The Armour Archive

St. George

I can think of at least 4 times that Atlantia has sided with the mid.

I an also think of once or twice where the numbers were so off, where I didn't even get a chance to swing a sword at someone during battles.

Alaric

St. George

i know grube and kiyohara were making sets of just fingers for a while.

Alaric

St. George

Thanx for the pointers, good gentles. Garth- What's wrong with looking like a Mad Max extra? My new persona's name is gonna be Wez... anyone have the orange hairdye handy? Oh, and your armour doctorate apparently gave you guys a masterclass in fluting. Fluting can be a scary thing, because the skil...

St. George

You're right, my Knight was a Trimarian, but I don't think he was stoned!

Alaric

St. George

as far as following a style goes bryce i never did. Which is funny, because I can watch the someone from NC fight for 30 seconds, (Or before they even start to move, really) and tell if they have been working with you.... OK Bryce- I'm from NC. Looking at my style, who'd I train with? Alaric

St. George

I finally got mine hooked up in a test rig, and it heated up some 18 ga spring steel about as fast as Gruber's coal forge does. If I hook up some firebricks or build something to trap the heat with, I am sure that it will work even faster. I have to say that for the cost involved- 15 bucks for the b...

St. George

Why can't all this be done with Rattan combat?

If five guys from the SCA, or a mixed group, want to get together and do all of the stuff listed above, but continue to use rattan weapons, it might be more successful.

Alaric

St. George

gluing a piece of leathe or foam to the inside will help dramatically.

Alaric

St. George

I usually go with a linen shirt under my lamellar. From the icon of Basil II that's all that it looks like he had on. It seems to work out just fine too.

Alaric.

St. George

I found that they broke about the same rate as a regular sword- I broom the last eight inches of a sword about every 3-4 practices, so there really wasn't an issue of finding out how the fuller itself actually affected the life of the sword. I need to test them out some more- the sword I was using s...

St. George

I think that there is a point at which people need to look at helmets like those from Ashcraft Baker, and say- those are just plain ugly and non-period looking. What someone needs to offer is a well made Great Helm at a price similar to the Ashcraft Baker spun tops. Great helms look period, and can ...

St. George

Nicolai- what makes one armor better than the other? Small things like attention to the weld, shaping variation, finishing details, etc. Combat wise, there are some armorers I wouldn't wear even if the stuff were given to me for free. However, I would pay Eldrid double what he normally charges for a...

St. George

hobnails are terrible on marble and some stone floors- just like ice!

Alaric

St. George

Hal,

in its own way it has a very nice period feel to it. I imagine tha a lot of armor looked just like that.

Nice job.

Alaric

St. George

I bought one today at Harbor Freight. It shears as well.

I hope it works OK!

Alaric

St. George

I wouldn't say spring or stainless is more expensive. It looks like it is produced for the same ballpark prices you produce plastic for.

Alaric

St. George

I think most armor is underpriced (some just has no right being sold as armor, but that is a different story), and to top that off most people in the SCA have no sense of scope for how much armor should cost.

They are cheap and usually broke.

Alaric

St. George

Armor for shows should still do more than look cool standing still. It should function and not be a liability to its wearer. Spikes, oversized shoulders (a la Warhammer & 40K) and such should not impede the fighter wearing them. I don't have a problem with fantasy armors at all, until someone tells ...

St. George

I love fighting in them, but honestly, they don't do the best job of protecting one's legs. I am re-designing mine to have a pocket in them to put a piece of something a little more solid in them for those special times (like fighting Cuan). They move better than anything I have ever worn before, br...

St. George

It is odd how many people use leather, barrel plastic, and aluminum, thinking that they are going to "save weight" when in reality the thicknesses of those materials that they have to use in order to satisfy safety requirements makes them weigh considerably more than spring steel or stainless. Alaric

St. George

I lived inthe Carolinas for over 15 years- this is the first instance that I have been exposed to y'unz as a reaplcement for the omnipresent y'all.

Alaric

St. George

Helmet with flat ring aventail 12# shoulders 2# (1# a piece) vambrace and elbows 2.4# (1.2# a piece) gamboissed cuisses and "soupcan knees" 4# boots and greaves 4.4# segmented breastplate (Churburg style) 6.2# Gambeson 4# 35# for everything When I add in a flat ring shirt eventually, I should come t...

St. George

Yuck. Yuck, and $185 to boot. If you have to do something that nasty, at least use kydex or ABS, or at worst barrel plastic, that stuff really won't break, and depending on how you mold it (or use it in a CoP) it could actually look good. EEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Scary stuff and he wants to charge f...

St. George

I looked at Enco and found something I wanted in a decent price range, but they want $50 extra bucks to drop it off the back of their truck.

yuck

Alaric

St. George

I always found authorizations more tiring than any other fighting.

Alaric

St. George

Do you men Ugo?

St. George

Get yourself a sand or shot bag, and a piece of rubber board (the kind used in leather work). The sand/shot bag is great for dishing into, and the board plus a chisel lets you set really great lines for fluting.

Alaric

St. George

it jsut happen i have a slip roll that can handle 12g mild and 16 ss 10g alm sitting around. never mounted i always used it on ground. bad thing is it 400 pounds. i can email you photos if need be How much are you asking for it? Also- good call about Enco- they have some intereresting stuff over th...

St. George

Thanks for the info! I was hoping to use it to do a little hot shaping and repousse work too.

I can't wait to get started using it then.

Alaric

St. George

$200-$300 I think. I just need one big enough to do vambraces and shoulder lames.

Alaric

St. George

I had always assumed that the peascod shape developed in response to both shot and pikes. Much like on a modern tank, the glancing surface (angled armor) geometrically creates a much "thicker" piece of steel for the piercing device to go through by forcing it to try and cut through steel on the hypo...

St. George

Thomas, That is pretty much exactly what I was thinking- and it would certainly be better on my lungs than the coal forge we have currently been using. m I also just noticed that they have this double headed version... m I don't think that a wider head (like a flame spreader) on a propane torch woul...

St. George

This particular model has a "turbo" switch. I assume that it alters the airflow to allow for a higher burning temp in some way. I just haven't seen it in action yet.

Alaric

St. George

Has anyone tried to use one to heat metal? The package of the one I saw says it'll go up to 3000 degrees, but even if it only goes up to half that, that'll still be a nice cherry red for metal work. Let me know, I'd love to be able to hook this up for $30, and have a propane tank running it than hav...

St. George

Does anyone have or know of a decent slip roll for sale? I would like to be able to do up to 16 ga steel with it, but capacity for 18 would be fine.

Thanks,

Alaric

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Weed Burners

slip roll