The Armour Archive

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Concerning leather armor in the early middle ages: Somewhere in my very old neurological memory chips, I read that RLS Bruce-Mitford (aka "Mr. Sutton-Hoo") speculated that the armor of Sutton Hoo Mound One might have contained a "Romanish Musculia body-armor" made of leather. Bru...

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Having spent time studying Early Medieval Northern Europe and the arms and armor of that period, the question in my mind is where to begin? The usual beginning is a combination of place and time. For the early middle ages in general and the viking period in particular, the time is from about 900AD t...

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Sorry, I don't have internet access on the weekend. Also I have better things to do--like going to UPenn's library, taking naps, and being tortured by our cats...

If I can find the time, I will address these quesitons.

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As my 2nd cup of coffee brews, I will try to answer these questions. First, I'm a lousy typist, and when I'm trying to "put things together" when I'm writing (in any form), I even worse. Thank the gods of proofreading. To begin with the Finns and Lapps (I know, Thomas, you didn't ask about...

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<cue> but what about the Finns? Now did all the Norse participate in the things over all of their history or was it only certain groups in certain times and certain places? If we are to ascribe the works of a few to the whole then well *I* invented the internet! Thomas I just spent 30 minutes writi...

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Ok, here goes, despite Glen K. The 9th, 10th and 11th centuries is, obvously, a large amount of time--300 years. In general, during these year, the peoples of Scandinavia were particularly active for other peoples in other places to take note. What exact happened and the details of those events (not...

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I'll address this subject presently, but right now I need coffee and have to earn my living. But for the moment, kingdom or state formation in Scandinavia during the early middle ages is a subject that has been partially addressed. Klav Randsborg, a Danish archaeologist, did some work in the area so...

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When will I quit fighting? Probably when I crawl into my GP and he tells I need to go see an Osteopathic Surgeon. It really is a toss-up between my knees and my shoulders to see which is going to blow first. Other than that, it's been a hell of a ride! As for the aftermath. I have projects in the ar...

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The book you're looking for is "Make All Sure," which has an article on the "pioneer" helmet and it's crest. I have a copy somewhere.

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Good luck with your surgery, Adam.

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Supposed to be cold and wet in Glenn Lynn this weekend. Remember:

"That which does not kill us can only make stronger."

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I assume we are talking literary Arthur. I didn't see Excalibur until last year and it atleast tries to capture medieval Arthurian literary ideas unlike movies like First Knight. IMO the best Arthurian film in English is Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail. There is a French movie Percival tha...

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Perhaps your friend should look at this website:

http://faculty.smu.edu/arthuriana

Don't be put off the seemingly scholarly look of the site. There's plenty of non-scholarly sources there. Look under "bibliography."

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If the kids are at the lowest level, have them read "The Once and Furture King" by TH White. It's a thick book, but entertaining. Movies are harder: "First Knight" is just the worst movie I've seen that deals with Arthur. "Excalibar" doesn't suck as much as "First ...

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This is a real challenge for me, since I live in an big apartment building in downtown Philly now. My apartment has a patio, which would be a nice place to work on armor, BUT the patio is in the cavernous atrium of the building, so any hammering I do reverberates around and everyone with an inward-...

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A friend of mine was queen of Caid (decades ago), she had a troubled reign, and a king who got sick of the job and showed up for coronation, some event or another, and to step down. I figure A**** earned her county, and his. If you're not absolutely ready to take on the job you have no business on ...

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So, my question to you all is two-fold. One, how do I train myself to recognize good hits when I really don't feel them all that well, and two, when I make (eventually) or possibly buy a new set of legs, hopefully matching the ss Churburg arms Murdock is making me, what should I make sure I do in o...

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This is a joke:

1. Get ear protection.

2. Get a boom-box.

3. Play Gregorian Chants at maxium levels.

What's your pentacostal nieghbor going to do? You're playing Christian music (the original).

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Thomas Powers wrote:Mord, Who do you plan to stab in the head with a tridant?

Never mind I don't want to know!

Thomas

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I read this. I will read it again, and maybe apply it.

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Baron Alejandro wrote:Mord is a treasure to us all.

Thank you.

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I emailed Michael Hall, editor of "Apollo." His response: Dear Mr Blowney With advertisements the copyright situation is usually straightforward â€“ the copyright in images is the advertiserâ€™s, and if you want to clear copyright you should contact them. Iâ€™d be surprised if there were t...

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Talbot, The insult was a perceived lack of acknowledgement, so there is no quote I can post. From what I can tell, you were defending Kasper's qualifications. IOW, you were taking sides, as far as could tell. I was not taking sides. I simply knew what Carlo's qualifications were and stated them. I ...

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Kasper, Congratulationa on the publication of your book. Late period stuff isn't my forte, so I missed it. Talbot, The insult was a perceived lack of acknowledgement, so there is no quote I can post. From what I can tell, you were defending Kasper's qualifications. IOW, you were taking sides, as far...

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Btw, I think, Talbot, you are being arrogant to the point of insulting. Wow! How so? I asked if anyone could tell us which bascinet is was and if it was a good picture? How is that arrogant to the point of being insulting? I also tried to be helpful by telling what Carlo's qualifications were. I fi...

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"Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era" by David Nicolle.

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Dear Kasper, You are asking me to post on public forum a recently (Sept. 2008) published photograph (which is in color) without the knowledge or permission of the editor or publisher of the periodical. I'm not doing that. I suspect that doing so is illegal, and if I were the publisher of the Apollo,...

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Btw, I think, Talbot, you are being arrogant to the point of insulting. Mord. Mord ... you should not say that, especially because there was nothing arrogant or insulting in what Talbot wrote. C When someone questions my qualifications? You bet I'm insulted. Completely. You're pretty arrogant, btw,...

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I know Mord, and I am familiar with his both his training and his personal integrity. You're just some guy on the internet with no credentials making unsupported claims. Convince me that you're something more, or understand why I will not give your opinion the same consideration that I will give to...

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Haus von Halstern's Winter Wolf tourney a couple ears ago. Nice small, old time tourney. Good fighitng, and it was my birthday. Other assorted things happened that day as well, but who could ask for more?

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Thanks for the assist your grace Lucan ,the list clean up is Appreciated. Your grace Edmund, the format is standard double elim. Anytime your Majesty. It will be a bit easier for the Dark One to make more informed odds He does seem to be omnipresent, How does he do that! Maybe he's Voldemorte's boo...

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EBSCO's Academic Search has the citation but not the full text of the article. It is published by Duke University Press, and articles since 2004 are available at their web site at m but that doesn't include your article. Your local library can probably get the article for you through the ILL system...

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Got it. Would have done this quicker, but the "Stack Rats" moved the whole thing. Please PM me your snail-mail address, and I'll send you a copy.

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Got it hardcopy. Will check and get back to you.

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I could probably discuss "things viking" and other early medieval subjects.

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Re: [SCA] Leg Hits and Armor

Re: eastkingdom crown.