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Gerhard von Liebau

Cameron, Anything you can come up with would be very appreciated! Nick, Measurements? Wow! Do you still have them? Although my main concern is getting the angles right on the upper pieces, the overall meansurements of the pieces would be awesome, too. If you have them, please share! You can email th...

Gerhard von Liebau

The piece should take on some wild warpage during the forming of the knuckles. I wouldn't try to put too much of the proper curvature in it beforehand, or you'll have a hell of a time getting it back to the right shape afterwards, anyway. -Gregory- (This is based on what I've read, and the bits of m...

Gerhard von Liebau

Okay, I'm glad I know about the length, now. I'll take it that getting 3/8ths won't be too bad. 14 gauge steel is 0.075" thick, and this particular sheet (where we used electronic calipers on it) is 0.074." So, right on the money. That times two is .15", which is less than half of .375", and that's ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Indeed, Justin, I'll be making a pattern. I said that in the post just above yours. Rivets, I already have the site, but I'm not sure about all of the specifics. 3/8ths body diameter is huge, though. I'm probably going to go with 1/4 inch. I suspect I'll go 1/2-5/8th" in length, as well. Actually, I...

Gerhard von Liebau

Patrick...

I'm glad I'm a Californian!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

definatly doesnt exist in your neck of the woods, but i bet theres an equivilant. For me 'n Justin, that'd be my grandparent's back yard;) Actually, in all seriousness, there's SO much stuff in this area for junk it's unbelievable. I won't say we probably have more scrap metal, old farm equipment a...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Konstantin, You do realize the seeing out of an unmodified Pembridge won't be too great, right? Indeed. I plan on wearing a bascinet under most circumstances, although having one of these, well, to have, will be nice! The added plus of possibly having it to fight in will just be that much nicer!...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey folks, Wanting to make a great helm, aiming for SCA quality but not getting my hopes too high! Need a pattern for the Prince Edward or Sir Pembridge great helms, please! I picked up a good sized piece of 14 gauge mild steel today, and now I just need to find some rivets and a pattern, have some ...

Gerhard von Liebau

It sold on Ebay to a weird guy in leather straps named Bruce...
I could not take his emails and other strange request....
That is why this is the only one I ever made.....

Whoo! Ha, ha! That's hilarious... Oh, boy...

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Wow. That is breathetaking, indeed. Awesome work! Can't wait until you do a full suit of that stuff!

Happy holidays.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Alaric, You're looking at it from the outside, though, from a neutral point. From the inside, if you are saying yours is true, it's impossible for the other to be, as it would defy what you consider "truth." You and Effingham/whoever else was making the other point are both making sense, but you're ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Yeah, file doesn't come up. Checked the source, and it was some kind of Yahoo image, but there's no file type tagged at the rear-end of the sucker, and it's really, really congested with letters and such.

Try attaching it from your own folders, rather than linking to it.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

If you find another vendor with the same models as By-the-sword for cheaper, but want to go with the service at BTS, then you can see if you qualify for their price match stuff through the other vendor. Check their main page for information.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

They're on the site, too;) On the main page top three items on the "new" catagory below the big pictures of the Gothic suit.

15th century Russian armor, full suit. Fantasy "Dog-faced" barbute. NICE new armet!

Cheers, Russ!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Wow! That stuff is amazing, as usual! What's the Russian suit based on? That thing is really, really cool! Wow, if I had $1,500, I know EXACTLY where I'd put it. In Beathan's hands!

-Gregory-

(p.s. I plan on doing so, next year, hopefully!)

Gerhard von Liebau

Otto! Your sig line! How could you!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Awesome stuff, David. Thanks much!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Two people saying six months to a year, and one that said they've had a piece work after 10 years. Read in another thread recently about swords lasting 6-7 years, etc...

Now I don't know what to do all over again!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

David, May I ask the benefits of getting such pieces done in leather? Are they stronger or do they have more life-span? More breathe to them? Etc... I haven't heard of any historic pieces from the Medieval era that support them being made from leather, but if there were, I'm sure you'd know about th...

Gerhard von Liebau

I really like these. Probably couldn't grab one right now (as much as I'd like to) but I must poke my head in and say I'm now dreadfully confused.

Were these molds made from reproductions based on the exact originals, or are they made from the exact originals themselves?

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Indeed. I regularly expect neither. I can generally cite the inaccuracies on someone's outfit around there before they can, it seems. Alas, it is the people who think they CAN educate others that make me feel sorry for the general public at the faires! Those who know too little or have a false under...

Gerhard von Liebau

And too see the chicks cleavage

*Shudder* Bad memories... *Shudder*

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey folks, I'm pretty certain that rattan can be stored for long periods of time (year+) but want to double check before I invest any money in pieces I may not use for some time. Do rattan staves that just sit around for a while need any kind of upkeep, etc..? I live in a dry climate, and am assumin...

Gerhard von Liebau

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/files/hussar_armor_129.jpg I really like this one. I'm curious if greaves would ever be worn below the lamed, upper legs? I know they weren't called "half-harnasses" for nothing, but, I'll ask anyway! Thanks for all of the pictures and information, Ahriman! Yo...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey guys, Because we haven't quite jumped on the SCA wagon yet, and don't have armor yet, my friend Justin and I usually vent our need to be around people who are somewhat like us (in that they like history, although many don't quite appreciate it as much!) at Renaissance faires. I often see the jou...

Gerhard von Liebau

It looks like you have a nice design, down! It just looks a bit bulky, still.

I'm sure you saw this already, but it might help if you haven't... Dan's latest gorget, for Millenium Lancelot.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=53334

Cheers, and good luck!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

If there were more belmtho's in this world, I'd be making hammers for a living...

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

I'll pipe up in response to ML's last post. I understand where you're coming from, Lancelot, but Budo made his point right above me. If to a Buddhist, their religion is "truth" then they have the right to say so. If a Christian believes his is truth, then he has the same right. Budo covered the rest...

Gerhard von Liebau

Nice looking piece. Geoffrey, I'm glad you got a good deal on this gambeson! I too was in with Francesca, and recently made an order with Brekke Armstrong for a quartered gambeson (she made Dan Houchin's gambeson he posted some time back). Can't wait to get it!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Yes, it would be a rivet for holding a crest box, which would be situated in between those ridges on the skull. The box would have a horsehair crest, like later Hellenic and Hellenistic examples. The rivets with ties would likely be considered a primative form of suspension for a crest box. Later, p...

Gerhard von Liebau

Lol, no offense taken, Odo. I sometimes write a whole lot (and get repetitive trying to pound it into people's brains) and it can seem rather like B.S. at points in time. This just happens to be one era I really enjoy, so I pointed it out as being such

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

As for the claim that Mycenaean warriors wore no armor, how do you explain the most recent finds at Thebes, or the Dendra Panoply, or scales found in Mycenae, or numerous other finds. We know ancient Greeks (pre-Hellenic) wore Bell Cuirasses, such as those found at Argos. We know they had greaves, s...

Gerhard von Liebau

This is all bunk, to be honest. Including the dates for the Trojan War. No one even knows if a literal war based on Homer's stories did take place! This book is from 1963. There have been more invaluable finds pertaining to the Mycenaean era than ever since that time. Every speck of information you ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey folks, The Bronze Age Center forums (BAC) are celebrating one year of being open today, on December the 13th! I'd like to thank everyone who has particpated on the boards, and encourage anyone with any interest in Bronze Age weapons, warfare, reenactment, etc... To check out the forums and join ...

Gerhard von Liebau

That looks exactly like the 155 pounder that I got (for free!) and have been using for some time. If it's the same model (even though that guy says his bathroom scale puts it at 142) then it's quite a nice piece, indeed!

-Gregory-

Black Prince/Pembridge Great Helm Pattern WANTED!

Buying Rattan to store a while: Good idea?

Armor you see at non-SCA Events!

Bronze Age Center celebrates good year!