The Armour Archive

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"Beer, Babes, and Booty!"

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Syr Finn wrote:Hmm, i was thinking more on the lines of having a t-shirt with Hadians Wall, or a wall you get the idea, and a figure like Kilroy was Here, but in a Spangen.

A Roman wall with "Kilroy was here" in runes...

...or something like that...

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Ingvarr wrote:Hell, someone had to do it.

http://www.cafepress.com/ingvarr

I'll have to tell my lady-wife. You put "We Reform in Valhalla" on the back, or some such stuff.

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William is spot on about "fun guerrillas." I wish I had a dollar for each time I've been discussing putting a reasonably accurate SCA kit together with a newbie, only to have somebody sidle up and say something to the effect of, "Psst! Don't listen to him; only losers fight in real a...

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And what is your solution to those of us whose personas didn't have any sort of hand protection? I know this is a nasty question, but OTOH, there seems to be no satifying many of you folks. Really. And, for the record, I'm not so much interested in "sport performance" as I am interested i...

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Iâ€™m ok with everyone has their own way of playing and are at different levels of authenticity. But I am troubled by ppl who say things are not period because those things are not from their period or because they have not looked for evidence of its existence, such as basket hilts and bar grills. ...

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Hmmm....

Just to throw a little more fuel on the embers...

"The Spangen Menace"?!?!

I'm thinking more like the "The Spangen Horde" if ya know what I mean.

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ZOUNDS!!! Well, actually, forming a secular "order" of knights is a very 14th century thing to do. Look at the Knights of the Garter, etc. I would name the order after, say, an article of clothing. Perhaps the "knights of the hose"? Of course, then, you all could be "hosers....

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Jonathan You wrote "the lack of anyone trying to do anything beyond 'I'm a viking in my big sloppy pants and t-tunic and I have a bunch of lightweight barrel plastic armor so I can kick but and get stupid drunk at pennsic and oggle half dressed chicks at someone elses fat-slob party' and their...

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The reason I hate knee fighting is not because it is not period , but becuase: 1. It is the single most unattractive aspect of SCA fighting. 2. It is really hard on the knees (I have disability from the Army for both of my knees and I really find fighting from the ground uncomfortable). 3. It is ve...

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Mord, feel free to replace the word authentic when describing armour in my post with, " armour made by high end armourers to replicate armour used by men at arms in the late 14th century based on actual surviving medieval examples." I will henceforth use the anacronym of AMBHEARAUBMA14CBA...

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"I'll happily play my 52BC Ulsterman" thats not reeeaaally my question. You described a period and persona that is delineated by a date and location, as opposed to the mantra "i'm early period" Your description am good Vague description am bad As for the avalibility of mail. I t...

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I'm in an ornery mood, since I'm stuck here on the desk until 6:00 and it's snowing, which means getting home is just going to stink on ice. What sloppy thinking. Really. None of what you are wearing is authentic. Nothing. Nada. What you folks are wearing are reproductions of what you and other folk...

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Well we know the Normans wore mail how many of their shirts have been found? AFAIK there is even less original mail than original...well pretty much almost everything else armour wise. None that I know of. Most of what I know about Norman arms and armor is derived from the Bayeus Tapestry. JG Mann ...

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...and now, 'cause I don't think anybody else is paying any attention and I'm bored and stuck here for another hour or so, I'll talk about helmets... Helmets of the "vikings" (again, using the convenient term) can be a confusing mess filled with all sorts of mistakes, mis-conceptions, and ...

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For a while George Lucas considered making Darth Vader a woman...

arg.

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Now that it's later... To continue, there is a listing of books I've posted on the "I wanna be...a viking." thread of that forum. The items listed there are not fully cited, since almost all of it was "off the top of my head." Also, it's not complete. Author's Kirpichnikov (for t...

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yup your right i fell pray to one of the scadianisms myself. " Not simply a scadianism, Murdock. I could probably now go into a long post about those folks who started using the term "viking," but suffice to say, the modern word and its meaning was around a lot longer than the SCA. Al...

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I will begin by stating that I'm going on vacation tomarrow, and, that, by my reactions to this thread and other threads ("The Spangen Menace"), I really need to take some time off. In short, I find most of the statements here horrendously annoying, and some of it makes me down-right angry...

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I like early-period guys, when I have on my SCA armour. How many early period guys running around in a mail shirt like they are supposed to be? These days it's Lammelar out the ass . The sameness of your poofy pants, combat boots and center-boss shields offends me. Bazubands on Vikings? Is that doc...

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Thank you. Most interesting. Will this work be published elsewhere?

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For His Excellency Rhys, "Chivalry" was a social/political class in his time and place. Archers were not in the social class of chivalry; archers were employees of the chivalry in his retinue (if he had one) and those retinues of the higher classes (knights bannertte, earls, barons,counts,...

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There is nothing so positive as winning. We surround our fighting with all sort noble phrases, like "The Anvil Of Virtue" etc. But when you get down to the core of it, the SCA accepts you as you are, lets you progress at your own pace, and encourages and teaches all sorts of levels of acco...

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Well thanks again to all that offered advice and info. We are finally getting on our feet here. I started to teach some basic fighting technique to our members here. However the college will not let us fight without a waiver or some form of insurance. Does anyone know if the SCA waiver will cover u...

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I read a book recently called the Archaeology of Weapons. Basically it traced the sword from about 3500BC to 15th century. I can't recall the author. Anywho...The author of this book speaks very highly of sagas as they (fellow historians) have found a distinct resemblance between saga descriptions ...

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Talbot wrote:Bertus:
I just ordered 'Der mittelalterliche Reiterschild' by Jan Kohlmorgen

Thomas: I look forwarsd to seeing what you have

I've seen this book, and made a xerox of it. Someday I'd like to make one the shields. Maybe this summer.

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Albright College is where? Mord. Reading, PA Also thanks for all the info so far, I'm all ears right now, so if you have more keep posting. Thanks Ok, so you're reasonably close to me here in Philly. I'd have to check with my lady wife to see if I can find some time to come and help, etc. , but you...

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Albright College is where?

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I like to compete. SCA fighting allows me to "vent" my competative urges in a controlled environment without all "rah-rah" BS that you get in other sports.

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Thank you.

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Thank you Talbot.

Interesting helmet, but I can't access the site.

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Possibly an example in H. Klumbach's "Spatromanische Gardehelm." I'd have to check.

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What a blast!

Everything I wanted to say has already been said.

I think we should also take pains to support Pierre and the PMA. The Keinbusch collection went without a real curator for too long, much to it's detrement.

I also agree with Richard's idea.

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I nominate Murdock as "Armor-weenie of the year."

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Mord,greenshield We changing cast equipment right now - to the professional jewellery. So in middle of February I think that we can have much more better quality and timeframe for orders about 7 days(instead 1 month like now). Strongbow See PM Ok, I will wait and continue scraping my nickles and di...