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- Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:01 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Have you, or would you ever consider, changing your SCA Name
- Replies: 95
- Views: 1199
Re: Have you, or would you ever consider, changing your SCA
In Markland, people were warned that if they did not pick a name, one may be picked for them! In the Longship Company most of our crew go by their civilian names when not at a reenactment or harbor festival; then there is always the alternative: "#6 Port Oar; put down that goat! Didn't your par...
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:49 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather vambraces found in Estonia AND Lithuania!
- Replies: 121
- Views: 7506
Re: Leather vambraces found in Estonia
It obviously can't be real; you photo-shopped it to give all the "leather fetishists" a thrill, didn't you. Next, you'll dash their hopes by revealing the fraud and snicker at their tears!
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:04 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Wheeled Armour Chest
- Replies: 98
- Views: 2885
Re: Wheeled Armour Chest
That is so much better than lawnmower wheels!
(Now, if you had enough servants appropriate to your position, you wouldn't need wheels at all!)
(Now, if you had enough servants appropriate to your position, you wouldn't need wheels at all!
)- Mon Dec 19, 2011 3:19 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: 2012 approaches - what to upgrade, what to do away with?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1467
Re: 2012 approaches - what to upgrade, what to do away with?
This year (2011)- New mast fish installed and tested and workable. Old crone now scrap in woodshop. Repaired two rigging blocks with bronze pins. Nobody drowned. Next year (2012)- Sea chests for ship's batteries. Covers (nondescript) for fire extinguishers, life vests and other safety equipment. Ne...
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:15 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: {sca} awards as a lure.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1241
Re: {sca} awards as a lure.
I have a parallel experience in some blacksmithing contests. I don't usually enter unless I have what I consider a "brilliant" concept; but then the same people seem to win over and over (hmm, former and current guild officers, mostly), and I got discouraged. But then , I looked at the oth...
- Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:27 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Jeweling/Smithing issues w/ a late Norse sword hilt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 301
Re: Jeweling/Smithing issues w/ a late Norse sword hilt
The rivets for the upper part of the pomel may have only held it in place relative to the lower portion of the pommel. In other words, they extend up from the lower pommel into holes in the upper pommel to keep it from twisting on a lateral axis. The tang may have been peened over, just as you would...
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:35 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: 11th Century Varangian - Getting Specific
- Replies: 10
- Views: 399
Re: 11th Century Varangian - Getting Specific
Ah yes, the infamous "clothes horses" of Byzantium! Those Varangians were such show-offs!
- Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:42 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Instructions for a pennular brooch
- Replies: 8
- Views: 186
Re: Instructions for a pennular brooch
Also remember, for the distaff side, that large, exposed pins and child care do not go well together. At least in the early medieval period turtle and shield brooches are more appropriate for women tending children. (Unless you have some handy servants.)
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:12 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: "Knights in the Middle Ages were not the brutal & merciless"
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1089
Re: "Knights in the Middle Ages were not the brutal & mercil
Central to the concept of chivalry and a "gentle"man was the concept of control, control over violence and anger and unleashing deadly passions, except in certain approved situations. (This, of course, applies to military and police organizations to the present day.) A gentleman did not in...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:01 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: New tool for the shop
- Replies: 6
- Views: 377
Re: New tool for the shop
I can't quite pin down the scale. What are the dimensions, and how many tons is the jack?
- Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:00 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Cheap Coal Forge
- Replies: 19
- Views: 239
Re: Cheap Coal Forge
If you have an odd one (cast iron hibachi grill) sitting about, clay it and try it; but don't buy one just as a tuyere. My first wooden forge with a jimmied firepot of metal fittings and fire bricks, backed by dirt, worked- but not very well. My second wooden forge, with a Centaur Forge firepot and ...
- Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:44 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Preferred Wood Finish?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 553
Re: Preferred Wood Finish?
With my ironwork (I do a little woodwork, too; but not for sale {yet}) I include a care card stating that it is for interior use only, and requires regular inspection and waxing to preserve the finish. I would go with an authentic wax finish for the woodwork and include a card bragging about it and ...
- Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:35 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Mushrooms for a member.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 555
Re: Mushrooms for a member.
losthelm wrote:Are those butt caps for welded pipe fittings?
Looks good
Shhhhhhhhh! I magician never gives away his secrets!
- Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:38 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Period Tent Stakes
- Replies: 12
- Views: 359
Re: Period Tent Stakes
When I forge tent stakes for use around tidewater Maryland and Virginia, (and for my wif's gardening projects) I will sometimes forge the points with a "fingernail" profile, the better to penetrate oyster shells. (It's amazing how many oysters our ancestors and predecessors ate, not to men...
- Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:29 am
- Forum: Armour - I want to be a...
- Topic: Early Period, Briton (above the Wall)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1094
Re: Early Period, Briton (above the Wall)
Better far is woad... Woad's the stuff to show men; Woad to scare your foemen; Boil it to a brilliant hue, and spread it on you legs and your abdomen. Next Peensic ask about barchan and the woad people and their progress through the Royal Court. (Sorry, but it is cheaper than all that other stuff; a...
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:13 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Whats with the general dislike of rerebraces?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 634
- Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:07 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Brown Leather Fantasy Armor
- Replies: 7
- Views: 330
Re: Brown Leather Fantasy Armor
Only an armorer would cut his pretty wife off at the smile, the better to feature the armor!
- Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:46 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Blackening/Blueing Helm
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1101
Re: Blackening/Blueing Helm
Bluing in the Oven: Just a little note of warning- this is best done when the wif is out of the house, or better yet, out of town! I have a small toaster oven for knife blades and such in the forge, but now use a gas grill with pumice for larger pieces. I had very nice results in the household oven,...
- Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:42 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Yep...another Google SketchUp Design by Az - Viking Bench
- Replies: 19
- Views: 243
Re: Yep...another Google SketchUp Design by Az - Viking Benc
Haldan wrote:NEAT Design!
I've always thought that the bench of that era (circa 1000-1200) more like this though:
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/stockholm/pew121.jpg
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/stockholm/pew119.jpg
http://www.greydragon.org/trips/stockholm/pew120.jpg
Haldan
Wow!
Are that piece original or a reproduction from fragmants? Do you have a more exact date or provenence?
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:01 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: the term "helm"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 348
Re: the term "helm"
Well, I was able to swing by the Departmental library for a session with the OED; and it pretty much confirmed what I remembered. A partial list of derivations: Old English & German: helm; Old Norse: hjalmr; Swedish & Danish: hjelm; Old French: helme The original meaning is a covering, in In...
- Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:28 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Knotwolf historic helm
- Replies: 8
- Views: 604
Re: Knotwolf historic helm
Well done, sir; a fascinating texture.
- Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:21 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: the term "helm"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 348
Re: the term "helm"
The term "helm" occures in Beowulf, in the original Old English; especially in the phrase "helm ond byrnan" or "helm and byrnie" the byrnie being the mail shirt. "Helmet" is a diminuitive form that seems to come into play when the "great helm" comes ...
- Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:30 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Helm...looking for more pictures
- Replies: 14
- Views: 746
Re: Helm...looking for more pictures
Ah; the "blunt, heavy object" school of medieval armor! Simple, even a little crude, but effective. 
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:40 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Knights of Mayhem - did you watch?
- Replies: 174
- Views: 3072
Re: Knights of Mayhem - did you watch?
Brought to you by NewsCorp: Uncle Rupert knows what's good for you, and what you want.
He's listening right now!
He's listening right now!
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:35 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: building the world's most iconic Viking ship
- Replies: 2
- Views: 207
Re: building the world's most iconic Viking ship
:Sigh: They are just so bloody lovely!
...and then comes time to repair the strakes and scrape the bottom and repair the rigging...
Which reminds me; I need to go down to the point and bail ours now. :smaller sigh of resignation:
...and then comes time to repair the strakes and scrape the bottom and repair the rigging...
Which reminds me; I need to go down to the point and bail ours now. :smaller sigh of resignation:
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:08 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: New tool: Horizontal/Vertical Raising Stake
- Replies: 24
- Views: 439
Re: New tool: Horizontal/Vertical Raising Stake
I've done bending in a wood stove at 3/4 vent (many years ago). However, the easiest/simplest method would be to hunt down an amenable local blacksmith and ask how much to do the bend(s) to your specs on X number of bars. This is basic bread and butter work at a forge. If it saves you time and troub...
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:57 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: New knives
- Replies: 9
- Views: 386
Re: New knives
Please bask in the light of our admiration!
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:58 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: New tool: Horizontal/Vertical Raising Stake
- Replies: 24
- Views: 439
Re: New tool: Horizontal/Vertical Raising Stake
No, no! Stakes MUST be vertical, even if you have to perch precariously upon a stool to use them.
Folks MUST suffer for art!
Your innovation is a dangerous trend, Sir, and should be suppressed.
Folks MUST suffer for art!
Your innovation is a dangerous trend, Sir, and should be suppressed.
- Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:06 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: ATTENTION ALL VIKINGS!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 418
Re: ATTENTION ALL VIKINGS!
Robert of Canterbury wrote:
Go nuts!
Too late!
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:28 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Camp Fenby Autumn Session, 2011
- Replies: 1
- Views: 90
- Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:27 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: extant armourers tools...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 506
Re: extant armourers tools...
Wonderful things! 
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:04 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Book Review? - Medieval Handgonnes - Sean McLachlan
- Replies: 14
- Views: 406
Re: Book Review? - Medieval Handgonnes - Sean McLachlan
Thank you. I shall consider it.
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:30 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Book Review? - Medieval Handgonnes - Sean McLachlan
- Replies: 14
- Views: 406
Re: Book Review? - Medieval Handgonnes - Sean McLachlan
Randall:
Do you think it would be of value to a balcksmith contemplating making reproductions? Any diagrams, measurements, technical notes? (Family is hinting around for birthday and Christmas gifts. )
Do you think it would be of value to a balcksmith contemplating making reproductions? Any diagrams, measurements, technical notes? (Family is hinting around for birthday and Christmas gifts.
)- Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:48 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Hastings XXXXIII
- Replies: 4
- Views: 271
Re: Hastings XXXXIII
Drey and Adrian; at it again!
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:21 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Viking razors...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 532
Re: Viking razors...
I know that copper razors have been recovered in Roman contexts; I would think they may have persisted, or been relatively commonplace. (I also suspect that you might spend a lot of time stropping one as you shaved.)