The Armour Archive

Chris G.

Nah, I'm sure Josh is no weakling, but he has a harness that fits him well and he is in good shape which I believe are the factors that allow him to do the cartwheels. A lighter but ill-fitting harness on him would probably give him trouble.

Chris G.

Your eyes look brighter/more alert in the second photo. Well done. Can't wait to see you in 116 days.

Chris G.

It is pointless to argue what a "real-life enemy" would do as they were not constrained by rules. In this game you are responsible for your actions.

Chris G.

Reminds me of some of the polymer autobody hammers

Chris G.

My suggestion is simple - 1) Make them hit like a single hand thrust. A single handed thrust to what/where? The force for a face thrust is not equal to the force for a body thrust. I don't believe there is a simple solution to the problem of combat archery when there isn't even agreement to what th...

Chris G.

Ludial wrote:you can look historical without being posh.

But why would you want to when you can look fabulous. Sure you may draw a few more arrows, but thats a small price to pay. Besides, fancy duds give you +2 to dodge.

Chris G.

Was that the balsa supplier down in Texas?

Chris G.

Michael I was crowned May 2, 1981
Michael VIII was crowned April 1, 2006

Roughly a 25 year span between his first and most recent reign.

Chris G.

Couple of thoughts on this matter. 1. - $35/hour is a highly competitive shop rate for a professional weld shop in the United States. 2. - It is fine to have a pre-arranged flat fee, but this fee should be arrived at through skilled estimation of man-hours involved with work, plus fees for consumabl...

Chris G.

Describing symptoms is not the same as making a diagnosis.

Chris G.

I actually think the descriptions of his actions meet a good bit of the definition. I also did not call him a psychopath, I said psychopathy (which is used interchangeably with sociopathy) is what comes to mind when I see recounts of his interactions with others. I have never met him, nor interacted...

Chris G.

I pien mine cold, about half of my projects use nails, the other half I use rivets.

Chris G.

Psychopathy is what generally comes to my mind when reading about transactions with HW. Lack of a conscience in conjunction with a weak ability to defer gratification and/or control aggressive desires, often leads to antisocial behaviors. Psychopathy does not necessarily lead itself to criminal and...

Chris G.

A reproduction or that specific suit?

Chris G.

Sorry for the blurry photos, can't find my other camera right now. Here is my coat of plates made following one of the Wisby patterns. It is a single layer of 10oz duck with leather washers on each rivet to protect the cloth from the metal. It has lasted 4 years so far. They go together very fast. I...

Chris G.

Bearpits? Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there bunches of guys standing in line at bearpits? That had been my experience with Bearpits until Winter's End this past weekend. For the bearpit portion of the day, the list was open to as many fights as people could fit in to the list. If you saw some...

Chris G.

PM sent regarding hosting.

Chris G.

Thanks for the info and good luck on the sale. I hope to win at least one of the auctions.

Chris G.

Do you have any documentation for the authenticity of the 2 spurs and the 16th century stirrup? I see the other stirrup and bit come with paperwork from Ancient Treasures.

Chris G.

It turned out very well.

I think the plates over your hips could use a bit of a bend as they look rather flat right now.

Do you have any pictures of the inside?

Chris G.

I will be there, at least for the first part of the week.

Vacation has been approved up through Wednesday, barring a catastrophe at work, I should get a approval for the last two weekdays.

Chris G.

Barring something blowing up at work, I will be there.

Chris G.

14 guage is the standard for most helms. .125 is the minimum standard at about 16 guage but the metal will thin a bit when working and finishing the helm. usualy the rest of is a little bit lighter depending on local calibration and how much strain/abuse the armour goes through. Knee cops are often...

Chris G.

Some pictures would help, but heres my thoughts base on your description. You said its heavy leather, so that may be sufficient without the splints. What is the elbow protection made from? Sounds like its leather as well. You are not required to cover any portion of your arm other than the elbow, an...

Chris G.

Very nice.

Did you start the flutes from the inside with a chisel? It looks like thats where you marked them.

How many passes did it take?

Chris G.

Looks more like a great bascinet to me. I believe its captioned in Italian as a Bascinet not a burbute. I'm not aware of any extant barbutes that come to a point like your picture.

Chris G.

I believe he said it was made by Brand of West Coast Armoury

Chris G.

I remember looking at this on the news stand and thinking it was an illustration instead of a photograph. I could be wrong though.

Chris G.

I received the doublet about 2 weeks ago.

Chris G.

Also, I don't think you are going to lose thickness due to compression which would result in an increase in density, rather you will spread the metal over a larger surface area, which leads to the thinning of the metal.

Chris G.

As follow-up from Baron Alejandro's Spanish Effigy Thread, I am compiling a list of research books and either links to online versions such as google books or hopefully enough information to request the book from Inter Library Loan. Spanish Arms and Armour By Albert Frederick Calvert Spanish Arms an...

Chris G.

I am working on just that.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=90668

Chris G.

Hot damn,

What other kingdoms have moneyer's guilds? Anyone know of one in Midrealm.

Chris G.

You make an excellent point Andrew. We tend to think of an armour smith or a blade smith as being a historical person that takes some raw material and makes a suit of armour or a sword. When in reality those works were the results of several people working in specialist capacities. It has been shown...

Chris G.

edit to add, do we know this armourer? Here is a line from TOMAR regarding Peter Fuller Surprisingly, Peter Fuller is relatively unknown in the arms and armour community, but his curatorial background lends his work a reproduction quality that is seldom seen.... Some of his work is shown in TOMAR.

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