The Armour Archive

Maeryk

with a katana, you are far more likely to not only survive, but to kill your opponent by only using the edge of the weapon. the 'spine' of a katana is also a softer metal than the edge, so if you do run into armour whilst stabbing, you could break or bend the weapon. Even looking at the blades in q...

Maeryk

Okay.. I know Greywulf isnt making them right now, anyone know for any other source for the pipe-whistle style match lit gonne on a stick?

I know someone who is looking for one. And I'm unwilling to sell mine.

Maeryk

Maeryk

I am reguraly told that leather is not good enough (it is) or that I need to put armor on the out side so people can see where my knees are (I would assume that the bending would give that away). I know of one guy who fought for the longest time in black fighting pants that completely covered his "...

Maeryk

This discussion is one of the reasons I have such a huge twitch with IP and copyright laws. I think a _reasonable_ copyright law is only right. If you do the work, there is no reason you should have to "give away for free" the results of your hard work for a period of time. you should have every opp...

Maeryk

Frinstance: You are watching a world-war 1 move, and one of the doughboys goes tearing by carrying a modern SAW (squad assault weapon).. thats an anacrhonism. a REALLY OBVIOUS one.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Hmmm, I've seen black and white suits in every book I've read about landsknechts...

Yup.. me too.

And _not_ every LK suit I have seen in woodcut or such includes leg protection..

Maeryk

Maeryk

Doesn't the SCA require a reasonable attempt at a pre-1600 historical representation. Close, but "reasonable" doesnt appear in the documents. For the simple reason, I suspect, that everyones definition of "reasonable" is different. For some of us it is "reasonable for a 2005 college student on a sh...

Maeryk

Honour among Tuchux? Those two words don't belong in the same sentence. Bascot? Just because you have a beef with Animal doesnt mean you should bash _ALL_ tuchux. I know a number of them who tend to be (at least in my experience) _MORE_ honorable, noble, and loyal folk than the majority of the "bel...

Maeryk

Im interested in trying my hand at selling some if people think there is a good market out there. Just as a side to the hobby, not as a living. I made my own camp bed, not for SCA, but for my camp up in Northern Maine, and I find it quite comfortable, I thought with a tiny bit of stylistic adjustin...

Maeryk

Rec-specs is one option.. but the head strap can be a pain in the ass while putting a helmet on. The super-flexy glasses kinda work.. but an opening grille is a must with those. contacts wont fly out, but can be an aquired taste. Fighting blind is it's own special reward.. you don't fall for fakes o...

Maeryk

I doubt very much if that is SCA armor, btw. Note the lack of elbows.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Tygger Togs can help with bright tights and socks Seconded on the Tygger! If you can stand wearing footless tights made out of lycra/cotton blend, with a built in codpiece, these things kick ass and wear like iron. I bought two pairs at Pennsic 21.. and just retired them last year, when I finally c...

Maeryk

Look up "Vereidigung" (I think thats how its spelled) which (to the best of my knowledge) was the reading and signing of the papers.. the "conscription" as it were.. at which point folks got their ranks, pay, etc.

That might have some more info.

Maeryk

Maeryk

I just always thought someone would go down that route, but to this day, I dont know of anyone doing that...closest thing maybe being spun helm tops. Umm.. about 1/2 a million for a Wiedeman punch press to cut out your blanks, another thousand or so for a press able to handle LARGE multiform dies, ...

Maeryk

are those maple?

Maeryk

Maeryk

One important point is exactly _what_ type of leather the sole is made of. Dress shoes (modernly) with leather soles arent designed to be worn in the muck and mire, and therefore have soles that stay pretty slick in wet conditions. I used to have actual "working" boots with leather soles that would ...

Maeryk

The heart inside may be a shining example of chivalry, but all I get to see is the club-wielding, bargrilled brownish helmet-wearing, ill-armoured outside of the man. And in my opinion that is not medieval in any way, nor does it do any idea of chivalry proud, for me. Well, to be fair, I strongly d...

Maeryk

Can anyone point me in the right general direction? Looking for something that could be Viking or Scandinavian if possible, that is not that big an issue though. If it's a good looking gate I'll take any country but nothing to early period. I want it to attract people, not close off the camp, so sh...

Maeryk

The only fault I find with this entire argument is, that if you take this attitude it will soon become a "rich mans only" sport, (for lack of better word) and it will soon grow to be a stale congragation of people becuase no one new will be able to afford to join. If somone looked at me when I was ...

Maeryk

Yup.. god forbid the genericelt with the katana who is fighting the halberd-bearing aztec get killed by a late period _MEDIEVAL_ weapon.

*heh*

Maeryk

Maeryk

Do not waste your time on a rubberband powered cannon. They are not allowed in any form, society rules.

Why not? Any specific reason? Or that old misguided "Guns arent period and are illegal anyway" crap?

Maeryk

Maeryk

may i suggest you look at using CO2? it has been ued for many other applications that reqire a regulated thrust source. Unless something has changed that I am unaware of, I do not believe it will survive "safety concerns" by SCA marshals. Having the potential bomb sitting there of a pressurized ves...

Maeryk

You still have hte problem, JT, of unraveling fabric though. On my "dress suit" that my wife made, I have: A) tights on (with garish mismatched socks.. one up one down) B) Pluterhosen over the tights.. think bermuda shorts with slashing over linen underlining, and with those funky cutouts (the name ...

Maeryk

Are you sure about that? I've seen some illuminations of market stalls that were wood framed almost identical to steel structured pavilions (except for the connecting pieces). Rounds or squares? Let's bear in mind.. theres probably a difference between the design/implementation of a portable struct...

Maeryk

Unless it uses gunpowder.. I'm not interested.

(still trying to figure out how to make a rubber band cannon that actually WORKS for SCA combat.)

Maeryk

Maeryk

I have only ever seen one "bit" made of leather.. and it was the seat of the pants, not slashed. That is _NOT_ to say they didn't do it, just that I have never seen any documenation for it. Fulled wool seems to work the nuts.. my wife has made me two suits that way now, and they are both holding tog...

Maeryk

What model is it, do you know?

I was hoping to find like.. a Celestron C-8 (old orange) or a schmidt-cassegrain of some sort. (I want.. no.. I _NEED_ to do astrophotography!)

Maeryk

Maeryk

in 1300 i'm sure it was harder to make armour that in 1700 as is reflected in the change in stlyes and amounts of armour produced, if they innovated why can't we? Well, from a woodworking standpoint.. Tools did not evolve a hell of a lot over the period we cover. THey did not really evolve much rig...

Maeryk

We are right back to Bob (the Goon's) triange.. cheap, good, quick. You cannot have all three. I do not think it is necessarily that the "folks in the SCA are thrifty" though certainly some are.. some also spend RIDICULOUS amounts of money on stuff. I think the problem is that we (those who make thi...

Maeryk

Okay.. who has a good to excellent quality telescope laying in a closet somewhere collecting some dust? I am willing to work some kind of trade.. as I have quite a suit of Icefalcon Armor sitting here that it looks like I will not ever be able to use. It would have to be a _GOOD_ scope though.. as t...

Maeryk

SCA combat has no statement of intent, as such it is covered by the same basic statement of purpose that covers everything else in the Society. Isn't it somewhat dishonest (in general, not you personally) to hold combat to a different standard? It seems somewhat akin to saying "We expect everyone e...

Maeryk

I respectfully, but strongly, disagree with you. The 'lowest common denominator' (LCD) folks have the virtue of not attempting to force everyone to play the game their way. The folks that know the one true way the game should be played are the ones that stand on the tracks. A selection of quotes (t...

Maeryk

Anyway, I agree with you, this is quite important! I'm very happy to see the SCA as a whole at least trying to up their authenticity. Sure, it may never happen for 90% of the SCA, but everyone is looking for something different. Actually, I think it is the other way around. I think 90% is, at some ...

Maeryk

yeech.. I'd rather stick with the "old type", if they were my only choices and even THAT is uglier than blankenwhatsits produce.

But.. wonder if it can be done thin enough to do a StormTrooper rig? (and smooth enough.. that vaccuformed ST armor is smooth)

Maeryk

Maeryk

Then I thought about "DO NOT EAT" being printed on the explosive C-4. "DO NOT E.A.T.".. expose to adverse temperatures. Not as in "eat". According to my Dad, cleighmores say "T.S.T.E. DO NOT E.A.T." which is "THIS SIDE TOWARDS ENEMY" he said it USED to say "TSTO" (opposition) but too many people we...

Cannon on a steeeeck??

looking for a telescope/trade armor?