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Templar Bob/De Tyre

Probably sipping single-malt in Club Cunradus...

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Captain Jamie wrote:Um... what pictures?

Captain Jamie

Captain Jamie:

If you're referring to Tracy Justus' post, click on the word "Here's" in the two paragraphs describing the corrazina pieces.

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losthelm wrote:some one from middle kingdom was looking to place an order but lack your contact information.
could some one please send an email or PM to me with the info?

Well, they could always try his web page...

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I have said it before and I guess I will again, studies shoe combat boots afford almost no better support than a regular shoe. Without the padded ankle or arch support, or proper heel cup like a hiking boot has there is no real ankle support. In fact they concluded more people turned their ankles i...

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RE: Combat Boots vs. Turnshoes: For the purposes of SCA combat, one possible way to get the ankle support of a U. S. Army combat boot but with a look of a medieval low ankle boot is to find a cobbler willing to make boots for you with modern soles, but with an upper like a medieval boot. The late, ...

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Looks like we posted about the same time--rats!

Ah, well...he's built Crusader Knees and Elbows for me, and is building a Combat Phrygian and a Dress Phrygian helm for me...

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Odd...I get a link for a chalice, not finger-gauntlets.

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My only problem in turnshoes is compensating for sudden, quick shifts on wet grass on a sloped surface. I ended up ass over teakettle once doing that--not a pretty sight when wearing 12th century braies. There's also the "tenderfoot factor" if you're used to modern arch support, and have worn the tu...

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I checked it...it's shown there.

You might want to copy the page and save it for your personal records...but you didn't hear that from me.

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Hi all, Seem to remember there was an archive member who sold lamellar on eBay for reasonable prices. Wonder if anybody remembers his name or his website or whatever. Or if not, if they can point me in the right direction to someone else. Thanks Steve: You need to go to Thorvaldr's Leatherworks ......

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Giles:

I use (and prefer) Echol. However, if all else fails, you could use Tandy's Neat-Lac (an ahistorical solution, but a solution nonetheless).

RE: Hushgirl--

Very few of her posts are longer than a sentence or two. And she does make a lot of them, doesn't she?

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Trystan:

Would this seminar be held again (at another time, I mean)? This is something I'd love to see Bascot and his lady do!

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Ingrid:

You've done a remarkable job on your arming-doublet!

If you go with a thicker foundation, perhaps you'll consider colored hemp canvas from the folks at Hemp Traders? It's the type of fabric I'd want to make an arming doublet from...

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Gruber wrote:HEY!!! I finally have a site to host some pictures!!!!
The breast and back are up ther now.

And the URL is....?

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[quote="Josh_Warren"]These parts suck:

"...those fighters in plate need to calibrate themselves for missile weapons".

"...No special rules for missile acceptance (i.e. calling plate Ã¢â‚¬Å“proofÃ¢â‚¬Â

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http://home.armourarchive.org/members/halberds/mchelm2.jpg T-Bob, Thanks for the pic. Does that helm look way to big for the model? Andy Goddard (the owner of the helm in question) claimes it fits him okay. Of course, he wears it over a mailled coif and a padded suspension liner. I'm not sure if th...

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Halberds: Most of the photos of Mac Bible pot-helms show the eyeslot going back practically to the temples. One really good interpretation of a Mac Bible helm is the reproduction of the helm by Andy Goddard on his Circa 1265 Page . These days, Andy Goddard is changing the page to a personal history ...

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Gruber & Alaric:

Is the Churburg built for Ingrid, or is she just modeling it? I thought she had a different cuirass in the works...

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edward atte flynt wrote:Still doing stickers??? I need some more!

Ned:

Conrad's internet access is rather spotty these days--his personal life is a little upside-down. I will attempt to contact him for you, and let him know that you need to talk to him.

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hmmm... so .. for semi realistic SCA use .. I am makeing body armor .. Lorica Segmentata .. and thought the leather strips i have seen with roman pictures for upper leg protection ... any thoughts ? think i could use strips of leather rivetted to a belt under the segmentata ? If you look carefully ...

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part 1 .. Roman Armor .. I am lookign for a pattern or thought even on a Roman leather " skirt" the strips of leather used for thigh protection .. any ideas or thoughts ? or simply rivet leather strips to a belt ? 2" 3" wide ? any help appreciated ... Actually, this item wasn't a separate leather s...

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Your city or town should have a place where they dispose of used aluminum street signs. That would be your best place to look.

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Chronique's biography on Charlemagne

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Winterfell: She already knows that--she's commenting on people who fire off posts on this board about "why didn't you just Google it?". Most people don't see a legitimate question as being "spoon-fed" information. As Hush says, if you don't want to answer a neophyte's honest question, then ignore it...

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I used to tell my friends to come on here for the skinny on whatever issue. Now I'll tell them to search google, cuz ya'll don't want to be bothered. I asked a guy not too long ago if he'd seen the Archive topic on thus and such, and his reply was, "I don't waste my time with those know it all bast...

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Hush: You should just face it---whenever you post anything on the Archive (no matter how carefully, or whether you're right or wrong), you're gonna get flamed. It's one of the favorite bloodsports on this board, anyway. Why give them the satisfaction? You should just save yourself the pain--and not ...

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Khaleel:

Ironmonger Armoury has just the item you're looking for!

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I wear T-6 aluminum mitten gauntlets with an articulated wrist--all the strength of a steel mitten gauntlet with half the weight. I hope to someday go to finger gauntlets of some description. But any well-built metal gauntlet is less glaring to my eye than hockey gloves and welded basket hilts. Howe...

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Gentlemen:

That gives me directions to work with. I'll ask my friend Maurice to contact the Smithsonian on my behalf (he lives in the DC area), and will order the book from Amazon.

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Can anyone steer me to a copy of Der mittelalter Reiterschild des Abendlands by Dr. Helmut Nickel, former curator of the Metropolitan museum? I've done a number of searches on this subject, but have come up empty. This thesis has valuable information on the construction of medieval knightly shields.

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It's not necessarily a search for information--is a quest to provoke dialogue on what that information may mean, and get a different perspective on the data. That's why many people ask questions on the R&A board in the first place. That's chiefly why I do, at any rate.

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I am considering jousting as a Templar Knight and I can't find much more than brief mentions of plate armour used by the Templars. They usually used chainmaill, but I'll get killed using maill in a joust. Some points to consider: ⋅ Plate armour during the late 13th to earlier 14th centur...

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Broadway: With respect, I think multiple combat forums (catering to WMA, SCA, LARP, WTF, etc.) would needlessly clutter the Archive. Perhaps only two combat forums (SCA Combat specific and Western Martial Arts) would satisfy everyone? I suppose one can insist that any armour questions be prefaced wi...

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Polarus: I wear the following: ⋅ Gamboised chausses under my mailled chausses*. ⋅ Riveted mailled chausses. ⋅ Gamboised cuisses (with an interior pocket for a plate of 1/4" crepe). Any fighter who hits you regularly in the shins lacks weapon control. Konstantin the ...

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Hmm. Miss a weekend, miss a lot. I'd have liked the opportunity to help the gentleman out some. I don't know what occured, but apparently he felt his questions weren't adequately answered, and further, that his questions were scorned. It's possible that it never occurred to him that the Templar Rule...

Re: iso Robert MePherson

Re: Who makes leather lamellar?

Re: Conrad the Mad to the white courtesy phone

Re: 2 part about Armor .. Please help

Searching for a Ph.D thesis by Helmut Nickel of the Met

Re: Does anyone know anything about Templar Knight plate arm