The Armour Archive

JJ Shred

"By the throat of God!" roared Richard. "If its walls were made of butter, yet would I hold them."
Richard the Lionheart to Philip over Chateau Gaillard
Insults, as was previously posted, tended to include blasphemy consisting of body parts of religious persons.

JJ Shred

I think that it is an SCA legend spread by people who don't own metal armour or who have never worn properly fitting armour. I've worn fitted greaves for 15 years and could kneel, mount a horse, ride, get tossed on my a$$ doing Fiore, etc... Sabatons work with period shoes if you can get the shoes m...

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I believe Chef posted a picture on Firestryker showing an articulation that had been seperated and the steel beneath it was highly polished. Personally, I don't find cold-rolled mild steel to be the same as the forged iron that went into earlier period armour either. The amount of difference between...

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I have stainless arms & legs with mild everything else. I keep all of my armour at a mirror polish, and everyone assumes it's all stainless. The big difference is one pass with a loose wheel with white rouge & the stainless is back to new. The mild I have to WD40, then polish 2 - 4 times with white ...

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I use one of those four-prong hammer-punches from Tandy, then stitch with a leather needle. Since I don't have a last, I only stitch about a dozen holes before I check the fit, then punch & stitch 12 more.

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ArtemisGreen, Yes, I know it well. That sword is sitting in the corner of my living room right now in a scabbard I made. Darrell Pieczko was our Duc until he retired 3 years ago. My persistent nagging was rewarded by him making me "Count of Miscriants and Whiners in Period Underwear" (long story), g...

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I think Owen has the right idea:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Let's look at this from another perspective. How do you feel about smoking this armour? It makes me feel like Carrie Nation.</font>

No, wait, that's not quite what he said...

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Boy I see what you mean about our website. There is one caption about people jousting but the picture is of my feet! If you don't mind doing a little slogging you can see my first harness in two photos. In the first, scroll to about the middle and look for a 15th C. man-at-arms wearing a pig-faced b...

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[QUOTE]I agree with the 'laurel' guy's sentiment but he really could have done it better. It might just as likely scared the mum off. Do people realise how scary a nerd (no insult meant) is when debating passionatly to someone who is not 'involved'? Tom Justus is a "scary nerd"? Bwahahahahah!!!! I c...

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I agree - there is no comparing stainless steel to plastic. 90% of the people out there can't even tell the difference between mild and stainless. I have a historically-based harness of mild steel I keep polished like a mirror. (By cleaning it and car waxing it after wearing it, not tossing it in a ...

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Three cheers for Tom Justus!!! He's my new hero! That shit is crap, and has no business in any organization that claims to be even remotely medieval. The only reason I can see for wearing plastic armour would be if you were too big of a sissy to wear metal. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, ...

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"Big Beer"!

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Fiebings oil based leather dye.

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Those are some nice legs.

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He's outstanding in his field. At least that's where we found him...

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If your colour doesn't stick, it's from not moridanting properly. Simmer wool in alum for an hour and don't rinse before dying. Cream of tartar is added to the moridant to soften it, iron to "sadden" it. Dyes change colours at different temperatures. For instance, madder gives a turkey red if simmer...

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That second one is great! Thanks!

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Hey Bascot ... any chance you could spin a new thread and post some pics of that there furniture! Some of us that couldn't make it that far south would like to see 'em!</font> I've got some additional pictures but I have been unsuccessful at uploading them on th...

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Wet the rawhide, stitch the pieces in a circle about 10 - 20% too small when dry, but kinda tight when wet, then stretch it over the shield. When the rawhide dries, it will shrink to fit tight, and should lay right on the front & back. Then drill your holes and stitch through the wood and both layer...

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Good luck, and keep your spirit in control over your body. You can take this. Attitude is everything.

JJ Shred

Nice harness! Do you find that a one piece breastplate hinders your balance by restricting your trunk manuveurability? What about the grand bascinet - does your head turn inside the helm or does the helm itself turn? My frog-faced grand bascinet buckles to the breast & back so doesn't move at all. T...

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Skip the plastic and go straight for steel - let the man have his pride!

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I still haven't received the riveted maille haulberks, so I'll be day-tripping, not merchanting. Half of my furniture needs stained and finished anyway. I only have one oak bench, table and chest ready to go.

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I intend to attend, although I have no idea where I'll set up. I was planning on coming a few days earlier, in order to harrass Templar Bob during his "quiet time", and probably leave Thursday before the last weekend. Normal hang-outs - merchants row with a full horn and Panther Primitives after hou...

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Congratulations from Lady Johanna and I!

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Deerskin being English deer, or red deer. Mule deer and elk are red deer, whitetails aren't, so the leather is thicker.

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Virtus vincit invidiam
"Virtue overcometh envy"

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You need to learn to take advantage of light and the sun. Polish that stuff up like the bumper off a '57 Chevy at a car show, stand w/ the sun at your side, then circle him to throw the reflection in his eyes. Then club him like a baby seal when he is blinded!

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I mailed him a check last week & received the greaves today. Besides a little rust, they are great! They actually fit me. When you consider greaves are a custom fit, plus for someone else, the likelyhood was pretty slim. Patrick does excellent work, and Wilhelm was a responsive, honest and quick sel...

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The greaves are sold. e-mail sent.

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Halbard has competitition! Nice job.

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I'm interested in the greaves as well - can you e-mail a picture at:

jfulton14@comcast.net

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Money order for the helmet is on it's way.

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Try Raymond's Quiet Press. He gold-plated two pairs of bronze spurs for us.

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Makes me want to do a Migration Era persona!