The Armour Archive

Angusm0628

My lady just made me a gambeson using nothing more that 3 layer of linen for the body and two for the arms...

Me likey lots....

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Okay, got the mail back today..Looks great.. It did stick together a bit but working it by hand a little, mostly shaking the stuck areas, loosened the rings up. Nice clean even black on 98% of it... For a whopping $26 I am not going to complain.. I'm gonna be fighting this weekend and will be sure t...

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You actually got a helm from Wombat you ordered??

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Losthelm,

Will do. The guy doing this says it will be done come Thursday or Friday. When I get it back I'll let ya know..

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I fought in mine for the first time this weekend. It held up pretty well. BUT my mail is under a primary defense (breastplate) so the abuse if minimal to it. Otherwise, it's light, comfy and helps to finish off the look I want.. After looking at photos of myself, I immediately tracked down someone l...

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If Paul doesn't work out, I recommend ya talk to Jackie at Shamrock. He did mine fer me..

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I'd pass were it me..

Can't swing a dead cat on this archive without finding a good reputable armourer who can fit your newbie's finances...

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herrhauptmann wrote:Out of curiosity, how do you come up with these odds?

He divines the odds by listening to heavy metal while scribing a ouija board..

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Check with Murdock...He pimps Revival's stuff I believe..

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I think Darkheart was making a stealth gauntlet that looked like plain leather gloves.. If I remember correctly they were something around $800. I could be wrong on price however.

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Well it pisses me off... Got damn near 20k floating in receivables to this point and not nickel one...

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I'm screamin at em Randy..Really I am but the wheels of "accounts payable" turn slowly...

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Jestyr,
Instead of 1/4 inch foam why not a tight fitting hexpad shirt? minimal bulk and still padded..

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Someone once posted pictures of HIDDEN finger gauntlets that were essentially leather gloves, 1/2" of padding, hardened leather plates over the fingers, thumb and hand and then the whole thing stuffed into another XXL glove. Sean That would be Sir Corby's design... I once started a thread aski...

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Well the red gods of fighting have smiled upon me... Found a semi-local powder coating shop that will powder coat the haubergeon for around $40.. Gonna take it in to him tomorrow and he's gonna give me an actual cost on what it takes.. I'm thinking either a black or a dark gray (he called it regal g...

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If the faulds are being that much a pain for ya Murdoch, Just stick a couple on not worrying about the whole triangle effect.

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Angus, You get any cool "chain" bruises this weekend? That was always the nice part for me, pulling off my gear and going "wow, look you can see the rings & rivets in the bruise" Will *edited to fix spelling, not enough coffee yet!* Yeah, his excellency Duncan Von Halstern g...

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Sir Finn,
I loved it, weight wise and it's standing up to abuse (Duncan got some really good ones in) so I'm pleased so far.

As to the matching weapons. I think that's gonna be a habit along with the barrier I built as I hit events... I loves me some barrier fighting

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What year (or range) and place are you shooting for? I'm getting a 1350 HRE vibe. Somewhere in that neighborhood. Onion Top bascinet, splinted greaves, cuisses, splinted arms (near future purchase) and globose breastplate (awaiting arrival).. Should finish it up. Looking at the photos, the hauberge...

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That's an aluminium Haubergeon So I may try to blacken it. It was the maiden voyage for it. The "funky" in the greaves is the demi greave being over the splinted greaves and not buckled down. I reckon I should tighten them up to my leg or put them under the greaves themselves to be held ba...

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Bear in mind I'm still moving to replace my current breastplate with the one I ordered and splinted arms...Here's my progress so behold I'm the one in red.
[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/14678962@N03/4397109260/[/img]

I have added maile and splinted legs to this point

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Looking Good..... light years ahead of your appearance from the opening pic you posted....

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Magnus
sounds like a good ransom to me. My first Combat of the Thirty, I took a hand made knife as my ransom. Last year it was a box of Edwardian pennies struck by Derian.

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This is where I come in and plug Jackie at Shamrock armory...

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Surcoats are looking good...

By the way hungry Hungry hippos rock...

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Well if the damn money gets here that was supposed to be

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Three years ago. There's an event called Fabric Fiber and fighting. The fighting scenario a Pas style tourney with specific kill zones etc. The fighting also takes place on an island in the middle of the creek. I end up Drawing one of the first teachers/role models of my SCA career, Master Cormac Du...

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Randy... If you have a buyer Right now.. Take the offer.. I'll live. The cash I expected to have on Monday is being held up on me due to Red tape on the customer's end (dealing with a bank).. IF that fall through, I still have interest but as I said in PM's you have a buyer now, sell and get yer cas...

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Got mine the other day...Calendar is hanging in my office and the book is on my desk...

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I think Ursus has a few pics of Aesa from Pennsic as well on his website. She's wheelchair bound with the heart of an epic hero..

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I knew this was coming well in advance and was told "You didn't hear this" and the reasons for his doing so. Made a hell of a lot of sense to me when I heard it.. I actually expected to see something happen at Southern Region regarding the conversion (scuttlebutt being what it was).. Turne...

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I'll take that to mean you finally tamed the wild cantankerous fauld..

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Just buckles or buckles of a period shape??

Plain buckles If you have a local Harness shop for horses try there, or tandy leather

Period looking buckles. Raymonds quiet press and I think Billy and Charlie has them...

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Yep...bout par for Pennsic any more as well. Lots of folks wearing t-shirts and cargo pants just wandering.
And the McDonalds sign...If I could get away with it it would need replaced every year just about land grab weekend.....

Okay guys what do you think so far??