The Armour Archive

Richard Blackmoore

Balance is overrated. As is excessive inclusivity, lack of logic, etc. Seriously? I make many more compromises than I wish to, partly due to budget, laziness and lack of time. That being said, if you pick early to mid chivalric era harness (Charlemagne's proto-knights the paladins up to end of the t...

Richard Blackmoore

Interestingly, Ken Trotman Ltd. has the book in its latest catalog, for only 75 pounds and no warning on a 40 euro shipping charge, so I'm guessing normal freight applies from Trotman. Looks like this is cheaper than buying it via Prunner even with my ARS discount. Not that I'm complaining, the book...

Richard Blackmoore

If you are going to do ankle weights, they should be proportionate to the total weight of the fighter. So we'd have to weigh everybody before the fight starts, to be fair... How about instead, if you get hit in the leg, you can still try to use it but only after we administer a shot of novacaine so ...

Richard Blackmoore

I do but they are in storage. A Lorenz Helmschmied sallet as the caption reads. If I remember correctly, one where the bevor is attached to the helm instead of separate. James Gillaspie would have the answers on this I think.

Richard Blackmoore

SirAngus wrote:Bump

Did you have fun at the MSR/Acre joust team practice Sunday? Sorry I could not be there. I wanted to ask you about shield strapping preferences among other things.

Richard Blackmoore

I like my Revival's, Steve. Another person here in Bryn Gwlad got a pair with the vibram soles which peeled off during fighter practice on concrete tennis courts. Basically, what they do is glue a thin Cat's paw type of vibram over the leather soles the boots come with anyway. I opted not to get th...

Richard Blackmoore

FYI- I've got the solid tips on the site now, just in case Richard or anyone else is interested, of course they aren't shouldered and will have a 1/16" step down from the ferrule. I'm confused. One of your prior posts indicated the hardwood tips would be shouldered and tapered, unlike the balsa tip...

Richard Blackmoore

SirAngus wrote:Thanks for all of the nice words guys!

Richard it was great seeing you too, even though the archers decided we could never be fighting on the field at the same time

Yes, but it was nice to be able to say hello to the same guy every time I left or headed to the res point

Richard Blackmoore

Thanks to everyone who came out for this event. We had a great time hosting it this year. The bruises shall last for weeks, but the memories will last forever. I just wish I had known so many Archivers were going to be there. We could have had an impromptu Archive meeting and pestered Jeffrey the Y...

Richard Blackmoore

Oh Richard - I'm SO glad you liked them. I will certainly let you know when the XLs are available. And as I mentioned before - you can upgrade to the XL with only the diff in price, if you wish. We can arrange an exchange whenever is convenient for you. Thanks again! I took a better look at these t...

Richard Blackmoore

What a wonderful event. I love the 100 Minutes War the SCA does, so having the event saved and hosted by Acre offering its site on Long Island (not too far from where I live) to the SCA, made me really happy and made it easy for me to ge there. It was great to be fighting with a large number of qual...

Richard Blackmoore

Easy for you to say Mord. My squire has a full spring steel Mac harness in his hallway based on the Warwick Beauchamp effigy. And he does not wear it. Which makes me want to beat him to death on a semi-regular basis. But it does look great in the hallway. Well, my knight has a full garniture done b...

Richard Blackmoore

Murial, Konrad dropped off the chairs as promised. It turned out to be Sir Konrad from Bloodguard. So yes, I know him really well! The chairs are awesome. They are even nicer in person than in the pictures. A lot of people asked about them. They are very sturdy and the folding to a very small size i...

Richard Blackmoore

Angus, it was great seeing you today at 100 Minutes War. I was hoping to be at the Acre practice tomorrow, but I can't be there two days in a row. I completely forgot to tell you how much I liked the gold jousting shield today; too tired after the fighting to remember.

Richard Blackmoore
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Richard Blackmoore

It is on Mac's site. At least it was for many years. It is the full plate harness with the unique channels in cuirass. And there is a picture of my squire showing off his arm tattoo which started off as his coat of arms (SCA), but he added the helm Mac made for the suit. Actually my squire is a very...

Richard Blackmoore

Thank you for arranging delivery! I am really looking forward to these, my wife and kid should love them.

Now if you could just sell a matching medieval table to go with these...

Richard Blackmoore

RB- Go to Home Depot to the dowel department, should be near the mouldings. Get a 1-1/4" dowel, they come 4' long out here. Cut it with a saw to 3' long. Put it in the lance ferrule. If either the ferrule or the dowel are wobbly, even a little, wrap a turn or two or masking tape on either the lance...

Richard Blackmoore

I want the hardwood tip. I can't wait to blast a quintain (or maybe Ken M) with this thing...

Richard Blackmoore

My lance and shield showed up today. Very, very nice. The lance especially. I can't wait to get a hardwood tip and a vamplate for this thing. Too cool. Now if I can just find time to ride with it! Will you bring it Sunday? I can't wait to handle your lance! Nope. I was hoping that riding practice w...

Richard Blackmoore

Easy for you to say Mord. My squire has a full spring steel Mac harness in his hallway based on the Warwick Beauchamp effigy.

And he does not wear it.

Which makes me want to beat him to death on a semi-regular basis.

But it does look great in the hallway.

Richard Blackmoore

My lance and shield showed up today. Very, very nice. The lance especially. I can't wait to get a hardwood tip and a vamplate for this thing. Too cool. Now if I can just find time to ride with it! Memo to self: Remember to have Jeff Wasson add a lance rest to my new 15th century brigandine. I could ...

Richard Blackmoore

Sad to say my birthday preasent from my wife was a copy of TOMAR with the suggestion that at 50 I probably don't heal as rapidly as I used to read it, emjoyed it, but I really can't see fighting in that. "That light bulb was perfectly good when I finished it in ASXV, why should I change it now" I w...

Richard Blackmoore

Um... How do you save the SCA if you don't go to SCA events? By spreading the good word, my brother, by spreading the good word. And I could hardly do that by going to Caidan events and getting banished, now could I? And I TOLD you that you and your buddies as well as most of the East and & Atalant...

Richard Blackmoore

I just ordered 3 in the regular size. Muriel was very friendly and is going out of her way to try to get these to me for an upcoming event. Good customer service and exceptionally prompt resonse! She even offered to let me trade one up to an XL when they become available in December for the differen...

Richard Blackmoore

Oh my God what a wonderful book. It just arrived today. The photography is stunning and shows terrific detail. I love that a picture fills an entire page instead of being shrunken to fit text. I have paid a lot more money for books that were not nearly this nice. While I agree that a lot of the crop...

Richard Blackmoore

Hmmm. Might be safe for kids boffer. Or maybe Meridian calibration. That is about it.

Richard Blackmoore

As for the Left Coast, well, let's just say they play a very different game out here, and I'll never talk about "wristerly" Eastern Knights again! I don't go to events out here (which leads to a sigh of relief throughout the length and breadth of Caid, I'm sure) and am focusing purely on WMA now. W...

Richard Blackmoore

The chairs are in. I just picked them up and I'm thrilled with how they've turned out. I'm going to make fabric covers for them and I'm still waiting for the packing materials to arrive. BUT - I anticipate that I should be able to start shipping these out at the latest - by next Monday. If you've p...

Richard Blackmoore

Jeffrey Wasson just made a very nice armour stand for my daughter's armour. Oak base, steel frame with arms and legs that detach without screws. Perfect. He is supposed to be sending me digital pics so I can post them online. He will sell these custom fit to a given suit of armour for a price to be ...

Richard Blackmoore

My understanding is, that because I ordered 1500 of them in order to control the supply (huge profits next year when I sell these for $450 each), they shipped mine first.

Richard Blackmoore

Very cool!!!

Richard Blackmoore

It's not going to add that much weight. A few dumbell curls should do the trick. Ah, good. I was referring to your comments: " I will also offer hardwood inserts which are tapered and shouldered. This will enable these lance bases to also be used for quintain, making them "dual purpose " and " have...

Richard Blackmoore

Mac attaches his chausses to a deerskin belt worn *over* the braies: the braies have a drawstring which he makes tight enough to hold them up long enough to position the belt over them. He affixes his chausses to the belt with small brooches 'a la the Wisby finds, then tightens the belt to hold eve...

Richard Blackmoore

P.S. We could use you back on the yahoo group. Your knowledge of historical combat and armour would have helped with quite a few of the recent discussions. Ha! Like they care about that sort of thing. Actually a lot of them do! I'd even venture the opinion that the majority do. The question is the ...

Richard Blackmoore

I have considered sharp tips, both in rubber for recreating the joust of war and in steel. I'm thinking about the weight of a full hardwood lance. I don't advocate counterweighting of any sort. Ah. Well, if the 2 piece full hardwood lance in poplar ends up being too tip heavy and you don't want to ...

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