The Armour Archive

earnest carruthers

Ah, now that makes sense. yes, the billman thing, mmm hehe, sorry mate. The list that Vicky posts is an itinerary of the ideal way to go on a pilgrimage, maybe typical for a pilgrim, my guess is that, as it is for a foreign pilgrimage that the needs are somewhat different for someone doing a local o...

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Some oldies from my former thug days, noting that I dumped the hood, no longer have that sword, nor the livery, nor the invisible breastplate (hidden by coat), don't use the coat any more, have the sallet and similar hose and shoes. But not bad for 15 years or so ago. The top one is of a more gentle...

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As it happens I will be familyfying at Brother in law's and down at Hampton Court for a visit. My old nickname was Thug for quite a while, when on visits to foreign lands, I never aspire to be posh thug, just a rough and ready one. When my hand made hand dyed upper parts are finally delivered I shal...

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Having seen some of those guys run the tilt at each other, from close range, I can safely say they are the Corleones, even if half of them are US imports or Dutch I look forward to a foot combat for some of the lower orders to be arranged. Out of interest, is the 'mafia' only for full harness wearer...

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Both, if possible. Camera for actual images, ie for somethign that totally specific, but pencil for extrapolating info, like sketching shapes that the camera can't quite reach due to display limitations. Actual notes, text notes are vital, certainly for observations the camera can;t pic up or notice.

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Thanks for the clarification David, still sounds really sucky, worse even. Maybe you should do Dweedly dweedly 'Celtic' music, on second thoughts, maybe not otherwise Alan F will assassinate you. "Those here who know their Scottish history should see the irony/ humor in this." Indeed. &quo...

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Brent "you spend entirely too much time with WOR re-enactors." Actually, very little, sadly. "This season I am in the same kit as last but this year I am an archer with a bill instead of a billman. Very Happy" My clothing doesn't change with my roles, am way too low down the scal...

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Re leather colouring, there are three main ways of doing it (authentically): paint - later sources use indigo sludge and linseed oil to colour leather. dye it: brazil wood and madders were used as leather colours certianly a couple of centuries later, I suspect Mappa Clavicula, 9th c will hjave simi...

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Unbelievable mate. You provide an attraction service that generates profits for them, you use yor time, skill and kit (all at your own expense) and they basically use the 'well you are doing it for the love, so you should pay to enter'. Morons of the first water. Had they any business sense they sho...

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Diifucult to tell, from a photo, but given that polychromy does fall off after a few hundred years and that looks remarkably clean, my best guess would be a modern (Victorian) restoration. Also the mail aventail is a bit crap. Do you know if the raised work is extant or has been filled in? ie the mo...

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That's all well and good, but has anyone worked out how to train the monkey to drive the thing? mine keeps running off.

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earnest carruthers

Is there such a thing brent? an average traveller? travellers can cover a wide range of people, including often people of trade, who will have kit appropriate to their function. Point being you should be quite feasibly be able to work out the kind of things you might be able to carry or get transpor...

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PP, a roped off table, out of arm's reach (MoP arms), or failing that, no fewer than three people doing the demo, one to wave the items around the other two on crowd control. If not, then a chest, get the stuff out when required, a chest might make more of a talking point, ie the taking of items out...

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in some towns citizens were expected to take up watch duties, Southampton IIRC lists a fine for a woman who failed to turn up for her stint. 15thc.

different towns/cities will have different customs/laws/practices.

earnest carruthers

"If so, a horn could then be held over the vaporizing plant material to concentrate the smoke into the smoker = Optimization. "

Similar to 'Hot kniving' under a cut down pop bottle, allegedly

earnest carruthers

"(including Lady Dianna, who became Princess of Wales upon her marriage to prince Charles), are styled lord/lady as a mere courtesy, but were not considered 'noble', until ascending to the title upon the death of Lord Spencer. " Indeed Chef, Charles married a 'commoner'. "On the conti...

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" Earnest, Nathan, I was not talking to you with that comment, but to the nice gentlemen who saw fit to write me "you stupid Nazi shit" and similar comments by email. "

for real? Jebus. Animals, not even that elevated.

Best of luck with the coinage

earnest carruthers

The Spanish conquistadors had moors amongst their ranks. There is the image of the Black musician, circa Hen VII time, John Blanke, a receipt for his wages exists, he was paid very well. No reason for the guy in the 'landsknecht' outfit to not be a serving man, I doubt they are Landscknechts as such...

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"Normally half way if we can use the above pics as evidence. And ropes will stretch as I stated before. " Yeah, ropes that are netted, you can see the diamond pattern impressed on the bottom of the mattress. Also what are the dark lines where roughly the 'pointy' ends of the net diamonds w...

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Gwen's link: Rope bed w/ mattress clearly shows the netting and how low it sets once a mattress is in place. Analogous to a hammock netting rather than a taut suspension. The initial pic is of a bed, as Irish rightly points out, there is a head board plain as day, not to mention the rather chunky up...

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They <tv> say "we want groups to be involved in a super new documentary, no idiots wanted, just the very best <add>" They then do "yeah, we know that armour was easy to move in but our viewers expect what they 'know', so could you please struggle and fall over a lot, oh and please get...

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I didn't think you were either Sebastian (I guess you meant me), my query was well answered by you and the information very interesting. edit And there is absolutely nothing wrong with making money out of it. I make woodblock (holzschnitten?)prints, so have similar issues over cost of making the blo...

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Bet he can't put a fruit pastille in his mouth without chewing it

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Nice one mate.

earnest carruthers

No worries.

Yes it is a big old calculation, but as you say to pay back the investment is not a huge number.

thanks, keep us posted.

earnest carruthers

"That argument is faulty IMO. If you are going to go through the effort of making or obtaining a stamp that will last several thousand stampings, I highly question the value of buying 100 blanks to go with it. Not very cost-effective, might as well buy the coins finished. Now if you are only re...

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Nice site, some very interesting things, I shall peruse that at my leisure. meantime here are some nice pics of the better sort of buildings, bit late for your time, most Ipswich timber frame houses are thought to be 15th-16th with a smattering of earlier ones. m this street is five minute's walk fr...

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Gypewiz, or Gyppeswic - for that time frame. East anglian county town, where I live. Are you a wool merchant? as that was a major product and item sold from here and outlying parts? I hve pierced ears but documentation for them is scant to non-existent so I don't have anything in them. There are too...

earnest carruthers

Not sure what it would be in German, but the Adulterer's Amen, seems apt.

earnest carruthers

Re Grunal's blanks. they are hard, thin and have a convincing feel about them, far more so than cast coins I have had in the past. Our group has a die and block and we do brief coining demos and often give away the struck coins to kids - a major draw. Although we were once told to stop giving them a...

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Funny, because one 15thc picture has all of that Martyrdom of St Ursula, by Hans Memling. It has a pic of men in jacks, one with jack chains and one with a kettle hat. m and a very poor online repro - there are better, but this will be enough for you to track down a better version m the kettle hat I...

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Tallow would be right too, the recipe I mentioned basically is as follows: wash the cloth and soak in alum stretch on a stretcher, let dry. Apply the dye based paints to the cloth and other colours. Let dry and smear in tallow. Paper windows were supposed to be common enough in France, up to the 17t...

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Yep to all of that Kel. The windows at Barely Hall, fenestrals were oiled I believe, not nit picking just that linseed oil is cheaper than wax, and easier to apply. But if waxed would be ok as they ar not in proximity to fire, or at least shouldn't. But glad you brought it up as windows are interest...

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Have you sought out musical notation was written in the period? as that can give you a clue, eg in the 16thc a lot of music was written so that three or four players/singers could read the same sheet, each edge having their piece on it, saved on materials and copies. I am not saying they did that in...

earnest carruthers

Chef and I are perfectly calm over this, passionate but otherwise fine. My error and I freely admit it is that I should have backed up my suspicions first. Chef is spot on, there are few subtle things at play here in respects to portage of armour. 1 - not all armour was carried by individuals, as cl...