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Corby de la Flamme

As Robert the Wardog commented to me, the battle was an excellent example of why you need 3 to 1 odds to attack a fortification.

But it was much much better than the town battle, which was the dumbest scenario I or any of half a dozen 20+year fighters had ever experienced.

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Doing some tests recently, I tried a weak carpenter's glue/water mix, brushing the inside and outside with it until it was more or less soaked. Then cold formed and dried, it came out very very rigid. Much easier than wax, which I've done too. Safer, harder and probably longer lasting. And once it d...

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After reading the description, I am not sure if this is Bannackburn or Stirling Bridge. Mostly, it is Silly. And low on the work to fun ratio on its face. I hope I'm wrong, but most fighters I know come to the war to fight, not to haul haybales around in armor. How that haybale got into my armor, I...

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I'd say showing up and a willingness to listen. I can work with anyone to develop the things you list if they have the things I listed. And I know of many sad cases who have excellent combinations of the things you list, but lack one or both of the things I list. Those guys are gone. But if I have t...

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My Osprey Norman Knight book shows three thongs coming off the front of the belt onto the scabbard, but doesn't offer any reference to original sources. In making my original swallowtail sword belt, I discovered there's an excellent reason why some of them used three thongs around the scabbard: it i...

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slimy vambraces--ugh. Now you make me wonder if I should use some elmer's glue instead. It doesn't soften up again once it dries, and I've already tested that on another piece. Of course, I mixed the rabbit glue this morning in preparation for applying it tonight. Now I'm not so sure. Any other opin...

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Anyone know if rabbit glue will darken or change the color of dyed and antiqued leather? I'd love to use it on this project to harden the leather and to attach the lining materials, but I really don't want the decoration getting any darker than it already is. Yes, I do plan to test it on a scrap, bu...

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[img]http://delaflamme.org/site/files/Dyed%20&%20Antiqued%20bauzbands.jpg[/img] This is the left. Getting close to done now. The right bauzband still needs some of the octofoils riveted on, then it is time for stitching holes for the top plates and elbow gores. Then stitching the gores, cutting out ...

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When I made my first sword belt, I used documentation from the description of a scabbard found in an English college library behind the stacks when they did some renovation. As found, the scabbard had actually been rolled up and sewn into a leather ball. Its worn out bits made up the stuffing of a b...

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Since I had some trouble getting the yellow dye even on the bauzbands, I tried the advice I read elsewhere on this board about dying the leather while it is wet when it came time last night to dye the top plates. Good news and bad news. Good: The dye is much more even and I really like the color. Ba...

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Who knew there was more than one SCAdian like that.

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13 helmets should have been a give away.

I mean, William likes his armor, but still.

Perhaps this thread could be deleted by the mods rather than cause more confusion?

Relieved.

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If you die in the battle, you will forfeit all of the ransom items that you have brought for the day. The reason this has been added as an experiment is that in normal SCA combat there is nothing lost if you "die" and we thought it would be most interesting if people were compelled to fight like th...

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Leo Medii wrote:Oh, and you really NEED the armor in this battle.

Only if you're getting hit.

(Note my previous post.)

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Murdock wrote:Whats your head size?

I've had enough wine tonight to say that my head size is Norman.

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The first question needs to be: are you doing this because you love it, or for a living? If you're doing this for a living, then the previous comments all make excellent sense. If you're doing this primarily because you love it (which I assume means you have a real job) then really, you need to thin...

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One of the seals of Richard the First clearly shows him in a fully enclosed helm. I think the second seal. Can't find a good pic online, but I recall it from the Osprey book on the normans. It is, in fact, where I got the inspiration for my helm crest.

I believe that's circa 1194.

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Interesting changes--considering that there were only 45 people last year, when 60 were needed, yet the standards have been tightened. In the past, there was no limit on polearm size, for example. And by requiring 14th century kits, I'm out. But on the other hand, there were no single swords or "sin...

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That poor woman--apparently wearing that mail made her nipples fall off.

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the pics are pretty small, so there's no chance to see the detail. Especially of the tooling. Why isn't the inside of the shoulder strap dyed? What is that red marble thing in the wire frame? I'm unaware of any period examples of the large thong stitching on the sides. It isn't a tandy kit, is it? I...

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Middle rank fighters particularly fall into the trap of thinking that practice is the time to win fights. It is not. Practice is for practicing. Everyone who has been at this for a while has a couple of things they're better at than most people. It might be sniping at range. It might be close in wra...

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that thumb guard will result in some wearers getting their thumbs split/dislocated/jammed/broken.

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Thanks very much!

Here's one more pic found on Dobson's site--

[img]http://www.masterarmourer.com/images/Besagew.jpg[/img]

Try the directory there for lots of cool pics-----

http://www.masterarmourer.com/images/

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In the conference proceedings he wrote a How-To that I've been very interested in seeing - unfortunately I can't get it through ILL and am disinclined ot spend the $55 to get it without a preview. Not available, or you had some hitch with Interlibrary Loan? I'm staff at UVa, which has some incredib...

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If you need something special, there's probably a specialty lumber supplier somewhere near any metro NJ location. And if you're not metro, there's probably a tree nearby you can cut down. Or try these guys--hardwood dowels right out of your computer: m I've never orderd from them, but they have 10 d...

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These are both free and much better, clearly written and not empty of humility: Bellatrix School Fundamentals of Oldcastle Sword and Shield If you really want Trompe L'oeil, try this. Or do you just need a copy as a joke present? In that case, I'd recommend the Krotchpunt as an alternative.

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Gregoire de Lyon wrote:Are these the repros you are talking about?

Those are purty. Who made them and are there more pictures? Are they from some other thread?

What kind of shape are they in now, after fighting?

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Thanks to Sir TJ, Lord William Thomas and Lady Anne, I finally got my yellow leather dye. After the first coat, I still need to even it out some. Luckily, applying yellow over the green and red didn't make any difference, so I didn't have to paint it on carefully. There's no finish or antiquing on t...

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I think maybe I'm getting close to the medieval design goal of "too much is never enough" at this point. The main dye colors are on, but no antiquing yet and the yellow ground color isn't on either. (It would be easier if I actually had the yellow dye first.) http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/f...

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I finished tooling the right bauzband last night, but it is still drying. Here are pics of the formed left. Today I paint on the green dye and set stitching holes for the darts. After some time working on my poplar scabbard liner. I'll save the leather work for when the temps rise in the afternoon. ...

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White Mountain Armoury wrote:...Sinrics site has great info on tining.
Its not a difficult process

How about a link?

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Sir Corby, would you mind if I took this pattern and modified it some for a pair of bazubands I am about to make? I really like the look of it, but would like to get your permission first. Do you mean the shape or the tooling ? You're welcome to the pattern of the shape as that is not really even m...

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some pictures might help.

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Aaron wrote:Right now we have a dominance of swords because they aren't padded.

NO.

We have a dominance of shields.

Shields can be of any weight that can be made, down to an effective weight of Z-E-R-0.

And they are indestructible, no matter how hard you hit them with whatever is legal.

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Here's where I am with the right bauzband. The design is cut in all around, but only about half tooled. [img]http://delaflamme.org/site/files/bauzbands.jpg[/img] Anyone have a thought about how to treat the mild steel octofoils so they'll be rust resistant? I want to put something on them before I r...

odds

glue not wax

Re: Pennsic Broken Field battle (thoughts)

Other choices

sort of found a ref

Hmmm.

Rabbit Glue and color change

Nearly done.

Oxford (?) Library Scabbard Find--need reference

progress and a discovery/warning

Huhh

13 helmets

Re: rules addendum

Immodesty

full of wine

Here's the thing

Second Seal of Richard the First

Interesting changes

how sad

hard to see

Practice is for practicing

ouch

Yay

Interlibrary loan

Google rocks

Ugh.

lovely

yellow

Quietly Understated

Progress pics

link?

pattern, octofoils

a pic

Shields, not swords.

progress