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Wolf

how much for the spangen kit, and how soon can you have it done? just wondering

Wolf

then mail. get some flat rivited from forth armour or that stuff from kings lance. either will work for sca. u can wear pretty much the same shirt for both 14th and 11th c.

Wolf

2 habergeons and a barell to scour them.

thats some priceless infor there. barrels to clean your mail

Wolf

Jehan de Pelham wrote:I'm kind of a weight fiend. What's the weight for a medium hauberk?

Jehan, squire of Sir Vitus

i have what he calls the haubergeon(sp?) its 3/4 sleeves. weighs in about 17 lbs i think

Wolf

Mike F wrote:So . . . When do you flute the everliving piss out of it? Or am I thinking of a different harness?

Very nice. I always find it hard to make plates smooth like that.

wrong harness mike. italian look is big and round. german look is sleek and fluted

very nice btw

Wolf

wow nice work man! i like the sallet a lot.

whats the guages and prices of said helmets????????

Wolf

kewl man, so thas your kettle that paul's showed me. looks good man.

whats clang charge for that? i likes it

Wolf

sweeeeeeeeet

now that clang is done your bucket he can finally start on my german floating elbows......... heehehe whata pipe dream eh?

looks good man. now go order an aventail form forth and make it look perfect

Wolf

whats the helmet based on? i like it but need refs hehehe

take payment plans

hahaha

oh this was a bump too

Wolf

Tips, Techniques, Tools, Sources & Resources for the Armourer-- A group of useful tidbits designed to improve your armouring ability m does anyone have this handout? is everything in TOMAR or is it worth its weight? just wondeirng. Talbot had good info, jsut wondering if it would be repetitive etc

Wolf

thats IT!

i'm gonna use my spare hosen and perminatly point my pourpoint to it and keep it in teh tent. when i gotta cook/ clean get armoured up, i'll jsut change outta my hosen/doublet and into my hosen/pourpoint

Wolf

stonekeep i think he means in historical terms, not sellers terms. i have only really ever seen 1 suit called a munitions suit (AAOMK) so i dont know what you would call the better suit. hehe i call it munitions and museum for quality issues

Wolf

you have a milanese style there. as to gusset, you mean on the breastplate under the arm correct? generally i would say there usually isnt a sliding gusset, not that i am aware of off hand.. could be wrong. i thought sliding gussets were used a little bit later say 1480s on more german type breastpl...

Wolf

have you thought about contacting the guys from Dragon Forge? their in Cin Ohio i think

Wolf

really wish i could see a pictures of the elbows before i could commit to them. dont know anyone with a scanner? scan in a picture and email it as an attachment. crussell@pennswoods.net

Wolf

let me first say that the coif looks amazing. very good work. now to the question if 14 lbs is too heavy for a coif. about 2 years ago i would say, no not at all. but now since i have a rivited shirt that weights 15 lbs i say hmmmm its a lil heavy keep up the great work cat, i like how the mantle fl...

Wolf

thank you richard. you said it a million times better than i. it was not my intent to mkae this an sca vs historical live steel debate. there was no debate wanted, just found the movie and thought it was cool

Wolf

ya its not a fight like sca, its historical study. i'd do it in a heartbeat. with them studing it, if you were to charge they'd quickin their pace and leave you flat on your butt

Wolf

if you look at the main site they are the higgins sword group. they study the fighting styles etc. form and function rather than hack n slash. thought it looked cool.

Wolf

http://www.higginssword.org/guild/demo/ ... ds64r4.mov

not sure if anyone's seen this. saw it today and thought it was pretty cool

Wolf

http://ed.toton.org/photos/1999/bw4!.jpg i see your swartz is as big as mine.

http://ed.toton.org/photos/1999/bw6.jpg get up your pansy

http://ed.toton.org/photos/1999/192.jpg you week pathetic fool, your jedi powers are useless against me

Wolf

http://ed.toton.org/photos/2002/841.jpg

http://ed.toton.org/photos/2002/832.jpg

Wolf

kewl man! you'll have to come to maryland in nov!!! oh, i know of one small wotr group near you. called order of the rose. we could always use mroe groups though, so go for starting your own! if you want to check them out go here: m the knight in this group is getting a new custom suit by dragon for...

Wolf

skip the rabbit. its not period for our camp and it falls apart. i ahve a full rabbit coat but they told me i couldnt use it.

make a gown or soldiers coat. that'll keep u warm

Wolf

woah, kinda cool man. karl where are you from? dragon forge is in ohio arent they?

keep the pictures coming!

Wolf

Dunkeljorm wrote:
After all, Italy has actually had Normans in it.

And I'm one of those: what about a blonde, blu eyed guy in the south of italy?

nope, now you've blown your cover. nothing better than a farb now

jk. great kit man. looks really good

Wolf

hmm i dunno, the genericelts, highlanders or fat white samurai have a better chance than teh ninjas.

ya know, for what its worth this thread is pretty fun.

Wolf

Owen wrote:
If the Roman Empire had not imploded, we would all be speaking Latin still.

Much of Europe still does; French is just Latin with a bad Gallic accent, Spanish is Latun with a bad Hibernian accent, and Italian is street Latin.

unless you speak castion(sp?) spanish, then you talk with a lisp

Wolf

chaine_maile wrote:They would defeat the Templars, and then learn from them.

resistance is futile, you will be assimulated

Wolf

2 things here. werent the templers the "poor knights" as opposed the the roman legion that got their stuff directly form the emperior?

Wolf

eh, just run em both down with elephants "ALLAH be Praised!" hehehe jk jk hehehe

Wolf

united? maybe/?

Wolf

woah, hey kewl darkheart!! i thought you guys stopped armouring or something.

these guys do great work. i ordered a set of half gaunts a long time ago and i wish i had kept them. top notch stuff

Wolf

any views of the part of the fan you starp fluted? or is that a V cut?

Wolf

a big

to you chef ehhehehe

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