The Armour Archive

Richard Blackmoore

Any ideas yet on the 1480's question? Also, any one have the date of the St. Michael & the Dragon Illumination? I may want one of those for a 14th century kit and someone else has already expressed interest. New question; are the red fabric ribbons and shoulder decorations artistic license for Angel...

Richard Blackmoore

I think Ron's been in contact with him fairly recently. I'll check with him and see if he can get the info to you. Thank you. I'm finally done with misc surgeries, am trying to get into fighting shape. If I can get my old armour order resolved one way or the other, then I know what pieces will be c...

Richard Blackmoore

Bump. Anyone have the current phone number, mailing address, E-Mail, etc. Pretty please?

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Sir Wilhelm vonOstenbruke wrote:I think we should just wear these and get it over with.

You are going to look funny wearing a dog on your neck.

Perhaps you could wear it on your head as a crest?

Richard Blackmoore

Cet, I thought the same thing and suspect that will be the answer unfortunately. But I figured it could not hurt to ask. I called James Gillaspie since he's dealt with a lot of German armour from that period. He is not aware of any examples from the 1480's for Germany. He did suggest I look into arm...

Richard Blackmoore

I would have to obtain a license from my king, which would be hella cool. However, the idea of me and mine fighting someone because they sing too much is.... Clearly you need to watch the Monty Python and the Holy Grail part where Herbert keeps trying to sing and his father kills him off by throwin...

Richard Blackmoore

Philip the Handsome did have a covered BP jousting set-up, c1500, it is in Madrid, and still has its fabric covering, although it is rather worn at this point. Brigs were much more common by then. Yes, I am familiar with that suit and absolutely love it. As I think you are saying it isn't a brigand...

Richard Blackmoore

OK, OK. the reason why I want those tassets is a practical one:I get hit at that areas a lot. A groin area tasset I donÃ‚Â´t want at all. I donÃ‚Â´t like the looks and I never ever got hit there, but I get hit on my upper thighs and hips every time I fight. Those areas have been green and blue regu...

Richard Blackmoore

I have a sallet, arm and leg harness that are all good for a German knightly class warrior circa 1480's. Definitely good for 1480 to 1485 anyway. I'd like to consider a fabric covered breastplate (not brigandine, I want solid), with front and rear faulds and an appropriate backplate (that can be bri...

Richard Blackmoore

I had a very nice chat with Walter (Rufus Piggboye) of Zen Warrior Armory. He tolerated my sleep deprived Vicodan induced haze well In a nutshell: 1) The Thag 3 is the reinforced model as we thought. They do not make the unreinforced model and do not do custom work. The goal is to mass produce these...

Richard Blackmoore

I tend to want our SCA sticks to move more like real swords (unrealistic, I know). So the heavier the basket hilt, the less 'real' the experience for me. With period broadswords weighing in as low as 2 to 3 pounds, if you use a 2.5 pound to 3.5 pound basket hilt, you are already at period sword weig...

Richard Blackmoore

Hi Vrin. I sent you a private message, it got hung up for a while but finally went through. Ignore my prior note about how to send private messages. Thank you for your help. And if anyone else has Jeff's contact info, I'd like to get it. There is an issue with an past due old armour order and items ...

Richard Blackmoore

Richard: Do you have a picture or drawing of what the tassets would have looked like for the suit you made? Ive finished the BP and back plate and just need to make the tassets and I can go ahead and ship off that part of her armor. <img src="http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/spiers-saddlery...

Richard Blackmoore

Thank you!!!! I had a matched set of these, one was stolen from the battlefield at Pennsic. The other has held up forever and I love it. But when I'm fighting I go through swords so fast that I prefer to have three swords ready to go. A preferred sword, a backup and another backup that can also be ...

Richard Blackmoore

Thank you!!!! I had a matched set of these, one was stolen from the battlefield at Pennsic. The other has held up forever and I love it. But when I'm fighting I go through swords so fast that I prefer to have three swords ready to go. A preferred sword, a backup and another backup that can also be u...

Richard Blackmoore

Thank you!!!!

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Hi.

I need to reach Jeff Williams (Duke Steingrim SCA/Stallari armoury) regarding an armour purchase and I don't seem to have his current contact information. The last time he corresponded he was still in Oregon, Beaverton I think.

Thank you in advance.

Richard Blackmoore

Richard Blackmoore

The guy with the spoon looks like a young Meatloaf prior to his Rocky Horror Picture Show gig. Not that that is a bad thing...

Richard Blackmoore

Congratulations! Good to hear you are resettled.

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Now that I know how to post pictures as attachments, here it is. It is a little earlier than your target date, this one is basically circa 1400. It could have had tassets and would have if I had had more time, we only had two months to order, assemble and get her used to the suit. Not much fluting a...

Richard Blackmoore

Does anyone know if Michael of Bedford ever went back to making and selling his stainless steel, heart shaped basket hilts? I'm trying to get back into fighting regularly and I need a couple of these. I'm down to only one of his good lightweight hilts, I forgot my other two were the heavier ones wit...

Richard Blackmoore

I was impressed at the documentation that resulted from this. Thanks to the MOL's list, we know have a list of all those renegades, rebels and malcontents who must be watched and never, ever be made a peer of the realm. The plan worked. This is so much better than relying on our spies and border gua...

Richard Blackmoore

Sorry I missed it. So tell me, is Nissan now Supreme Overlord of a new domain, or did fair Aethelmearc's defenders of the realm successfully vanquish the invading hordes?

Either way, I'm glad everyone had fun.

Richard Blackmoore

Richard Blackmoore

wanna see the pic!!!!!!! YouÃ‚Â´ll lend me your squire? IÃ‚Â´m not sure I can give him back in the state you sent him..... *lol* IÃ‚Â´ll email soon.... Robyn Lend no. Sorry. But he is a fine gentleman who would certainly wish to aid a lady from a foreign land in need of assistance. I was thinking m...

Richard Blackmoore

In best condescending imitation of a Laurel voice... "The flames do not appear to be burning in a period manner appropriate to a hut of this construction. Clearly modern materials and construction techniques have failed to yield a convincing recreation of 'the Death of Saint Bob The Unlucky'. More r...

Richard Blackmoore

Here's a pic below of my daughter's armour based on approximately 1400 AD. So it is a little early for you, but you can get an idea of what small full plate can look like on a small girl (she was almost 9 in this photo but tall for her age). It isn't 100% right as we had to cut corners to get it don...

Richard Blackmoore

I too am wondering what you meant by welding clamps. Various vise grip brand clamps?

Richard Blackmoore

Damn. Sorry to hear that. Thank you for the information.

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Icefire wrote:Finally I got TOMAR today. I looked at it and like the first 60 pages seemed unecesary. Is this true or should I read them?

All knowledge has some value, even if you don't find an immediate application for it. The better stuff is further along though, I'll agree.

Richard Blackmoore

I have absolutely NO intention of getting this thing near a buffer. We had an SCA knight killed by a buffer a few years back, and I won't get anything flexible near mine after hearing what happened. I remember hearing an SCA knight got hurt on a buffer a while ago, I don't remember hearing about on...

Richard Blackmoore

Which is where the question arises "What do Nancy Kerrigan, Lance Armstrong and Lucan VD have in common?"

Richard Blackmoore

"You have to include the time he had to step down because of membership issues to get it right" That was a sad day, Lucan got screwed for doing the right thing and only had to give it up because the Corporate Secretary for the SCA would not push a membership renewal through even though he was still...

Richard Blackmoore

While the forge welding will be timeconsuming and difficult, it should be interesting.

Richard Blackmoore

The comment about Merc groups being composed largely of alpha males struck me as interesting. I always had the opposite perception, that the merc groups (and many independent or 'renegade' or exotic persona/groups including some households) often start with one or two alpha males who over time tend...

Richard Blackmoore

The comment about Merc groups being composed largely of alpha males struck me as interesting. I always had the opposite perception, that the merc groups (and many independent or 'renegade' or exotic persona/groups including some households) often start with one or two alpha males who over time tend ...

German Knightly Class 1480's Covered Breastplate Examples

Contact Information For Jeff Williams/Stallari

Michael of Bedford, Still Making Stainless Basket Hilts?

Re: TOMAR-Finally!

Re: Crown

Re: Awards, Mercs, and attitudes. Part II

Awards, Mercs, and attitudes. Part II