The Armour Archive

Mord

Here's a thought; we could do the medieval thing...

Two kingdoms provide their own army. The fighters from other kingdoms would be allowed to go "free lance" and offer their services to the highest bidder...

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RecklessAgony wrote:i think people are turned offf by the paint funny enough though there my clan colors now only if i wasnt a broke ass

No. I just don't have any money.

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The image originally displayed on this thread is from the Vendle Period--pre-viking Sweden. I suspect there has been some discussion about what this image is about, but I've never read about it being a image of Odin or Wotan. I suspect someone like Ortwin Gamber probably had a few things to say. Rem...

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Since we are quoting our elders, my father told me this: "Either be smart enough to either get yourself out of trouble or smart enough not to get into trouble in the first place." I have often applied the latter. I hope I will never have to employee what I've learned in an SCA list in a no...

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Hmmm....I've presented at Kzoo a couple of times, but I don't think what I do would fit into your subject. OTOH, I'd be perfectly happy to help others.

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Our knowledge of viking helmet of the 10th and 11th century is mostly pictorial, with one notable exception: the Gjermundbu helmet from Norway. However, I believe that is dated to the late 9th, early 10th century--tho' I'd have to check. The best I've seen pictorial evidence is from a small sculptur...

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I'm not going, either. God knows what I'll do.

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So in doing some basic research, I've found that by looking at The Holy Roman Empire, I may glean some information from there. I'd have to skim through a lot of it to focus on the Germanic provinces, but it should help.... I'm also going to look into those other books as well, but I have to admit, ...

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Corwin of ArgentLupe wrote:Spend the $500 on even more toys for her.

You will gain so many "Marriage Points(tm)" you many never be able to spend them.

Not the world's worst idea.

Barring saving the $500, I'd go for body armor--maybe a coat of plates.

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And what has any of that to do with membership in the SCA? Sounds like asshattery to me. [quote]What kind of members do we want in the ARMA? ARMA membership is about accepting a certain set of values and following a way of pursuing them. We work hard to revive these skills physically and academical...

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Jazz. Specifically, Miles Davis' "Kinda Blue."

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Go to your library, and ask for "The Cambridge Medieval History." This multi-volume work is large and tedious, but it will familiarize you with the period.

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Noe wrote:I want this helm so badly my teeth hurt, but no ready cash. I have held it in my hot little hands and can attest to its quality and condition. I think it will work pretty much as Ector said, although the largest size mentino will be a tight fight.

Get this helm!

Ditto.

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Unfortunately, extensive reasearch is what you will probably have to do. Early Medieval "Germany" is an extremely complex period, with many "Germanic" and "non-Germanic" cultures/tribes present. The best place to begin that I know of is Chapter 7 of "The Archaeolog...

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We used to have a practice on field owned by UPenn. During the summer the cops would park accross the street and watch. After a couple of times of this, I finally asked them what they thought. They found our fighting a form of entertainment--kind of like an appetizer before the real work of the nigh...

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I think the extant examples could be better. The 19th century material from Du Chaillu is... actually horrible. Nice shoes, but i have issues with very many things in that paper. The 19th Century stuff from Du Chaillu is merely out of date, and reflects the state of scholarship at its time. Think u...

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I finished a couple of plastic barrel bodies last night. Now, I've got to figure out how to get them there.

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Id certainly love to hear more about your research Mord. Im a Dane myself. I love such northerly things. I'm considering a paper, and have even done a short outline of the project. With or without direct empirical evidence (or at least reliable info), I fear I'm taking on something of a monster. Ba...

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Modern steel butted mail yes, but i challenge you to make butted mail form thin pieces of wrought iron wire and it not fall apart form it's own weight. I have made butted mail from soft iron and it held up okay. So you need to make it thicker and thus heavier. Thus consuming more metal and thus pro...

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What do I want to eat after fighting? Not a lot. Maybe a burger. Maybe some pasta. Sometimes coffee and a donut. I'm usaully craving carbs.

The next morning I will be hungry for a largeish breakfast.

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I don't mean to be critical here, but why would you be concerned that your plate armor is so noisy?

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Mord At the risk of sounding like something from the 70s or 80s....what about butted mail in Iceland. Cheap, easier to make, relatively adequate for its needs. And while I would normally poo poo the idea of butted mail, would it not plausibly be something for a lower class man, lost to history only...

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Please read "A Thought or Two" thread. According to Bishop and Coulston (Roman Military Equipment--2nd ed, 2006; page 208) bronze scales were found in the 4th and 5th centuries. However, they also state that evidence is sparse. This form of armor was called the lorica squmata. What happene...

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"They were warlike figures, clad in mail in every part of their body after the Danish manner. Some wore long coats of mail, others iron plates skilfully knitted together, and they had round, red shields protected by iron round the edge. These men, whose iron will matched their armour, drew up ...

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This is my first attempt at period armor and I had help cutting the plates. From what I understand only chain mail and leather is period for Vikings, neither of which I was comfortable fighting in. So I made steel lamellar. It's period for Byzantium at that time. m Since there were Norse who fought...

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I'm thinking where would I start looking for your "glue-paint" if you'll pardon the expression. Part of me wants to look in the literature for museum conservation--something like the "art and archaeology abstracts." The other part of me would want to know what sort of elements w...

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Here is the next piece in the puzzle. At first it might not appear to be the same puzzle, but I think it is. The late Olaf Goubitz in his last book "Purses in Pieces" discusses cases as well as purses. Most of these are sewn together, but some are glued together. He says on page 97. "...

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I live right across the street from a car wash--plasticbarrelland. I can probably send a couple of set of plastic gear for the body. Would that be ok?

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No protection is completely adequate. I've had my right thumb broken twice while fighting with gauntlets. As I've posted previously, an ice hockey glove is the minimum protection.

I don't like shield baskets. They're too heavy, which aggrevates the tendonius that's already there.

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Did you use street hockey gloves, which are completely inadequate, or did you use ice hockey gloves, which are the bare-minimum?

All hockey gloves are not the same.

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Hmmm. I'll have to investigate this. As much as I don't use electrical power tools, I do have a drill. My bits are in pretty sad shape.

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Lucan Dux wrote:
D. Sebastian wrote:Armour requirements vs authenticity.

The baz has a nice low profile that appeals to the "unarmoured kit" much more than a cop.

That too!

yup.

I have a vague memory of seeing bazubands in Robert Elgoods "Islamic Armour."

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The problem with affixed benches in a small craft is that it limits what else you can do with that space. Of course they could have built benches, I'm not disputing that at all. But I think dismissing a chest seat because it would slide around on a pitching deck is throwing the baby out with the ba...

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Evian. I prefer it.

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