The Armour Archive

Tibbie Croser

Yes, when I thought "hussar" I was on the wrong track. I checked my copy of Stone's Glossary, which gives "hufken, huskin" as "a light, open, close-fitting headpiece worn by archers in the 16th century." Stone's source is John Hewitt, Ancient Armor and Weapons in Europe...

Tibbie Croser

Google and the Middle English Dictionary online were no help with "huslyn." I'm wondering if the word somehow came from "hussar" and therefore might refer to a Central European Renaissance helmet such as the zischagge worn by hussars. The zischagge would fit the suggestion from K...

Tibbie Croser

Let me skew the data here, heh heh.

Age: 42
Height: 5 feet, 1 inch
Weight: About 130
Fighting style: rapier

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Tibbie Croser

If anyone recognizes these terms, please see my post on the Armour Design and Construction forum. They appeared in 16th-century works quoted in Strickland and Hardy's The Great Warbow.

Tibbie Croser

In Strickland and Hardy's The Great Warbow, an excerpt from a 16th-century work mentioned a "German jack" among body armor. Would anyone know how this would differ from a Scottish jack, Welsh jack, or the standard early-16th-century jack? Another excerpt in the book, from a mid-1500s Tudor...

Tibbie Croser

Schreiber, members of at least two reenactment groups, La Belle Compagnie and Lord Grey's Retinue, have successfully infiltrated northern Atlantia. A few of them are Laurels, and two are Baron and Baroness of Ponte Alto, I believe. One person from La Belle teaches Historic Martial Arts classes in th...

Tibbie Croser

I can't make out the man with the longbow. However, perhaps he is a mounted archer? I just finished Strickland and Hardy's The Great Warbow: from Hastings to the Mary Rose, which focuses on English archery but has contemporary art from several countries. Mounted archers (who did not shoot from horse...

Tibbie Croser

Freiman, even Dagorhir might not be safe enough for your friend with the head injury. Head hits with handheld weapons are illegal, but they do happen by accident, and with relative frequency. Arrows and thrown javelins can legally strike the head. People can be knocked down by shield bashing. There'...

Tibbie Croser

A few thoughts: Wouldn't solid Lexan fog up or at least be really hot? Modern sport fencers are usually fighting indoors, in climate-controlled spaces, aren't they? Not outdoors in extremes of temperature and humidity like we are. Another reason steel won't replace rattan is that any rattan fighter ...

Tibbie Croser

Dauyd, I think you put it well. Also, given that we already have interkingdom calibration differences in rattan and rapier, we have the potential for even more divergent calibration in Cut and Thrust, not only between but even within kingdoms. These are not arguments against Cut and Thrust. Given it...

Tibbie Croser

It appears that Cut and Thrust may engender conflict between people who want to do it as unarmored combat with late-period civilian weapons and those who want to use heavier weapons and more (metal) armor. There's certainly the potential for disappointment and misunderstanding.

Tibbie Croser

Aaron, get authorized in rapier and then you can fight case.

Tibbie Croser

What paint and primer did you use on the knee cops? The paint job looks good.

Tibbie Croser

Raito, I think some kingdoms, such as Atlantia, have laws that differentiate calibration in Cut and Thrust from that in regular rapier. For example, from the Atlantian rapier rules: "3.11.2.3 Fighters who choose to participate in Cut & Thrust combat acknowledge that they will be struck with...

Tibbie Croser

Who are the people in the video? Is it possible to contact them and get their explanations of what they were doing? What was the context of the bouts? I'm leery of folks making judgments based on videos, as a number of videos on the AA seem to be interpreted very differently depending on how well pe...

Tibbie Croser

Johno, that's a fine-looking sword. Where is the picture from? Is that a sword that's actually on the list of blades legal for C&T? I think, in the June 2006 version of the Society approved blade list, most of the C&T blades were rapiers. Johno, have you contacted the Society Earl Marshal an...

Tibbie Croser

Duke Avery, is your response about Kilkenny's posts in Johno's thread? It doesn't seem to make sense in the context of *this* particular thread.

Tibbie Croser

Duke Avery, the only one who seemed to equate wood with rattan was Suzerain, and he's *not* in the SCA. Why would you take his opinions as representing anyone else in the thread or anyone in the SCA? If you're concerned about breakage of steel weapons, you would probably get the best information fro...

Tibbie Croser

Good point, Duke Alaric. I like it sometimes when there are events that are only one discipline, e.g., only rapier, only rattan, only target archery, etc. In Atlantia, I note that a number of the target archery events are just archery with no other activities. We also have too many events scheduled ...

Tibbie Croser

Cian, were you the person recommending in another thread a while ago that newbie target archers start with a cheap fiberglass recurve, or was that someone else?

Tibbie Croser

I'm concerned that combat archery and fencing are monopolizing the hate of the SCA traditionalists for any discipline that's not rattan. Could we please spread the hate around and talk about the evils of target archery? Is it keeping people away from the armored list field? Is it diverting innocent ...

Tibbie Croser

Clarification: for "curved sleeve," I wasn't thinking of the "bent" sleeves, though that's another issue, but sleeves that are rounded at the top where they go into the rounded armscye.

Tibbie Croser

I have been trying to teach myself very elementary pattern drafting based on my measurements and simple geometric shapes. I have great problems with trying to figure out how to draft curved sleeve patterns for early-16th-century clothes, e.g., the leg o'mutton sleeves. Does anyone have any advice on...

Tibbie Croser

Fire Stryker, how did you have things tailored to fit a woman's body? Especially the hosen?

Tibbie Croser

Of course, I guess the landsknecht-style coifs were made with an outer woolen layer and a linen liner; they weren't the single-layer linen coifs as worn by the Kentwell Hall fellow.

Tibbie Croser

Gwen, do you think the Tudor reenactors are getting the coif idea from the Landsknecht styles? There seem to be few good art sources for middle- and lower-class clothing of early Tudor England; it doesn't surprise me that people extrapolate from continental art of the era. Are there any good guides ...

Tibbie Croser

If you're concerned about "drabness," I expect the 14th-century experts on here could advise you on how to dress up a "plain" outfit with the right jewelry and accessories that are accurate for the period.

Tibbie Croser

Lady Chatterly, I looked at the Renfaire clothing sites you posted. Yes, the clothes are pretty and romantic. Is that the issue? Do you think the clothes from Historic Enterprises and Revival look too drab and simple? You mentioned your personal "style." Could you describe your "style...

Tibbie Croser

Actually, on looking at the photo at the top of the thread, it seems to me that it probably does fasten up the back. If you look at the proportions of the center section, it's cut out more deeply at the neck and shoulders, to fit the front of the body. Contrary to Lorenzo2, I think the overhang with...

Tibbie Croser

Brewer, Meric also makes "target" crossbows, according to his website. When you saw them, did they look more authentic than the CA bows? (I don't think the target crossbows are pictured on his website.) Could they perhaps be used for CA, or is the poundage too high? (I'm interested in perh...

Tibbie Croser

What's the date on that coat of plates? Anything more specific than "14th to 15th century"? Did it fasten up the front?

Tibbie Croser

Jeff, SCA combat archery wouldn't be compatible with fully accurate kit (like a heavy bow, real arrows, and an open-faced helmet), but target archery would allow it. Besides, combat archery is very...controversial...in the SCA. Shooting target archery in WOTR period kit, however, might help to educa...

Tibbie Croser

It would be impressive to see someone from Grey's (or Brent's prospective group) do target archery at an SCA event in full WOTR archery kit. I think it's the only SCA "martial" activity that allows fully historically accurate gear.

Tibbie Croser

Suzerain, in regard to a coat of plates without mail underneath, read the thread here about CoPs without mail. Given your high standards, don't do a coat of plates unless you can do the hauberk, too.

Tibbie Croser

Try http://www.historicenterprises.com. I'm not sure when they're returning from Pennsic.

"Huslyn" and "German jack": meanings?

"Huslyn" and "German jack": what do they

Target archery: will it destroy the SCA?

Drafting/fitting curved sleeve patterns: any advice?