent. We start with a Fiore kill, throw, or disarm, and work backwards from there. We try to do things historically correct, then tie a series of techniques, attacks, counters, etc... into a routine, then build it up to s...

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Sorry, Patty and I can't this time. We signed the sales contract for the sale of the business today, and I'll be staying for 2 weeks as a consultant, then unemployed. But I've been preparing for this:.... "Welcome to Wal-Mart! Can I help you find anything?" "Would you like to try our SuperValueMealC...

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I thought it meant "Single White Aggressive Girls"!

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Ash poles 1 1/4" diameter X 7' usually run $15 - 25.00 ea. Where are you located?

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">It gave great body protection while not being as heavy as the large round shields favourede by vikings.</font> Heavy? Mostly I've seen 1/4" single slat Viking shields re-enforced in back by a single wooden or a steel handle. The shields would "trap" a blade so i...

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Contact Templar Bob for SCA scabbards.

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Don't some of you get embarrassed walking out on the field dressed as a hockey puck or and escapee from a Mad Max movie? Where is your pride? Who cares if you are a "knight", "King", or "Duke" if you look like and Easter egg wrapped in rubber bands and pickle buckets? I don't get it. It seems to me,...

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The Knights of St. Denys have been around for 6 years now. We don't carry insurance, we fight with del Tins and joust the quintain & rings. We perform at the Kentucky Horse Park twice a year, The Muster at the Maumee at Ft. Miegs as well as church faires. We do school, library and 4-H demos as well....

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Orvus paste soap. (Available fron farm co-ops and horse/tack shops) Fill a pot with enough water to cover the material, (6 gal. per lb. of material), add 1 tsp. (5ml) Orvus Paste, add wool and heat gently (140 degrees) for appr. 1 hr. Turn gently but do not agitate. Allow fibre to cool down slowly t...

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We hauled our horse 4 hours to a state park to autherize when I was in the SCA. The park had stables, trails and paddocks and was regularly used for horseback riding. I was in armour on a caparisoned horse, and no one was there, including the marshalls. I road around in the paddock relaxing my horse...

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12/3 waxed Irish linen thread is what I use, as well as artificial sinew.
While cowhide is appropriate, for Viking turnshoes I use red deer, elk or moose for the uppers, with thick cowhide for soles with the red deer and elk. Moosehide is thick and doesn't really stretch much.

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I've used both del Tins and Starfires. They both have their places. Starfire longswords are too heavy for proper use if they are two-handed, and most people use 28" - 32" blades with a two-handed hilt which defeats the purpose. The 28" blades on the one-handed ones are excellent for sword and buckle...

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How do you armour up? By myself, when I do 11th - 12th C. Norman. The 14th -15th C. plate requires a squire. Do you wear appropriate arming clothes? (Arming doublet, aketon, etc.) Linen braies, linen undertunic, knee length for 11th C. and ankle length for 12th C., wool chausses, turnshoes of moose ...

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Mine lasted 24 years, used for both wood (mostly) and metal (16 G. max) and was generally stored on the garage floor. It was a rebuilt one, to boot. Died 2 weeks ago.

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I'm about the same as Chef - roughly $15,000.00 over the course of 15 years. Not including horses or beer, of course! (They are basic requirements of life!) I'm going to be selling about $5,000.00 worth over the next few months, including a 1530 AD harness of jousting armour (only used for parades),...

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You're the man! Now a hauberk with an attached coif and ventail flap would be the perfect Norman/Saxon piece available today!

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And a horse! (Of course)

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1) spangenhelm
2) Norman nasal
3) Phrygian Norman nasal
4) flat top Crusader helm
5) barrel helm
6) Pembridge great helm
7) pig-faced bascinet

armet
9) archers' salade
10) barbute
11) frog-mouth jousting helm
12) close helm

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And that is coming from a guy who thinks a wrap-shot is a new hip-hop song!

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Thank you, everyone. It is a six board medieval chest or Viking rowing bench I based off of the Mastermyr Tool Chest: http://www.pipcom.com/wareham_forge/mbxpl.jpg The bottom is set in a hidden dado joint, there is a mortise and tendon joint on both ends, and a ships lap joint where the sides and en...

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I suit up at home, (with Patty's help) drive my van to wherever, fight, then drive home and she helps me out of it. I usually wear it for 4 to 8 hours at a time. I do get weird looks when I stop at the liquor store, but hey, it's a rough neighborhood! I wear transitional consisting of front greaves,...