The Armour Archive

Bainard Grey

Consider the undershirts SOLD. PM sent.

Bainard Grey

I have known several people who have purchased from Falls Creek and have been quite pleased. The canvas is Sunforger so is the same (at least very similar) to the lighter weight Sunforger that the big names like Panther use. The only "downside" if you view it as such is that they do not se...

Bainard Grey

While I know you said that you were not looking for a "retail option" I am going to throw one out there at you anyways. Sorry if it offends. I have steered quite a few new folks to Fall Creek Suttlery where you can get an A-frame for $140 to $190 and wall tents for under $300 (except the b...

Bainard Grey

My current half gauntlet for my right hand has been bludgeoned enough and straightened to the point the metal has cracked, not to mention the articulation binds while throwing a leg wrap and stresses my wrist. (Yes, I know. Wrap shots bad, half gauntlets and basket hilts bad, etc.) I wanted a set of...

Bainard Grey

As much as I would love to have another M44 to add to the my little Nagant family I am going to have to pass. Went to the dentist today and need to have a tooth crowned so all my play money just disappeared. Sorry

Bainard Grey

Very interested in the Nagant 44 pending spousal approval. What kind of price are you looking for on it?

Bainard Grey

Holding out hopes that my dear friend Sir Cadogen can pull it off.....

Bainard Grey

I had the chance to go see them in Huntsville Alabama the end of last month and, in truth, it was a bit of a mixed experience. It was interesting to see the size and it really put things into perspective but it was rather disappointing from a historical perspective. There were a lot of mundane intru...

Bainard Grey

I had the same problem with a bunch of leather after last Pennsic. If you coat the leather with vasoline and let it sit for 24 hours then wipe it off it smothers the mold and lets it wipe right off and not come back.

Bainard Grey

OK, I have a bit of interest in the article but more interest in who found it??? (Dayton is my home town..)

Bainard Grey

I would see no problem with it from a marshalls point of view....

Bainard Grey

This book doesn't really have "patterns" exactly, but it does have enough good pictures and text to get you started in my opinion. It is Knives and Scabbards by J. Cowgill, M. de Neergaard and N. Griffiths ISBN 0-11-2901440-8

Bainard Grey

I enjoyed the tourney style we did at Aethelmearc coronation a few weeks ago. The first three rounds were run Atlantian Speed style. From there the list was broken down into brackets (3-0, 2-1, 1-2, 0-3) and you fought all four other fighters in the bracket you were in. From here the victors with th...

Bainard Grey

I wonder if the DVD will have any special features. YOu know, "stupid tourney moments" "painful armour failures" "embarassing garb moments"

Bainard Grey

My reccomendation for that time period would be the Medieval Tailors Assistant as well. The documentation is kind of not there, but what is there can be cross referenced from other sources and the patterns are excellent. As for the coloured plates.. When constructing garb I often photocopy the plate...

Bainard Grey

Ah, Krotchpunt, the greatest fighting style I have ever been graced enough to learn....

Bainard Grey

I do believe the document you are looking for is called the Holy Handgrenade.... Uh, I mean the Almain Armourers Album.

Bainard Grey

OK, purely personal opinion here. If there is a piece of armour that I want and XX makes it the best, I have no problem waiting a year or two even. Where I have a problem is with armourers not being honest and not following the dates given as if they are just an arbitrary date given to make people h...

Bainard Grey

AHHHH!!! Now they are even putting bargrills on non-SCA shelf pieces! SHOOT ME NOW!

Bainard Grey

Myself and my lady plan on being there as long as we get the car fixed and our precious unborn doesn't make Mommy have bad car sickness....

Bainard Grey

Oh, BTW... We will all be updated on the when/where of the vigil and all that as it is known so that we can stop by at War, right?

Bainard Grey

Congrats Vitus! I can honestly say that of those in the Midrealm there is none more deserving right now than Vitus. He has done more for the Kingdom than 10 men usually done. No one deserves this honor more..

Lord Bainard Grey
House Grylion, Barony Flaming Gryphon

Bainard Grey

With the Tuchux the thing that set them off first was the fact that my squire brother (the one who got hurt first) managed to kill several of them in the battle which pissed them off. All of the retaliation was due to the fact that two of the 'chux were pulled from the field for the rest of the war ...

Bainard Grey

For me the worst have been 2 broken fingers in a demo where some new squire thought he was hot sh*t because of his new belt and kept beating on peoples hands at the barrier till they droped their pole arms. Also at Pennsic 29 (The one where the King of Aethelmerc, James, broke his arm in the abbey b...

Bainard Grey

No sh*t, there I was... Pennsic 29. My buddy and I had been drinking a bit...OK a lot and decided on a great idea at 3am. Lets impress some of the ladies in camp by showing them the live steel bit we had worked out for a Madrigal Dinner. All was going well and good until my buddy stumbled and sunk M...

Bainard Grey

1) Listen to everything said here. All good avice 2) Mid-week a bottle of good old non-period febreeze is your friend. 3) Weather in PA sucks. This says alot coming from a guy who moved here from Ohio. 4) A wealth of knowledge can also be found at www.pennsic.net 5) If you dont have fun at war, more...

Bainard Grey

One site I might reccomend is a book merchant who I work for. Check out www.castlefurnishings.com or look for us at War in the bazzar tent that is NOTHING but book merchants. She often has great books along those lines at remaindered prices (usually about 50% of retail) P.S. This is NOT an advertise...

Bainard Grey

Hey! My late period tailoring actually pays off finally for armour! In the aformentioned time period (at least in England) velvet was made from wool. Modern velvet that can be bought in fabric stores is acetate velvet. The bad part is unless you want to track it down and pay about $40 a yard for it ...

Bainard Grey

OK, after a year or so of total absence, I'm back and looking for abuse..errr opinions. I'm to the point now where my Gothic that rings in at just about 100lbs it just too much for melees. There is a REASON that stuff was used mainly on horseback I have found.. So I am making a melee suit that is mo...

Bainard Grey

Gundo, Just wanted to check on the sabs again. Not trying to pressure I just need to get some address stuff sorted out on some of my orders based on when they will be done/arranging for deliveries at Pennsic and stuff like that. My girlfriend who was living 5 hours away and I are expecting now and I...

Bainard Grey

Well, while most of you dont know me and the rest may not remember me after being gone for a year, but I will be there anyways. Hope to meet some new faces and see some of my old friends..

Bainard Grey

OK, time to be steriotypical http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Pennsic is a yearly 2 week SCA party in Pennsylvania with 10,000 of your closest friends http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif - But for a decent info page on the war along with some good pictures go to www.pennsic.org ----...

Bainard Grey

CH- Takl about good timing! The Middle Kingdom (The SCA kingdom you live in) has just started to do Youth Combat again. It is boffer weapons up until age 16 at which point you start to fight rattan like the adults. Info should be available on armour requirements and such on the Midrealm web page. --...

Bainard Grey

Ah, glad to see you want to enter the A&S faire! Here are the "simple" A&S doc. criteria. Include 1) how you went about the project, how you did it, what you used, what your purpose for the project was, etc. 2) Include your period documentation such as where you found the recipe and how you know it ...

Bainard Grey

Does anyone have the contact info for Mark Berry and CLANG Armoury? I seem to have lost the e-mail address in the recent "divorce".

Re: Insult2Injury - 2B

Re: Looking for reviews of Fall Creek tents

Re: WTB Period Tent

Half gauntlet recommendations

Opinions on a proposed melee suit..

CLANG contact?