The Armour Archive

Otto von Teich

Sound like you have found a way to make a great product even better. Hats off to you my man!

Otto von Teich

I'm partial to black myself!

Otto von Teich

I fought with a big shield for years (average 24"X31") and looking back, I think it was a slight disadvantage. When you block a head shot, more often than not, you cant see around it. When you lower it to peek out, its whack a mole time! As Kerry said above it limits your offensive ability...

Otto von Teich

Glad to hear it arrived ok!

Otto von Teich

WTH? I think I see bone, muscle and flesh! Is that yours? And how the heck did that happen? must be burned as I see no blood. Grinder incident of some sort? Hmm, grinders cant go that deep with a wound that small. I'd almost say dissected corpse but the flesh is to pink! I give up!

Otto von Teich

Wearable art! well done!

Otto von Teich

Vitus might be able to check into it as well. Hes in that neck of the woods.

Otto von Teich

Looks like much better quality than the Indian made shirt of mine!

Otto von Teich

count me in for one too! I'm broke, but I can spare 4 quid!

Otto von Teich

I sometimes wonder if those belts were temporarily/semi-permanently sewn to their undergarment. It would be somewhat like the hosen that needed to be stitched up every use. Dang, in the late 50's early 60's guys would wrap their pant legs of their jeans tightly around the calf and sew them together...

Otto von Teich

Dang it Doug! Your tempting me beyond human endurance! These look excellent!

Otto von Teich

Dang, thats sweet!

Otto von Teich

Talbot will weigh in on this soon, I'm sure. We had a discussion a few years back about it, and agreed they had some kind of back defense as indicated by the effigies and artwork of the period. I think most likely a fairly simple style backplate was in use fairly early. But none have survived.

Otto von Teich

They have leather sleeves that work well to. Might be cheaper, I'm not sure, but i think they would be.

Otto von Teich

You might PM Talbot on the Archive. He has some nice buckles at good prices. You might also want to try making some simple ones out of iron wire bent to shape and hammered flat. Very period.

Otto von Teich

Good news! Well it could be worse. ie, sent to the wrong addy. I'm sure it will arrive soon, I had a package stuck in customs for two weeks once.

Otto von Teich

OUCH!

Otto von Teich

Chris - GSMBristol wrote:Yep, gotta pay the bills Patric, and the death of my father this summer took up all my cushion money so right now we are stretched pretty thin.

My condolences.

If I had any extra $$ I'd jump on it.

Otto von Teich

I agree with Wolf and Jojo, They just dont look like they would work together. Though I've seen the one image many times, I never noticed the problem before. Probably an old association. If by some chance they did originally go together, the hinge must have been replaced making it no longer function...

Otto von Teich

Fantastic! Well done.

Otto von Teich

I've used coathanger wire cut to length with a hook bent onto both ends, or a couple of my daughters elastic hair ( 'bungees?) with a hook on each end. One end hooked to the top of the vambrace ( lower cannon) and the other ends to the cuffs of the gauntlets or straps if the cuff doesnt wrap all the...

Otto von Teich

Free....hmmmm....the price seems a bit steep. Cant you come down just a little?

BWAAhaahhhaaaa! Joking aside, thats mighty nice of you to offer! hopefully they will find a great home.

Otto von Teich

Damn, you do good work!

Otto von Teich

Suspension rigs work the best. Its also a medieval solution. Theres a good reason they are used in military helmets and hard hats. Being a construction worker for years I've had some nasty blows to the head wearing a lightweight plastic hardhat with plastic liners and no padding. They protect pretty...

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Violen wrote:Trails end popcorn sucks rocks. Dont ever buy that overhyped crap.

Buy GSA Cookies instead.

Lord Knows we tried to sell that stuff when my boy was a cubscout. I wish we had cookies instead! Or even Candybars. $25 tins of popcorn are a tough sell. LOL..

Otto von Teich

James, do you mean it gets harder as time passes? or it needs several treatments over the course of a couple of weeks?

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Mac, I'm interested!

Otto von Teich

armsandarmor wrote:just got my milanese pauldrons, purchased oct 13 and shipped to WA state. roughly 2 weeks. ive had things take longer shipped within conus, so im surprised. thank you Willy, i will definately be doing business with you again soon!

It always makes me smile to hear about a smooth transaction!

Otto von Teich

Fantastic! You always come through with something wonderful this time of year!

Otto von Teich

Patrick does excellent work, but I bet something went slightly amiss in the heat treating process. I think it happens to the best of them once in awhile.

Otto von Teich

If you were blindfolded and held a indian made hat, then held a Jiri hat, you could tell the difference in quality. And you would realize the differences were great. I only have a few pieces that he made, but hope to get many more once my finances are straightened out. I dont buy much, but for the l...

Otto von Teich

I wondered that too. With the angle of the hinges, I dont think you could lift the visor very far. Maybe its a restoration mistake? ( thats my guess.)

Otto von Teich

Wow, Thanks! Some nice stuff there.

Otto von Teich

Great work! Great prices!

Otto von Teich

Great stuff!