The Armour Archive

Adamo

Another tent would work, that's what my camp did last year.
Before you store it, make sure to dry it in the sun, it'll smell less.

Adam

Adamo

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=76098

Duke Paul recommends it.

Adam

Adamo

If you post a picture of where the gaps are, I could give a more educated suggestion.
Also the material of the hilt matters.

Adam

Adamo

I PM'ed him a few days ago here asking about my order and received a prompt response.
He's still working.

Adam

Adamo

A free picture of me up on your wall!
Just right click and then select "Print Picture..."

Adam

Adamo

Well, it's no longer the spring, and this picture is from the winter, but here is what I look like.

Extra points if you can identify the other Archiver lurking in the background.

Adam

Adamo

Thanks for the data, keep it coming. Olaf, What type of hauberk are you wearing? Rivetted? As of tonight I have a Norman helm coming to me from James River Armoury and a stainless hauberk from Knuut. The rest of the kit will be built around this, and I expect to have no money for armor for some time...

Adamo

I went to MacHardy looking for leather to make a c-belt. He was quick to respond and told me he had something that would do. When the leather got here I was shocked. I thought I was buying some scrap piece, but what arrived was a large piece - enough for probably 3 belts and then some - of what is l...

Adamo

Drogo,
Great look.
Does the maille cover your legs?
Are you wearing anything other than the gamboised cuisses on your thighs?

Adam

Adamo

How much does your maille kit weigh?
I'm contemplating a hauberk that is 15% of my body weight...plus the helm and the rest of the armor.
How does that work out for everyone else?
Is a kit that is 40% of your weight standard?

Since we all love pictures, feel free to post that too.

Adam

Adamo

Perhaps slightly off-topic, but I'm curious: What is the difference between a carved and balanced rattan sword and a "waster?" I've had people tell me that they don't like using rattan because it feels like a club, but they will use wasters. To me that just seems unnecessarily pretentious....

Adamo

I bought one of Allen's (of knownworldt.com) aluminum and SS cup hilts as a gift. It's probably the nicest one I've ever handled. Made by AB hammer I think.
Allen's a good guy too.

Adam

Adamo

PM sent about elbows.

Adam

Adamo

Justus,

I've been coveting your axe since you posted it, I now have a bunch of scrap leather lying around and I wanna try my hand at something similar.
If you don't mind, how long is your axe? I'd like to have a reasonable starting point for this.

Thanks,
Adam

Adamo

If you only have one shield and it has to work for both melee and tourneys, that is something to take into consideration.
Can you buy a new shield that is 24x36 for melee and cut a smaller one out of the remnants of your old shield?

Adam

Adamo

Anyone have any ideas?
I mean, sure I could write him a letter...but that might come off as creepy.

Adam

Adamo

Very handsome.

Adam

Adamo

Nicely done Tristan.
When will we get a chance to try some matched great swords?

Adam

Adamo

My first bazubands.
Made them yesterday.

Adam

Sorry about the size of the pics.

Adamo

How? I sent him a few e-mails, PMed him here, nothing back yet and it's been a couple of weeks for some of the e-mails. In the past I was able to contact him promptly via e-mail. Does anyone have a reliable way to get in contact with Master Knuut? I'd really like to give him money and buy a hauberk....

Adamo

Lucas wrote:Adamo, who do you mean? Steve?

Yup. The shorter of the two Steves.
Adam

Adamo

Sounds cool. I just turned 20, so I'm in.
What's the minimum age? What about someone who isn't authorized in the SCA yet but I am certain would make a good showing in the tournament if he was allowed to fight?

Adam

Adamo

Freiman, On quality: I haven't fought in them yet, but so far I've inspected 100 out of the 450 plates I've purchased and they are all identical, a few have some light surface scratching but it's lamellar sitting in a box, so what do ya expect? All the holes are deburred and smooth, to preserve the ...

Adamo

I just got my aluminum lamellar in today, it looks really good, the plates are consistent and TINY! I expect lots and lots of flexibility out of this suit.
I'd recommend eldesar.com to anyone looking to purchase lightweight lamellar, especially as a good alternative to plastic.

Adam

Adamo

Hmm...for a person of your stature I'd avoid being a shieldman in a line, spear could be fun though.

Adam

Adamo

The Revival one claims to be 100% cotton.
The Revival Clothing one says it's 100% linen shell stuffed with 100% cotton.

So will one really be much cooler than the other?

Adam

Adamo

Another review:

He put up with my nit-picking and shipped the item in a very timely manner, when it got here it was exactly what I ordered.

Adam

Adamo

Eric,
When you get to my helm, don't worry about the leather strip we discussed. I figured out an easier way to do it on my own.

Adam

Adamo

Options for cleaning it:
Wear it and move a lot (wear it over a shirt you don't care about).
Wire brush the whole thing.
Roll it with sand.
Dip it in Evapo-Rust.

One of those ought to do the trick.

Adam

Adamo

Yup, just what the subject says, a friend is looking for one of these helms. If you can do this or have an armourer in mind who can, please contact me, pics and price quotes are always a plus.

Thanks,
Adam

Adamo

Do you offer any bascinet styles?

Adam

Adamo

freiman the minstrel wrote:Just for information purposes, how much of a deposit would you need? I looked over your site (very breifly) and I didn't see it.
f

What Freiman said.

Adam

Adamo

I filled a bucket with de-greaser (Purple Power?) and cleaned it off until the bucket turned from light purple to black. Maybe it took three times? After that I rinsed it in a bucket of water and hung it up, drying it with a heat gun. To protect from rust, I try to maintain the blackened finish that...

Adamo

Actually, I assumed that by E=MV^2 he meant E=MC^2, just changing the variable.
Which is a true statement, but I'm not certain it has anything to do with swinging a stick. Unless you are completely burning the stick at the same instant.

Or not.

Adam

Adamo

I've put in a little work on my helm, hopefully I'll get back to it soon. I've done the preliminary dishing on all 4 panels and all 3 bands, and I cut the brow and front-to-back bands. I've only drilled like 2 holes so far though...I really want to finish this. Adam P.S.-Awesome kit Halberds.

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