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Gerhard von Liebau

Bumping this. Let it lay quiet for a while because I was in San Francisco finishing school and couldn't mess with the transaction. Perhaps someone's ready to bite now?

The price of $450 + $50 s/h stands firmly!

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Also, I have one position as an assistant for me, which includes: Travel from LA area to Pennsic and back. (I will be leaving LA on the 25th of July and arriving back Aug. 14th or 15th) Paid entry fee for the two weeks $300 cash for assisting me for packing, set up and teardown as well as on and of...

Gerhard von Liebau

Anyway, it looks like if I want to stay historically accurate I will have to forgo the lamellar, which is a shame as it works so well for SCA style combat, and just continue building my Coat of plates. Why do you come to this conclusion? As stated, lamellar has been discovered in Gotland from the B...

Gerhard von Liebau

Enrico di Venezia wrote:Carbon dating does not mean the object is legitimate, some ambitious fakers have used old salvaged metal.

Too true, but if the carbon dating is correct, it is less reasonable to dismiss it as a fake than if the test had gone otherwise or not been done at all.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Funny this comes up right now. I'm actually not so skeptical about some of these pieces. I spent a great deal of time researching a supposed early visored helmet and even got in touch with some folks at the Netherlands Army Museum where a reproduction of it is currently on display. Sadly they didn't...

Gerhard von Liebau

Vladimir wrote:Would my kit work for Saracen?

I don't participate in this battle, but having watched it twice now I'd reckon that would be one of the best looking and most accurate kits on the Saracen side of the field.

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

Hello all, Regretfully, I'd like to pass on some sad news that I read today. The historical author and illustrator, Peter Connolly, passed away on May 3rd, 2012. He was a beloved scholar who's inspiring works have led many down the path of reenacting men and women of the ancient world! He'll be miss...

Gerhard von Liebau

So, what are the correct terms for these styles of armour? I'd argue against their being a particular term to define either of these stylistically . The context of their regional origins, uses and quality of their construction may be more appropriate features to look towards for terminology. The ea...

Gerhard von Liebau

Insane, The examples you've shown are pre- and post- maximilian armour styles. Cheers, Jan Yup, you're looking at a cavalry harness c. 1510 and an infantry harness from around 1580, there. Both are definitely out of range to be considered Maximilian. The style evolved out of mid-late 1510's armor c...

Gerhard von Liebau

Welcome aboard, Ron. Based on the work you've done, I doubt you'll have any need to pick up Brian Price's book. His orientation towards construction SCA-quality armor utilizing odd, modern techniques fails to produce any pieces that match the quality of what you've already been able to accomplish. K...

Gerhard von Liebau

Sean, no worries. I thought we may have been on different pages, there. My saying "modern references" was apparently poorly placed in the text you quoted. Thank you for the info Gerhard... *snip* "Helm: [Anglo Saxon] general term for helmet; England, 10th-11th centuries." Hello Count Johnathan, I ag...

Gerhard von Liebau

Sorry Sean, but as far as historical terminology is concerned, every one of your examples is a moot point. If the text or glossary of a book about Medieval arms and armor says the word 'helmet' or 'helm,' there is absolutely no concern given to modern motorcycle, bicycle, army or any other sort of m...

Gerhard von Liebau

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Gerhard von Liebau

I can agree with that Gavin but I have seen no real evidence of the term helm meaning something larger or more protective than a helmet. If you're referring specifically to the SCA rulebook usage of the word, forgive me. Otherwise, I would argue that it has become traditional among modern scholars ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Gents, it is a text in translation. Beware of building too many hypotheses on someone elses idea of how to translate "mail Shirt" into "Garment of Postal coupons" Ditto. When it comes down to technical terms such as variations in hides, armor, or any other bit of material goods, I've seen wild disc...

Gerhard von Liebau

I'm with Randall on that one... The Western Roman empire collapsed from within far more than it did by the motion of any outside forces. Also, it seems considerably less reasonable to label the Arabs as the most likely outside cause when in fact the Eastern Roman Empire - closest to the Arabs, actua...

Gerhard von Liebau

I'd argue the silhouette is pretty good for an Eastern look, especially considering the current options for the SCA folks... Throw a bit of acrylic patterns on them and I bet they'd be pretty spiffy, in fact. http://mongolianshop.com/images/mongol-boots-brown.jpg http://www.nmia.com/~bohemond/Bootsh...

Gerhard von Liebau

Very interesting! I suppose they were just prioritizing with the production, in that case. Perhaps these were made to be used with mail sleeves as well?

-Gerhard

Gerhard von Liebau

I've personally always wondered at the quality of the arms on this particular harness you use as an example. Compared to the workmanship on the cuirass they seem to be extremely simplistic and lacking in coverage. Have you found other examples like this to use for confirming a proper reconstruction?...

Gerhard von Liebau

Yikes, definitely not correct. Should look like this. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i-olceDWkd8/S_QAHBW3OjI/AAAAAAAAAnE/iDdLwpzeEqY/s1600/he.jpg http://www.hoplologia.org/handbook/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=linothorax-construction.gif And for an SCA version I rather fancy, check out the thread below. SCA G...

Gerhard von Liebau

Henry V's funerary helm, c. 1422.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9 ... 3FzDs9&t=1

Gerhard von Liebau

The name appears on Linear B tablets dating to the late Bronze Age. It is directly translated as e-ko-to. From the Archaic period, the Wikipedia article for the Homeric character says this: "In Greek, Héktōr is a derivative of the verb ékhein, archaic form hékhein, "to have" or "to hold". Héktōr, or...

Gerhard von Liebau

I was with you at first and was then led to believe it is a reproduction because it wasn't located with the rest of the helmets in Athens at the time of the old article's publication, or so it seems. I'm glad it's apparently original; it certainly is one of the best preserved of the lot in that case...

Gerhard von Liebau

How historicly accurate is this kit? This is a theoretical harness of English manufacture c. 1460, based on Tobias's personal research on the subject. There are no surviving English armors from this time period; only components and artwork, particularly effigial. I trust it's about as accurate an i...

Gerhard von Liebau

This helmet appears to be a reproduction of a less complete find from Chalcis. I wrote up a post about the original and its close relations a while back, in this thread. Give it a read... Hope it helps! One of the linked images is hard to notice, so I'll repost it here. It's the critical one, and fr...

Gerhard von Liebau

Just for the record... http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=146453&hilit=capwell+harness http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=123979&hilit=capwell+harness http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=112865&hilit=capwell+harness http://forums...

Gerhard von Liebau

The original image is a repousse cover on what is known as the "Silver Shrine of Charlemagne." It's dated c. 1207 and was made in Lower Lotharingia (Northwestern Germany). It's currently in the Museum Treasury at the Aachen Cathedral. Mac, this is a beautiful reconstruction! Can you PM me with a pri...

Gerhard von Liebau

That's too early, Len. He's looking for later references. Graham, I assume that among the other forums you brought this question up on, one was the ancient-warfare.org site. That place is chock full of Greek reenactors; literally hundreds of them. That aside, there are a few books to start with. (Ed...

Gerhard von Liebau

I just spent half an hour browsing all of the content on JSTOR using select phrases and captions from these pages. It seems as though it is not available there. :\

Gerhard von Liebau

I like this...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a89/Ca ... ierb-1.jpg

Gerhard von Liebau

I really like this, Kongfu. Very well done! Half harnesses are a favorite of mine and you've executed the details of this particlar style very well.

Gerhard von Liebau

If you're not interested in obtaining photos directly from the reenactors, I can surf around on the web and find you some good stuff later today. I also have a lot on this hard drive already... I'll get on it this afternoon!

-Gregory

Gerhard von Liebau

I'd always suggest looking at contemporary border decoration on manuscript pages. It's definitely where I get a lot of my inspiration for simple considerations such as strap work. Like these: http://www.ablogabouthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/arthur.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0AyNA9sRlIs...

Gerhard von Liebau

In Germany it was very common for ministeriales administering and protecting land to live in fortified locations during the high medieval period, particularly during the Hohenstaufen era. Most of these would probably have been a lot like the small keeps Bertus already showed us from the Netherlands ...

Gerhard von Liebau

By the way, the helmet turned out lovely Bhaiduk. Very well done. I hope you don't have any trouble getting it to pass inspection, because that would be a shame. Looks solid enough!

-Gerhard

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