The Armour Archive

earnest carruthers

William "this was not at all ment as a "we have this - you don't" type of argument." Sure, no presumption meant, but there seems a pervading idea (between the parties) of what one lot do and the other do not, mostly due to lack of exposure to one or the other, I was merely adding to the pot, your co...

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William. "including (as pointed out) culture, professionalism, internaitonalism and non-public events." That is equally the definition of a good 'LH' group, the non-public events are not always part of that I grant, but a 'good' LH group will be well run and well respected and be asked to play where...

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Some interesting assumptions/prejudices/myths here. Since when does 'doing it right' = uncool? There is a real sense of 'cool' knowing the time you spent looking into somehting and making it as good as you can get. "IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m a big fish in a big pondÃ¢â‚¬Â¦in Living History, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m sushi." Ther...

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"So was it more common to paint on linen for small banners than to dye the fabric and embroider?" That depends on what you were after. Eg, rich lord wants a silk banner, field is red device is near the hoist, it would make commercial and practical sense to paint over a dyed material as dyed cloth we...

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Early paint finishes varied from flat - animal size/distemper matt - egg yolk glossy - varnish and anything in between, just choose the right finish for the job. Our forebears had the same problems to face and documented them. The only issue I have with modern emulsions/latex paints is that they are...

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"the UK is usually so good at preserving their history,"

That purely depends if it is overwhelmingly important and marketable in its own right, ancient battlefields are now motorways and other developments.

earnest carruthers

You can use varnish based paints as they did, except use a modenr polyeurethane varnish instead of oil/resin. re the gessoing, not all painted wooden items were heavily gessoed, that seems to be a very Italian habit, in Northern Europe the thinnest of undercoats was used to seal the wood and give a ...

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Men were raised by commission of array, two types a local and a king's commission - the local meant local service and no pay for example on the borders where the local big magnate had rights (if not duties too) to call commission. A king's commission may well have been for service out of the county ...

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Gwydion, no worries, best to ask, but as per the rev's image, a half die but of whatever shape you want. The dags are cut as part of the garment, not separate and then sewn on like spangles - Source - Museum of London - now I lent my textiles book last week so it might be there, but am pretty sure i...

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IIRC the MoL dagges were likely to be have been done with a tool (die), to get all the cuts done on one dag in one blow.

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B Fulton,

if you live in Europe then you can get some decent stuff from Poland or Czech republic or even the UK depending on who is making the stuff, for the money (and less) that you mention.

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Check out Before the Mast, life on board the Mary Rose - quite cheap considering it is such a big book.

Has some great board boxes clouted and dovetailed variations, simple ones that are basically crates and some of the chairs are the same as late 15thC in terms of construction at least.

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Duncan, it might be more straightforward to dye your leather black with iron salts, namely ferrous sulphate, this was used in antiquity, the principle is that iron and tannin (present in the leather - assuming an oak or similar tan) make a black, this works and is very easy to do. In a nutshell get ...

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Look up medieval medicine, alembics, distillation.

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You need servants who can schlep the baskets and boxes, that is period...

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"Should I use a wood or plastic chopping board at home? The Agency doesn't advise people to use chopping boards made of a particular material. This is because we don't know of any conclusive evidence to say whether plastic or wooden chopping boards are safer for general domestic use when people foll...

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A lnk to the St Ursula pic

http://www.wga.hu/html/m/memling/4ursula/36ursu05.html

you cna clikc on to enlarge.

earnest carruthers

Godfreye Surnames in that period came from a range of sources Inherited ie family name William Summers Location - eg William of York or William de York etc Job - William the Carpenter - William le Carpenter - or William Carpenter As for foreign, well some came over and stayed foreign at least in the...

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Rev J,

have you thought about ceramic beakers? ie commissioning them to spec, maybe club together with a likeminded individual to reduce costs by ordering enough to make the job worthwhile for the potter?

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I believe it is wych elm rather than the other elm. Poundage is a modern concept, the constant that was required was to shoot an arrow of a given length over a given distance with an element of accuracy. The distance being 220 yards or so. Basically if you can hit the butt at 220 yds consistently ch...

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"BTW a nice boxed set with the ER cypher on sold for just over Ã‚Â£8K recently." I wonder what a really good reproduction set would go for....been something in my pipeline for a while, might just on with it. The alternate theory sounds just as good. Good set at Colchester and the Fitz, inc the turne...

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There are some sweetmeat plates of the Tudor era that are 4-5 inches in diameter, thin syacamore and painted, often with mottos which would be revealed as the sweetmeats were eaten.

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Mark Griffin and Bodger from the UK collaborated on a 15thC springald replica which now resides in Jersey I believe, it had a bronze screw and great big yew limbs. basically a great big wind-up cross-bow. For other engines check out the m for some serious siege engines You will enjoy that one Randal...

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Russ "You're asking me to change the way I write." It was a request for consideration, nor was it specifically aimed at you. Loosing (or shooting) is an exact description of the action, fire is not, it is not PC, nor anal retention but at the same time gives it a context and place, ie describes the ...

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RM "... If it was that good when I went through inventories and found weavers, bakers and tanners with jacks and breastplates as well I figure it is beacuse the jack was not pierce proof." Possibly because the 'average' weaver or tanner was better off than the average bottom of the heap labourer, ie...

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Russ " Sorry, Grimstone, if I wanted to go all PC with terminology I'd have gone into POCO rather than medieval. You show me how "shoot" or "loose" does a better job than "fire" as a noun in English, and I'll think about it. Not real hard, but I'll think about it." Not sure what POCO means, nor was ...

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Can we use the term 'shoot' or 'loose' in relation to archery, please, please?

Fire is for other weapons.

earnest carruthers

What is the evidence that bows 'became more powerful'? The statutes mention a distance at which to shoot, not a lot else, if you can shoot a heavy arrow at that distance then you haev achieved minimum standards. As the bow is an area of effect weapon it wont matter a jot if a few men have higher or ...

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"Trail your pike"

earnest carruthers

Duncan, I have tried the media, egg, size and oil. For fabric the key is to have as little paint as possible, ie with a size medium, then if for outdoor use seal with a linseed oil/gum sandarac (or failing that rosin) varnish medium. UI have just finished our group's pennon, it was executed in the f...

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Yeah Sorry Stacy, I was just having a laff. Must remember smileys. I was hoping that the context of my earlier showed it was humour rather than derision. I have nothing but admiration for her and Jeff, but that wont prevent me from making fun sometimes. regards Gwen, may I remind you that I am in fa...

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"As for Himself's "former life", he was a Landsckenecht when I met him, and it was the way he looked in those tight little leather breeches that made me chase him!!! *sigh* those were the days..... Wink That sigh should in no way be interpreted as a complaint, as for the last 10 years I've been marr...

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Yes shame his name was spelled in a Spanish way* Juan - JoÃƒÂ£o Cabrillo - Cabrilho nyer nyer. Besides you are hair splitting, as you well know it. What has your Yank status got to do with anything? wanna fight lady !! come on! * I have seen the display pics too - didn't you do some work for the loc...

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"Let's just say i was glad to hear about all the work Marc does Twisted Evil"

don't worry i guessed the error, he just has a more interesting surname

earnest carruthers

They were Spanish Gwen - bak tu skule lady

nah i shall stick with 15thc