The Armour Archive

Tom B.

Medieval Miscreant wrote:Just got my Brigandine. Now working on getting new arms and a good sallet. Armour is a never ending process.....

Looking good.
Where did you get the brigandine?
White Rose?

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Tom B.

I was able to pick up Heinrich Muller's Albricht Durer Waffen und Rustungen at what looks like an amazing price. I bought it sight unseen because of the great price it was offered to me at. In addition to the many many Durer works shown there are many other works of art, along with armour and weapon...

Tom B.

http://www.wga.hu/art/d/durer/2/13/2/046.jpg Another Durer work
St. George on Horseback

Tom B.

Sir Omarad wrote:Why can't I get that to show up as an image?

For some reason BBCode was not working for a while.
I had the same issue on a post earlier.

It does seem to be working on new posts now.

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Tom B.

[quote="Mark T"]Here's a great Swiss resource: [i]Die Welt der Schweizer Bilderchroniken[/i], Carl Pfaff (Switzerland, Edition 91, 1991). This book has hundreds of full-colour images from various Swiss chronicles, showing all aspects of Swiss life, but most being military-related. You can ...

Tom B.

Baron Eirik wrote:Sir Omarad had somoethiing like that at Border Raids. A Potato Roller iirc, and said it was legal.

Look at the top right in Facebook photo

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Tom B.

Some photos are showing up on Facebook. (not my photos or facebook pages)

Gloria Cox-Dockery's Photos

Ron Manville

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Tom B.

Johannes wrote:Hope that clears it up.

Sure does.
Thanks

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Tom B.

Anyone watch any of the video?
Anyone buying DVD's?

http://www.battleofthenations.com.ua/

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Tom B.

Malcolm, aside from some pretty good SCA people like Arnora, one of my professional photographers from the magazine was there—Ron Manville. He shoots a lot of living history stuff mundanely. He got about 600 good shots - I've already seen some (wow, some of the best fighting shots I've seen ever). ...

Tom B.

Sir Omarad, Just got my Mandrake tips in the mail. The directions that come with the tips don't seem to match what you said to Aaron. (my Bolding in quotes below) no, all the disks must be in the tip to be legal. Doesn't matter what weapon, follow the directions. I've spoken at length with Windrose ...

Tom B.

120 Great Paintings from Medieval Illuminated Books Platinum DVD and Book
Samples can be seen here

Dose anyone have this?
What do you think?

Tom

Tom B.

Against a shieldman. Get them to charge. Thrust to the face. As they block their vision with the shield circle the polearm around counter clockwise. Hit them in the right side of their head as they drop their shield to peak. Do all of this as you run back-wards to your right. Once perfected this wil...

Tom B.

That explains why you were not in armour.

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Tom B.

My friend Chan Lancelot from Realistic Sparring Weapons in Hong Kong put me in contact with some guys in Shanghai. I was able to meet up with them on Sunday the 15th. http://www.tudou.com/playlist/p/l12205398i84367711.html http://www.tudou.com/playlist/p/l12205398i84367711.html We did some cutting a...

Tom B.

It was great fun.

Good to be back in armour.
Good to see some of my friends that I have not seen in a while.
Good to fight by my knight and household.
Good to pollax some nice Meridians.

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Tom B.

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:These swords make you think they are landing with more force somehow, but they don't seem to transfer as much energy through the helmet and into the head.

Sounds like a good subject for a high speed video.
Lets see if we can set it up for Border Raids.

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Tom B.

For everything but the helmet you can drop the thickness when you go to heat treated spring.

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Tom B.

E-mail sent about the XXL stainless hauberk.

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Tom B.

Check out this thread

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Tom B.

Zetheros wrote: (China is absolutely swarming with them right now)

Where in China are you located?

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Tom B.

I am planning on being there.
I am scheduled to get back from China late on Thursday.

Border Raids website

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Tom B.

Yup, made the hinges. Only real goof on the whole piece was the placement of the hinges =) Betting anyone who has made them knows why and what the result will be if you do it the way I did it...lol. However, I can still get them on just fine so not going to scrap em. When finding the location for t...

Tom B.

Do you have pics of your riveted stainless sleeves?
How much of the torso is civered?
What are the sleeve dimensions?

Thanks,
Tom

Tom B.

Looking at Kunte's webpage brought a few questions to mind.

1. Is it flat ring or round ring? If round which size?
2. Which shoulder option did you pick? (maybe a photo of it laid out flat would answer this)

Thanks,
Tom

Tom B.

PM me if you have a stainless riveted hauberk you would like to sell.

Thanks,
Tom

Tom B.

Realistically, if the 10,000 hour figure is correct, then I doubt there would be many- if ANY- fighters that have met that mark. You are talking 5 hours a week for 20 years to reach that goal. There are also a whole lot of variables that any hard figure just doesn't take into account. There probabl...

Tom B.

More links
10,000 hour rule
The Talent Code

Tom B.

3. A common idea among martial artists of my acquaintance is that it takes about 10,000 reps to get a move into muscle memory (I’m not sure if there is any actual science behind that number or if someone just picked it because it seemed about right). This has a couple implications: first, make sure...

Tom B.

kinda off topic.... but this thread reminded me... I cant find where one can order the new low-profile spear-tips. anyone got a link? thanks. Icefalcon has 'em: m And Windrose has the ones that are actually through the SEM's process and approved for use on fibreglass shafts.... Windrose 2" Tip

Tom B.

Is this still available?
If so please contact me via PM to discuss.

Thanks,
Tom

Tom B.

Is this still available?
If so please contact me via PM to discuss.

Thanks,
Tom

Tom B.

Just saw this e-bay listing for a SCA bargrill jig.

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Tom B.

Definitely in the Kelvingrove now.
Toby featured it in his book The Real fighting Stuff

Tom

Edited to acknowledge Mac's correct identification but outdated location info.

Tom B.

Don't sell me that the planning of swords is only for looks. If you did not feel you were getting some advantage in SCA sport combat you wouldn't keep doing it. Sure you would make one to say it looks like a real sword but if you did’t feel it helped you then you wouldn’t do it for long. This is pu...

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