The Armour Archive

Oswyn_de_Wulferton

I hope to hell it stings when im done too. someone is keeping score and i want them to know my name when im done. Your Grace, are you implying this should be an emotional stinging, or are you throwing at a level you expect it to sting through armour, in an effort to make sure your opponent will not...

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I have their Viking Wedge (10x14) and got major compliments at Pennsic for it. Cant say enough good things about them. The only kind-of issue we saw was we got a breen and white tient, and be the end of Pennsic it had gone from a forest green to a light emerld green.

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Your Grace, I believe your arse is on fire.

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Wow, people that fight Oldcastle really do have magical skills. Posting two days apart! Sweet!

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You should be able to make bronze riveted rings from wire, but it will be pretty intense. I know some people have made riveted from scratch, but am unsure of the exact method. I think you make a ring, flatten, pierce, rivet, and there is usually annealing in there somewhere (not sure if it applys to...

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I really have to reread that manual. From what I have seen here, what people down here in Meridies call Oldcastle is pretty different than most of the pictures (though most of them are transplants from Atlantia). The "stance" shown to me of what Oldcastle is thought of was (make sure you dont have a...

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I will try and get a picture together when I am at FP. I still owe D. some pictures for the Warriors site. I think the bggest difference is the sword position I use, and I try and keep above my opponents (legs arent really bent that much). I didnt get a chance to get to the pickup field often (first...

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I wear the hardest solid-plastic painter's knees I could find, and added little plastic flaps onto the sides of them with rivets. Stay where I want them too, and arent too bulky.

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Hey Ed, my lady might have a gorget she isnt using. Mild steel, pin closure. If you want full clamshells instead of demi's, I have a pair of roughed up ones for sale (still work better than hockey gloves). Adric has first dibs, after that, they are all yours. For simple elbows/knees, I would check o...

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I have been told that I fight "HalfCastle". I have read the manual of Duke Gryth, and am from Meridies, but have never met His Grace. The way I hold my shield is pretty open, but not quite to the 90 deg. I have heard most fighters of this style use. I also have my arm tucked in behind my shield, and...

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No, proper means how it is normally colored in nature. Not sure if a crecent is properly yellow. Sable, a tree proper would result in a black background with a brown trunked tree, and green leaves.

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I agree with Trystan. I speak as someone who only wears his gambeson (besides a kidney belt). My lady actually made mine (looks similar to the one from Therion). There was not a whole lot of shaping going on in earlier gambesons, such as those seen in the Winchester Bible, and Mac Bible. They are mo...

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Just hit it (your wood). A Lot.

There is no need to make a perfect half sphere in the wood, it actually works better if you can utilize different areas for different jobs.

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For most of the guys around here, it is the trouble of getting a full set of gear together. By that time, they pretty much have fought enough to authorize.

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Depending on when you are looking at, I know White Mountain Armoury does some, as well as I have seen a basic Ironmonger Islamic one as well. One of the best persian ones I have seen is the one that InsaneIrish had commisioned from Beathan (do a search for A&C helm).

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I would try and contact Karl Von Sussen. I had a hauberk of his until I needed the money for other things. Never actually got around to fighting in it, but only lost about 15 rings from faulty closings (butted) and then it stopped. He sells hauberks and coifs in both butted (16ga. 5/16) and riveted....

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Is that from Oblivion? The game actually has a decent amount of historical accuracy (as far as full kits are concerned), at least at the lower levels. One approximates a full steel harness (even though they got the names of parts wrong).

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Yes, that is what I meant. Thanks for helping me clarify

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As far as I know, that has been legal before this rule. Knew a friend at GW whose spear didnt pass. Went into the Castle Battle without a weapon, stole a spear, and used it for the rest of the battle. He returned it with a beer taped on it.

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Make a mockup in cardboard, so as to try and see how much of a "wing" you would need. It will be harder to do in plastic than metal or leather (I prefer the latter), simply to get the dished out part of the elbow to fit snugly around your arm. I have heard good things about heat guns though. As for ...

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Both of those were from substandard equipment. The same could be said of a sword that had a basket break off, and get slung at someone. The difference is in the one or two swords people have, and the hundreds of arrows. I would argue there needs to be stronger inspections for CA, not that it is a pr...

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This whole thing looks great, and the square washers tend to add to the look. The only possible critiques would be to plane down the handle where it is mounted to the shield, and reduce the number of nails holding down the rawhide. These things would bring it into the range from Really Frickin Cool!...

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Most medieval shields from the era you are looking at (full plate) are pretty small (in the range of 25" along the long axis). That would be 63.4cm long, and about 22" wide (about 56cm). As you go earlier in history, the shields get longer. For around the 12th century (my personal focus), shields fo...

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Thank you, Riato, for pointing out the USS. I had never heard of that, nor had any problem with archers when I told them they were glancing, or hit a non-legal target. I wonder why they have not bothered to update any of that? InsaneIrish, I tried to break up my comments below. I apologize for not q...

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I thought I had read something about the English. I know I have read about Mongols using several quivers hanging off their horses, so 25 arrows to a quiver means you could have 4-8 quivers and have around 100-200 arrows. I am not sure this is unusual, as much as finding cultures who "valued" archery...

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Hundred arrow quivers are actually period, for several groups. They couldnt just "pause" the war while they got more. I know the Mongols, and the English (I think), carried several dozen arrows into battle.

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Prefaced with:(I skimmed the posts before this) I would suggest, even with the Wiki, there should be a section where people could post what they updated, so we would not have to read the document all the time, to find changes. I would also limit changes within a timeframe, to stop a feud from erupti...

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I have never heard this, nor has anyone in our area play with a nuclear arrow. People on this board have stated that this used to be a standard, but is not any longer. YOU are using the term nuclear arrow NOT me. I said a "telling blow" meaning a blow with sufficient enough force as to leave no dou...

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In our rule set a fighter must: Have eye contact to engage an opponent in combat. An archer does not. In melee 2 lines are considered engaged with each other even without eye contact. An archer can stand behind and away from the 2 engaged lines and kill without any kind of engagement. Neither did t...

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As an alternative to painting weapons, have people considered an obnoxious color of duct tape? Would look just as hideous for war, but would be able to be taken off after without leaving a residue (unlike orange paint on a fiberglass spear shaft). Or just get a lot of ribbon, and tie something aroun...

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I wear a 12th century heavy gambeson for SCA fighting (I know, not quite a Jack, but close). It is made out of 2 layers of cotton canvas, and 6 layers of cotton batting, cut from a queen sized quilters batting. I have gone with 100% cotton batting, and have not had any issues of overheating in it, e...

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I can draw a sketch of what we did, the tent isnt here right now due to lack of space. I am in college and the tent is actually living with my parents. It isnt hard to do, took an afternoon with my dad and I. We did end up having to shave the ends of the poles, as we could only get 1.5" conduit, but...

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I think if that was the case, a comma in a different spot would have made it more evident. Such as: "A camail or aventail of maille , or heavy leather lined with 1/4 in. of padding." I would disagree with interpreting a rule simply because you like a certain ruleset, and therefore are introducing di...

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As far as space wasting goes, I meant it in the sense of having usable space given the floor area. In my tent, I have 80 square feet at the ground. At head level, I do not have 80 sq. feet. Additionally, given the amount of storage space required, they are far from the most efficient tent to have. ...

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That was kind of the point Aaron. Most of the people I hear about on here are talking about "plate is proof", but according to our armour standards, the only "plate" was your Norman cap/helm. Everything else was maille or boiled leather. Any supplemental armour you wear is your own issue. It doesnt ...