The Armour Archive

Mord

Sebastian Kempkens wrote:Tasha,

if needed I can buy the issues you need for you and mail them over.They have backissues almost complete until 1977.

Kind regards

Sebastian

Do they? How interesting! How much?

Yes, I am a stone that moss. I am also an info-junkie.

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Christ on a bicycle Mord! Lamm and NylÃƒÂ©n wrote the first title and Lindqvist's books are called "Gotlands Bildsteine" 1 & 2. Now - write it a hundred times before sunrise... /N B I Razzberry you, Ny Bjorn!. Ok, so I can't spell the title! Now I have to look it up on OCLC (World Cat). I'll order ...

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ummm... viking pants were not always tight fitted... I give you two examples of straight legged pants, that are not tight fitting. [img]http://jomsb.org/forum/bild_ire.GIF[/img] [img]http://woodshed.wccnet.org/~mmclane/pants2.jpg[/img] [img]http://woodshed.wccnet.org/~mmclane/pants3.jpg[/img] I thi...

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Ok,

Just checked U-Penn's catalog: "Waffen und Kostumkunde" from 1959 to 1989.

The Library of Congress: 1964-1999, 2002. LoC also owns "Zietschrift fur historische waffen- und kostumkunde" from 1921-1944. This periodical was also called waffen und kostumkunde.

Gotta go!

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[quote="Charles O'Connor"]Gee, Mord I was about to ask you where I could get a hold of that journal. What I was looking for were a couple of articles on crossbows:

Harmuth, Egon, Ã¢â‚¬Å“Die Armbrustbilder des Haimo von Auxerre,Ã¢â‚¬Â

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I'm interested in knowing the difference in material, weight and damage resistance between different types of shields. Strap sheilds in, my mind, tend to be heavier than Center grip, or punch shields. I know they were used by different peoples for different purposes at different times, but I haven'...

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Just an FYI. Not all places have a complete set. Check online or call to see if the particular one is there. Most ILL services worth their salt order books and articles from a list of holders in order to deal with that exact situation. It's called a "rota." In general there are 5 libraries in a rot...

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This may have been asked before, but since I am just getting back into the SCA, and I haven't been to the AA in a while I am going to ask anyways. Does anyone know of either book or web resources to verify that a name was used during the time period they are portraying? Try looking in the 929 secti...

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Full title: "Waffen- und Kostumekunde: Zeitschrift der Gellschaft fur Historische Waffen- und Kostumekunde" OCLC #: 8392109 ISSN: 0042-9945 Began in 1959; still in publication. Held by: University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Library of Congress, The Smithsonian, University of North Carolina (at Chapel Hi...

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Waffen und Kostumekunde has a long and strange history. Modern issues of the periodical (serial--a magazine) are held by UPENN, I think in the U 800s (the 5th floor of the Van Pelt Library) Older editions (which is to say pre-World War II) of Waffen und Kostumkunde are a little hard to find--the tit...

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I have often been tempted to wear a plain brown or black belt and leave my white belt for ceremonial and battle field purposes (among other regalia).

I have a small, plain brass buckle (about 1/2 an inch) for such a purpose. Would that do?

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Try your local library. Look at the "Foundation Directory" to find organizations that give folks grants.

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No.

It would be too much like football or "American Gladiators" or some such hoo-ha.

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ARRRRRGGGG!!! Kevin you have no idea what you've got! Even if it is incomplete, there are about 6 libraries in the nation that own "Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources." Is this the full title of the book? I would buy it even incomplete! The book in that store is the biggest bargain in...

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...My knighting 'chain' was my own torc... Sounds romantic! However, isn't a fealty chain supposed to be a simple link chain (like a heraldic chain)? Couldn't anybody who wants to wear a gold-plated torc do so (issues of precise authenticity aside)? No offense implied---just askin... ...Neither one...

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Based on that, Sir Mord- I will buy it. Once I have my motto translated I will send it to you for the price I pay + shipping, unless (there is always the "unless'") I find myself suddenly fascinated with medieval lattin... I will go right now and buy it. It is only 3 blocks from me. They have a TON...

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A medieval latin dictionary? I would buy it. I'll pay you back for the cost of the book and the shipping.

I would buy it above the costuming books.

'Ave,

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I certainly saw what looked like a gold torc Daffid-Kidd's book on the vikings. Photos, however, make me wary. You never get any sense of proportion. For me, as a Scandinavian archaeologist, a torc is a neckring from the earlier part of the Iron Age. It would be shaped much like the one that is to ...

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Here's another re-enactor fashion I have seen and seems suspect to me: wearing a torc/torque/neckring. Did Scandanavian men wear these during the era we are discussing? I know some of these are quite early (over a thousand years earlier)which is what makes me wonder. Thanks, Tim I certainly saw wha...

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Done.

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If you don't buy this book, I will. A gem by one of the 20th Century's formost experts on armor, Claude Blair.

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My first helm was a repro of the Vendel XIV--some one stole it. Love that helm.

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Mord, I am open to suggestions! If anyone wants to organize something like this I am willing to help. Paul, I'm going to sleep on such a thought. I have quite a bit of work already on my plate at this time. I will get back to you; I think fall (say Late September or early October) would be a fine t...

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Halv, You bring up a good idea here. Alot of 18th century re-enactors, myself including, do what we call "Trekking" Mr. Hurley can also comment on this. We usually head into the woods on a Friday afternoon and come out on a Sunday. The trip usually consists of a scenario like we are a group of "spi...

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Why are tents neccesary at all? Rain? Mord. Capt. Atli is right; a little rain won't kill you. Exposure will. Rain, of course, is the reason why God gave us sheep. Wool, even when wet, can keep you warms. I know; I have been there: when I was a teenager I spent much of my time hiking and camping. H...

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building armour and running a buisness are 2 completly diff things, an ability in one does not mean there is an ability in the other. Im having success because ive run a small buisness before, and everyone in my family does so ive been around it and have experience, i worked in my fathers buisness ...

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A hairshirt? But only if you want to mortify your flesh and a martryed saint. Like Beckett (watch out for the lice!)

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Mord I have tons of info on the Valsgarde/Vendel stuff but very little on the Ultuna find. What do you have on it. Halv Halv, I have the orginal article--dated something like 1916 and in Swedish (I think). Not very much, but I will copy and send it your way. Btw, did you get the articles I sent (co...

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Glen K wrote:Why are tents neccesary at all?

Rain?

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The real problem here is the materials used to make the shield. Also the size of the shield is a factor. That said, I have used handled and strapped shields (in various shapes) and center-gripped shields. The muscles need to control these shield are different. If you're are not use to working with o...

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I've had documentation for the Ulltuna (sometimes spelled Ultuna), Valsgarde and Vendel helmet and other armor for years. Why didn't you ask?

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Will the owner of the Time Travel Machine, please stand up? This is what we really need. Everything else is well thought out conjecture and educated, informative guesses based on what scattered evidence found. It's getting better though. But I remember when the SCA "Viking" (circa 1971) was not muc...

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Sir Mord: Hey, feel free to contradict that's what this thread is for! Skoal, Tim BTW: I will probaby use this identity now. I used to post under my own name but switched because I wanted to pimp my buckle company. However, I find it more satisfying to post under me real name, so now I am returning...

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James, Regarding Bi-color herringbone weave for Leg Wraps (aka Puttees, Wickelbander, Winningas, etc.): ...Modern weaves usually have different-coloured warp and weft, to accentuate the herringbone effect. It is unclear whether this was the rule in the early medieval period, but at least some wicke...

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Lamellar: Please explain the plates found at Birka. I will send you the article if needed. Birka, btw, is the only place you find lamellar plates in the "viking world." This seems to currently be a "hot topic" for re-enactors. There's discussion of it on Sword Forum: m Belt pouches: Again, Birka, c...

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