The Armour Archive

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adamstjohn wrote:(Aside) Is Karen not an absolute treasure?

Oh yeah! My current project is just to use the crappy search function on this thing and read every post she has ever made and follow every link she has ever posted. I think it will take me about a month.

Karen, thank you for everything you do.

Jess

Thank you so much guys! This is a great help.

Jess

I'm just getting into it. I've been checking this out:

http://www.brown.edu/Research/Decameron/

Jess

Where do I look to find info on Vendel Era soft kit/material culture? I realize that's hundreds of years. So maybe closer to 8th century?

But I don't know enough yet to be asking a more specific questions.

Thanks!

Jess

I was concerned that it appeared to be one solid piece from high neck to below the crotch. I was thinking it would be difficult to move the head, look around, bend, twist, (and if solid breast cups were added depending on how much of the breast they covered) move the arm across the chest. Depending ...

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My only complaint is that some of the techniques decribed are a bit mysterious. Check out this unrelated website with a related name for "demos" of some of the techniques. m But I think the only thing that helps with gussets and gores is just practice. Although here is a demo showing it: m

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Jess Vitus's squire I think she bought it for her, might have been for someone else. I bought it for me, but it was too flat. I seem to be a little more... 3D? rounder?... than you. Sure fits my boss though. I knew you made it but didn't realize you were making stuff for other people. So you intere...

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Ummm. I would disagree. Ignoring the creepy fetish look of it, aren't you concerned that she will not be able to move (and thus, fight) in it?

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I'm working on modifying a small one right now. I can't tell if it doesn't work off the rack because I am just much smaller with different proportions as a woman or if it is just a weird fit. So far, I have chopped about 3 inches off the sleeve length, have taken in the giant tall collar (and I have...

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Sixtus, no pirates were harmed. But it wasn't in jest or good fun. This was my third consecutive war this decade, so I recall it would have been at least the third such interruption during Midrealm court. My recollection is that the interruptions seemed to be (I assume accidentally) timed during pee...

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I am coveting the sandals. I must have some!

Jess

Linens get machine washed every time I wear them. Colors are hung up to dry (makes for fewer wrinkles for some reason). I bleach all whites, especially the fighting kit and throw them in the dryer too. This will shorten their life, but I don't care. I am not into recreating BO or grass stains on my ...

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My blackened mild camail rusted like crazy and I was less than enthused at the prospect of having to remove the rust and blackened finish and redo it every couple of months. So I sprayed it with Rustoleum Rust Reformer. The can was about $4. It made the rust turn black and it does not get your hands...

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I do not know enough about your combat style to know what's suitable. If it is similar to SCA rattan combat, the best source for off the rack woman size clamshell gauntlets is Blue Monkey. Mild is about $100 and it has a nice smash proof thumb. Stainless is more. You can contact the owner through he...

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PM on the way.

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I like something sugary. A bowl of ice cream. Then after about 30 minutes I have a sugar drop and go right out.

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Won't these methods take the blackened finish off?

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My mild blackened riveted mail is very rusty. I am considering spraying it with Rustoleum rust reformer. Has anyone tried this?

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Please post pics with a view of the visor, the helmet from the front, and a side view. SCA, right? Is it mild or stainless? What gauge? Do you take paypal or would this require a Western Union to Australia experience? What do you mean by X-small? What size are you and how small is it in comparison. ...

Jess

Put me in the sab line in case a pair become available, please.

Jess

I think it's the gesso that makes the repair more likely to be successful, assuming you gesso it when you paint the shield the first time. I put the 3M adhesive spray on and smooth it down. Hand sew it closed. Smear gesso on (the cheaper, more plastery the gesso, the better) the seam and smooth it d...

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Too hot. I usually get those symptoms but with a headache too. I've had some luck with taking otc naproxen sodium a couple of hours before fighting or immediately after. On the way home I was thinking about putting pockets into my new jupon where I could slide a couple of those flexible freezer ice ...

Jess

Very nice! I want one.

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I think Blue Monkey makes the best SCA clamshells for the price. Also, they make a variety of sizes, including some even too small for my hands. (Not sure how old or big your newphew is, but you don't seem old enough to have an 18 year old newphew so...) I bought a pair of their mild and then later ...

Jess

Slow down! You are not required to fight with a basket hilt. You could fight with clamshells and a cross hilt. But I wouldn't do that to start because I need my grip for power generation. At 125 pounds you may too. My really good advice is not to buy anything else right now until you get the rest of...

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You may want to hang out a bit before you start buying. You post is confusing to me, and it makes me think you want to take your time to see what you really need first. If you are going to be fighting SCA sword and shield, and your sword is going to have a basket hilt, then you may not want clamshel...

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Peppovitch, I think Blue Monkey makes the best SCA clamshells for small hands. I am a woman that wears a womans XL glove size/small mens glove. I have very long fingers but my hands are just not very thick so I otherwise require custom made hand protection. I wear a size small in their gaunts. I bou...

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http://www.zenwarriorarmory.com/ (I bought a pair as a gift. One at Gulf Wars, and then they promptly shipped me another a couple of days afterward.)

This is where I got my new alum + ss one from:
http://www.knownworldt.com
Call or email the guy (whose name I can't recall). He is very pleasant.

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Fantastic!

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Define small and how many do you need?

I think I have a couple hundred of what I would consider small ones that I would be happy to mail out to you tomorrow as a gift.

Let me check when I get home to see what size they are.

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Put me on the list please in case it doesn't work out.

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What time period and place are you interested in? How much money? Are you making it yourself? Women's armour is usually men's armour with slightly different proportions. If you tell us a general idea of what you are looking at, we can make specific suggestions. My groin protection recommendation is ...

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I despise tourneys that require a consort. I once seriously considered hiring a homeless man for this purpose before deciding that the ladies of the gallery would probably want to murder me for it. So I'm sympathetic. Does she have to be present? If not, and if you can't find a more convenient solut...

Vendel Era info

Rustoleum experiment on mild camail

rust reformer?