The Armour Archive

Syrfinn

Thanks, actually have the one Primvs suggests, dont have the one Gwen suggests. Will try and pick that one up, thanks.

Was trying to finish up one though for this weekend, so guess I will wing it, till I get the other book.

Syrfinn

Well unfort, wifes schedule is a little to hectic, for me to want to have her also try and sew me coptic tunics. So I am going to suck it up, and try to do them myself. < I can hear her sewing machine screaming from here > Anyone have any good patterns or good advise on making one. Wife tried to mak...

Syrfinn

Finger gauntlets are great. Had apair for a short time, before I decided I was going back to my basket hilts, mainly cause it was what I was used to. Though I am buying a pair of gauntlets from Torvaldr. Sooner or later I will get another pair of finger gauntlets though. Just want to get a pair, tha...

Syrfinn

Only thing you might be able to do though, is if you can find out if he took orders, or still taking orders after he got rid of his stuff.

Then you have basis for intentionally defrauding folks.

Syrfinn

just throwing this out there, since i know it will come up, but this is straight from Corpora, as far as timeline goes. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Society) is a nonprofit educational organization devoted to study of t...

Syrfinn

Very sweet looking, Torvaldr.

Syrfinn

Lol, yep, I remember those days also, Bryce. And my aluminum heater back then, plus my shield basket I used to use, brought it right to where it was supposed to be. Used to piss off plenty of marshals when they would look at it, pick it up, and say it wasnt legal only for me to tell them to weigh it...

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Nice ones Falcone.

Syrfinn

Would love to see counted blows become the norm for tournament fighting, really, really hate the knee fighting stuff, though I tend to be farely good at it. Not sure how it would transfer over to melees though. Then again, we are based off an honor system, so we would just have to trust each other. ...

Syrfinn

I like Bryce's variation better.

Syrfinn

Hamish, if you need any help with dealing with these stick figures, let me know, and will gather up the Big Boys R Us crew and come on down. :p

Syrfinn

You know Saint-Sever, that might be one of the best ways of explaining what and how we do things, that I have ever read.

Thank you.

Syrfinn

Yeah, I am finally going from my heater, to a centergrip oval. Will put a pic out, once I get the kit fully together. New helm is done, so will be able to tie everything together.

Granted, going to suck fighting for a bit, till i get used to fighting with a centergrip.

Syrfinn

Is this up yet?

Trying to encourage the folks in my warband, to start now on improving their kits to participate in this next year, as well as just trying to encourage them all to just increase the look of their kits over all.

Thanks

Syrfinn

Alas, poor Alejandro, we knew him well.

Syrfinn

Have to say, one of the things I am enjoying seeing in Atlantia, is the variety of shields now. I think I probably could of counted on one hand the amount of guys who fought sword and shield regularly, who didnt fight with a heater type shield. Nice to see variety showing up. Granted, been away regu...

Syrfinn

Congrats to his Highness Griffith and his princess. Well done and good folks that he beat on the way up.

Syrfinn

Sweet, congrats to all for a great day, and congrats to their Highnesses, Valharic and Arielle

Syrfinn

Ouch, that bites Afshin, sorry to hear it. Hope your foot heals fast.

Syrfinn

Lol, perfect, glad it worked out great.

Syrfinn

Hey thats a great idea.

Granted its only a great idea, so I can sack it and burn it to the ground. :p

Syrfinn

Tell me about it. I was going to buy this cute little pink stormtrooper outfit I saw on Ebay I was going to buy and wear.

Syrfinn

Come on Cat, lets not derail this, its a great show from here.

<goes back to prodding both sides>

Dance monkeys, dance!

Syrfinn

<best Conan the Barbarian impersonation> Mongol General: We have won again. That is good! But what is best in life? Mongolian warlord: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcon on your wrist, wind in your hair! Mongol General: Wrong! Rhys, what is best in life? Rhys: To crush CA, see them driven before y...

Syrfinn

Not sure I agree with this. I am always for the wear what you want, but be aware, the less you wear, the more things are going to hurt. If you dont want to hurt more, then either block better or wear more gear. I dont pull shots on our newer guys, just cause they wear less. If anything, I target the...

Syrfinn

For the beginning, it will probably feel like a ton, till you get used to it. After that you should be fine. Also, the Cariadoc shield weights, has its flaws, its just one of the better ways for myself to get a decent idea, on if my shields are to light or not. So I use it, with a grain of salt. I w...

Syrfinn

Not really, specially with how you made it. How big is it? If you go off the old Cariadoc rules for shields that I think some kingdoms used to use, I think it used to be about 2 pounds per sq foot. For what a wooden shield back in those days would of weighed. If you went more towards the steel shiel...

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Thanks Craven, that makes it nice, cause it looks like I will only have to use a couple of vacation days for this. instead of 4 like I thought.

Looking forward to meeting folks I have never had a chance to meet before.

Syrfinn

Really? Hmm, I didnt see that, but I know I have on the auction also will add shipping after you buy item. Just emailed you the shipping cost.

Thanks for pointing that out, will fix it.

Syrfinn

ooh, that looks nice for the period.

Syrfinn

Just a bump, and also to let folks know I dropped the Buy It Now price on both my remaining items. The knees are now $40 and the Crash Pads are now $50

Thanks

Syrfinn

Just throwing in my thoughts on the matter. I like having CA on the field, but would love to see it go away from the magic arrow, we currently have, and to the face only. I dont play this game, with the fuzzy feeling of a great deed of arms against fellow noble man. I play this game for the illusion...

Syrfinn

Actually James, one reason the kits tend to lean towards 14c is, and this is just a total guess, the bascinet. For the longest time, it was "THE" tourney helm, due to its glancing surfaces. Plus the fact, that a lot of armorers were pushing them out quickly more than any other helm. Granted, a lot o...

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Very interesting list. This one could be up for grabs for about 4 or 5 guys on this list, with about 2 or 3 more guys that could be dark horses that could throw a wrench into the works. Unfort, not going to be able to make it. Wife starts a job next weekend, so she would like me to be home the final...

Syrfinn

Thanks Adric, will get these out in the mail today.

Anyone have a good Coptic Tunic pattern

Warriors of History website?