The Armour Archive

Mord

Last time I looked (which was last summer) the maximum length for a single-handed sword was 42 inches. If you can use a sword that length (which is to say hit your opponette accurately with force), then you're a better man than me. I use a 36 inch sword; it give me greater control. If you use a cruc...

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im looking for viking legs to complete my SCA armour, i dont care what there made of , plastic will most likly be cheaper, so if anyone knows where i can get a pair cheap, hopfully in canada that would be great. thanx Gilli The Boar As far as I know, no leg protection existed for the so-called viki...

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Hello. Talk about expensive items. How much is anyone willing to spend on a belt buckle replica. Attached is a buckle I made. Now letÃ‚Â´s sum it up. Making the original piece took me about 16 hours (No wax carving, sawed and filed it from sheet brass). A latex mold for the making of lost wax model...

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Sir Mord, thanks for your quick reply. I am aware that we would run a higher risk of shield failure with the thinner boards. However, I do have a source for quite decent birch plywood - and with proper gluing, steel band reinforcement and rawhide edging I am quite confident that we will get a somew...

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Hey Mord, I never knew you were such a fountain of viking knowledge...hafta add you to my budding list of contacts...Halvgrim and Cap'n Atli were the first, but you also seem to be worth your salt I had a question for you....you mentioned Hersir seems to be norwegian, what, if anything, was the Dan...

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Hi all, to revive this topic here are some questions I deal with while looking into Italian infantry shields of the 14th century: - Both oval shields as well as pavises are shown with a vertical strap arrangement with the elbow strap at the top and the grip strap at the bottom. How does this work? ...

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A few posts back, I cited a book entitled, "The Viking Achievement" by Peter Foote and David Wilson. This is the only synthesis that tries to examine Northern European Folks as in a social historical way. Some of the various titles for important folks seem to regional titles. For instance, the term ...

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Thank you. I wonder if David Niccole has comment on this...he has enough of this bible (I'm far too tired to try to spell the name) in the "Arms and Armour of the Crusades."

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Samuel, any Roman armor which a 7thC scandinavian could conceivably wear would BE mail. Lorica Segmentas went out about 2nd C. Mail hung on until the Roman Empire ceased to exist. German and Danish Bog Finds of late Roman- derived arms and armor included only mail for body armor. If you want more p...

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A little provenance, please. The art looks 13th century (a semi-educated guess) and I would want to look at the whole thing.

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Such questions. No easy answers to them, I'm afraid. Historians, students of history and those who study the past haven't looked at all the evidence yet. With Novgorad, Ingrid, you are mostly looking at archaeological evidence. You might want to read the "Russian Primary Chronicle" and "Vladmir: the...

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Greetings all, Halberds - Openning is a bit on the big side. That is what my lady requested and as you know, the customer is always right(especially when you sleep with them). Samuel - You are correct, the occularum should be up about an inch. However, this was a quickie job and this was done for w...

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Got it, thanks.

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sarnac wrote:Cmon up any time....we have plenty of crash space and are only 20 minutes from the airport!!!

dukelogan wrote:wow, wish i could make that one.

regards
logan

And what day do you have it? Time, place, and other particulars would be appreciated.

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I've had no luck finding GAA. I like to browse--currently I'm playing with shields (a spring/summer project) and would like to take a look.

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I am certainly not 'taking sides' in the matter but perhaps it would be better to have two threads I want to be an SCA Vikings and I want to be a LH Vikings. I fear the discussion of both will muddle this (and the other) thread(s). Again, I play both so I am not suggesting segregation based on the ...

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Look under "casque" for helms.

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My Lady-Wife and I have plans to go there.

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Perhaps I'm a little grumpy, but it seems to me that since my thoughts on the subject have not been commented upon (except for one joke), that noone is interested in reading what I have to say. I'll try a different tact. My persona in the SCA is a 10th century Icelander. Please note that I do not de...

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Sir Mord. A fellow in my neck of the woods worked in a machine shop that did a lot of aerospace work. He used to take aluminum honeycomb, old glue from the shop (once the date is past they chuck it but it's plenty good for this application I guess) and glue aluminum sheet on both faces, then crush ...

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More stuff (and I haven't even cracked into the saga translations yet!) "Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume II, Scotland." by S. Greig. 1940. "Gjermundbufunnet" by S. Grieg. 1947. "Toftanes: a Faroese Viking Age Farmstead for 9-10th Centuries." by SS Hansen, in "The Norse in the...

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armour doesn't come cheap, that's why i can't sell my maille at a decent price. i have people asking if i can make them shirts or x item for only $50, yeah, right. armour doesn't HAVE to be cheap, but if you are buying ready made or even custom armour, you shouldn't expect to pay a cheap price for ...

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Our real philological understanding of Old Norse is really only about 200 years old, if that. The saga in question could have been mis-translated. I'd be wary. And now that I'm home, and various tomes are within reach, here's some more, campers: In no particular order: "Im Ostbalitkum gefunde Schwer...

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I really don't see any problems. Any marshal worth his or her salt will ask for your qual-card (or ask if you've seen the MoL, who will check your card) and if you are wearing an athletic cup in the proper place. If you can't produce your qual-card, you can't play. How you answer the atheletic cup q...

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How "off" would it be to put a Valsgrade 6 helm top on a vendal 14 face with a slat back and a minimal bar grill for SCA combat? BTW im using Halvgrimrs' site for reference numbers etc. As I remember it, the Valsgarde 6 helmet and the Vendel IVX helmet very contemporary, or almost contemporary. The...

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losthelm wrote:I think the new owner is Dave Rylak
he is on the archive once in a while

here is his email
ldr_gto@earthlink.net
http://www.valhallaleather.com/

Not to blow his cover, Dave Rylak is Cet.

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Have at it. And let's see... how's about 10th century? Please don't forget that I'll want to wear clothes when off the field, too. First, 10th century where? Iceland? Denmark? Second, social/economic/political class of you and your family? In other words, "What did your daddy do?" and "Who's your d...

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Have at it. And let's see... how's about 10th century? Please don't forget that I'll want to wear clothes when off the field, too. First, 10th century where? Iceland? Denmark? Second, social/economic/political class of you and your family? In other words, "What did your daddy do?" and "Who's your d...

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Animal Weretiger wrote:Hey Mord, what's up with that spun shield? Still have it? Lemme know! I'm looking for such a thing if it's what I think it is.

I am sorry Animal, once again the evil gremlins of mis-typing have struck. The thing is a big, clunky, spun shieldboss. Anybody who wants it can have it.

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At the 100 Minutes War inspection, Sir Mord (Marshaling) asked me if I was wearing a cup... ...in the propper place. That's only the kind of question you can ask if you've had a long and wierd career Marshaling. As much flack as we give the Marshalette for the rare fruit-loop, we should think about...

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Since we are all ranting about how bad the SCA marshallite is, I might want to remind folks that like everything else in the Society those folks who are inspecting your armor or running a list or helping during a battle are volunteers. Make all the rants you want, but when was the last you sat out a...

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I probably think this is a Myrkfaelinn legend, but ages ago (the 1970s) before I had even heard of the SCA, there was a fellow (and supposedly at knight) named Alf (or something like that). In mundane life, Alf was a physicist at Cornell University (though I hardly call that job "mundane"), and havi...

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My forst body armor was 2 strips of carpet sewn together with black nylon fishing line. Later I added a pair of red braces (suspenders) to keep the carpet from rotating around me and keep the chest protection (an old frisbee sewed to the carpet) in place. I also bought some Italian surplus army (inf...

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That's easy: You are too active when you think seriously about whether or not you want to spend your money on food for your house or going to an event. You are too active when you have too much clean garb and too many dirty sox. You are too active when you finally visit your doctor (because of the p...

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last year my wife and/or I did something like 23 events and out of local practices and we wanted to do more. we do sca stuff 3 or 4 nights a week + Sun practices. When it stops being fun we will slow down. Active is what you can give. If you can be active on a local level and that's it, your still ...

Re: Viking legs

Re: Still looking for input ...

GAAarmouries website?

Re: Cross over

Re: I wanna be a VIKING

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