The Armour Archive

MJBlazek

beautiful! Flowing and graceful but oh so simple and subtle! I love them!

MJBlazek

Here is the one I am actually thinking of getting. m Its a replica from the portrait of Richard the Good, It is the sign of an order he started, the Order of the Golden Fleece, but i am thinking that I could just take the golden fleece part off or it and still have a pretty snazzy collar. or perhaps...

MJBlazek

M. Eversberg II wrote:I'm all for the go on this one. I'm a big Wikipedia fan, but not a fan of their generally lack luster articles on personal armour.

If your not a fan of them, then write your own and post it. Thats what Wikipedia is all about!

MJBlazek

Jehan de Pelham wrote:It's risky. There's always someone ready and willing to be offended. But it should be done anyway.

John
Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus
www.mron.org

Well thats sort of my thought....they were a popular fashion of the time

MJBlazek

A collar such as this one...

Showing the Lancaster S...

Would somethign like this constitute as a knights chain?

MJBlazek

I am with Hal, on the amazement of his age, I do not know many 15 year olds with the determination or focus to male something like that!

Congrats and heres to a long and prosporous armoring career to you!

MJBlazek

I hated to do it, it gave me a sort of sick feelign in my stomach, but I had to start the legal steps to getting either my product or my money returned. I placed a call to the authorities, and made it perfectly clear that I have no malicious feelings toward Ken, I just need that money returned. I co...

MJBlazek

I offered a second chance, I know hes going through a lot. But yet again I havnt heard from him since June! I am getting very impatient and VERY annoyed. He owes me either armor or $260. If anybody hears from him or speaks to him please tell him that he needs to get in touch with me ASAP. He can cal...

MJBlazek

Well, yes MRL is to blame for carrying the item...but not for construction, thats Windlass Steelcraft. They make for a lot of people, no matter how much MRL states peices are made exclusivly for them

MJBlazek

What is allowed in the design of a great sword? can you have somethign like this?

http://www.knightsedge.com/images/lands ... d-2630.jpg

sans the rigdes on the bottom half or the blade....I was really askign more about the spike type things...or the double hilt...one smaller farther down the blade from a larger.

MJBlazek

I took on a legged opponent this past weekend ant GNEW. He was florintine, I was great sword. I sort of forgot that I had reach on him, came in too close and he bagged me.....I fell over...not cause I was supposed to but because he pinched the bottom of my cup on my sack.... I almost cried it hurt s...

MJBlazek

Matt, first...it was great meeting you this past weekend!

Second....on Honorblade.com......you forgot to list Maine in the list of states under the Kingdom of the East forum.

Gotta keep remember us Malegentians! where in the East Kingdom too!

Matt

MJBlazek

I wish I could afford these, i think they would look very nice with my other stuff...but unfortunatly I cant

MJBlazek

try looking up "black sallet"

MJBlazek

saign.... You do nice work....but....there are a lot of people here who do just as nice work. The one thing you didnt count on is that this isnt just a forum for anonymous posting, this is an online community. in other words... You will make no friends here by crapping on other established armorers ...

MJBlazek

I just attended GNE War this past weekend, and on the whole I noticed that the Pole Arm was the predominant weapon. There were some sword and shields but they were far outnumbered by polearms. I was one of 3 greatswords on the feild. It was interesting, but when it came to the feild battles there we...

MJBlazek

name change

MJBlazek

Eff....I apologize for the mixup of dynasties...you are correct they are Qin.

Secondly. I am interested in this style, If I qualify for pole arm this weekend at GNE I am probably going to make a kit that is something like this for it.

Thankyou for your correction

MJBlazek

awww man...

I have a weird hand size. From the joint on my wrist to the tip of my middle finger is 8 1/2 inches. The mediums are too small and the larges are to big!

right in my price range too!

Dang it.

MJBlazek

Suposedly Ken is trying to bang out my pauldron....which ai greatly hope he does. I am not mad at Ken, I am just trying to protect my investment. I know life broadsides us sometimes. I woudl much rather my armor than my money back because I havnt found a pauldron with haut gaurd design that I like m...

MJBlazek

You can definatly tell that the detail is very impressive, no one warrior is alike. They each have a different feature to distinguish from another, thats one of the reasons I dont think it is artistic liscence.

MJBlazek

I think it is a higher rank, you're right.

But there is more than one of them, so i dont think it was a style reserved only for the emporer, maybee that triangular skirt denotates the much higher rank.

MJBlazek

this one fascinates me even more:

http://pictures.nicolas.delerue.org/chi ... s_1545.jpg

it looks like a leather shell (almost like football shoulder pads) with a scale torso protection that ties on under it.

another pic

MJBlazek

Im not sure what to call it, so for lack of a better term I will refer to it as Lamellar.

How do you think one would go about constructing something like this:

http://pictures.nicolas.delerue.org/chi ... _1547.html

Matt

MJBlazek

Am I hallucinating or while searching the net for pictures of the Terra Cotta warriors while most were wearing what looked like a form of lamellar (roughly) did I see some of them wearing a padded garment?

I cant find the picture anywhere now.

Matt

MJBlazek

I might be interested in those legs!:)

MJBlazek

I may be very interested in the legs...or the arms...depending on pictures.

Matt

MJBlazek

Dude, Paso Finos are great horses....I always wanted one, but Im just a little too big. I love thier gate over the wooden boards....tunkatunkatunkatunka....so cool, like a guy on a drum.

MJBlazek

I think we all are being patient. I waited for 3 months without a word...thats patience. If Ken was just a backyard guy doing stuff..thats one thing, BUT as soon as he makes this a business, he has to run it like a business and it is his duty to his customers to let them know where they stand and wh...

MJBlazek

Ummm because thats called being a runway model?

MJBlazek

In the pic "swords 09" how much for the third one in from the right?

MJBlazek

Josh,

Thats a very interesting idea! It would be great to find some documentation of it. It would be a very interesting look for a person trying to re-create a "transition" look.

Matt

MJBlazek

I recieved an email from him yesterday, he is going to try and bang out my shoulders for me.

well see...third times the charm.

MJBlazek

I just recieved an email from him concerning the shoulders I ordered....

gonna give Ken another try....

MJBlazek

Are you still asking $100 for the gauntlets?

What is the SCA's feelings on collars?

Has ANYBODY heard ANYTHING about Ken Zicker???

SCA Great Sword design

Qin Dynasty padded armor

Qin Dynasty "Lamellar"

Qin Dynasty Padded Armor?