The Armour Archive

Gerhard von Liebau

Pieces look interesting... I hope they sell.

27 3/4 dia.

I'm guessing you mean circumference?

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

I'll give you $50 for the finished Standard...

I mean, it is my birthday today!

Lolol, all kidding aside... That's INSANE! Totally cool, cool, cool. I'd love to own just a few square inches of mail that small. Wild.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

With those kind of dimensions, it's probably middle eastern, if I had to throw a guess out. I don't particularly study the blades outside of the Aegean, so I don't doubt that some weird stuff came up. But if you say it had a sharpened edge, then, that's just dandy. I doubt I'd want to be hit by some...

Gerhard von Liebau

The only "crowbar" in the bunch was an ancient bronze sword, which was about an inch thick and about two inches wide. Being a bronze age enthusiast and knowing a thing or two about the evolution of bronze age and classical swords (from start to finish, although only in detail in certain aspects) I'...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Theoderic,

You'll have to get to Dan about that, as we've worked out a trade for another commission I'm getting from him, so it'll all be back with him soon.

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Dan, Thank you very much for the offer! If it doesn't sell within a couple of weeks, I'll hold you to the offer. Also, out of curiousity, is there any way that if I sent them back, YOU could keep whatever you ask for them, and that they may be a partial trade for the commission I asked you about...

Gerhard von Liebau

Well nobody is ideal, I just post that we make. BTW this is our work that we made two years ago and I don't remember - did I post our last winter kit: [img]http://armourandcastings.com/catalog/images/lat1.jpg[/img] [img]http://armourandcastings.com/catalog/images/lat2.jpg[/img] This and previous ki...

Gerhard von Liebau

Thanks for the bump, and the payment update, sir!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Didn't realise you knew the gentleman Not a problem! I may well might not have known him, and you posting these for me and others to check out was very thoughtful. Thanks, and don't be shy (anyone!) to post similar finds in the future for us few Bronze Age enthusiasts to see. Hey, you may end up ev...

Gerhard von Liebau

*Bump!*

The mail is long gone, and the bascinet is going to Murdock, who said he's sending the money for it... All of the Cuir Bouilli is still available.

Cheers, and thanks!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Mike, Thanks for the plug. That seller is Andrew Walpole, who does some non-professional archealogical studies, primarily of weapons and armor. He recently sold his excellent bronze copy of the Dendra Panoply to Dan Howard. It is THE most accurate one ever made, using the real deal as the guidel...

Gerhard von Liebau

Mac, Those items are made by Deepeeka. By-the-sword is merely a vendor for them, and they sell what they get. If you want to get further information about those pieces, inquire about Deepeeka's maille. For a future reference, "AH" before a product item is Deepeeka. Using the item numbers from other ...

Gerhard von Liebau

I'm pretty sure Murdock is very interested in it, but if he doesn't take it, I'll be sure to send you an email to let you know.

Cheers, and thank you!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Thank you for the correction, Dave. I recollect you saying that, now.

(Note that, Murdock!)

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

I've personally had several good transactions with By The Sword for Deepeeka swords in the past, although I don't know if they might screw up other things. One order I made brought a sword of quality I was rather dissatisfied with, and I complained, but decided to just modify the piece. Mike, their ...

Gerhard von Liebau

You can see all of his items on his Bronze Age site, but the images of him in the kit aren't quite up to date. There's lots more where this came from, though! m Matt's a mad man. By the way, as a plug, if anyone likes this stuff enough to talk about it more than every once in a while (the Bronze Age...

Gerhard von Liebau

Mail's sold! *BUMMMP!*

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Thank you, Jeff.

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Jeff, be sure to get back to me about the shirt I've got! It's waiting for you!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

*Bump* One person interested in the mail... Anyone else? With Dan's current prices, I believe the custom work on this set of cuir bouilli would come out to well above the $360 I was quoted back when I had it made, by the way! So, it's even more savings!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey Timothy,

The metal is 18 g. brass, and was purchased at www.onlinemetals.com

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey folks, I've thought long and hard, and have come to the realization that the SCA won't be the thing for me in the coming years. Next year I'll be a senior, and will have two tough semesters. The following year I hope to start attending a UC and devoting myself to furthering my education. So, I b...

Gerhard von Liebau

Remember, when you do the embossing, it will curl up like a potato chip and all the careful fitting you've done to match it up to the backplate will be wasted. Yeah, I recollected you saying that as you were doing yours some time ago. In that case, I may have to wait until after halloween for the e...

Gerhard von Liebau

Thanks for the replies, folks! Jason, this is going to be a Bronze Age example, before the regular bell cuirass design came into use, and much before muscled cuirasses were ever seen. The embossing will all be lines and dots. The ancients had a very geometric approach to these and liked their dots, ...

Gerhard von Liebau

Well folks, I've decided to try my hand at makin' some metal armor. It's for my Bronze Age Mycenaean outfit, to be exact. So far, the first day's work has gone well, but the resulting breastplate is rather crude at the moment. I didn't have the anvil at the work area, so I'll use it later to clean u...

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey folks, I was lucky enough to be one of the first guys blessed with some of Dan's engraved, historic 14th century cuir bouilli armor! Excellent stuff! He sizes great! If anyone here doesn't know about Dan's quality, well, let these words help encourage them to make a purchase and find out! I just...

Gerhard von Liebau

Am, MENTIONED. I was thinking it was a typo for "named" (since that's the popular way of putting it) and was just messin' around.

If mentioned works, though, it works!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

bleurgh!!!!!!!! Mad use a different pattern, don't give him that satisfaction. And don't say his name, it summons him when you say it thrice. Twisted Evil I've got a funny feeling Archie hasn't been around nearly long enough to have ever even seen Blankenshield participate around here, unless if he...

Gerhard von Liebau

That's the first time I've heard something bad about Beathan. I never even placed an order with him, but he still replied to all of my inquiries after an annoying large amount of them with promptness and respect. I've also read many other wonderful reviews. I'm really sorry to hear that, Dante! Quit...

Gerhard von Liebau

Beautiful work. I absolutely LOVE the red great helm. I hope your health returns to normal so that you can move at a pace you find to be good for yourself, and to make more people so blessed as to own some of your work all the sooner!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Price lowered to $120 for set... $35 shipping within states!

Thanks!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

On Ebay now...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6567613720

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

Hey folks, I'm selling my butted mail. It's 16 gauge, zinc-coated mild steel. The shirt weighs about 30 lbs, and will stretch comfortably to about a 48" chest size (according to the original seller) The coif weighs some six or seven pounds, and has a pointed neck. It matches the shirt. Both were bou...

Gerhard von Liebau

Thank you, sir!

-Gregory-

Gerhard von Liebau

'Ello folks, I'm sellin' off some of my Bronze Age stuff. Here's a link to the ad I have on our Bronze Age Center forums. The ad itself provides a couple of links to my site that show great detail for the stuff that's up for grabs. Prices are on the ad, though. m Buyer pays shipping, which I'll figu...

FS: Bascinet, riveted mail and Cuir Bouilli!

My first metal armor project!

FS: 16 gauge, butted mail shirt/coif!

Egyptian costume stuff for sale!