The Armour Archive

Maeryk

Where do you scadogs come up with this shit?!?

From people like Denys, Niall, and Gonad. *grin*

Hey.. its pretty close to what I have heard.. or at least pretty close to what I experienced years ago hanging out on the hill a bit.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Beeswax was *very* expensive (comparatively) in medieval times---why tallow candles were used so much and so would probably not be used on "cheap replaceable items" that would more likely be replaced when looking scraggy. A number of hte pieces I have seen that were waxed at one point are not what ...

Maeryk

yes, and yes. Well, depends on what you are doing. If they are hte bundles I think they are, they are usually not shiny leather.. they are latigo in a variety of colors, and are okay for a lot of purposes, but you wont be doing tooling or dying on them. (Like I said.. I'm thinking these are hte same...

Maeryk

FWIW, thats about what I heard from Denys the Decadent as well, and Gonad, and a couple of others. I _DO_ know they were basicaly students of (I think?) Master WOlf at one time or another, and it has grown from there. I'm also happy as hell to see that they got the BLue Tyger legion this year.. that...

Maeryk

But for your purposes a smoothly-sanded finish should suffice. Poplar is a pretty easy wood to work with, and takes sanding much better than the crappy yellow or white pine I usually work with (that's why I paint! I only use clear finishes if I'm using a hardwood). YARGH! Get a set of cabinet scrap...

Maeryk

Illuminate me: what's the difference between riven and sawed? Long the grain, I understand... but how would you do that against? Sawing forces the wood to be "Straight". That 2x4 you are holding may have come from the most gnarly, twisty pine you have ever seen, and it is just WAITING to "spring". ...

Maeryk

linseed oil is one of the many versions of "oil" that will probalby pass muster. Tung is another. (Though Tung is CHinese, I believe, it gives much the same finish.) You might also think paint.. quite a lot of medieval wood was painted at one point or another in its career, or gilded. Lacquers were ...

Maeryk

I know people here have used thrusty-bucklers.. (basically, a forearm buckler with a thrusting tip that comes out beyond the hand). I guess its an approximation of a Pata. I know they have been used here.. in open tourney.. not sure what htey qualify as or if they are technically legal at this point...

Maeryk

I have one of the simple, single blade ones. (not the ones that open up like an iris leaf when you squeeze the handle-bars together). I have always been told they are punching weapons.. the design on the one I have seems ot indicate that.. it looks more designed to go INTO than to slash cut, though ...

Maeryk

I never actually made it to the Cleveland (sign at the AIrport: Welcome to Cleveland, sorry for the inconvenience!.. seriously. .it was there) museum, but I _DID_ see blurbs for it in the airport.. which involved a photo of a rather amazing black/gilt etched suit that I stared at for a good 10 minut...

Maeryk

just wondering.. was Port Richie one of the places flattened by the hurricane?

Maeryk

Maeryk

metal plate armor beats the livin snot out of plastic plate armor.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Just so I have my facts straight when presenting the final info to the board of trustee (IE: wife).

Its got the extra-foot option.. that makes the center poles 11 feet, right? and the ridge is 12 feet.. is that a sleeved ridge?

ANd it has the sod cloth, yes?

Maeryk

Maeryk

Put a rigid fauld on your armor, you dont _need_ a cup.

maeryk

Maeryk

I think I'm interested.. I'll shoot you an email as soon as I am certain.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Hey your grace.. is that the oblong with round ends, or the square walled one?

Maeryk

Maeryk

IF you know what you are lookign for/at, then Ebay and auctions/estatesales/junk sales can be a huge bonus.

I have gotten some really nice planes and shaves and such from all of the above.. that are in good shape and need little cleaning/tuning for use.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Eh? why? Light goes straight.

If you ask Oakshotte, they are a rapier tho.

Maeryk

Maeryk

_ALL_ of my wifes german dresses are done with one string.. starts tied off at one of the bottom eyelets, then kinda "zig zags" but its only one string.

As far as I know, we have yet to find a single painting (at least of that period) showing the 'modern" shoelace style.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Hey man.. no problem! I had fun digging, I learned of a really COOL invention from Paul, and yet another cool thing! Now.. is that jut rope, or is that slowmatch that it is over in your picture? Cause if its slowmatch.. I may need to get me one.. simply to put out my match. I'm tired of charring my ...

Maeryk

I dont know if this is what you mean.. but... One of the articles by (I _think_) Roy Underhill (the woodwright) talks about making something called a "spill plane". This is a plane that takes a piece of wood and makes a tiny tightly coiled shaving (Kinda like a tight cone) that could be used as a ma...

Maeryk

KEWL! thats good news!

I was just pointing out the difficulty sometimes incurred with "dead stuff".

Feel free to ignore my earlier post WRT this pelt!

maeryk

Maeryk

warning.. importing this to mainland US may be difficult if not impossible, unless ALL the paperwork, proving where and when it came from, etc, is with it, and, more importantly, understood by whoever finds it at the border. Maeryk (In other words.. I'd have all my ducks in a row before I tried to b...

Maeryk

I like it! Looks downright evil! I know you are gonna mirror-polish it.. but DAMN that would make a great black prince helm!

Maeryk
(I really groove on the cylon/boba-fett lookin helms.. this one looks.. robotic. )

Maeryk

mattmaus:

This thread might help you a bit:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

Maeryk

Or, I could buy it and shoot it it with a range of weaponry to test "proof" on the helmet.

Maeryk

(Hate bascinets.. I really do..)

Maeryk

If we piss you off enough, JT, will you lock and delete the thread?

Maeryk

Maeryk

No Hush i think he has been ganged up on fror some reason unknown to me, because he decided to air Warrens dirty laundry, as a maker of munition grade armour, i found that helmet appauling. Sasha your an ass, i for one would take his money but i would give him a product that was worth what he paid,...

Maeryk

That's where expermimental archeology comes into play. That shows us that armour was pretty flexible, because we have worn it and used it. At least, that's how I understand it. Right. We are getting at the same point, I think.. however the problem is that a lot of the "experimental archaeology" has...

Maeryk

BEFORE YOU UNDERSTAND, HE WILL NOT GIVE ME A REFUND, HE NEVER HAD ANY INTENTION OF MAKING THIS RIGHT , I DONT WANT ONE, I KNOW I COULD PURCHASE HIS HOUSE WITH CASH, I COULD BUY 10 HELMETS AT 2000.00 EACH AND STILL NOT GO OVER MY CHECK CARD DAILY LIMIT, I DONT NEED THE MONEY, THIS WHOLE POST WAS TO ...

Maeryk

What drives me utterly nuts is books published early on by people "studying" the subject, that have been proven totally irrelevant or down right _wrong_. That modern scholars continue to quote line and verse. Or modern "scholars" who quote what everyone _KNOWS_ . It's hard to go into something with ...

Maeryk

Hey.. Jason.. am I right in remembering (I heard it somewhere) that the checkerboard stuff was very specifically Swiss? (the black and red checkered skirts, specifically). As to that last photo.. CAT FIGHT! hehe.. kewl.. I can add warm oil camp-follower wrestling to the "period games" at my next eve...

Maeryk

Just remember: No Neon colors. Bet me? You can get quite nice neons.. specifically pinks and greens, with period dyes. One of the Laurels that lives near me has done it several times. Neon _is_ period.. possibly not POPULAR.. but period. Oh.. really bright yellows are possible too.. very nearly neo...

Maeryk

Hey, Guys. Remember when you started? (You older-sters, specifically). Remember when it was either Freon cans, or narsty spangs made from the patterns in the KWH? Or early spun tops that looked like Storm Trooper heads? With the bar grills that cracked your collar bones every time someone thunked a ...

Maeryk

I only stated this post after the seller refused to do anything other than make a fraudulent insurance claim, for something that from the pictures that have been shown prove was what can only be called a pre-existing condition, the seller still wanted to make a claim after it was proven that no dam...