The Armour Archive

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A few thoughts about teaching: 1. With very few exceptions, it has been my experience that a novice has to come to a few practices to just get used to wearing the gear. Teachers need to patient. 2. There comes a time when a student "needs to go out fighting" so he/she can begin to understa...

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Love the copper. I've always thought that using copper for decoration would be spiffy, Hal. What guage copper are using and how hard was it to work?

Great stuff.

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Thorstenn wrote:Every day at Gulf Wars (Tuesday-Saturday) I have asked my knights to stand the field with me for pic up fights. I believe its our duty to help train the unbelts. Barring injury I will be there, if I should fall my Prince will champion this cause for me.

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Hmm....

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Actually, getting your gear onto the field isn't as hard as getting it off.

I partially gear up before going to the field. I carry my helmet & gorget in a rucksack over my shoulder, my sword & shield in my hands.

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I remember this was tried years ago. I had a blast. I don't know why it was repeated.

Sounds like a good idea.

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All that said, make sure your kit's in good shape and your weapons are beyond legal. I've never gone through a Gulf War inspection without getting something bounced, but rarely had trouble anywhere else. True that, I had a thrusting tip on my Great sword that had seen use in the East get bounced be...

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Currently, I'm using hockey shin-guards for knee protection. Yes, they are covered up, and so far no one has given me any problems up here in the EK.

However, I'm going to Gulf Wars. Are these shin-guards ok for that?

Thanks, all,

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I just got a book for my wife (yesterday) that discusses warfare, arms & armour etc, in this time and place. I haven't read it yet. I'll put up a citation for this later.

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What dose the event offer that interests me?

Surely, it is not only the lure of tournament that is what you want? I have other interests.

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First of all, I don't call the "barrell plastic armor," armor. I call it gear. Secondly, the plastic gear I make for fighting is covered up, to the best of my ability. Tunics hide a lot. Thirdly, the plastic gear I make, I don't charge for. It's intentionally cheap. It's also intentionally...

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I think this whole arguement thread comes down to a matter of perspective, but I will review Owen-Crocker and P. Rogers tonight. And, as I've stated, understanding the making and use of leather in the early middle ages takes some time to make coherant. I think both sides are being too brief, as much...

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I have backed-off commenting about the leather armor used by Early Medieval Northern Europeans because, A. I've had other things to do, B. putting together a coherant about the production and use leather is not a simple business, & C. Owyn's insistance on the leather armor's existance just plain...

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Wanna see this when your done, Hal. Looks great so far.

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I think that if I heat HDPE in my oven, my wife is going to make me eat it.

Anybody use a heat-gun? I'm considering trying.

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"But the wreck's location, 62 miles (100km) away from the rocks, suggests the 74-year-old admiral was not to blame. His ancestor Sir Robert Balchin said:"?! How is THAT possible? Oh, now. You know how it's possible. Sloppy writing combined with careless editing. Spellcheck passed it so no...

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Great photos of Conor! The one of him catching snowflakes with his tongue is, well, cool. Like the green cloak.

good to hear from you. Best to all,

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there's nothing AGAINST it in the rules. The rules tell you what needs to be protected by your armour. As long as you protect that, you're fine. You may have to educate some marshals. It is what it is. Yup. There might be some less experienced marshals out there who, A. become enamored with their a...

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Baron Alejandro wrote:Mord is the norse google.

Oh, yeah, I almost forgot; the Hedeby bows were made of yew.

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The 2nd part of my answer has to do with materials and process; namely, textiles and leather. There is information about textiles. I am by no means an expert here (I would consider Mistress Thoria Sharptooth to be this), but I have read that there are 3 types of textiles found in Early Medieval Scan...

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Yes, extant bows have been found from Hedeby. M. Muller-Wille's book "Das Archeologische Fund Material IV" describes them.

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I've already amde my reservations and found a ride. Now to find the money to go.

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Yes. From Jorvik. I believe there's a photo in Richard Hall's book.

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In reply or response to Owyn (at least partially): You bring up a fairly tough set of problems in your question. There are 2 parts within the answer. However, I will preface my post by pointing out that much of my education as a historian was in the realm of social history. With your question, Owyn,...

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[img]http://www.redkaganate.org/flags/charly.jpg[/img] I believe this is from a contemporary illustration of Charly's army The armour is usualy interpreted as maile but sometimes scale For puppets I don't think you realy need to take a stand - make it look just like the picture No, that illustratio...

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In truth, Owyn deserves a much more in depth answer to his questions than my grumpy post of yesterday. However, such an answer will take not only some time, but some consideration of various elements that range from social historical considerations to the problems of process. I am really rather busy...

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Dilan wrote:You could always be an Irishman at Clontarf....

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Wherein, or so I've read, a few Normans (no doubt looking for a good time) offered their services.

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Hope I don't offend by re-awakening old threads here... I've spent the evening tracking this discussion through about a half dozen threads and scores of posts. Very informative, and I appreciate greatly the folks who have done this research! It seems to me like the theories being suggested here hav...

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Piers Brent, "I'm curious does fighting with gauntlets even without hand targeting tend to improve defense of the hand. " I would have to say yes. I used to fight with basket hilted swords, I also was fighting two sword. A few years ago I switched to cross hilts with gauntlets and really ...

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Draconis93 wrote:Really? The only problem is finding them.

Come East Kingdom 12th Night.

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How many times have you fought someone left handed? What's your opponette is doing throwing a backhand shot over your shield. Solution #1: hit them. This is the prefered solution. Learn to have a quick, accurate and hard wrap shot. Learn to have a better backhand than they have. Learning shots is a ...

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lol...that is a small percentage of the carvings...and i said majority, not all. and huskarls are seen in the bayeux tapestry, which is a 9th century tapestry...and some laws of the time and region talked about requirements to become a huskarl. I think you're confusing the Bayeux Tapestry (11th Cen...

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The idea makes sense TO US..... but the problem is that the question may not be as well written as its meant to be....in other words, if newbie asks WHAT IS A NINJA vs. Jeff asking WHAT IS A NINJA .......there would be two different responses. Jeffs response would imply that we figured he knew what...

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Hmm... Early 11th Century? I would give up the seax for weapons, and look for a conical helmet. I've already expressed my suspicions about mail, which, no doubt, you would reject. Most folks do. Realize that archaeological information, at least from graves, "dries-up" in the 11th century s...

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I have comtemplated doing the following at Pennsic: I will take the field for 2 hours. To fight me you must loudly insult me in front of witnesses. All fights will be to first blood, and I will provide 2 center-grip round shields for use. There will be a prize for the best insult your personia would...

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Try "The Labyrinth" :

http://8.georgetown.edu/departments/medievel/labyrinth.

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A Question: Gulf Wars Armour?