The Armour Archive

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Alexander, why do you always yell "slave" as a greeting?

Perhaps you mean "vale" or "salve"?

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...a pretty decent pic of mine. Nice! I wonder if that same blank could be screwed to a plywood ring to extend the circuference 6 inches or so. Might make a very servicable, affordable aspis (Greek round shield) for SCA combat? Cheers, Tim Why not? BdeB has one, as does Mord. Get one give it a try ...

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Thanks everyone. I've made a deal with Murdock.

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Well, my cup runneth over. Responding to some PMs.

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Where can I find a domed round sheild like the red white and blue one here: http://ursus.smugmug.com/gallery/1377344#65020300

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I believe it was just a plain red latin cross.

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Gofanko's thread made me think and rather than hijack his thread, I came over here. What ocurred to me is to wonder what sort of mixed weapon fights people particularly enjoy and why. Gofanko's great sword/two weapon, sword and sheild/polearm, heck sword and sheild versus anything else, etc, etc. Pl...

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My instinct says aggressive point work. I'll give it a try with Lyonel if it ever stops raining. Perhaps lengthen the handle to give a bit more point control and leverage.

But then I always feel like I'm doing better if I'm aggressive. YMMV.

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Hmm...it was much cooler in my head than the video made it seem.

Thoughts, anyone? I'm especially curious what the chivalry think about it. What are your thoughts? Would you consider this as base as combat archery or do you find it acceptable under certain circumstances?

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I've seen passing mention of such things. What are the rules and info on this activity? Anyone here try it? Is it an experiment or is it approved in some places or am I just making this up?

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I LOVE that cotehardie. Did Kate make it? It's gawguss.

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I heart HE.

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Very cool, Signo.

Does anybody know of any websites with photos of the Chalcis hoard?

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MIchael,

Is the red more of an oxblood or a true red? If Oxblood, I may be interested.

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That hat is gorgeous. NIce work on the gaunts.

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I wonder if we can persuade the SEM to legalize collanders as helms. It' s a great look.

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According to Vegetius, in the later Roman Imperial period there things called plumbatae (singular plumbata) which were darts made of iron, a pointed head at one end and kind of a ball at the other. Soldiers could carry five inside their sheild and throw them at the beginning of battle to harass and ...

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Thanks for doing this.

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That is some awesome ink.

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Thanks, Gaston. I appreciate you explaining where you're coming from. If I recollect, when Lyonel was shopping for plastic for his globose, we looked at Kydex while we were at the shop, read the brief and gave it a pass because of the warning. This was about 5 or 6 years ago. Maybe they've changed t...

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Gaston, I got it from the Kydex technical brief. Kydex gives off hydrogen chloride when it gets too hot. The brief didn't offer a specific temp range or I would have mentioned it. Maybe the fumes are responsible for your rudeness. No kidding if you can smell it, it's too hot. ABS forms at a lower te...

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Avars, Magyars, Carolingians, Lombards, Slavs, Pagan Saxons, Livonians, etc. Knotwolf is the place to go for early period helms. Otto does good work too. There are tons of Dark Age peoples to choose from that get precious little representation in the SCA. Personally when I get my scale shirt I'm goi...

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James Arlen Gillaspie wrote:Sweet, elegant forms! I could scarcely have done better myself! But what's up with the neckline? Looks like a little 'Maximilian' influence creeping in...

That is one hell of a compliment. Way to go, Ugo.

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Sheet ABS is cheaper than kydex and comes in black. Kydex also gives off poisonous fumes at certain temps. YOu can also try HDPE as well. All plastic stinks when heated but kydex might kill you. Thank you for covering it. You're welcome. I am trying to use plastic where, in period, no armor would h...

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Mallak, I highly recommend Torvaldr's gaunts. I fight polearm most of the time and I've taken several cracks to the hands and never even noticed. They are also way light and comfy. First rate all the way.

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Wish I lived closer. Just too much of a commute from Texas.

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I picked up a second job, so I'll be ready in a couple months. I love those scale shirts and I'm really looking forward to getting one.

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Sorry to hear that, Torvaldr. You do some of the nicest tooling I've ever seen. Glad you're still gonna make armor though, since i'm saving for a scale shirt.

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Scotland is shite! (Points to anyone who knows where that quote comes from.) That's why Murdock wears a chamber pot upon his head.

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Excellent kit, Ron.

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There are depictions of knights at foot combat with a buckler mounted on the quillons of a bastard or long sword in the off hand and a broadsword in the other. It may be late 15th but at least it's in our period and a knightly weapon system as is spear and sword. I believe you're talking about this...

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Sure would be nice to see some women fight in crown lists. I will but not until I can afford to do the whole royalty thing.

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Stahlgrim wrote:say no to smurf armour

Definitely.

Sheet ABS is cheaper than kydex and comes in black. Kydex also gives off poisonous fumes at certain temps. YOu can also try HDPE as well. All plastic stinks when heated but kydex might kill you.

Thank you for covering it.

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Cut out a piece of heat treatable steel in the basic shape, hammer or file an edge onto it, then heat treat. Making a halberd head is way easier than making a sword. Unless you want to hammer a billet of steel into shape that is.

domed round sheild

mixed weapon fights

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