The Armour Archive

jester

Do you still have the I.33 flowchart? I do. Funny story: I was actually looking at it two days ago and scratching my head over one option that I had listed. I was pretty well convinced I'd made a really bad mistake and was going to need to apologize to some people. Two hours of working through the ...

jester

Yes, the bra. It looks very much like the tops some of the 'bath-house babes' are wearing.

jester

Has anyone considered that this might be bath-house babe attire? The lines and the tightness of the garment agree with several of the illustrations I've seen. Does anyone have a link to more contextual information on this find? I know other garment fragments were found and I'd like to know what kind...

jester

I'm not familiar with the missing pages evidence. That said, I think a more likely explanation is that Jorg Wilhalm, Talhoffer, et. al. are simply doing what I.33 did: show a subset of the greater body of folk knowledge regarding sword and buckler fighting. When we see similarities in the manuscript...

jester

Any thoughts on the hose? Twill fabric? Woven decoration? Quirk of the artist?

Oh, and did anyone notice the figures at the top of page 39v? Two figures who are fighting with a sword in each hand?

jester

He's in a variant of the 4th ward Very, very broadly speaking I agree with you. But sword high, withdrawn, and point forward isn't part of the corpus of I.33. So while we *can* classify this and respond to it using the tools I.33 provides us,I believe it's significantly different enough to fall out...

jester

It amazes me that 20 years ago, everyone just wrote these off as "sword and buckler men fighting", wheras we now note which stance they're taking. Well.... I say he's in Krucke, but it's probably better to say that he's in a position that one German author referred to as Krucke. This illustration i...

jester

Thank you! The guy on the right is in Krucke (Crutch). The guy on the left? Looks like an Ochs position but it's unlike any I can recall at the moment. Very cool.

jester

Sweet.

jester

Marshal wrote:
jester wrote: A ksar-style fortified granary built in Murcia at the close of the 12th Century.

So I'm giggling.
A ksar?! In Murcia?! The ksar's tropical!

The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

jester

A quick survey returned only one instance of a boar's tooth and a viking and that was the Repton burial where the tooth was, apparently, in a bag placed between the man's legs. There are numerous instances of boar's tooth necklaces/pendants/amulets, but they are all associated with bronze age buria...

jester

A quick survey returned only one instance of a boar's tooth and a viking and that was the Repton burial where the tooth was, apparently, in a bag placed between the man's legs. There are numerous instances of boar's tooth necklaces/pendants/amulets, but they are all associated with bronze age burial...

jester

Haldan wrote:So, Hivemind, what, if any, is the historical provenance of the ubiquitous "Boar's Tusk" pendant?

Haldan

Romano-British, 1st-4th Century AD. Example in British Museum

jester

That was very interesting. The Phoenicians didn't use the arch in their construction so I suspect those structures are later than them. I'd be very interested in learning a little more about the history of those structures. I wonder what they were used for.

jester

Complicated story cut short: Years ago I was looking for a simple, but authentic, architecture to use in a notional SCA 'town' for eventing. I discovered the ksar structures, stacked vaults (ghorfas, from the Arabic ghurfa) built side by side and forming an enclosed area. You're familiar with them f...

jester

Forgive my naivety, but I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Traditionally the two alliances at Pennsic are denoted by the color of the tape on their helmet. Red on one side (the Midrealm and their allies), blue on the other (the East and their allies). This year the Midrealm and t...

jester

I know it's purple and green and I assume the East and Middle are purple and everyone else is green. Is this the case?

And has anyone yet remarked that the color choices would seem to make this coming Pennsic 'Bruise Pennsic'?

jester

Talbot wrote:I'd want to hear Doug Strong talk about survivng examples of 14th century armour!

I'd like that too.

jester

I'd enjoy hearing Kelly DeVries talking about military technology and organization in the 14th Century. Ditto for Cliff Rogers. I've heard Bob Charron speak about Fiore dei Liberi's Flower of Battle and found it mindblowing. I wouldn't mind hearing about what work he's done on the subject in the pas...

jester

Who would you want to hear speak about what aspect of the 14th Century?

jester

Looking at some of those images I wonder if some of the pouches were saddlebag style. That is to say, they had pouches on the top and bottom flap with the openings on the inside and no strap to hold them together. They would just be worn on the belt so that the two openings are on the inside and fac...

jester

[During your time period most of Syria was part of the Seljuk empire, so you may also be able to get ideas by searching for images of Seljuk clothing and art (it's also spelled Seljuq). Here is one SCA website with some suggestions: http://www.windchild.net/pre-mongal_persian.htm --Ursula Georges. ...

jester

Mandragore. It's the online access to historical documents held by the National Library of France. Do a search on country (Pays) syrie and then start drilling down. You will probably be surprised at the obvious oriental influence of the Turks/Seljuqs. A lot of the clothing looks like what we (modern...

jester

Thorvaldr Skegglauss wrote:Why?

I'm only guessing here. But I'm guessing it's so he can hear Dukes and other hardcore rattan fighters saying "Why?". But that's just a guess.

jester

No playing cards in 1360 unless you're in Sicily (tentatively) or the Muslim portion of the world. Definitely a gaming board and dice, though. I think your best bet is to portray a muster. This is when the army gathered together prior to heading out on campaign. That gives you the greatest scope for...

jester

Bob Charron claimed that research conducted into medieval instructional documents showed they frequently contained a structural pause which was intended to make the reader/student think about what they had just read. I took note of this during one of his lectures and then forgot about it for a while...

jester

lorica segmentata
bazubands
dog collar gorget
half gauntlet pattern (here on the archive)
cuisse pattern (here on the archive)
purchased knee cops

Cover it with garb.

jester

Go with the classic basics and then demonstrate your advanced knowledge at the end of the class, carefully explaining each piece. Leave the practice of the advanced stuff as an exercise for the student to ruminate upon.

jester

Build your own 3D laser scanner with a computer, laser pointer, glass rod, and a digital camera

jester

Thomas MacFinn wrote:I'm waiting for Kinkos to have 3D scanners.

Stop in, scan my head and email the shape to an armorer 1000 miles away. Talk about custom fit.

http://makeprojects.com/Project/Print-Y ... 9oW95g7t8E

jester

The blade is indeed a bevel to flat rather than a triangular cross section. Again, learning knife. Based on what I learned from this one I'll make a simple jig that will allow me to get much closer to the triangular cross section with future knives. I didn't measure this knife at all. I was taking a...

jester

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/398893_3154702906495_1418216996_n.jpg Wood handle is linseed finished and held on with epoxy at the moment. Need to add rivets. It's a mild steel so it won't hold an edge but this is a learning knife so I'm unconcerned about that. The handle is small, it nee...

jester

Since you are in the high plains with low humidity, you don't need to dilute it with mineral spirits. When I was in Arizona I used it straight and it dried win a few hours. The purpose of denatured alcohol or other mineral spirits was to help the oil dry faster. Low humidity doesn't need that help....

jester

First one is almost done. Still need to rivet the wood, it's held on by epoxy right now.

jester

SCA camping in the dry, dry Outlands. But what did they do in period? And by 'period' I mean, of course, the 14th Century.

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