The Armour Archive

Chris G.

The huffy attitude of "The non-chivalrous aren't invited to OUR battle" is more of a problem than any skewed rules system. I really think that we all can "Just get along." Except the non-chivalrous aren't invited to OUR battle because of 6. Combatants shall behave in a knightly ...

Chris G.

As Jacob said, Blacksmith suppliers should have what your looking for.

Here is the hammer page at Kayne and Son
Kayne and Son's Hammers

Chris G.

In the legs section of "Techniques of Medieval Armor Reproduction" there are some good photos of putting the triangle depression into the fan. You can clearly see the hammer marks and how the piece was oriented.

Chris G.

I believe Maeyrk was referring to

SyrRhys wrote:Ban combat archery now--no exceptions, no tolerance.

Chris G.

I'm not sure what Sir Rhys will say, but I imagine it will be something along the lines of it doesn't matter if that is true for every period under the SCA banner or every culture, it matters if its true for those that would be in a European Court, everyone else is a guest.

Chris G.

I think I would probably sit a battle that involved cannons. It seems to me that creating something that simulates grapeshot (or any other "area" kill effect) is just an attempt to "grief" in the SCA.

Chris G.

After I saw your new one, I went back through the thread to take a look at some of your other projects. They all look great. Keep it up.

Chris G.

You guys have to get authorized to throw axes at wood?! Wow, you really are heaping on the authorizations. That is not correct, no authorization is required to particpate in throwing weapons at targets, its the same as target archery. There are different marshals for each, but no authorizations.

Chris G.

Some information about the availability of loaner gear would be useful. Something like "loaner gear avaialable on request" or "For loaner gear, please contact Lord Bob"

Chris G.

I can't because I've never heard of such an authorization.

In Atlantia, there is simply a spear authorization.

Chris G.

I don't actually remember the previous set of Society wide rules requiring forearm protection. I thought it was just some kingdoms that required it.

Chris G.

William,

I'll make sure the champion of Black Diamond is informed of your Challenge. You could also post it to the Black Diamond list, or I could do it for you if you prefer.

~Edmund

Chris G.

Someone with more marshalling experience than myself might correct me, but last I checked, in Atlantia, there isn't a requirement to arm the forearm and as such no minimum material requirement. I bought my arms used from someone off the AA a couple of years ago. According to my micrometer, the leath...

Chris G.

But still, you want a mask that follows the contours of the face, if I understand you correctly? (Sorry if "intricate" was the wrong word... I meant something along the line of "with a complex and detailled surface.") That'd be very difficult... for one thing, you need to get the mesh (or perf plat...

Chris G.

I think Patrick Thaden sells helm liners.

Take a look at http://www.thadenarmory.com/sell/misc/miscellaneous.htm

Chris G.

Rowan, I think you need to reword your purpose and goals for this. Judging by your response to peoples comments, we are not understanding your intentions. When I read it, I thought you were looking to take a Kendo Do and add kidney protection and get someone to make a helm that looks like a kendo he...

Chris G.

Try here:
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/education.html

Chris G.

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Chris G.

And if you don't like that, welll, there's lots else to do--even if you can't fight you can still fence--anyone can do that and you don't have to worry about being hit--and they'll let you shoot people with rubber band guns, so you don't even have to learn to fence if you don't want to. That was un...

Chris G.

Do you have any closeups of the plaque belt?

Chris G.

bobbogum wrote:What about just making coils and cutten em'? (hacksaw)

What about it? I don't understand your question.

Chris G.

1) I don't know, someone else will have to answer that question. It will vary quite a bit if the person is making a riveted mail hauberk versus a butted mail hauberk. 2) Depends on the ring size and the size of your hauberk. A smaller hauberk needs fewer rings, a smaller the ring size requires more ...

Chris G.

From your description, they sound more like a medium. I'm about 5'7" and the pair I wear are loose without padding as well, but fit well with padding. They don't have much of a chance fitting some of the larger guys in our barony. It seems one person's large is another's medium. It might be better i...

Chris G.

I have to agree with everyone that has mentioned your website. If I'm just searching for armour merchants on the web, purchasing something from a geocities site would be my last choice. You really need to get a domain or at least a more professional hosting service than geocities. Your work looks ni...

Chris G.

unfortunatly this one isn't period either What about it do you not consider period? Or more specifically, to what time period are you referring? Do you find the shape ahistorical? The materials? The construction methods? The replacable tips? I'm not saying your wrong, just wondering what your reaso...

Chris G.

Sir Gaston, Do you think the books on Project Gutenburg that were added because of copyright expiration instead of explicitly by the authors are also being distributed dishonestly? I could understand feeling that if the work was still bound by copyright, but this work has entered the public domain. ...

Chris G.

Most regulators I have seen have had a port for adding a gauge. I paid about $30 for my regulator, $8 for about 8' of hose, and about $6 for the gauge.

Chris G.

The roper whitney jr. #5 that Brian mentioned uses a punch and a die. The punch is the cylinder with the spike on it, this goes into the die which is a cylinder with a whole bored through it. They are pretty highly recommended for making holes in armor. I picked up mine from ebay a few years back. V...

Chris G.

Does the splice have to be fiberglass or could it be something like a UHMW or HDPE tube? Basically I'm thinking some type of machinable material so you could turn the outside diameter to very closely match the inside of the fiberglass.

Chris G.

Thanks for that link. That was an excellent description on stance. Is there more to the site? I couldn't get to Chapter 4. You can find the main page for the Old Castle Manual at http://scamelee.freeservers.com/oldcastle_1.html . You will need to navigate to each chapter using the links on that pag...

Chris G.

Here is a link to the Atlantian MoL handbook, http://mol.atlantia.sca.org/Handbook/MoLHandbook60106.pdf there is a 32 fighter double elimination tree on page 89. You have the process down right, but the difference is that after round 2, the winners bracket skips a round, round 3 is only fought on th...

Chris G.

Sir Corby,

Yes, I'm Edmund from Black Diamond. We've met at practice and a few events.

Chris G.

I am learning to fight old castle style.

Chris G.

I'm planning to be there. I'm also hoping to bring some new fighters with me from Virginia Tech as well.

Chris G.

Perhaps a new thread should be started regarding the challenge/invitation.