The Armour Archive

Oswyn_de_Wulferton

No, not sure which cathedral (I was doing good to remember the city). It was in a book a friend of mine had, and I also thought it was very interesting, as it has a far later look than the embellished ones I think of which are that early (Goliath in the Mac Bible). This looks to be more like the one...

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For cutting wood if that's what you need a sawsall or jigsaw works fine. You can get a scroll saw for a decent price tool. This right here tells me you haven't done a whole lot of precision woodworking. Yeah, those are great for the random shield or so, but a bandsaw is one of about four tools in m...

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I have also recently seen evidence of kettle helms, right at the end of the 1st Crusade. A cathedral in Ausburg has a window with three people in kettle-helms, dated to right around 1100.

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Anyone bothered to let Bohemund know that the off the peg price and custom prices are swapped?

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About how much do those soupcan knees run, Murdoch? Price in mild and spring would be great.

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IIRC, it is in the Medieval Knight Osprey book, covering 13th century. Your Grace, most of what we have to go on regarding width is based on artwork, ranging anywhere from waist high (from the ground), to covering from chin to below the knee (this tends to be more for the 13th century artwork, with ...

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I believe the term you are looking for is Geteld. Think Viking Bell Wedge, that does what you are thinking. IIRC, Sir Camric has a pic or to in the I Wanna be threads (cant remember if it is under the Crusader or Viking, since he does 1066).

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Email on the contact ends in cz, which I believe is Czech. Cant get a translator program to get the page though...

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What is the black pipe going to be used for? Handholds for the shield basket? Save yourself some welding and just use a leather strap to hold onto (or use two and X them if you are feeling special). The grip is so much better than a pipe, it is unbelieveable.

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Just to clarify, I am voting for the non-grounding option. I have an idea for padding that should work well enough, and I also don't want clown hands. It seems like there are fewer people making safe non-grounding kinds that are well made, so my hopes were that Andrew can come through for us, and he...

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So I may have missed this, but if your kit is not decidedly English or French, how do you decide what team to "apply" for? Personal choice, whichever still needs the most, etc? Thinking if I really buckle down, I can get a kit fully complete, and up to standards by the time Pennsic '09 get...

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Some makers are making finger gauntlets where each finger curves around enough to connect with the rattan, insuring no finger crushing. Having handled some of these, I think that the finger splay is too wide for my comfort, hence my question. Depending on the attachment style, padding and gloving ma...

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Drew, are these the kind that will ground out on the rattan, or not? If not, how are you planning on attaching the gloves, and are you planning on adding any padding pre-sale? What gauges are we talking about? (Seriously hoping for the non-grounding, pre-padded kind).

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The way I would approach it: Find suitable mid 14th century bascinet. Do a padded cloth aventail to save the cost of the mail one. Make one of those pretty coats/jupons whatever the proper name is you see on so many of the effigies and the guys in the "30". Do plastic plate kidney protect...

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So where do the Germans fall out in all of this? Or do people not do German and still participate? Looking at doing a harness a la Guenther von Schwartzburg which is dated 1349. Is this outside of the guidelines, or is it French (by virtue of being closer to Germany than England is)?

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So you going to post the step by step pictures along with the directions Frieman? For some reason, I have having trouble visualizing the building.

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The texts he was working from show attacking the sword. Those texts do use smaller targs and bucklers but many in the WMA community feel that those methods can be extended to larger shields. I had the same feeling as Kilkenny. As a buckler/small shield man myself, I strongly disagree with the "...

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Yeah, after working an educational camp where we had a two man, we could "finish" going through a log that was easily 2.5' in about 5 min. I say "finish" in quotes, as we would use an already started cut, from the class of 5th graders, and what took them over an hour (getting may...

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Wow, and I thought I was skinny at a 44/34 chest/waist. Then again, I am about a foot taller than it would fit...

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Not to drag out the issue further, but what exactly does going up to corpra (think you meant Corp o ra) have to do with business practices of someone who sells to different groups? All that would do is have an effect within the SCA, not within the business world. Filing a complaint with the BBB woul...

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Anything for sticking to fiberglass coatings?

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I have heard people using yarn to "thread" where they are going to cut, allowing them to see the new shape on the armour.

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Quasi answering for Schreiber. I didn't know it had been a Society rule, thought I covered that under the "Hasn't been a rule since I have been fighting" (obviously much less than Your Grace). I actually liked the part about inspections only being with KSCA and group's warranted marshalls,...

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I've been failed at Pennsic for the specific, verbally stated reason of not having my xyphoid process covered with rigid material. All sorts of crazy crap happens at inspections. A grill over a grill isn't the norm. A wise fighter would anticipate trouble from it. Are you aware that rigid protectio...

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Try and also think about what your fighters in your area use. If nobody fights centergrip, a shield boss may be out of place. You may see about getting a gift certificate to an armoury, so they can help "add" to their kit. Lots of these ideas are great, but the problem comes in when you st...

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Do they also forbid you wearing shiny armour, because you may blind them with that as well? Sounds like a slightly foolish reason...

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Agreed, but even using the 50 yrs ahead example, you still fall short by about 70 years of seeing them at Hastings. Especially given that there was a major influx of "new" phenomena happening after the First Crusade (1096-1099ish). Anyone else have any evidence for padded defenses around t...

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To quickly recap my other points, and add a bit more information... I believe the Assise that I referenced had aketons mentioned as being required of a lower class of citizen and a maille shirt of a higher class. There is no mention of whether they are to be worn together or not, simply that it is t...

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Guys, lets not continue to derail this thread further, and instead start a new thread to talk about this. Historic Research maybe? I do think we need to try and distinguish standalone padded garments from ones worn under maille (if it is possible off of the evidence). I would love to find out that w...

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I think that the armour looks nice, and certainly sounds like it is made from quality materials. However, I am throwing in with Audax. Just because something may appear to look like that in the Bayeaux Tapestry, does not mean that we have any supporting evidence for it. There is zero evidence that c...

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One thing you need to be aware of with them is that the colors will fade dramatically. Our Wedge debuted at Pennsic 2 years ago, and went from tarp green to a light emerald color in about 5 days. I personally like the more muted color, but something to be aware of.

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Torvaldr, please check your emails for an update about my situation, and let me know if that will work for you.

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Based on what? Weight alone? You may try to see if it will squeeze into one of those. Hal even "extended" the one he shipped to me, by making it not as deep.

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Had my gambeson for about 3 years now, after living in Georgia. Washed about 10-15 times total in that time, never had any mold problems. Was cotton and linen only. Just hang it up to dry every so often, or leave it in your trunk. That's what I did. Do you ever have to swing or did your foes fall o...

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Adric, you and Sir Cona making it? That would just be unfair...