The Armour Archive

earnest carruthers

"hmm, I see that modern sensitivity makes many people doubt what was the reality of the feudal word." Well, this 'reality' is actually imagined, no one can say what the experience was, it can only ever be conjectured. "You are all son of the American Revolution, the first revolution that severed the...

earnest carruthers

It would depend on where and when you were talking about. Some places combat was a common if not expected thing, viz Swiss cantons at each other (young men). Or the opposite in mid to late 15thc england, despite the WOTR hardly anyone saw combat as such. Not to mention the issue of how many men in a...

earnest carruthers

All been said, excellent battle. My only regret is not being able to shake hands with many of the people that posted here and made such trojan efforts to get there, I salute you all. Awesome. I don't even do that period (as a lot of that weekend didn't), but now want my own tunic, gamby and hat, I h...

earnest carruthers

You heat yellow ochre to get red ochre (oxide), or you find red ochre naturally, both are pretty stable and non-toxic. Orpiment is arsenic based and is used a lot on wood, later references mention shield and lances. But Orpiment also reacts with other pigments, namely lead based ones, so a chemical ...

earnest carruthers

Well, very pleased to meet you if only here, so near and yet so far, as was the case at Hastings. Excellent imagery, I was of course on the winning side muhahahahah, excellent filming, got a much better feel for the cavalry than we did as all we saw was a load of horses arses disappearing to the Sax...

earnest carruthers

ANother link, seems everyone had photos, also

http://www.glomesdal.com/gallery2/v/200 ... 3.JPG.html

get a load of this, if this is not reenactment porn I don't know what is.

http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o140 ... 0_1384.flv

http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o140 ... 0_1379.flv

Apparently courtesy of Steve lowe in Australia, have copied from another forum for our collective enjoyment and reminiscing.

earnest carruthers

So it is incorrect, I shall pass on your comments to them.

thanks

earnest carruthers

PP
" For nearly 300 USD I will sew you one thats more correct. "

More correct? surely it is either correct or it is not

earnest carruthers

James B "I own that book and the art in it is horrible and totally wrong. They based the depictions of archers at Agincourt off of art from 45 years later" Totally, although I think you are being generous even then, the 'studded' 'jerkin' and crappy pavise are more like bad interpretations of the Vi...

earnest carruthers

marshal " Tsk! Naughty archers with longbows drawing to the cheek, naughty! Wink" not so naughty, considering on Sunday we had a heavy headwind so full draw was required to get the shots anywhere. We were marched quite close to the smelly saxons to get any of our shots to their lines, they on the ot...

earnest carruthers

Second the above re Dave's dies. Our group bought one of him and it is set up so that with a bit of average hand eye coordination we can strike pennies for give aways to the kids. If I can manage to strike a coin, anyone can, mind it is on his pewter blansk, which are quite hard and have a good feel...

earnest carruthers

I was an archer on the Norman side on Sunday, what an awesome battle. Hope you all had a good time and your journeys to the UK for the event was a thing worthy of respect, talk about dedication. I only hope that should a similar thingbe on the horizon that side of the pond enough UKers return the co...

earnest carruthers

If you have the cash, this is highly recommended

http://www.allectuslimited.co.uk/catalo ... bc665fdf05

earnest carruthers

Or toggles going into the eyelets, the crows feet are seen going into the tent roof edge (or knots of course)

The basel tent has hooks IIRC, it is on the greydragon site.

earnest carruthers

I leave what I can't make well to those that can, cheaper in the long run. I will try most things but wont use them or claim any expertise certainly not sell anything. What I do make I do after a lot of research and practice and peer/self critique, if I sell my goods they have to match the standards...

earnest carruthers

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0012671559

not mine, but passing it on for an acquaintance.

earnest carruthers

T Finkas " I fail to understand how a wedge-shaped hovel or lean-to gives any evidence of a wedge shaped tent being used during the period in question. Can somebody help me out here? " yes, ok, it was a fair enough offshoot based on the assumption that everyone had tents, OT but not a lot. "What I'm...

earnest carruthers

"Does anyone know if those were for storage or people were sleeping under those. "

The Lucas Cranach image shows men inside weird grass domes, the main support being three long poles, presumably pikes, can't find an image of it online.

earnest carruthers

"However everyone would have had a tent" Not necessarily so, it depends on when and what you are talking about. We know that in wars of the roses that men were billeted in houses in villages en route, we know that tents were in short supply at some times because they had to be ordered, Ed IV orders ...

earnest carruthers

"I think "everyone must have had a tent" is pushing a modern mind set backwards"

yep. It is a reenactorism.

earnest carruthers

Thomas,

do you mean Martini?

as here?

There is also a wedge like tent in the Haus buch laager picture, the one with the guy extruding a turd in the fore ground. Quite well known.

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But depending on where you are talking about soldiers also got billeted in villages.

earnest carruthers

" Work commitments mean I'm stuffed until Saturday morning. I still plan to be on-site for 9.00 though " snap, well, family ones for me. I wont be there until 8 tomorrow am to wake my mates up from their hangovers. Also looking forward to seeing Dan and Matt, though not met Matt, but had e-dialogue ...

earnest carruthers

wow - superb work

earnest carruthers

Yes, me, I will having a glass or two with Conquest at 7 pm tomorrow. Thomas Hayman will be at Kelmarsh with Destrier I think.

We shall make sure to say hello.

In fact I will be doing a double as 15thC and then a Norman archer, busy boy me.

earnest carruthers

guthrothr, have you thought about asking someone at Conquest where they might be able to source one?

earnest carruthers

awesome work, hats off.

earnest carruthers

Added to what the lovely Karen wrote ( ) If you pared it down to simple writing, with some rubricing the materials, assuming you were going for the real deal would be veryvery expensive. Parchment/vellum is the substrate of the era, that is not a cheap commodity, now or then. If you do go for one, t...

earnest carruthers

Nice work.

earnest carruthers

Hello Eynar, " (where things would not get aggressive)" Don't be too sure on that one, there are fewer punches pulled here than LH forum, seriously. But many more posters, best bet though would be one of the specialist armour forums, can't remember for the life of me which ones, but Thomas Hayman am...

earnest carruthers

"It's like the 16th century jack (of plate). I'd love to have one... but not at 2500 GBP Shocked " If I ever saw a garment that would make me consider Tudor it is the excellent Jack of Plates, the one I know is the one made by Mark Goodman of the Tudor group, it is a beauty. "Face it, when you can b...

earnest carruthers

By harness I include the sallet etc, hence 'part of', but yes indeed it is a standalone protective garment.

I am a jack fan and want to see more in use in WOTR, but honest linen has given way to showy metal, all vanity.

earnest carruthers

Ah I thought so (hence the leading Bohemia question) and I saw him in it at Tewkesbury. IIRC the 'flak' was a lot of comment and questioning, some constructive, some less so I agree, but that must have been over a year ago, thought it had all been forgotten now. This is a good place to start, there ...

earnest carruthers

can't tell much about the one you are wearing but I wouldn't trust the ones on the site for fighting in, they look more cosmetic than armour. Given the price I can see why, also seems more for larp type things, given the pic of the bloke in the gambeson and huge chopper. By way of comparison, at lea...

earnest carruthers

I second Glen, Dave Grunal supplies a good product for the price, if he hasn't got coins for that era in stock he does a due making service so that you cstriek your own coins. Our group has a die and we make 15thC pennies for tokens to give to kids that have shown a bit of interest. His are nice and...

earnest carruthers

Eynar, which part of Eastern Europe? ie Bohemia or further? Are you thinking of buying some? I recall a long debate somewhere that leather armour references were scant to non-existent for the period, can't say hand on heart the region. There is a case for leather covered brigandines, but that is not...

churburg arms, William Hurt