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Cian of Storvik

Different kingdoms have different rules for youth combat. They may be able to fight with rattan in the west, but here in Atlantia, for example youth are limited to fighting with foam wrapped PVC until they are minimally 16 (and additional requirements must be met because they are not 18). I'm sure i...

Cian of Storvik

I had a butted mild steel camail (14 ga, 3/8" inside diameter rings) and I had to fiddle with replacing rings every time I wore it to practice or an event.
I switched to a riveted aventail as soon as I had the money. I've never had a butted shirt.
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

I *REALLY* want to see what $1800 gauntlets look like. Ice used to have some $900 gaunts on his site. Most gauntlets are just mass produced to fit a hypthetical sized hand. Only a few armorers actually offer gauntlets in grouped sizes of S, M, L, much less ones that offer custom gauntlets to fit the...

Cian of Storvik

Here's some interesting pictures of a tinder tube as well as a shepherd's lighter which is the modern technology of adding a wheel and flint and adding to the tinder tube:

Cian of Storvik

That's called a "tinder tube". But his sounds more ornate with a hinged lid. They serve the purpose of char cloth (so they should technically be called "char tubes", but anyhow...they are less messy then carrying around a wad of char cloth (I keep my charcloth in a zip lock bag w...

Cian of Storvik

The SCA rules say you have to wear an enclosed shoe, so no sandals (I know it seems like a silly regulation, but even a slipper will prevent minor abbrasions and grass cuts). A solidly built modern walking shoe offers little protection for someone's poleyn from crushing your toe when they drop to th...

Cian of Storvik

Is this the post you're talking about?

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=88160

-Cian

Cian of Storvik

Yep, I put mine in this morning as well.
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

The two ebay helms you posted are "paul chen" helms made by hanwei. They pass regulations, but I've heard that they are more trouble then the money you would save on them by going with a better helm. I've heard from others on the archive that they dent easily (so you spend more then a few ...

Cian of Storvik

One word: sweeeeeet.
I don't do viking or celt but that is excellent. I would add a bit of copper or brass trim along the seam edge to make it really pop. And stand back and watch while people fight over it.
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

Thanks Ice for letting us split this up. And thank you, Lianor and Maghnus for going in on this with me!

Is there any savings in shipping if I combine the links with a rattan order?
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

We still need a third. Anyone else interested in about 1.6 lbs. of Stainless riveted 9mm links?
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

I cut-out my personal badge in brass and added it to my besegues. (Just something to think about if you have a charge from your arms that would work well, or your knight's.) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2315276349_e9134e00f0_m.jpg I did in an homage to Hugh Hastings effigy (c1347) that has a ...

Cian of Storvik

Thanks, Ice. It seems like you have a monopoly on the loose, stainless, flat-ring, round-riveted, 9mm links. If I were employed I'd just buy the bag outright and use them up as needed. I'm not looking to spend more then $50. Is anyone else interested in splitting an order of stainless steel links? I...

Cian of Storvik

Just curious; what are the weights of the pieces?
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

A last chance bump before I give-up and use butted links and break out the welder.
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

Bueller? Bueller?

-Cian

Cian of Storvik

I have one of the leather covered GDFB bucklers in the 15" size (the largest) from Stephan. They weigh 4.5 lbs. and have a very thick rolled edge. Bulletproof. The boss is only 5" wide though and the handle sits outside of the boss by 1.5". The windrose 14" is about the same pric...

Cian of Storvik

I need to replace a few broken rings as well as do some in-fill on my helm's aventail. I need about 100 rings and rivets. Stainless, flat 9mm ring, domed rivets.
I don't want to purchase 5 lbs. of rings wen I need so few. Does anyone have spares to sell/trade?
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

I have one of these 12x20' (240 sq ft) double bell wedge tents from panther. The canvas weighs about 60 lbs. without the fly, the poles or the ground pegs. Add another 20 lbs. for tent pegs, and another 20 for the poles (including fly poles). The ridge pole and uprights are all under 9' in length. T...

Cian of Storvik

I second Gladius the Alchemist at Alchem Inc. Gladius sells steel prods, which weigh more, but will not suffer from fatigue as quickly as aluminum prods. Gladius tends to have the 60-75# prods in stock. As well as delrin material to make roller nuts, and trigger lever blanks if you want to make a pr...

Cian of Storvik

12 ga bowl (top) and 14 ga skirt is what I would suggest minimally if it's mild cold or hot rolled sheet. Stainless, you might be able to get by with 14 ga bowl if you dodge head shots real well. I have a friend with a 12 ga spangen (you'd think the spangen straps would make it a bit stronger) that ...

Cian of Storvik

I've done a few rosaries to go with different outfits. Paternosters were one of the few things that were exempt from sumptuary laws, and so some of the merchant class (non-noble, gentry) really used them to show off their wealth. These both have natural corals (the one on the left has 14mm natural b...

Cian of Storvik

I flexed some google-fu and found this:

It's a belt buckle that will be about the size you want and good detail.
But they cost about $22/ea.

Cian of Storvik

I would totally snag one of those up, if I were not being laid-off. (and I already have 3 of Mike's bottels).
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

It does have all the makings of a great movie, as long as you don't get Richard "Timeline" Donner to do it. Looks like your wish is being granted. But always be careful for what you wish for. Martin Scorsese -Cian P.S. you can disregard my previous comments, I always get scrosese confused...

Cian of Storvik

I just received a confirm from Joscelin.
Storvik will be holding practice at St. Andrews every Monday in december including the 29th. Hit the link I posted before for a map and address.

-Cian

Cian of Storvik

I need to check with Joscelin d'Outremer about the Storvik practice schedule. The practice is held at <B> St. Andrews Church </B> but being as it is a church, they tend to have activities going on during the holiday. I'm also not sure what the attendance would be like just after X-mas. -Cian

Cian of Storvik

I received my bottel orders yesterday. (a normal 40 oz which actually holds about 42 oz. and an "odd" piece that was deformed in it's creation due to the leather stretching in an unexpected way, that holds 40 oz. Both are fantastic, as I would have expected from Michael. If you haven't got...

Cian of Storvik

This is an Extra-large kong 'stuf-a-ball' mace head that I've cut out the top and bottom on to fit on some rattan. It's too heavy for my wimpy forearms, so I'm going to a smaller; medium or large size mace head. This one looks more proper for a serious mace head at 4" diameter and 4" heigh...

Cian of Storvik

I bought one of the rhino rope ones and wound up giving it away to a friend. It was too small, the hole was only about 1/2". The diameter at it's thickest (center) was only about 1 5/8" and about 3.5" long. Much too small to make a mace head out of. As someone mentioned above, the one...

Cian of Storvik

I don't want to scare you away from anyone, but I'd been looking for a CA crossbow for a few months, and finally gave up and just bought parts from Alchem Armory /Gladius the Alechemist (Jim Koch) to make my own (which I still have not done). Crossbows by Siegfried is not taking orders and I was tol...

Cian of Storvik

Here's a couple of extant 15th century ballock daggers that have similarly decorated bulbs.
-Cian

Cian of Storvik

What type of station would be appropriate to wear a chain of estate? If you refer to Karen's web site you can see the groupings of collars (chains). Most often they are indicative of orders of chivalry (order of the garter, order of the golden fleece, etc). In England, you could be a knight (a memb...

Cian of Storvik

Livery collars/chains of estate don't seem to be common until the 15th century. Livery chains do appear in the 14th century, but there's not a lot of references to them. Men wearing collars (chains) didn't appear to be fashionable until the 4th quarter of the 14th century. The earliest livery collar...

WTB: loose 9mm SS flat riveted chain rings

FS: Kong Mace head -SOLD