The Armour Archive

Angusm0628

beware .... da .... flame .. of audax. Might try trolling the chivalry forum instead of choking my threads with your bitter commands and insults. JillandI, Audax was not flaming you.. She was warning/advising you regarding the helms flaw in the visor fixtures. Those bolts are illegal as a fastening...

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As an aside. I have seen Fergus' bascinet up close and personal like. For what he's asking it's a good deal.

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The best fitting helm I ever wore, I gave away to one of my boys. That thing would stay on regardless of what happened. I could slip it on without strapping it and feel comfortable fighting in it.
You can imagine the snug factor in it.

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FergusFetz wrote:Sweet Mamba Jamba-----Your Highness.

Does this mean yer shield is gonna cover my polearm/spear slinging butt this year at Pennsic??

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Beathan
I want to take a peek at that if I get over to a Nithgaard practice if ya don't mind. While I'm somewhat familiar with Hjalmr's stuff, I have not put my hands on one of his baskets and want to do some comparison against what I have and have had..

Angusm0628

Tell me bout the sugarloaf Fergus. I need sizes. Is it a hinged visor style? Talk to me my brother..

Angusm0628

Gauntlets, Purchased at Pennsic 4 years ago.. Price $90 at the time more nowadays but I'd give it a 5 quality of gear (regardless of price) Excellent 5 customer service (communications) and on time delivery Not Applicable as this was a face to face purchase at Pennsic If it's of any help to you one...

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However... Kingdom conventions may differ. Here in the East, convention of combat 13 states that the inner thigh is a kill when struck with an axe... but not a polearm. That's what I was going from.. Back in my early days, Aethelmearc was part of the East and where I got this. So I'm not totally cr...

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Hip = leg with little sticks death with big sticks leg = leg with any stick. Outside of the leg, I'd agree. When I was taught fighting a blow to the inside of the leg with a mass/great weapon meant the femoral artery was hit and thus a fatal blow. The difference being where on the leg it hit.

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Watch this video, bout 7 seconds into this Duke Palymar lands a blow to the inside of his opponents leg. Now according to my understanding such a blow from a mass weapon is a killing blow not a leg shot.. But the guy drops to his knees and keeps fighting.. WTF?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUvt8WnM1hg&NR=1

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my method of making a mace involves Rattan, 3/16 nylon rope and strapping tape.. Tape end of rope to rattan and spool very very tightly around the rattan the length of your striking surface one pass. Tape but do not cut rope. Then do another wrap across your striking surface but not quite as tightly...

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FergusFetz wrote:I hope it's gettin' a good cleavage tan.

you've seen the cleavage in question.. What do you think??

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I used to look at my opponent as the "Soon to be deceased". It helped me to concentrate on the fight only, not on how to win.. Then some time ago in another thread I saw something Kilkenny wrote something to the effect of the guy in front of me is in my way and needs to be removed. That he...

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FergusFetz wrote:Nice......and that's Lord Helmet to you

I'll just call ya skippy and make sure that last brain cell remains in Tallahassee.. I'm told it occassionally gives "the girls" a chuckle..

Angusm0628

Umm Fergus.. Allow your erstwhile former trainer let ya in on a secret.. Jackie's good..

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Do you have a buyer for that Bascinet yet?? If not I may have a young pup that would be in the market for it..

Or you could try a barter with that thing. Nice purty bascinet for Coppergate/Spangen.. No cost cept for shipping if you luck out..

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Just got back from the mountain tonite.. So my reply is a little slow here. Yes I did speak to Brychen and Zara. Seems they quit distributing for Bud K last year when they quit doing festivals last fall..

Sorry no dice here but I tried..

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I'll second Cet.

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Far as I know he's up and running from the move. Couple choices for plastic knees/elbows. Stonekeep, Egg

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Gaston de Vieuxchamps wrote:[

I know a certain Kingdom Earl Marshal that had the same thing happen

Gaston

If he was living in Aethelmearc in the mid 90's as Earl Marshall, he had it happen twice..

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Ziad
Got a buddy who's a budk dealer. I'll see what he can do on this. I won't be talking to him til at least friday night/Saturday morning as he is visiting family right now over Thanksgiving.

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Once upon a time Stonekeep was pimping crossbows for a guy. Not sure if they still are. If so you could do worse than give him a try. From what I have seen they are decent SCA Combat crossbows.

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ah, but 13/14th century irish really *did* armor up like a lot of other northern europeans - or they were the kind of conscripted soldier that didn't wear much in the way of armor at all, which isn't exactly useful for SCA combat. My understanding is that the well to do Irish were about 10 to 20 ye...

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Alot of the Tuchux and a member of my household went to the website and ordered from there. I think it's www.bigsandy.com . I know Tyrvar went right to the source as I have his shield in my keeping and he told me how he got it. Edit... Got the website wrong. When I go to the shop one day this week I...

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You can order them Bigsandy.com direct..

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Ã†iric Ã˜rvender wrote:
Angusm0628 wrote:Randy W here on the archive is selling finger gaunts (armor and Castings) for $175 shipped...

I'm also looking into low profile FG...
Do you have a pic or link to some of his work you could show?

Randy has an add in the Classifieds here for his gauntlets. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=89756

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Randy W here on the archive is selling finger gaunts (armor and Castings) for $175 shipped...

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Yeah it's a joke..

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Years ago I recall a fellow I fought in a coronet tourney named Bjorn the Belligerent. At the lay this fellow of sizeable proportions (compared to my short arse) would let out a yell that started somewhere around his toenails and ended with a sword come at you at high velocity.. Was a pretty cool fi...

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Tiki torches.. Height of torch plus one half away from tents etc. Firepits really don't have a restriction on Size They do however have a ruling that tents and flammables must be far enough away (15') or so I believe to curtail sparks combusting tents. This is all off the top of my head as the rules...

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herrhauptmann wrote:WIshing I knew my draw length...

Hauptman rough guess on my part your draw is about 29 inches or so. Translation this bow would be about a 45pd draw on you. You got about an inch or so on me and I have a 28.5 inch draw..

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Stonekeep-- PRicebeater cops $40 give or take
Padded cuisses from Stephen.. $40
Rough from the hammer breastplate $50
Kettlehelm from Hjalmr $100

Apply leather where needed and you're set to go..

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Ya pretty much answered your own question F.. Run your fencing practices same as you do heavy fighting.. Couple drills, reinforcing the basics and allow them to work freestyle a bit. All the while do your own research on what you can incorporate. These guys are new. As such they really don't KNOW wh...

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If you're lookin for cheap Elton John wallhangers. Bud K has these things all over the place.

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Why not mail and some Davis hex pads? The mail is obviously early period and the hexpads are fairly unobtrusive under this.. You can get a shirt and the padded biker shorts which have pads on the hips as well as the thigh.

Re: Seeking review of Bokalo Armory

Lax Rules of the list..