The Armour Archive

Ingvarr

I sent them an email in mid December and got a response from them in mid January. IIRC two days more than a month. Seems like email might not be a strength. While we're on the topic of BMHD though, does anyone have any experience with their axe heads? They are pretty sexy but how do they hold up and...

Ingvarr

Hmm...Just was noticing. Apparently Sweet Stitcher's name is/was/were Ang ela. It looks like there's a potential scam going back years now. A user just tipped me off with a physical address for Theodora, which stated in the name section of the address: A.N.G. I still need to get someone with Frances...

Ingvarr

Comb is where she'll probably end up if she does it. I tried to talk her into the relief carved story, but she feels that it is beyond her abilities. She's probably right for now. She is worried about it it being to dry and brittle, being sun dried and she could well be right about that too. Seems t...

Ingvarr

Alls I can say is Atenveldt is going to be rich in mead and very, very drunk in the not too distant future.

Ingvarr

I'm not too impressed by the editting but if anyone wants to watch a little bit of yesterday's Atenveldt War Practice, go to here. In the Video Center pane on the right side, part way down the list is Renaissance re-enactment. Sorry I couldn't do a direct link.

Ingvarr

My wife is wanting to do an A&S project using a rib that someone gave her, cow I think but it might be deer, I haven't looked at it in a long time, and the dremmel that she got for Christmas. Any suggestions?

Ingvarr

It's just a few miles north anyway. And hey, if you ever start doing any casting, you can market it as Sigtuna Smelt.

OK, that one was even bad for me.

Ingvarr

Hmmm..Wanted to check just to make sure I wasn't blowing smoke, and it appears that I was. Birka is actually believed to have been mostly abandoned by 960ish, with Sigtuna probably taking over as the important trade center in that part of Sweden for the next couple of hundred years or so. Of course,...

Ingvarr

I would seriously pick a place and decide from that. As to which of the trading centers were largest someone else will have to answer although I really think that you would be fine with Birka, Hedeby, Viborg, Jorvik, Kaupang, or even Kiev or Novogord if you wanted to do Rus.

Ingvarr

Where are you from?
Hedeby - Denmark
Birka - Sweden
Jorvik - Danelaw
Lublin - Poland

There were major trade centers all over the place. In the north and elsewhere. Decide where you want to be from and there is a trade center.

Ingvarr

Lammelar was found at Birka. There is some dispute on whether it was viking as it was found in what appears to be a foreign outpost but it definitely shows that Birkan Vikings would have at least a passing familiarity with lamellar and it will give better protection, at least fopr SCA combat. Center...

Ingvarr

I would talk to this guy. Lots of nice flint on, in, and around the ground in the McAlestar area. You might also consider getting some obsidian. It's pretty fun to knap and it's easier to see where flaws are before and during.

Ingvarr

Guess I need to try harder.

Ingvarr

I really like your kit other than the boots. They look completely out of place.

Ingvarr

You might want to take a look at your automated mailings. I got the one when I registered that said Your account is currently inactive, the administrator of the board will need to activate it before you can log in. You will receive another email when this has occured. but never got another one makin...

Ingvarr

One of teh reasons often cited for no leather armor is: why kill the cow which is the primary source of your livelihood to get thick enough hide to make decent armor? Where do you get your shoes from? Or your beef. Seems like skins/leather from all of the various little beasties that they ate would...

Ingvarr

That's a cool idea.

Ingvarr

I just sent our local FP info.

Ingvarr

dukelogan wrote:this was an issue i knew would come up. here is a copy of an email i just sent out in response to a website sent to me:

I'm afraid you'll get a lot more of those before this is all over with but it will definitely be a great resource.

Ingvarr

After my first FP, I mentioned the lead arm brought on by the shield. Someone here suggested holding up a one gallon jug of water. That was an incredibly helpful suggestion. I did that a LOT for a couple of weeks, then moved to a 15# dumbell. Also got shield usage tips like don't hold it up when you...

Ingvarr

Here it is Rowan. http://www.greydragon.org/furniture/beds/ropebed.html I did mine out of 2x8 and 2x10 instead of 2x6, mostly because I had a 2x10 waterbed frame laying around. I've also got some post Estrella modifications in mind already. I'm thinking that it will be pretty cool afterwards and wil...

Ingvarr

Rowann, I made a rope bed last weekend. It was really easy and took about two hours. I'll track down the website that had the instructions that I used as a go by and post it.

Ingvarr

Update: It was a month and a day but with the holidays with potential vacation and all explainable at least, but they did respond to my email.

Ingvarr

Those are some nice looking tents. Two things I would seriously love to see are an Eglish version of the site, and prices. Heck, I would even trade you a tent for translating the site.

Ingvarr

It's sharp looking fo shizzle but not viking so fantasy it is

LH is Living History. Folks like The Vikings, Vikings, NA, and Regia Anglorum, who strive to be 100% accurate in their portrayals.

Ingvarr

You just (re)opened a whole can of worms. The short answer is that no there is no evidence that leather armor was worn by Vikings. The caveat to that is that Vikings got around quite a bit, had a lot of exposure and interaction with other cultures and were pretty much willing to borrow ideas from ot...

Ingvarr

Jon, Just so you know, I do expect you to be there. It's probably a year or so out. I spoke with Ivan about it and he said that the next planning meeting is in March or April. RE: The rebreakable boards, I googled them after they were mentioned and I don't think that they would work. It looks it wou...

Ingvarr

Nice shape but the eyeslot is too big to look good IMO.

Ingvarr

I didn't know that there was such a thing. I'll look into that.

Ingvarr

Which goes against everything that a holmgang should be.

Ingvarr

They might take away my rapier card for saying this, but you know, not every event has to have rapier. Not every event has to have armoured combat. Not every event has to have everything for everybody. Scandalous Breaking away from the Norse theme would pretty much blow my whole concept. We have a ...

Ingvarr

I think zip ties and planks is more what I'd probably go with although the petal shape might well be more stable. I don't think I would edge the sides of the pieces though, opting for "if it's broken, discard and get another." I might also go with rounding the edge with a router instead of using edg...

Ingvarr

Nathan, I am familiar with the Valsgarde 8 helm which is why I specified a non spectacled helm. Basically wondering if mail across the face was done when there was nothing to attach the top edge to. Thanks to all who have responded. I like the idea of having a separate, removable piece over the face...

Ingvarr

The zip strips are definitely not period but would drastically cut down the number of shields needed since they could be remade. I like the leather idea but see the requirement of a press as being a knock against it. I like the glued plank idea overall but they wouldn't be able to be remade on the f...

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Kinda curious what ever happened with this.

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