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Glaukos the Athenian

Hey,

My 9 y/o daughter asks if you make kids shoes...

Thanks!

Glaukos

Glaukos the Athenian

Joseph wrote:Please feel free to write down some basic guidelines for those interested and for those who weren't there last year.
I know of a few people who may be interested in this.

Ask and thou shalt be given...

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Just for the record: Thorgrimr is awesome.

I fight and drink with stuff he makes.

I intend to do that in the future as well.

He is one of the good ones.

Glaukos the Athenian

Glaukos the Athenian

Ahem...

Glaukos the Athenian

Thank you Gentlemen, You honor the unworthy, but I am grateful for your confidence. On a different matter, I contacted Hjalmr, who directed me to his gallery of helmets. For what I have seen, one could get (prices may have changed) an Anglo-Norman conical helmet from him for $80 in mild and $100 in ...

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Thanks!

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Glaukos the Athenian

Possible dibs for someone. Let me check if it fits.

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Glaukos the Athenian

Wenzel, It was my understanding from the very beginning that the purpose of this battle, besides having great fun, was to elevate the degree of historical accuracy of the kits. A sort of COTT for the 11th century, with a more or less gradually increasing demand/requirement for kit accuracy. The idea...

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Thank you for the clarification Your Highness... So the battle stays on Wed. of War Week... Magnificent. Come all! Wear you hauberks, your byrnies and your gambesons, come defend the land your Saxon ancestor took from the Britons, come to support His Grace William in his claim tothe throne... Glauko...

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It would be nice to start getting estimated numbers of possible participants for Pennsic XL, if anything, to ensure we have our time slot in the battlefield. As stated by many before, we all had a blast and I understand that many others are working on nice kits for this event inside Pennsic. -------...

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Chris,

Getting better and better all the time, and you started from awesome!

Nice piece!

Glaukos

Glaukos the Athenian

Glaukos the Athenian

My brother Man-At-Arms Semja was named "Most inspiring fighter" in yesterday's Holiday Faire at Stierbach (Atlantia) for his tireless bravery in the lists... He made us members of House Lestrange, Sir Guy's household, very proud, and I wanted to boast in front of all you guys. I need to ge...

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Those guys are almost certainly wearing mail and some sort of plate body armour under there. I'm not sure why you have it labeled as 1358 though, the British Library dates it as 1380-1400. That is the date mentioned on "The Great Warbow" m That's the date of the jacquerie revolt in France...

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Galfrid atte grene wrote:Those guys are almost certainly wearing mail and some sort of plate body armour under there.

I'm not sure why you have it labeled as 1358 though, the British Library dates it as 1380-1400.

That is the date mentioned on "The Great Warbow"

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Warbow-Hast ... 0750931671

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Outside gambesons

Notice arroes sticking on crossbowman on left, and man at arms and archer in the center. What was under the gambeson if anything?

Chroniques de France ou de St Denis" 1358 MS Royal 20 CVII

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Thanks,

I wonder if a basket made out of a weave of aluminum strips would be possible...

Something conceptually like the Valsgarde Helmet kit that Zweihammer used to sell...

http://www.zweihammer.com/tutorials/ass ... tions.html

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I have not seen welded "cage" type Aluminum basket hilts, though they make cup style of the same metal.

Is there anything inherently difficult about welding aluminum, or just lack of demand?

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Those are really nice!! Nice work Maximus! ---- If you prefer metal, Gunther of Orkney here in the AA makes the sexiest ones I have seen (I fight in such a leg setup ) light as feathers and hard as rocks. I don't know the status of his work schedule, but worth the money and the wait. Glaukos the Ath...

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There are excellent period examples in the Met in NY. For mine I chose the rings and lace system, i.e. a metal ring, held by a metal strap, riveted to the armour, so the halves can be laced to each other http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2704022593_9a473fa12c.jpg This is from the British Museum m ...

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This thread is excellent and I am reading it very, very carefully.

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I need a little, simple and fast work done to my hauberk, which I hesitate to do myself, and just realized that Atlantia's Holiday Faire at Siterbach is tomorrow..

Any armorer attending capable and willing to cut the slits in front and back of my hauberk?

Thanks!

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Corby de la Flamme wrote:Glaukos,

Find me on the field next time we're at the same event. I'm sure there are issues of technique we can work on as well as conditioning.

Thank you Sir Corby, I will take you up on that.

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Glaukos the Athenian

Thanks Cian. I finally managed to see it...

Yup. Sounds about right...

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It doesn't say "reasonable" Glaukos. Would you please stop inserting words that don't exist? Fair enough. So an "unreasonable" attempt works? how much more under-achieving can we get? Should we add "half-assed is Ok" to the word attempt to show we don't really mean it?...

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Respectfully to all, I continued to be baffled about the point being discussed. A "reasonable" attempt is not a minimal attempt, not a "complies with the letter but not necessarily with the spirit" attempt, it is not a "thumb your nose at you" attempt. It must be an att...

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Tyr, I would respectfully suggest you buy the old folks a nice present as a thank you gesture. They just saved you a LARGE chunk of money. Maybe a small holiday basket or gift would do the trick. Also, a nice photo of you in nice garb or armour in front of their tent would be a kick for them, and a ...

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Identical in concept but a lot prettier than my Hoplite spear for SCA fighting. Excellent size. If I did not have mine, and I'd pick this one up on the spot. Good value too, with Sir Vitus craftsmanship. Good for Vikings, saxons, Normans and Greeks, actually, it looks like anyone fighting spear and ...

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My hoplite shield is about 38". But it has a classical "argive" grip as opposed to the more commone center grip for SCA shields. I use it mostly for melee, though I tried it the other day in a tournament to see how it worked. It worked ok but what is good in a shield wall is not neces...

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Lucas wrote:Duke Michael of Bedford wins over Sir Afshin!

Was that the the final fight??

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But frankly, since my archaeology days, it is all about clay. Either painted like Greek pottery, or plain red/brown clay... God knows I went through thousands of vessels and shards in the cataloging rooms, working for the department to make a couple of bucks. One becomes attached to the fact that t...

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At the risk of pushing my luck, would you consider offering these training sword-bells for sale Sir Vitus...?
They should last a lot longer than regular practice swords, I presume.

(Pell shield? what a magnificent idea!)

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Glaukos the Athenian

Congratulations and best of luck in your new assignment Ulrich. I wish you success and a grand time in Drachenwald.

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Glaukos the Athenian

Hi Torgrimr,

Any news on my pilgrim's flask?

Thanks!

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Murdock please read your PMs

Semja's inspiring attitude....

Basket hilt question...

Any armorers attending Atlantia's Holiday Faire?

Re: find me