The Armour Archive

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chef de chambre wrote:Dragon 11 - you can download it for free from this link.

http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/cms ... en/Dragons

http://tarvos.imareal.oeaw.ac.at/server ... 018082.JPG The chappy under the arch in the background. 1481. Michael Pacher

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Come to Dragonspine A&S if you want to see them in person. NO! Hermit Man has important Hermit shit to do! Most importantly, being a hermity hermit. Interesting trivia: I recently learned that a group of hermits is called an "occurance". Kinda scratched my head on that one. The whole point of being...

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mattmaus wrote:Wow! Those are pretty sweet man!

Thanks. Come to Dragonspine A&S if you want to see them in person. I'll be entering/displaying a couple of them. And I might be selling a few as well.

jester

Translation for the Arabic? These will make nice favors for ladies in my encampment. The Arabic inscription says: Beautiful. Here's the thing on the engraved Arabic combs. I will use Google Translate and put any Arabic word or short phrase you care to specify in that space. I've been wanting to do ...

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MediumAevum wrote:http://www.mediumaevum.com/aa/ursulabag1.jpg

I think that is a bag/sack. Probably leather. No straps are evident.

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Like so? http://www.varusteleka.fi/pictures/13848a.jpg

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There is a German source, late 15th century showing what for all the world looks like a Russian early Second World war soft backpack, that looks like a grain sack with shoulder straps - but this isn't it. That has a closed bottom, and a draw-strap top, and is a functional container even when opened...

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Huh. It's working for me. What error are you getting?

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https://squareup.com/market/variant-of-normal These are the combs I have in stock. The laser is currently down for calibration so I can't make any in the next week or two (unless the shop is pretty quick about fixing the issue). As soon as the laser is fixed I will announce that I'm taking orders fo...

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Thanks. I feel like I'm about 1/3 of the way there on the combs.

A light box for photographing things is on the list. It's a long list.

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How are you doing the inlay? I've done some by hand (ugh) and some with a router and spiral bit and guides (much nicer). No inlay. That's just the laser engraving. One of the things I learned today is the laser has an improperly calibrated stepper motor (or a worn drive belt). So I can't do multipl...

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1395776_10200418473124388_1722800956_n.jpg A backgammon/tables board I threw together with some 1in thick pine board I had left over after I failed to make a six board chest. The pattern is based on a 12th Century French board (but they used bon...

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Azar (probably an early [13th Century, Spanish] variant of hazard, the name means 'random' or 'chance/luck' and appears to be from the arabic zahr, which means dice) is described in the Book of Chess, Tables, and Dice (the book of games) of Alfonso X. It's played with three dice. The game *may* go t...

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Eirik wrote:Very interesting!

Now.... how to work this into an event.....

Don't ask for permission, don't publish anything that might be seen at the Society level, don't do it in armour, have fun.

jester

Assuming I can do this at all I will make several.

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I was looking for a quick way to make a visor for cut and thrust when it occurred to me that plastic is a rigid material. Of course, if you're going to do plastic then you should make it look good. So I thought about a shaped plastic klappvisor. I'll be giving it a try (sometime, maybe soon?). I'll ...

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1) I'll be interested to hear what the people with real knowledge say. But I'd bet that's not a 16th Century Chest.
2) It drives me nuts when people take all sorts of pictures of the flashy bits and nothing of the interior, bottom, hinges, and so on.

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Crossover episode: ACL vs ASC with five man teams. Is that Pay-Per-View I hear calling?

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RoundTop wrote:Everyone's liripipe is different, but that's normal. Some have longer liripipes, some shorter, some wider, some thinner. What is important is how you use it.

That's what guys with small liripipes say.

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The hood was used as a carrying device. We have illustrations of people gathering flowers/fruit and putting them in their hood as well as illustrations/accounts of people carrying documents in their hoods. Luttrell Psalter (British Library Add MS 42130, fol. 196v) is one example, but even in the Lu...

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The hood was used as a carrying device. We have illustrations of people gathering flowers/fruit and putting them in their hood as well as illustrations/accounts of people carrying documents in their hoods.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IPOpt_Vgfbc-_aUYl5CTv7ZgWjsJesVgO0gNgYLjcWI/edit?usp=sharing Women's stuff is near the bottom. This is all very preliminary stuff, so confirm anything you decide to use. There's a lot of continuity between clothing in the Muslim world during this time frame; what ...

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Is there any guideline as to how long a liripipe on a hood should be? No. You can have no liripipe all the way to liripipes that drag on the ground behind you and need to be tucked into your belt. String liripipe, thin liripipe, thick liripipe. Find an illustration from the time period and location...

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1) Put a sock on your foot. 2) Cover it with duct tape. 3) Use an angled pair of scissors to cut down the heel and extract your foot. 4) Remove the sock and tape the heel cut closed. 5) Fill the interior with insulating spray foam. 6) After it dries, remove everything that isn't foam. 7) Repeat for ...

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Squarely in the 70s and 80s of the 14th century. Check out the fur-lined tippet in the image, as well as the buttoned-sleeved, wasp-waisted cotehardie. I would hazard that those are purse hangers, not buckles. Especially as there is a tasseled purse hanging from it. :) Sorry, I was referring to the...

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What's the time period for these? The book covers 1100-1400 and the portable finds scheme identifies these as being 1100-1400 (the Medieval Period). Does anyone have more specific dating?

Are we sure these are buckles and not brooches?

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Hey, BA, mind if I steal those images? I've been sort of assembling a cheater's guide to recreating the 14th century for a while and I'd like to include those rather than have to make my own.

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Nice!

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The point of a deed of arms is to have people watch the deed of arms. I'm just saying. I do understand the need to have things for other people to do. I would make those activities very much secondary rather than alternatives.

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Not an expert. My opinion is that your illustration on the left most closely resembles reality. A 'turban' doesn't need to have a top of the head component. That 'turban' is probably a wrap intended to keep her hair up rather than a 'proper' total head cover.

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Kenshin Hanabe wrote:Out of curiosity why not use alchem cut and thrust blades, I've never used them but I've heard people were pretty happy with them for the cost.

Because I have yet to see an Alchem blade that looked like an Oakeshott type XII or XIV.

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We sold some of these at the Outlands' recent Battlemoor event and we are ready to start selling these to a more general audience. I'm starting out with Archivers. Our combs are cut using a laser and then finished by hand. Every tine has to be hand sanded to give it the proper shape and separation a...

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http://variantofnormal.com/medieval-combs.html We are ready to start selling some of these combs. PLEASE NOTE: Boxwood is not available yet, despite what the drop down says. My wife misunderstood when we were talking about woods that we have and materials (faux ivory, boxwood, etc...) that we need t...

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The goal: To make some affordable swords for Cut and Thrust (personal use, not for sale). These swords must look like the swords in I.33 and not like a re-hilted rapier blade. The plan thus far: -Make the blades using a CNC milling machine to do stock removal. I have access to a facility that can do...

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Which identifies it as a Magyar-style belt which another site says is worn as I described.

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Re: Combs for sale - Arabic and European

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Combs for sale - Arabic and European

Re: Some experimentation today

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Some experimentation today

Re: Dice Games

Re: Viking Glima Wrestling

Re: Abomination

Abomination

Re: For the Spanish reenactors

Re: "Armored Sport Combat"

Re: Liripipe - How Long?

Re: Liripipe - How Long?

Re: Liripipe - How Long?

Re: 12-14th century Egyptian womens clothing?

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Re: Straight shoe lasts

Re: No more ring belts!

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Re: No more ring belts!

Re: Non-combat related activities to do during Medieval even

Re: where are the turban experts? need help with a painting

Re: Building some swords

Medieval Combs

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Building some swords

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