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- Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:48 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Where is this picture from?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 520
Re: Where is this picture from?
Fuckin' 'Ell.
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:23 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: pictures wanted: Helmet of Emperor Charles V 1500-58
- Replies: 9
- Views: 335
Re: pictures wanted: Helmet of Emperor Charles V 1500-58
Images of the original are hard to come by, but... Feast your eyes...
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... es++helmet
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic ... es++helmet
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:02 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: removed
- Replies: 19
- Views: 869
Re: I HAVE TOO MUCH ARMOR
The particular items he's selling are posted here, specifically:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/armourgara ... 883965987/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/armourgara ... 883965987/
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:39 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: removed
- Replies: 19
- Views: 869
Re: I HAVE TOO MUCH ARMOR
Not possible. Go away!
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Imperial Heater Shield c. 1300 (#1)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 504
Re: Imperial Heater Shield c. 1300 (#1)
Yes Paladin, I made this shield. Thanks for the compliments, guys. It was commissioned by Dr. Joe Metz. Here's a pic of the kit he'll be using it with (mostly, he's made some other modifications over the previous months).
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:10 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Dags, you like dags?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 668
Re: Dags, you like dags?
I certainly think it'd be easy enough to hide them behind the historically shaped dags. Just make them 'spade' shaped ones, cut little triangular pieces of steel (slightly dished for increased strength) and stick a rivet through each of the points. Should be a happy little way to prevent a bit of im...
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:58 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Dags, you like dags?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 668
Re: Dags, you like dags?
Ditto what Galfrid said.
Man, Scotty... You and Matt keep comin' up with strange idears.
-Gerhard
Man, Scotty... You and Matt keep comin' up with strange idears.
-Gerhard
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:13 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Imperial Heater Shield c. 1300 (#1)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 504
Imperial Heater Shield c. 1300 (#1)
Well, this was my first big commission, and man it was hell to motivate myself to get it done... The buyer was nothing but kindness, though, and made life easy. Glad it's done! Hi-res photos available via Flickr, here. Straps were cut by the buyer, and the washers and rivets are hand made, courtesy ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Fun Historical Stories
- Replies: 9
- Views: 520
Re: Fun Historical Stories
I find this funny for the shock factor. It's also rather disturbing... From Burchard of Worms' Corrector and Doctor , an early eleventh century book of penance: "Have you done what some women are accustomed to do? They take a live fish and put it in their vagina, keeping it there for a while until i...
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:52 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: OT: WTB british bicycle front wheel
- Replies: 1
- Views: 79
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:39 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Is full harness an advantage or disadvantage on foot?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 795
Re: Is full harness an advantage or disadvantage on foot?
Not to mention any of the fellows you aren't paying attention to in a melee.chef de chambre wrote:IN battle, a less than complete harness leads to vulnerability from arrrows and bolts.
-Gerhard
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:00 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Armour Archive Helm 7 day auction (Concluded)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1090
Re: Armour Archive Helm 7 day auction
1215, actually... I'd bid if I had money, to spare Hal! Wah... Looks great with the new finish.
-Gerhard
-Gerhard
- Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:34 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: ancient greek belts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 293
Re: ancient greek belts
From the Hoplologia equipment page : Zones and Zosters (Girdles and Belts) The ancient Greek girdle came in two types—the narrow girdle, called the "zone" (ζώνη, zonē} and the wider, sash—like girdle, called the "zoster"(ζωστἐρ, zoster). Both men's and women's garments require at least one and as ma...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 5:09 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: ancient greek belts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 293
Re: ancient greek belts
Ah, indeed. My apologies. Well, now there's just a bit more explanation than was necessary, then. :p
By the way, do you have any pics of your own hoplite kit, Edward? You can PM me or hit me up on Facebook with details... Interested to see which direction you went/are going.
-Gerhard
By the way, do you have any pics of your own hoplite kit, Edward? You can PM me or hit me up on Facebook with details... Interested to see which direction you went/are going.
-Gerhard
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:40 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: ancient greek belts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 293
Re: ancient greek belts
There's not much to think about. We have a plethora of physical evidence to help establish understanding of Mediterranean trade routes and the popular items transferred from place to place during this period - pottery and other daily accessories and many forms of Greek armament going to Italy, and v...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:57 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: ancient greek belts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 293
Re: ancient greek belts
I know they seem to be an Italian thing but I have always wondered why they never crossed the seas. Other aspects of armour and clothing did. Edward, Few items of material culture crossed the sea from Italy to Greece before Roman dominion over the Greek peninsula - prior to that influences were tra...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:55 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: ancient greek belts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 293
Re: ancient greek belts
The Etruscan and Samnite depictions have no bearing on Greek material because there are not any bronze girdles surviving from Greece while there are hundreds from Italy; they were a purely Italian phenomenon. You'd have to go back to the Archaic period to have even an inkling of evidence for bronze ...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:50 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: ancient greek belts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 293
Re: ancient greek belts
Linen or wool, woven with generic geometric patterns popular in Greek art, should suffice fine. Pottery depictions show belts holding up the chiton/exomis on male figures as being roughly between 2-4 finger lengths in width, with the narrower belts more common on earlier figures. Generally no decora...
- Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:01 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: ancient greek belts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 293
Re: ancient greek belts
As Matt said, a tied belt is most appropriate. Tablet woven belts and rope belts are fairly popular among Greek reenactors. I've worn both with my exomis at events and it's very nice to have the soft material around the bunched up fabric to prevent friction.
-Gerhard
-Gerhard
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:14 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2013....Show us your kits --part Deux--
- Replies: 232
- Views: 12874
Re: 2013....Show us your kits --part Deux--
I'll tell you right now that Josh isn't rich, and that this harness is a years' long labor of love and patience on his part. I've learned a thing or two from people like him, now I just need to apply it...Kieran Turlough wrote:it's people like you that make me hate being poor ;P
-Gerhard
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:36 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Period Helm question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 313
Re: Period Helm question
Great helms from the early 14th century are among the most well-documented of the type, considering the existence of numerous surviving examples. But they'd likely only be worn by men-at-arms who intended to fight from horseback, so otherwise you might be stuck with early forms of bascinets, kettles...
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:12 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Sword Belts for full plate harness?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 446
Re: Sword Belts for full plate harness?
http://www.jewskillbrant.com/resources/KnightDeathDevil.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer_069.jpg A couple pics from Durer above. Below is a link to an excellent scabbard maker's site (Brian K.) and his "late period" scabbard gallery. Most of the strapping me...
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:55 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2013....Show us your kits --part Deux--
- Replies: 232
- Views: 12874
Re: 2013....Show us your kits --part Deux--
The early period kits posted so far are both outstanding. I'm curious why more guys aren't going with full sleeves to cover the bazubands... Very accurate to have a full length tunic even if a shorter one is worn over the top, and it would cover the ahistoric arm harness well, giving a clean and pro...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:39 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Manorial Land Distribution in Medieval Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 205
Re: Manorial Land Distribution in Medieval Germany
Does anyone have sources pertaining specificly to the German manorial court and manorial law? Once again, most online sources are England related. I can get more specific if needed, I hate to overgeneralize Germany. Depends on where you were in Germany. Most regions maintained highly traditional mo...
- Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:24 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Manorial Land Distribution in Medieval Germany
- Replies: 7
- Views: 205
Re: Manorial Land Distribution in Medieval Germany
On a German manor/bishopric one would see the distribution very similar to in western Europe, as suggested. I'd like to note that allodial lands were far more common in medieval Germany than in England or France, so the criss-crossing of distributed manorial or bishopric agricultural and industrial ...
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:32 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Great helm found in Moravia?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1216
Re: Great helm found in Moravia?
Oh, they show a lot of them... Which one in particular? 
-Gerhard
-Gerhard
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:45 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Graz armor references, late 16th c. munitions suits
- Replies: 14
- Views: 476
Re: Graz armor references, late 16th c. munitions suits
That exact link was in the first post, Alcy. 
Folric, the helms of this style date to the 1590s at best. Most of the ones laying around are probably from later decades.
-Gerhard
Folric, the helms of this style date to the 1590s at best. Most of the ones laying around are probably from later decades.
-Gerhard
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:40 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Great helm found in Moravia?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1216
Re: Great helm found in Moravia?
It's much more akin to the early Manesse Codex imagery, the Madeln I and Dargen helms, all of which are dated to the earliest decades of the 14th century.RandallMoffett wrote:That one they show looks sort of like the MAc Bible helm.
-Gerhard
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:23 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Pheonix Dawn Plate Armour: China!
- Replies: 664
- Views: 28377
Re: Pheonix Dawn COP: Helmet!
I don't even know what to saaaay!
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:24 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Lets talk iron age Celts.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 528
Re: Lets talk iron age Celts.
The Celts by T.G.E. Powell is great for general history and lots of photos of archaeological goodies and maps. Peter Connolly's Hannibal and the Enemies of Rome , as mentioned, is lovely for visuals and some fun facts as well. Deeper reading than that I honestly haven't got into for this topic. -Ge...
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:51 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Concerning blow calling through faulds
- Replies: 20
- Views: 742
Re: Concerning blow calling through faulds
If one complains...
"It's not my fauld!"
"It's not my fauld!"
- Fri Mar 15, 2013 8:45 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Arms -14th Century-
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1022
Re: Arms -14th Century-
Very nice forming.
-Gerhard
-Gerhard
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:11 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Ugo' Super Secret Project ... sneak peek... 6/25
- Replies: 63
- Views: 3047
Re: Ugo' Super Secret Project ... sneak peek...
Who'da thunked?Ugo wrote:I am getting a pair done *eventually* for Sir Gaston
- Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:24 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Jeff Wasson videos Dressing in Steel
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1102
Re: Jeff Wasson videos Dressing in Steel
"I wonder what might be happening on those mail sleeves?"
What do you mean here, Wade?
Tom, thanks for sharing the videos, but only a half-hearted thanks this morning. I wound up watching them until nearly midnight last night and I'm as tired as hell now! :p
-Gerhard
What do you mean here, Wade?
Tom, thanks for sharing the videos, but only a half-hearted thanks this morning. I wound up watching them until nearly midnight last night and I'm as tired as hell now! :p
-Gerhard
- Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:40 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Ugo' Super Secret Project ... sneak peek... 6/25
- Replies: 63
- Views: 3047
Re: Ugo' Super Secret Project ... sneak peek...
I have resisted from posting so far. Oh, wait. Damn!