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JJ Shred

What's really amazing is that your horse seems to be going for it! Mine looks at me with such contempt everytime I dress him up, "I can't believe you are humiliating me like this!" Looks pretty good, now you need to get as much plate as your horse has!

JJ Shred

While you're at IKEA, pick up their APA storage box. They've recently raised the price -- from $10 to $13 -- but it's an inexpensive and easy-to-customize six-board chest, similar to examples seen in the later Middle Ages and such. Fibreboard?!? As a carpenter I take exception to that assertation. ...

JJ Shred

I have a Black Swan 15th C. arming cote, a Revival 14th C. cote, and an old MacKenzie-Smith cotton gambeson modified into an arming cote, and I wear each one over bare skin since anything under the cote can bunch-up as you move. I point my cuisses to them, as well as the maille fauld, the steel arms...

JJ Shred

Kids, sigh.... I sent you an e-mail 3 days ago, but I just discovered our e-mail is jammed from a chain letter they were passing around and all of the error messages from hundreds of dead or changed accounts. The thing is so swamped it just makes grunting noises when you hit "receive", and cuts me o...

JJ Shred

Now this:

[img]http://home.wanadoo.nl/gotscha/spangenhelm.JPG[/img]

Is a beautiful piece!

JJ Shred

How tall are you, and what is your chest and waist circumference? What state are you in? Do you want uncoated steel, galvanized, or are you looking for stainless? (Rivited maille)

JJ Shred

Very nice, sir.

JJ Shred

That's beautiful!

JJ Shred

You are getting old, Jamie. You've started to repeat yourself.

JJ Shred

I've got a half dozen that I've only used for water. My first question is: Are they plain or parafin-lined? The parafin will keep some things from penetrating, where the white oak is a sponge. Bare wood will pick up chacteristics of the contents to be sure. Soaking in a big tub of water to make the ...

JJ Shred

Perhaps we could trade armour for horses? Iceland has some of the best horses for early period re-enactment. I'd love to have a palomeno or all black Icelandic gelding!

JJ Shred

Were did you get the idea from?

Well, the helmet obviously came from here:

http://www.bestarmour.com/barbuta2.htm

JJ Shred

14th C. "poor" knight/mercenary impression: Destrier - $10,000.00 Palfrey - ($1,200.00) Tack - $500.00 Caparison $500.00 Bascinet - $450.00 Gorget - $35.00 Segmented globose breastplate - $125.00 Hourglass gauntlets - $250.00 Arms & cuisses - $350.00 Fitted greaves - $200.00 Sollettes - $125.00 Rivi...

JJ Shred

I love that helm. I just wish they'd make them in stainless for my equestrian portrayal. I've got a mild steel barbute with stainless harness and you can tell the difference between the metals in the sun, not to mention the horse sweat/rust problem. It will be a while before I can afford any more ar...

JJ Shred

I have two of the MSL bec de corbins in my collection. One is nearly perfect, one the spear isn't straight so you can tell the Indian manufacture, but the price is right. I wanted an Arms & Armour version, but I couldn't afford it and I knew I would never "play" with anything that expensive. We figh...

JJ Shred

You don't need blinders, you just need to take your time. Try raising & lowering the lance on both sides of his head when he is standing. Make sure you don't whack him or that will make him shy as well. Patience. The SCA equestrian middle kingdom has plans for a working quintain I used, although I d...

JJ Shred

I noticed your likeness on the most recent catalog, Lloyd. I take it there are corporate sponsorships, or is that an isolated situation? What sort of benefits do you get from the arrangement?

JJ Shred

[img]http://www.flyingcicelandics.com/images/isak.jpg[/img]

Why, do you have a problem with my threads, pal?

JJ Shred

Hhhmmm.... I don't really have an opinion on SCA authorization procedures, but what of a historical example? I, the "earl", or whatever, provide my men with largess to follow and fight with me, including the armour necessary. Let's say I have one really nice chieftan-type Saxon kit, and three other ...

JJ Shred

Seeing the sudden interest in Chivalry and Off-topics for mounted combat, I thought it would be interesting to see who here has horses, what kinds, and what riding disiplines we come from, as well as caparisons, tack and armour. What kind of horse? Barak, a three-year old Friesian, started at drivin...

JJ Shred

Interesting exercise on drawing conclusions by absence of information and poor scientific observation. All of those tents could far easier be made with a simple bent hoop of wood instead of spokes . I saw absolutely no evidence of spokes whatsoever from the pics. Major Barclay's attachment to the "...

JJ Shred

I never wash my mail. It makes the stamps come off and the ink run.

JJ Shred

I've got a galvanized, rivited 16 guage 3/8" haulberk for $400.00, with coif $500.00, worn about six times, with the collar properly done (not a "low-back" circle).

[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/bascot/man-at-arms.jpg[/img]

I'm 5'10" and was about 170 - 180 lbs. in this picture.

JJ Shred

Spoked wheel or hoop? Honestly, no one knows. The only surviving Western European round pavilion is the one he sites elsewhere on his webpages--and even there, it's possible the museum itself put the thing up incorrectly for purposes of making a better display. The one in the museum has an internal...

JJ Shred

http://www.pitchfork.com/highland.htm

http://www.dirtyboots.com/

Websites of two breeders.

JJ Shred

Please post the price offered if you remember it, and appr. hide size. I found a place in the US that raises Scottish cattle (like the ones on Rob Roy), but I don't know how economical they are to keep and sell for slaughter. I also found several places that raise Icelandic sheep. it would be intere...

JJ Shred

The title rubbed me the wrong way. It says "documentation", which it is obviously not. Too many people look only for proof of their theories' validity ignoring the obvious facts even a casual reader would notice. As far as being a groovy collection of pavilion pictures gathered from other sites, yes...

JJ Shred

[img]http://www.greydragon.org/images/tentpics/tent79.jpg[/img]

Now this is cool, a cap to keep water out of the center pole grommit as well as the tie-downs. This sounds like the project Templar Bob was looking for.

JJ Shred

Documentation for spoked-wheel tents Interesting exercise on drawing conclusions by absence of information and poor scientific observation. All of those tents could far easier be made with a simple bent hoop of wood instead of spokes. I saw absolutely no evidence of spokes whatsoever from the pics....

JJ Shred

I'm assuming this is a picture of mine:

[img]http://members.cox.net/jamesarlen/GI016.jpg[/img]

And this - is this a grand bascinet as well?

[img]http://members.cox.net/jamesarlen/pic16th1LG.jpg[/img]

I can't tell if it has hinged cheek pieces or not....

JJ Shred

Yea 'aven't forgotten yore old gossip, now 'ave yea James? Here's some photos of one he made me out of mild steel. It's the nicest piece in my collection. James also did the angel wing pauldrons and the mitten gauntlets, the rest is Illusion Armoury. m Now if it works: [img]http://monsieurgeoffrey.f...

JJ Shred

Owen beat me to it, but I have aluminum cable on the hot legs entering my house. As long as the guage is large enough, they are both safe & legal.

JJ Shred

And tell the folks at home where you can purchase this product, Al.

JJ Shred

I researched a Viking persona from a ship burial on Groix. I was trying to develop a timeline from Norwegian to Breton, then on to Hastings with the Normans as there was a Breton cavalry that led one of the retreats that broke up the Saxon shield wall. Then back in Brittany for the beginning of the ...

JJ Shred

My Pembridge helm attaches to the breast & back with the toggle arrangement. I haven't finished the lining, but it will be well-padded, then it sits on a cevalliere that utilizes a chin strap. This helmet, and therefore the fit, is oval, so it shouldn't be able to turn sideways. The helmet sits on a...

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