The Armour Archive

St. George

speaking of Last Samurai, did the guys mention that we did some work on that one too...

Alaric

St. George

My bet is that you are mounting them wrong. If I remember the pic of your armor, you are not a large guy, so two things 1) the shoulders are not dished deep enough, so they are not resting properly in place, and are prone to rotation, 2) the mounting itself allows for too much rolling motion on the ...

St. George

Stahl,

Was this an Eastern Crown final? Maybe one where a certain now ex-master broke the weld on a certain duke's helmet, and he continued to call the shots light?

Alaric VDK

PS- you coming to Pennsic this year?

St. George

One of the reasons I stopped doing as many demos as I used to, was one day I realized that a lot of people in the audience were wondering just what I was, in the essence that although I was wearing shiny armor, I was not the classical definition of what a knight isn't shining armor is. This has been...

St. George

Richard, Darius' name and persona change probably has something to do with the fact that his previous names, such as Johann, and Gunther Pathwarden, then Gunther the Witch Hunter were all proclamed by the Heralds to not be documentable. I know a guy who got Gaven the Castrator passed. If he could do...

St. George

I've had 2 major issues with UPS in the last year. 1) They said they were going to charge me one price for packages, and then when the bill came, they had charged me more than double ($180 or so vs. $400+). That is currently being worked out. 2) I shipped my surround sound system when I moved. It ca...

St. George

I've had 2 major issues with UPS in the last year. 1) They said they were going to charge me one price for packages, and then when the bill came, they had charged me more than double ($180 or so vs. $400+). That is currently being worked out. 2) I shipped my surround sound system when I moved. It ca...

St. George

I am not joking. In this scenario, there would be no heavies allowed to attack the cavalry. The Cav would simply get a chance to rout the archers before the battle starts in earnest. It would be a "period" response to the archers, and also an in kind response to their singling out of knights and the...

St. George

What if in one battle with CA at Pennsic, we allowed for a "Cavalry Charge?" Basically, when the battle starts. each side's "cavalry units" could rush out, and while not attacking the other side's heavies, run down all the archers then return to their original positions, after which point the battle...

St. George

When I think of non-fighters (and non former royalty), I rarely think of them in terms of a Kingdom. For some reason, I always think about fighters in terms of where they are from, what they fight with- basically what team are they on and what position do they play. I remember the greats of each kin...

St. George

I would personally stay with 10-12 ga for the helmet- I like the mass of the helmet itself absorbing some of the energy of the impact. Annealing is the process of resoftening the metal as you work it. When done sith a piece, you heat it briefly to 1600 degrees +- a hair, and quench rapidly in water,...

St. George

spring steel is a high carbon steel that can be heat hardened. Spring steel can also be made very "springy" through the right applications of heating and quenching. You can also harden mild steel though a process called case hardening. Due to the higher carbon content and its structure, carbon steel...

St. George

If it is already hardened you should anneal it before working it.
You will definitely find that it can crack through work shaping and you need to anneal it regularly to make sure that it stays soft enough to continue working.

Alaric

St. George

You can throw them REALLY far. We played with once, and it was like launching a hail mary every time. I threw it a couple of hundred feet easily and accurately. Plus they are Nerf, so they should be fairly safe. Although they do make this annoying whistle as they fly Alaric- who is always looking ou...

St. George

12 ga stainless steel bascinets aren't period either but we seem to use them too

St. George

I prefer 5150- Oh wait that's vinyl.

I cross posted about the legs and arms that we made in the clasified section. They are 18 and 20 ga mild steel (not on purpose), if anyone is interested, please make us an offer.

Alaric

St. George

Gruber and I ended up with a bunch of mild 18 ga and 20 ga steel, that we though was 1050 spring when we started with it. After a week of working on it, we found out that we had 4 sets of almost finished arms and legs in mild steel. We are doing everything we can to try and salvage the pieces- inclu...

St. George

Stefan von Dresden and Sir Bailin (not yet Sir) pledged to the Queen in 1994(5?) or so that they would fight one thousand fights in her honor at Pennsic. They were King and Queen's Champion's respectively, and I can't remember exactly, but one of them got sick and couldn't fight anymore, and the oth...

St. George

D. While shopping the other day, I noticed that Nerf makes something that looks (oddly enough) like a Nerf lawn dart- fins and all. It's called a Nerf Howler, and you can throw them VERY far. We thought that those covered in duct tape would work well as SCA darts. http://www.firebox.com/pic/p796h.jp...

St. George

I have to disagree about the weight issue Lance. I just happened to weight the legs that Gruber and I are making right now out of 1050 spring steel, and they weigh in at 3.6 pounds each- a total of 7.2 pounds for the pair. I currently have a Byzantine persona and wear brass lamellar chest protection...

St. George

Depends on the Kingdom, and with all the rubber mace-heads available, you shouldn't need any "clackers."

Alaric

St. George

Your Majesty, If it be your pleasure, I would be honored to accept your challenge, and help you achieve your goal. It will be my great joy to toast my Queen Madelaina, and also your Lady Wife Padraiga, HRM Atlantia. If it also be within your largesse to grant me a small boon, I would ask that since ...

St. George

I've always liked calling really hard thrusts as "Tippy". That's brilliant. I have to use that one from now on. I heard one that went something like this- "I practice with Michael of Bedford..." and he went on to imply that at practice he got hit a lot harder, and therefore he didn't have to take M...

St. George

Sarnac:

Base cost is $550- options such as wing design, flutes, 3 or 4 lame design, upper thigh plate, hinges vs leather, etc can shoot the price up towards $7-800 a pair.

Alaric

PS- it was good to see you at Crown

St. George

We have 2 styles (three and four lame with different wing styles). See the pics below Please give us some commentary as we are about to go into full 1050 spring steel production on them. Thanks, Alaric PS- If I can I'll try and get some better pics later. [img]http://www.geocities.com/snakepliskin19...

St. George

Why are you attempting to "fight 1500 fights?"

It shouldn't be too hard to do over a two week period, but why are you formalizing it into something like this.

Why not just go up to the field and meet and fight as many people as you can?

Alaric

St. George

I recommend either punching your holes. It makes it a lot easier, and they don't cut your laces.

Alaric

St. George

But I thought Nasal was a legal reason to blow off... I mean here are some good ones- I have heard all of them... Bad Geometry. Rivet (Ok Malachi heard this one but it is still funny). Above the Coronet. Wraps can't hit hard enough (nor thumb leads - especially Logan's) Off the White Belt. and I hav...

St. George

Here are the progress pics, I think they look great! Alaric PS- we are going to have a few Churburg Breastplates, gothic arms, and 14th century and gothic legs ready in the next week or two... PPS- sorry about the cross-post [img]http://www.geocities.com/snakepliskin1971/gauntlet.jpg[/img]

St. George

Here are the progress pics, I think they look great!

Alaric

PS- we are going to have a few Churburg Breastplates, gothic arms, and 14th century and gothic legs ready in the next week or two...

[img]http://www.geocities.com/snakepliskin1971/gauntlet.jpg[/img]

St. George

I'll probably have an 18 ga spring steel gothic suit done in the next few months for myself- full legs, placard, vambraces, and elbows, modified shoulders, and sallet. I promise I'll have full mobility in the suit, plus it'll look great, be (almost) full plate (if the pope had to issue a bull requir...

St. George

Different parts of the country have a prevailing "theme" usually based on who the best/most popular fighter was in that region about 15-20 years ago.

Alaric

St. George

Having had that helmet on more than once, I can assure you thatthe 10 or 12 ga (can't remember exactly) steel from which it is made, with all the shaping and hammer hardening- won't bend. I wouldn't worry about it getting hit at all.

Alaric

St. George

Cameron would never fill a sword with ball bearing, water, mercury or any other sliding material.

He has never gone out of his way to push the limits of acceptability in SCA combat (or anywhere else for that matter)

Alaric

St. George

That is Ugo's work. It was made for Merlin (his real name), who now has some sort of Roman sounding name

That helmet also made appearances in a Toyota Commercial (maybe Dodge?), and Witchblade.

Alaric

Combat Archery and Cavalry

Alaric and Gruber Fire Sale

Pics of Gruber and Alaric's 15th Century legs

x-post Gruber's 14th Century Gauntlet (progress for Jehan)

Gruber's 14th Century Gauntlet (progress pics for Jehan)