The Armour Archive

Thaddeus

Hmmmm now that sounds like a vacation to me.

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That is dead sexy.

did you at least convince her not to hand sew that one?

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I dont really have any patterns, what I did draft and draw ended up being trimmed repeatedly once everything was shaped and put together. Some of the parts were given to me by Eric, but they ended up being modified pretty heavily as well. Basically the top is an oval that is dished by about an inch,...

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The rim is a cheat. It is cut and then welded to the top. It could have been done by folding but that would require heavier hot work than I am set up to do.

Aldwyn, If Erik makes the new kits he was tlaing about I will make you one.

Thanks Tim.

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Ok mostly finished actually, the padding is a work in progress. As Sir Corby said to me when I asked how he suspended his, "These things balance differently" And I am still working out how to strap it without it mashing my nose flat, but I finally got the brass on. And overall I am happy with the fi...

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It's actually the sleeve of the tunic worn under the mail. The hand is bare. the picture in AAoMK is a bit clearer. Eg would you have a larger version of that pic from the cloisters?

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Syr Finn,
If Broinfinn doesnt want them I will take them off your hands... so to speak.

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Yeah we had one of these around here. He turned into D.Sebastian. It took a while and there were a few high speed train wrecks in the process. But he turned out OK. Sometimes - time and example are the only way. As long as the individual isnt getting terminally frustrated in the process.

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Dmitriy wrote:It doesn't suck.

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All our Baronial websites and anything else hosted on that server are down right now. Including Whitemountainarmoury.com but I suspect Adam will be along to let you know what he has in stock pretty shortly. Hopefully D.Sebastian has noticed and talked to the guy who is the admin on that machine and ...

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At Birka this winter, created by Klaus.

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I am shooting for 1240 - 50. My main inspiration is this particular illustration. (Thanks for the pointer to Steves site btw) I had completely forgotten about the goliath picture, and there is also an illustration showing three kings facing down a hydra (chymera?) some mythological beast where one o...

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The top and the scalloped edge are 11ga iirc while the rest is 14. It makes it a pretty weighty piece. Vermin... DOH! so obvious and yet not done. I was in a rush to get the breaths cut so I could take if to fighter practice and try it out. I will have to remember that on the next one. There are som...

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Thanks Erick. It has definately been a learning experience. If you ever decide to do those pieces in a kit I will buy one. There are a couple of things I would like to do differently on a second go round.

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It could be tooled leather I suppose, but with the multiple lacing points/straps on the back of the leg I tend to think the foundation is a softer leather or material with something attached to it. Primus I think that given the clear depiction of mail on the rest of the Harness the artist is unlikel...

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It is 340 stainless mostly. I have a brass cross reinforce which will go on once I polish out the swirlies from my over zealous drilling of the breaths.

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My new helmet, still a work in progress. Couple of things didnt work out the way I had envisioned - call them lessons learned, The back plate didnt get enough 'rake' so it hits the back of my gorget when I look up. Can be solved by flaring the back plate out I think. And the face wound up sort of as...

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Edge and Paddock mention "penny plate armour" in reference to this picture of a kneeling crusader. (AAoMK - cant seem to find my copy so I am not sure of the page.) I have not seen any other examples of this method of armouring aside from this illustration. Has anyone else? Or is this a fabrication ...

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I would really suggest making a liner similar to the one Steve describes on his site or Klaus if he still has his essay up. Mine is made with a nice high grade camping padded stitched into a canvas liner, there are also a few extra layers of terry cloth on the inside layer between the canvas and the...

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Most painful would have to be putting an anvil down on my finger... hard. I was packing things up for the winter and lifted the anvil into the bed of the forge - and had decided that the whole thing was not all that stable standing up so I should lay it down, so that someone did walk by the far corn...

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"Tell me again how the butcher boy rides!"

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Timmy! Mmmmmm Blear Timmy! Timmy TIMMAH!!!! Sort of happened sponteously in the woods at Pennsic several years back when I and my squire brothers were seconded to House Arendale. That'd be Duke Sir Timothy's guys and gals. Our household motto seems to be settling out to either "I've got my pull ups ...

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"Git em Ray!"

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those sites are also referenced in the several 'So you wanna be a Crusader' threads.

Generalizations. Saracens are depicted with round shields, Franks are depicted with heaters.

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Hmm, good things to consider, thanks for the information Gwen.

I'll save my pennies!

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Gwen does that carbon dating hold for all of what we tend to think of as the Herjolfsnes garments? Such that we (the collective reenactment community) has been wrongly thinking ourselves properly dressed 14th century folk.

Wish I had the money Erika would love that set.

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Nissan Maxima wrote:He hits hard and all but that aint it. I am exactly the wrong person to talk about chivalry but I guess I know it when I see it.

Maybe that makes you exactly the right person to talk about it.

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No we told you that when you first started, it's only now that it is sinking in!!

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Actually I believe I have... Havad squarh ouwafaircity MA 022..

And I stand corrected.
Goofy - in the most elegant sort of way of course.

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Frankly I cant imagine Zil looking goofy in anything. And I would certainly never say so - at least not while she is handing out beer.

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Man did Zil model my stuff?!? I didnt get any cool pictures like that!!!

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Does anyone have contact information for Jeff?

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Can you let us know what you are working on?

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I would be interested in any articles or dissertations you or your lady do not find useful. If nothing else I would be interested in reading them at some point.

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Next harness - greek for sure.

Heaume finished finally.

New Helmet

Penny Plate Armour?

Looking for Sir Geoffrey Fitzgalen