The Armour Archive

Kel Rekuta

Dibs!

Have to sort out logistics to get it out of your basement though. I'm still moving all my stuff from the basement to a new workspace. Lots of room for these too.

Kel

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You are killing me Doug, just killing me.

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Diglach mac Cein wrote:"It's a sad set of feet that let's your ass take a beating."

That's awesome! Can you get the mundane name of the man that said that?

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Aww, that's much less goofy than the woodcut I saw of a huge wheel with a guy lying on top on some sort of scaffold. Goofy eh? You do know that water stones crack with frightening regularity? Consider a wheel that size crumbling while you were grinding your days allotment of knives. Would you rathe...

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Yep. And I figured that trick out years ago all on my own. But when your peasant clod turns out to have more control than expected you can find yourself with your sword up over your head and the point of his long stick in your belly... Sorry Peter, if that's what you think - you haven't figured it ...

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Here is a good source of information. m In my experience SCAdians use every shade of red for squire belts; Dark Red, Burgundy, Oxblood, Maroon, pink and of course red. You have no hope of using any shade of red and not being "corrected" by someone. Get used to it if you really like that co...

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Look for bookbinding suppliers convenient to you. Calf skiver isn't common but its out there.

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That beastie pattern is a whack of hand stitching for $175. You undersell yourself Vitus. Those are worth a lot more than you are charging.

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Yep. Yet very often when I suggest that one ought to use powerful blows I get told that I'm wrong, that powerful blows are the way of the buffalo (and I always wonder if they have translated that word correctly). Apparently some people really can't accept the idea that one can be both controlled an...

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I would love to trade my Ral Partha collection to someone who would appreciate them. The dragon is painted but it would be better done by someone with artistic talent. I have a foot cube-ish parts box full of them that I'm tired of moving around but too nostalgic about to simply give away. Lots of k...

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That was special in a big "S" way.

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Tony, if the material is polyethylene there is no adhesive currently known to man that will adhere to it permanently. The best you can hope for is a mechanical bond created by roughing up the surface so adhesive has more surface area to grip. If it isn't PET then there is hope. Any of the vinyl comp...

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I propose not to act like the answer is solid, as it really is not. Some amount of guessing is of course required but my point was to answer the posters original question. As far as I am aware we have 0 heaters that have known context for war for the medieval period. Using something that is tied to...

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Guys - if your source of "sole" leather rates it in ounces (1/64ths of an inch) then it isn't sole leather. Perhaps you have conflated the "10-12 iron" thickness of readily available sole bends with the ounce scale used with strap and harness leathers? Once veg has been barred to...

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I am not sure we have any historic examples I am afraid. RPM So should I toss out my two copies of "Das Ritterschilde"? +1! How do you propose to determine whether a surviving shield, especially from a votive context, isn't of appropriate construction? Do we have records that clarify the ...

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Galfrid atte grene wrote:Kel, I have to disagree - I don't think its a jupon.

Fair enough. Thanks for the reference image. Something I haven't seen before.

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In this image, I think we are looking at a jupon that buckles at the rear. That or the artist didn't go to the extent of placing all the rivet heads a composite plate construction requires. Have you ever seen a split back plate, in any collection, in two parts like a split breastplate?

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Altichero di Zevio Execution of St George 1380

http://www.lib-art.com/artgallery/3335-the-execution-of-saint-george-altichiero-da-zevio.html

Two front and one rear view of corazza constructions.

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Hey Brewer! A couple shots of my riding boots. Robert Land made these when I was interested in a Border Reiver portrayal. I couldn't find better references at the time, the oldest pattern reference he had was English Civil War era. They almost stand up on their own; had to lean them against each oth...

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1.Higher quality period shields often had raised charges. 2.You can't use sole bends for period shoes. 3.Tandy is full of shit because sole bends are too thick for use as armour- yes, too thick. 4.You can't make a shield out of sole bends (okay, maybe a buckler). You are welcome to your opinion but...

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Oh, that will be good - Mark knows his stuff! Thanks!

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Tristan - spot on - absolute dead on the center mark!

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Thanks Flittie - you nailed it. And its just Kel - its my name not a persona. Corby, since you are clearly somebody well experienced in the SCA it might be helpful to get you clued in to what I'm doing. (And what many others are.) I did SCA, I had fun. When I wanted to pursue my studies in daily lif...

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[ Oh, and the source material isn't that hard to interpret...to say they are cryptic is a gross oversimplification. mmm.. he says, grossly over simplifying... They vary - a lot. And for someone like me who has to wait for them to be translated into English, we're playing telephone. Most of them alr...

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Drying leather will shrink a bit. Just soak the whole thing again and jam more sand in. When you hear the seams creak, wait a while - too fast and POP! Much disappointment will ensue.

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I have an excellent article on 17th c. boots and shoes somewhere but I can't find the damn thing. Tim, I'd be grateful to read that whenever its located. Brewer, frankly you are reading a lot more into my earlier comments than I can find in them, even now. If you would be so kind as to wait until I...

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I don't even mean for getting hit. Just wearing it and moving it I fear could deform 20ga, especially since there are so many of them all moving together. Even if you just throw it into your car, I would worry about the plates bending. I could be wrong about that, though. It just something to consi...

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http://www.restockit.com/43751-Gasket-Punch-Set-%28318-S1274%29.html?source=GoogleAffiliate This one is a retarded price but Chinese tool places like Princess Auto in Canada, maybe Harbor Freight in the US, carry them for $20-25 last time I looked. Gasket punches work on leather, rubber and if well...

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I've had success dressing old shearling (sheepskin with the wool still on it) by rubbing leather conditioner into the flesh side. I use a locally produced dressing that is very similar to Lexol conditioner. The latter is available at every saddlery or equestrian store I've ever been in as well as ma...

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is there anything other than pitch that you can use that wont leave a taste? And beeswax doesn't? Everything you put in it ends up smelling and tasting a bit like honey. I really don't know where people are buying pitch with a strong scent & taste. I bought a bucket of refined pine pitch from J...

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He doesn't have to; I am here. ECW is my core reading area. Yeah but you don't pontificate with such elegance and disdain! You are so earnest! Kel, I ride All. The. Time. to hounds and otherwise afield. One does not require the leather equivalent of sheet metal on one's legs to protect them. You do...

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Cut down the cup of some imported egg cups from the Dollar Store?

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spring steel banding? Very interesting, I should hit the scrap yard. Has anyone found it to be 1" to 1 1/2" inches thick? -J Not THICK but wide. I found an almost endless source of 3"+ wide spring banding at a landscape supply. Every time I pick up some stone or soil, I rummage the b...

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Leo, your words please me like a cool drink on a hot day. My compliments to you.

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In 15th-16thC art, especially hunting scenes - they always look like ill fitted hose worn by the huntsmen, hound handlers and beaters. Footed riding hose only seem to be on the gentry. I can't think of any ECW period equivalent so we'll see what Brewer comes up with for art references. Or we could s...