The Armour Archive

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Look, dude, this place is where serious armourers, historians, archeologists, Classicists and Medievalists hang out. The nature of this beast is to be historically correct or at least seek to know what that is. We're really into this stuff and educating peope is what it is all about. If you don't w...

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I"m talkin' about a scimitar, not a falchion Taking into consideration that you requested it be under 50 pounds.. I'm not so certain you know what you're talkin about. Umm, I think he was joking. Anyway though, what I posted can technically be considered a Scimitar, its just a fantasy style on...

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Look, dude, this place is where serious armourers, historians, archeologists, Classicists and Medievalists hang out. The nature of this beast is to be historically correct or at least seek to know what that is. We're really into this stuff and educating peope is what it is all about. If you don't wa...

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Well and goodly done!

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bumpo

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[img]http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/20C/glaive.gif[/img]

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Probably 6-7 feet in length is typical.

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I"m talkin' about a scimitar, not a falchion Taking into consideration that you requested it be under 50 pounds.. I'm not so certain you know what you're talkin about. Umm, I think he was joking. Anyway though, what I posted can technically be considered a Scimitar, its just a fantasy style on...

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Ah, I see. In the acquisition comments, it mentioned that the eye holes were decorative and don't line up where they can be seen out of when wearing the helmet. WTF? Did I read that wrong and misunderstand? If not, then I'm missing something. Not impossible. It's kind of like in the SCA. You look a...

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Uh, well, we don't have a good idea what he's looking for and he's asking us for help getting one made. He wants a glaive form a game and we're a bunch of Medievalists. Glaive to us means a specific thing which may or may not look anything like what he wants. Pics will help us help him get what he w...

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If you take a look on the Archive pattern collection, you will find both brigandine and Coat of Plates patterns. Perhaps take a look around there to see how they are made.

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As I said, there are only a few extant falchions, of which I posted a few pics. If you look through friossart and other Medieval MS you'll see depictions of curved falchions. The Italians were also fond of curved swords, given how close they were to Moslem terrirories this is probably natural. There...

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Here they are:

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yea, thats pretty crazy, if im gonna do it, its gonna be this way. I'm really stubborn!!! what other material/leather would you make it out of? I figured suede on both sides would hold up well enough.... I dont weant it too stiff... the plates are gonna be pretty close together... @ 5-6 oz chap lea...

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Seems a little too curved to me to be a falchion. Weren't they generally straight bladed? There a many depictions of falchions with curved blades in art. There are only 2 or 3 extant ones left, the Thorpe having a straight blade with a clip point and the Conyers which looks like a big machete, so i...

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If you've played Mount and Blade and seen the glaive in that game then you know what Im lookin for. When I first played the game and saw that weapon I thought to myself "I have to find out more about this weapon!" Okay. Mount and blade does not help us too much. They may not even have the...

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looking for about 100 18ga. cold rolled steel plates, that measure 2" x 4.5" no need to drill the corners for rivets... I'll do that along with rounding them... Regards another thought.... 18ga is enough for a brig/C.O.P? i plan on covering it with suede and riviting each corner. followin...

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What do you want this for?

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That is because that helmet is from Southern Italy, that is Magna Graecia, not from a Greek workshop. It is an imitation of the classic Corinthian made by folks living in Greeces Italian colonies.

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bumpkis

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So I have been trying to find info about Poulaines, crusaders born in the holy land circa 1130 or so, and while i can find plenty of details about helms, arm, and leg, and mail, i have two questions. One, would they wear additional body armor besides the chain mail for the chest? Leather chestplate...

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I need to make or buy one of these things. I especially like the dark woodstain. Then I can use my huge Rubbermaid box for other things, like transporting dead bodies.

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I'll be here all week, try the veal.

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I'm too sexy for my lam

too sexy for my lam

that's why I'm sellin' it....

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Like Jurgen said, some folks only get the message when delivered with sufficent force. As far as "What do we do when said abuser decides that your corrective action merits an even stiffer reaction on their part?" Hit them even harder or, just stop playing with them until they get it or lea...

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replied, mon

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Mike Garrett (Orc) wrote:
audax wrote:Looks like a bell cuirass.

Not familiar with the term.
Is that good or bad?

http://www.royalathena.com/pages/GreekC ... HMQ51.html

Bell cuirasses were used during the Archaic period in Greece and by a few other cultures like the Etruscans and I believe Hallstatt period Celts.

Not a bad thing at all.

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PM sent Noe

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Looks like a bell cuirass.

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HOwdy folks,

I have room in my queue for about three folks who want some hardened leather armour. This stuff is hard, surprisingly light and very protective.

PM me if interested.

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Still available, down to $175, including the extra hundred plates.

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Probably. Everything else is.

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YOu are doing some really fine work, GP.

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Where?

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I have found the spray WD-40 the best all around. I always have it in my equipment supplies. I will have to try some lanolin like Es02 uses. I noticed when I got WD-40 on the leather, it did not seem to hurt it. It just made it darker looking. WD-40 and brown hardware store 3M scrubbers. I have fou...

Re: WTB- plates for a brig/C.O.P

Re: A question about 12th century armor

Room in my queue