The Armour Archive

Tibbie Croser

Lambach, if you want discussion of the most current rules, see the Yahoo group for SCA Missile Combat. As was mentioned above, gleaning will be ILLEGAL at this year's Pennsic. I'm not sure if it was legal last year, either. A number of the Society CA rules were changed in late 2008. Some of the issu...

Tibbie Croser

Dear Sophia, what kingdom are you in? Would you consider taking up rapier or target archery when your knee heals? I also invite you to the GirlsClub forum (I don't have the link, but it's in Isabella E's signature). You can get some excellent advice there. Some of the women there have been dealing w...

Tibbie Croser

Thanks, I got your PM and replied to your e-mail address.

Tibbie Croser

Thank you, Marco. The helm I have is the small Scottish burgonet. If you like, I can ship it back to you for repair and resale. I might need your shipping address and name.

I hope to meet you on the rapier field at Pennsic; this will be my first time there.

Tibbie Croser

Thanks, Marco. Since the backplate already has slits for straps, I'm going to sew straps to the mesh of the mask to buckle or tie to the corresponding straps on the backplate. I'm intending this as an inexpensive way to try out C&T before I sink money into a proper helmet. My mask is one of the ...

Tibbie Croser

Do you mean "mistress" as in the female lover of a married man? "Mistress" in literary use is often just the term of address for the poet's beloved, whether he's married or not. If you're going up to 1599, start with Shakespeare's sonnets, e.g., "My mistress' eyes are nothin...

Tibbie Croser

Zen Warrior Armoury and other fencing gear suppliers carry one-piece plastic chest protectors for women. They don't come in extra-large sizes, though, if that's an issue.

Tibbie Croser

I have an idea for back-of-the-head protection that I need to run by the C&T marshals in my kingdom. I ordered a couple of replacement backplates for ice hockey goalie masks from goaliemonkey.com. They're already designed to fit the back of the head, and these two (each is a different size and c...

Tibbie Croser

Baron A, will you be at Pennsic? If so, will you be fighting rapier? If so, which group/kingdom/side will you be fighting with?

I'm going to my first Pennsic and would love to get some rapier passes with you, Duke Logan, and any other notable Atlantian exiles.

Tibbie Croser

I believe it started in the later 16th century. It did change in style over the decades. An Elizabethan cassock is generally shorter than the English Civil War cassock. RenJunkie, are you in Atlantia? There are several Atlantian merchants who carry big lots of teeny buttons for excellent prices. Unf...

Tibbie Croser

I think Sir Richard Blackmoore (SCA) also does Acre.

Tibbie Croser

For advice on women's armor, from women:

http://www.createforum.com/thegirlsclub/index.php?mforum=thegirlsclub

They can give you lots of excellent advice.

Tibbie Croser

Sir Vitus: if a female SCA fighter insulted you, would you challenge her to a duel? If a woman who was not a fighter insulted you, how would you handle it? Would you require her to find a champion for a duel? Do you permit your squires to duel? Would you permit a female squire to duel a male opponen...

Tibbie Croser

Do you know of anyone in your groups or otherwise who might be interested in a large canvas tarp from Tentsmiths? It's 14 feet by 16 feet, 10 inches. It has lots of loops, instead of grommet holes. It's off-white Sunforger flame-resistant canvas. I bought it a couple of years ago with the idea of us...

Tibbie Croser

Halberds wrote:Do not paint over rust.

Krylon and Rustoleum both make special textured-finish paints intended to be used over rust. I don't know how well they'd hold up in SCA armored combat

Tibbie Croser

James, could you or Lord Grey's use a very large Tentsmiths canvas tarp (14 feet by 16 feet, 10 inches)? Sunforger flame-resistant canvas, natural white. I bought it a couple of years ago hoping to use it as a size-adjustable tent, but it never quite worked out the way I hoped (it's just too big and...

Tibbie Croser

Where do those huge guys in the NFL buy their cups?

Tibbie Croser

Nathan: what's the difference between 11th-century hosen (chausses?) and late medieval hosen that makes bias cutting unnecessary for the early hosen but necessary for the late hosen? Why is twill *not* good for late medieval hosen? I believe I've seen reenactors recommend a four-way-stretch twill fo...

Tibbie Croser

Good reply, Charlotte. Actually, I'll be trying to make (lower-class) male hosen for myself (since I wear male clothes on the rapier field), so they'll be longer (though not nearly as long as those for a man). If a shallow angle of bias works, that's what I'll try. I guess Kass would know the answer...

Tibbie Croser

Alecks, that's a good point. Although there's more than one way to make room in the knee. It's possible to make the hosen snug but a little overlong, so that they can slide up and down the knee somewhat. That's what's done with tight sleeves to allow them to move at the elbow. There may also be diff...

Tibbie Croser

This brings up something I was wondering a while back, when I was trying to make a pair of joined hosen for myself. For bias cutting, I had assumed that the imaginary front center line of each leg piece would be laid out at a 45-degree angle to the edge of the fabric. However, I realized this would ...

Tibbie Croser

I suspect "mahoitered" *is* the correct term for the ball-topped 15th-century doublet sleeve. I think I've seen that term on the Historic Enterprises website, or in posts by Gwen, or used by James B. and some of the other 15th-century costume gurus. Where did you see the word in an Elizabe...

Tibbie Croser

A few questions abou the bellows-visored fencing helmet. Your description says early 15th century. Is that correct, not early 16th century? Is the perforated plate face made of mild or stainless steel? What are the specs on the perforated plate regarding hole size, offset, and percent open area? In ...

Tibbie Croser

[quote="blackbow"]True. To answer your question, no, i don't count people who just fight tournament as part of the army. There's a reason why Atlantia is usually outnumbered 4 to 1 in spears. Blackbow Blackbow, why does Atlantia lack enough spears? Do you mean that Atlantia lacks enough me...

Tibbie Croser

Thanks, Brewer. I didn't know linen could be used for knitting at all. Thanks, too, for your warm reception of my suggestions.

Tibbie Croser

Thanks. How far back are knitted stockings documentable? Also, how far back are *cotton* stockings documentable? Just a thought; if you wanted to dip your toe (so to speak) into offering cut hose, could you take woven wool fabric left over from making larger garments, make up a few pairs in various ...

Tibbie Croser

Brewer, would you and Kass consider offering proper 16th-century stockings for men, i.e., woven fabric cut on the bias? I don't know if there are any current vendors of such. There are vendors of woven ladies' stockings, and there are vendors of 17th/18th/19th-century clothes selling knitted stockin...

Tibbie Croser

Sir Mord, the Atlantian marshals have had to enforce similar rules for a number of years now. (Of course, they had Duke Logan to back them up.) Ask them for advice on how to enforce these rules. For anyone interested, I have another suggestion for sources for cheap fabric: drapes and tablecloths at ...

Tibbie Croser

Duke Andreas, will you be attending any Atlantian events soon, e.g., St. Aiden's Melee College or Sapphire Joust? I'd really like to see your fencing helmets (and mail gloves) in person.

Tibbie Croser

When it's official, will it be mentioned on the Calontir website? (I don't see anything about it there now.) Another question: are the Calontiri involved modifying their rattan helmets for steel, making/buying new helmets, modifying costume helmets, or doing something else? How is "progressive ...

Tibbie Croser

Irish: so the Calontir rules would be Society requirements for rapier protection plus Cut and Thrust minimums? How is the Calontir experiment treating weapons, blows, etc.? What weapons are allowed? What's the definition of target areas and valid blows? What's the force level? I'm genuinely curious,...

Tibbie Croser

I'd like to know the armor rules, for instance, as the Calontiri lady was asking for advice on "puncture-resistant material." Are the new Calontiri rules based to any extent on Society Cut and Thrust rules?

Tibbie Croser

I saw a post on an SCA rapier list by a Calontiri lady mentioning the new experimental steel combat system in Calontir. Does anyone have more information on this?

Tibbie Croser

I believe straps and buckles *were* used to join pieces of armor in the 16th century, for example, joining thigh armor to the cuirass. For the earlier eras, I imagine there are some differences between what armor and materials you are using and what the historical fighters were using. Perhaps they h...

Tibbie Croser

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=500&sid=1940238

According to this AP news story, an Israeli museum will be displaying a Jewish illuminated ms. created in late-15th-century Italy. I hope there will be more pictures on the Internet of it.

Question for Baron Alejandro

Question for La Belle/Lord Grey's

Calontir steel combat experiment?

Rare Italian Ren. Jewish ms. to be displayed