The Armour Archive

Mord

Nice job, D. I'll remember this.

I always wanted to have a poster that said:

"The SCA. A different way to bang your head."

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Yeah, I read this article. Yeah, I'm trying to get the disseration. Yeah, among those Nordic Fiber/textile/clothing folks, it's already been stirred and shaken by the boat-load.

I'm leaving it alone and seeing if I can get ahold of it.

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No one is forcing you to study European History and historically related subjects. Concerning language there are 2 distinct problems. First, medieval documents were rarely written in any modern language. In fact, some of the languages use, like Latin, were used incorrectly. Also, understand that the...

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Well, since I can't find the previous thread where we were discussing this: m I started a new one. I got my bench in. I IS split into 3 pieces along the bench with about a 1/2" gap inbetween each slat. It does go together with no bolts or screws and IS colapsable. However, the way they set up ...

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I have just the pair of shoes for this.

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Interested? Yes. But not for $1000 or even $500. Hell, I was thinking more like $300 max.

But unfortunately, I can't afford even that.

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Road Trip!

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as a royalist, i may dissent, but i do obey. old discussion though. my good friend Sir Orlando Alvarez has fought in full plate (by Mac) since i've known him: http://gage.aethelmearc.org/images/orlando2.jpg people have actually told him that real armor is unfair because he can't feel shots. his typ...

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Dante,

Here's a fellow trying to pick-up the peices of somthing that failed and all you can do is mock him and his attempt? You may or may not have a legitimate complaint against the previous armoury, but I think you'd welcome the change.

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To creep the topic, what about those who die "Offensively"? Do you meant the retards that keep yelling "I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD!" and keep trying to bust up the formation or push through? They get hit louder than 11. or a hip toss if their is room. I suspect he means the mook who, wh...

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Early 10th Century? Hmm...you probably don't want to look around anything to do with Kiev. I would look at the dig report around Stariya Lagoda or the graves found around Smolensk on the Dniepner. I think (if I remember correctly) that all you'll find is shield bosses a'la Sweden.

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As a shield, I expect to be stepped-on and be at the bottom of the pile in every melee. What worries me when I can't get into a defensive position to protect myself.

What I see here is not a problem.

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Sorry for the double posts, folks. The IT dudes are working on the server.

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yeah it's a nice pic but it's more or less crap afaik. Topenkopfh and a few others left out entierly due to "not fitting" the Hume being spontaniously reborn, the weird armet progression. This "progression of helms" was brought to us by Bashford Dean, if I remember correctly. Wh...

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yeah it's a nice pic but it's more or less crap afaik. Topenkopfh and a few others left out entierly due to "not fitting" the Hume being spontaniously reborn, the weird armet progression. This "progression of helms" was brought to us by Bashford Dean, if I remember correctly. Wh...

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Mikael d'Armstreet wrote:
Mord wrote:Hmmm...very nice. I liked the Gotland belt very much. How much? I looked on your website, but couldn't find the price.

Mord.

160+shipping, please send PM

Soooooo...about $200. Time to save my money.

Thank you,

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I'm working on it!

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say no to smurf armour Definitely. Sheet ABS is cheaper than kydex and comes in black. Kydex also gives off poisonous fumes at certain temps. YOu can also try HDPE as well. All plastic stinks when heated but kydex might kill you. Thank you for covering it. Most plastics give off poisonous fume when...

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Hmmm...very nice. I liked the Gotland belt very much. How much? I looked on your website, but couldn't find the price.

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I have a lace up canvas ankle brace with spring steel stays that I sometimes wear under my boots. When I do, depending on which of my ankles I wear it on (bad or worse as the case may be), there is zero lateral movement. I also tend to wear field boots with full leather uppers as opposed to jungle ...

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When asked, "what's the most important tools in your work shop?" I answer: the first aid kit.

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You get out of the SCA what you put into it, why should anyone GIVE you anything? This comment by Halvgrim brought up a question in my mind. Why should those of us on the outskirts of the SCA who are not invested in the SCA system invest in it. Why should we take time away from our personal pursuit...

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Yes. Library access. I would be very thankful if you ask about it. Mord. I live in walking distance of the Armouries. All you need to do is go to Reception on the 1st floor (that's American 2nd floor), say you'd like to use the library, and as long as there's someone in there, which there almost al...

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Yes. Library access. I would be very thankful if you ask about it.

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I have yet to meet any armorer who likes making gauntlets, and in my experience, they hate repairing gauntlets even more

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PS. Posted before coffee...

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I wear a pair of baseball sliding shorts under my thigh armor, that protects my legs and buttocks. I've been teased numerious times that that tiny amount of padding (just enough to keep everything from getting scratched up while sliding) is never going to made a difference. I swear it makes all the...

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Peder, The Public Record Office does have a website, under the National Archives of the UK. Their URL: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Searches of the records seem to have a cost of 3 pounds, 50, per search, but I suspect if you contact them, they might just wave the fee for you to search. Anyway, I wo...

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What are you researching? These are better to use a library. I'm dealing with a small English towns involvement in military activities in the mid-15th century about 1429-1483. So I have to look at a bunch of indexes to calendars of government documents and reports on manuscripts and archives. It ca...

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Vitus von Atzinger wrote:I'm going to New Jersey to see Cet and bring him the loot I owe him. I have no choice. He can solve my problem.

If you're passing by Philly, come by for dinner.

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What are you researching? These are better to use a library.

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Concerning the words "viking" "norse" "Swede" "Dane" "Norwegian" or "Rus" and any other terms we use to describe such historical folks, I have the suspicion that they didn't so much identify themselves with any such cultural conveniences. W...

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Gee, I didn't think germ warfare was period.

OTOH, I'm told that disease was responsible for more deaths in medieval warfare than actual fighting.

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PS. I agree with Vitus, Murdock--ya big meanie.

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Dear Brother,

Good luck. Fight well.

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I don't know how this is gonna sound (or read), but having fought plenty of wars, I'm not at all surprised to find myself at the bottom of a pile of bodies having to smell some else's breath. As a shield, you get mugged every so often. It's not I don't like the precision that fighting brings to the ...

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God forbid anyone of Nordic descent should use a kite sheild. Normans = Northmen Wrong. Just plain wrong. Normans were descended from Northmen, specifically, Danes. By the 11th century, the Normans of Normandy were their own civilization and culture, not a Danish civilization and culture. Proof of ...

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