The Armour Archive

jester

Hey guys, I did write Mr. Wagner (President of rocky mountain sword play) an Email on the 28th and invited him a use of space. Still haven't got a reply but an offer is out there. Bill Worth Owner/President T.A.S.C. The Art Of the Sword and Chivalry P.S. Anton the 8th of December is a Saturday. ;-)...

jester

Saritor wrote:
Anton wrote:I'm sure any WMA folks in the area would be invited in with open arms
You should check with the Rocky Mountain Swordplay Guild folks.

Yes, you definitely should. They've got their own facility at the moment, but they might be willing to switch.

jester

I'm a collector of such. How much, when, where?

jester

In The Battle of San Romano there's an image of a guy applying a ligadura sottana (an arm bar) and the victim has put his hand over the back of his neck to protect himself.

jester

Icepick grip. Grasp the blade with your free hand (primary hand over secondary hand) and block his initial attack and then follow in and get body to body. Block his dagger arm with your free hand and thrust fiercely and repeatedly into his visor or neck. If he feels off-balance, push him to the grou...

jester

Mac wrote:
Kilian_the_warlike wrote:Funny. I don't recall starting a thread...
"....and some have greatness thrust upon them."

Mac

Yeah, that's funny.

jester

The idea of the offensive shield (both large and small) is well-established in Western documents of the period the SCA works with. In my opinion all of the sources show this weapon type being used in unarmored combat. Given that the SCA does not, usually, make any sort of enforced attempt to closely...

jester

Antonio wrote:Name and shame those Kingdoms, LOGOS!

LIKE

jester

Ideas: -3-D Printing. Expensive but custom. Shapeways and Ponoko will do this for you. -Bronze look alike with pewter. Cast in pewter and then electroplate to get bronze or use a paint. Downsides: still fairly expensive and nowhere near as durable as bronze/brass. -Leather soaked in resin. I'm looki...

jester

So:what would people suggest? In a perfect world, I'd just go buy Tobler "Fighting with the German Longsword", which I've heard spoken highly of. Unfortunatly it's currently rather harder to find than unicorn poo, and at least 3 times as expensive. I'm currently looking at "The Knightly Art of the ...

jester

Marine Corps here. I am not allowed to say where I am. It's not Iraq or Afghanistan though. Not because I'm a ninja but because of politics way above my head. MCMAP isn't authorized by our CO, as he's afraid someone will get hurt. Internet in my room is sketchy to say the least so the videos are ki...

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Paladin74 wrote:CONCUBINES!!!

You have to rent those.

jester

Ernst wrote:Indulgences

Dude, I'll sell you indulgences. And pardons. And the titled deeds to sunny Mediterranean properties (currently occupied by the Mussulmen, you'll have to arrange a little crusade to clear them out, but the property is gorgeous).

jester

Oh, by the way, "slave" is a term with many shades of meaning in the Middle Ages. Technically, all Muslim residents of a land (and all Jews) were the property of the Crown. This made them something between slaves and serfs. However, the ownership of the 'slaves' could be transferred and the 'slaves'...

jester

I thought I had read somewhere that some of the noblemen actually had Arab advisors, private tutors, and staff members (not sure of the medieval phrasing for this). I mean, I know it wasn't really San Francisco in the 1960's but something significantly less chaotic than the crusades. In Spain, defi...

jester

I like.

jester

Galfrid atte grene wrote:How about:

Rugs, ivory combs, pomanders, rock crystal tableware, and precious metal goblets.

Precious metal goblets can be had in silver. Just look for any place that supplies Catholic churches. They are expensive. Gold will have to be commissioned.

jester

Not sure we should say "arab" rather than "muslim", Russ. "Muslim" tends to be a more accurate term as there was a great deal of emigration within the Muslim sphere of power. In 13th-14th Century Spain, for example, we can find Indians, Mongols, Saracens, North Africans, East and West Africans, Arab...

jester

Sheet bronze: Contact Atlas Metals in Denver. They have all you want. It isn't cheap, though. I bought a 12" by 8" sheet of 1/8" bronze from them and it cost $70. I thought I had figured out how to cut it with the plasma cutter, but it turns out I haven't. Yet. Ask them about remnants rather than bu...

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Cryptos wrote:Yeah... You're definitely going to the "Special Hell" for the Rhino Spike... LOL

But the Thug Spike is still okay?

jester

FenianArms wrote:nice stuff,
when you get around to caid let me know.

We have Caid mugs and shirts at our Spreadshirt shop. Metal goods will take a little bit longer.

jester

Mostly Outlands bling right now ('cause I'm an Outlander) but the stuff for the other kingdoms is coming just as fast as I can get the designs through the proofing process. (On a side note, machinists, you guys don't get paid enough.) Stickers are little bit easier and I've got about twenty more des...

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http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/561481_3564225464303_1199333980_n.jpg These are resin and have a modern brass pin back (military style). The Outlands badge on the left is 1" tall. I haven't cleaned them up or painted them yet. I made the molds using a laser and laser engravable stamp rub...

jester

If you have marines anywhere near by you can work out with them in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.

jester

What sort of shop/tool access do they have? A lot of metal stuff is fairly simple to do, IF you have the tools and space. Here are my suggestions for doing Walter von Hohenklingen-ish rig. Image here Helmet: buy it or make it using Sinric's pattern Aventail: Padded fabric. Make it. Gorget: Dog colla...

jester

My question as stated, Is the Basket Hilt or Gauntlet Weapon or Armour? Just because the Basket Hilt is attached to the sword does not make it Weapon and you can strike with it. Also if I can't hit it, I would say you can't use it to manipulate my shield. It's sort of a grey area with grabbing haft...

jester

Using a saber cut to one shot a knight at fighter practice. He was just coming back into the SCA and getting smacked by the guy who had duct tape that was functioning as armour wasn't particularly good for his ego. On the other side, I remember being at an Anglesey practice in Dale City with a borro...

jester

Yes, that bothered me too. And in looking at the list I linked to, some of the items identified there as bucklers are identified in the collection as targets. The naming seems, in my opinion, inconsistent I find, however, a reference to the collection in a Christie's auction. http://www.christies.co...

jester

Yes. http://www.nachtanz.org/KReed/buckler.html Bucklers seem to be distinguished by being round shields with a center grip intended for use on foot. They can be very small (8" diameter if some of the illustrations are to be believed) to very large (24"). There is also the rotella which is a large, ...

jester

Madu. Sorry, but fighting with a madu turns a buckler into a weapon. In that way you'll be able to fight sword and shield/buckler while still obeying the letter of the law. I'm not sure that's the tone you want to set in your first Crown Tournament since being recognized by the Chivalry, however. Ma...

jester

My hunch is no, this kind of work would not generally have been backed. Weight and hassle I think being the two main reasons not. I think that those of us who make armour for SCA use have a distorted sense of how armour has to hold up to damage. These aren't meant to get hit over and over again wit...

jester

Any number of people have done this. I saw a well-done Vardo at Battlemoor. I considered it and then shelved the idea because it would be too expensive and only usable at a limited number of events. I also didn't want to end up camping with the RVs and generic pop-up campers.

jester

I'm thinking an easy way to make the attachment plate that mounts on the helm would be as follows: -Take a piece of 1/8" steel and cut out the shape of the mounting plate. Two rivet holes at the top and a rectangular opening at the bottom. -Heat the piece and bend the bottom up by 45 degrees. Quench...

jester

Very cool Ingelri.

jester

Ah-ha! Ask the question on the Armour Archive and the search-fu receives the Archive bump. Found this.

Re: Heavy weapons permanent dojo - Denver metro area

Re: Heavy weapons permanent dojo - Denver metro area

Re: Vitus sword and shield book- coming soon.

Re: Dagger Tourney

Re: Dagger Tourney

Re: Yet Another Madu Thread...

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Re: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.

Re: Guy at pennsic with all the brass frufrus for helms

Re: Beginners longsword book- recommendations?

Re: No SCA...alternatives?

Re: What can you just not buy?

Re: What can you just not buy?

Re: Sicilian Saracen Foot Auxilliary, 1266

Re: Italian "Saracens"

Re: Nalbound mittens

Re: What can you just not buy?

Re: Italian "Saracens"

Re: What can you just not buy?

Re: SCA Bling

Re: SCA Bling

SCA Bling

Some prototype pins

Re: No SCA...alternatives?

Re: Building the 14th century on a budget

Re: Punching a Shield-Legal?

Re: And he threw a rising flat snap into his opponent's

Re: Were there centre grip round shields used in late period

Re: Were there centre grip round shields used in late period

Re: 2 stick advice

Re: Embossed work, was it backed?

Re: Tinyhouse for camping events?

Re: Removable visor attachment

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