The Armour Archive

JJ Shred

I've got one "smurfy" left hand glove from a fish market - womans small - make an offer high enough to ship from Indiana to where ever you are.

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I drilled the holes yesterday to attach the ropes to. I've got a pair of skis ready to go wind surfin'...
You could always invest in a couple of steel stakes, put rope loops around the "kickboard" on all four corners and not have to worry about it. And no one would see the ropes/stakes.

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No, sorry, the only one I've seen that large had a steel sleeve. Some of my other Panther tents have 'U' channel, with a bolt on each piece, and one end cut in a 'V' shape, the matching piece cut in 'W' shape, to receive the point. It works well, although I switched to one-piece poles because I have...

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A few more pictures plus text on Bob Hurley's "More Perfectly Period" site:

http://pub15.ezboard.com/bmoreperfectlyperiod79062

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[img]http://monsieurgeoffrey.faithweb.com/images/viking_tent_rear.jpg[/img] Picture of the rear of the tent, a 10 X 10 X 7 Panther Primitives, with spears leaning and pouch and shield hanging. http://monsieurgeoffrey.faithweb.com/images/viking_tent_heads.jpg Detail of dragon heads. [img]http://monsi...

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Nope, he didn't show. Patty had a big dinner prepared as well...
I'll try calling him this evening to find out what's going on.

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He's on his way over here tonight. I'll tell him you are trying to reach him. He calls his armoury AB Hammer now not Crimson Hammer. He also posted a few weeks ago that he was getting out of the business, and is finishing up all existing orders. He moved a year ago towards Elizabethtown, (sp?) and i...

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Very nice!

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It still looks better than kydex and hockey gloves.

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I used cowhide chrome-tanned for the first pair of center-seamed turnshoes I did, and turned them with difficulty dry, using a broom handle. The second pair I used moosehide, appr. 3/16" thick, and they fit perfectly and turn easily. Pictures of both can be found at the Perfectly Period site, 11th C...

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You change your behavior and goals because of what one person says? Why not ignore him and do what you wish?

JJ Shred

Go see the other discussion about pollaxes, as SCA soft-headed pollaxes don't behave in the entrapment of blows like the real ones do. As far as maces and axes are concerned I think that is what the SCA does best. A wrap works with a mace. The mass carries around the momentum. The SCA sword fighting...

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I think it is a "Vitus" thing.

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Just let me know when the Trumpington set is ready to go. Or I could buy the pieces seperately as they come available, if you'd prefer.

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I just signed up and attempted to post on the 11th C. It said authorization denied, name and password not recognized, or something like that. Does it take a while to go through? (I signed up for "local".) It's working now big guy. I just cursed you by posting my ugly mug on the site!!! [This message...

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Please do post pictures along with specifications.

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Kinda slow. Will posting pictures be allowed?

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Beautiful stuff indeed. I'll have to post my 1/2 harness of halbertier armour soon. Of course I'll be marching in the back of the line, rather than leading, like Chef!

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It seems whenever I start a topic, someone jumps in and derails it. Please stay on-topic here. Some exherps from the original: The word Landsknecht first appeared around 1470, meaning "servant of the country" with infantry commissioned by Charles the Bold of Burgundy. The Doppelsoldner (sorry, I can...

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Interesting. Not a definitive source, but an informative description of how scale armour might have been worn. I think that the representations of mail have been "interpreted", as there are more English examples of forge-welded/riveted mail than scale found in archeaological finds. I'd like to hear ...

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I showed up for the first time in full plate harness and got that lecture about how "newbies" should not be wearing plate, and should wear that crap. A girl who started at the same time I did went out and made that mess. I'd personally rather not be involved if a group wished to humiliate its new me...

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Normally Patty and I do go to that event to visit with friends. I don't know if we will be able to drive 1/2 hr., feed the horse, turn him out, 1 1/2 hr. total, drive 1 1/2 hrs to Lafayette, drive the same distance, then go back and feed and put up the horse by 6 PM. That is a total of 5 hours of dr...

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Black stilletto heels, fishnet stockings with a seam up the back of the leg, garters, err...wait, wrong website!

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You really didn't piss me off, I just like to goad those who make threats of violence over the internet. Of course, your threats were aimed at Fightin'Whitie, not me, and he was sounding pretty silly as well.
Perhaps if I use the smilies more often...

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So I assume Bob Charron will NOT be there? Too far, too far, and have to suffer Brennus instead of learning from Bob!!!

[This message has been edited by Bascot (edited 04-08-2002).]

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I've lost one link in nearly one year.

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Perhaps too is the possibility of wrought iron helmets shattering because of the inconsistancy of the metal. Something pounded out of a lump and forge-welded would not react with the consistancy of modern "pure" mild steel and would perhaps have weak points.

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Overall - pretty cool... I question the haute pieces on the pauldrons, though. Should they be the same size, or shouldn't the right be a little smaller? Also, shouldn't they be a tad higher up on the shoulder & closer to the neck? It seems to me that being that far apart, it would serve to trap a we...

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Yes, nice work! Stainless would be handy for horse harness as well.

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For roundhouse construction:

http://www.butser.org.uk/

For the Galloglass:

http://www.cisl.ie/mars/rory/gallowglass.htm

I have one more really cool site bookmarked, but it may take a while to find it.

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So let me get this straight - you are so poor you can't afford $50.00 worth of leather, but you can afford several hundred dollars worth of pre-made kydex or modern sports equipment? As far as rich is concerned, my Dad was a union sheet metal worker who worked 10 + hours a day to support our fairly ...

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"for exemption under Section 501(c)(3). The IRS explicitly acknowledged the social aspects of club operation. Nevertheless, the IRS found that the club's educational methods (i.e. lectures, discussions, shows, field trips) are "educational" within the meaning of the Code and Regulations, and that "[...

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I thought he said "Wax the leather". I use mink oil, which is a grease, and while expensive, is less oily than neat's foot, and can be polished up nicely. I use it on all my horse tack as well as armour strapping. On belts and pouches, scabbards and shields it works well. On the flesh side of bear o...

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Well, they do have that not-for-profit tax exempt educational status, don't they? Fortunately, the IRS and the feds are pretty stupid, so I would guess they will continue along their merry way until some files a complaint and the IRS sees it can get more money...wait, I am choking on my beer here, t...

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