The Armour Archive

olaf haraldson

Oh , and these will be for sale, not sure of a price yet, but I'm just as happy to teach someone to make them as sell them... possibly more so. These can be made by pretty much anybody. I need to actually do a photo essay when I make one of these.

olaf haraldson

What you prolly found was the thinner stuff... ask them if they have thicker sheets for shaping. What I get is 3" thick, and comes in a skeet thats around 2' x 4'. A bit pricey, but it goes a long way. It can be shaped with a small rasp, but I have been using a wire wheel in a drill press with great...

olaf haraldson

Sir gaston maybe?
http://www.globaleffects.com/C_pages/Re ... gaston.jpg

olaf haraldson

Seems to me they might be an archiver.
Were they in a coat of plates, great helm with crest (a dragon, maybe...)
I seem to remember a post recently involving this mace/person

olaf haraldson

Yeah, thats what I'll prolly do. Still won't have that thump of a rattan edged weapon though.

olaf haraldson

the usual... kayak foam. It's what I make most of my weapons heads out of. I've made a few... hammers, maces... i'm particularly fond of aves. I've got a nice Danish axe that is my primary weapon now. Many of them I face with rattan for a clacker, but some... like these... it does not work for.

olaf haraldson

New mace and hammer for SCA combat nearing completion... here's a couple pics. Heads will be tool dipped... there will be rounded tips, probably rubber, on the spikes of the mace and back spike of the hammer, and a leather face on the hammer part. I wish i had something more rigid for the spike face...

olaf haraldson

I'm in your weight class, and I wear 23 lbs of maille, plus lamellar, gambeson, helmet, etc... 50lbs or so, and I have went in the neighborhood of 12 hours in it before. Use a belt, that will help. gambeson or thick tunic will help as well. All that said, if it is hurting too much, stop. You may hav...

olaf haraldson

He says it passes in the West...

olaf haraldson

for the Byzantine, try out http://venetiancat.com

olaf haraldson

Wich branch are you going to? Edmonds copy of Anvil is loaned, they don't own Modern Blacksmith though other branches do, and Art of Blacksmithing is checked out of both braches that own it. None of the Metropolitan Library System branches hev TOMAR. Edmond doesn't have Arms and Armour of the Mediev...

olaf haraldson

Their website seems up to me... is it because youre searcing for ashcroft and not ashcraft?
http://www.ashcraftbaker.com/

olaf haraldson

I make them with two sheets of 1/4", and they heve been holding up fine.

olaf haraldson

Fighting while carrying a slung shield for protection can be documented, at least for some periods. One of the huscarles at least, in the Bayeux tapestry is wielding his axe while the shield on his back is peppered with arrows. I agree with not playing to the lowest common denominator. Make them pla...

olaf haraldson

But where is it in the rules? That's what I need to know...

olaf haraldson

So if he holds a weapon in the shield hand, it becomes armour? what if I'm holding a javelin or backup weapon in that hand? What if I grab my opponent's weapon? I really can't find anything in the rules saying that a shield used slung by a guige counts only as armour... Can someone help me with that...

olaf haraldson

Well, you get a bunch of black and redf mats space out around the field... the black ones are tar bits, the red ones lava...

If you get the reference, thanks for coming to Winter War...

olaf haraldson

I have one of the red shafts from him that I have literally pole vaulted on, and it is still going strong. I think you got a bad shaft.

olaf haraldson

4. Body, Shoulder, and Groin Armor:
a. The kidney area, the short ribs, and the lower spine shall be covered with a minimum of heavy
leather worn over Ã‚Â¼ inch (6 mm) of closed cell foam or equivalent padding.

So, by the rules... none.

olaf haraldson

I go t eh Kings Lance flat ring shirt, comes to just under $400 with shipping. Great guy to deal with, decent product.

olaf haraldson

Truehaerth makes one... http://www.truehearth.com/
Mykaru makes a combat legal jingasa... has some in stock here: http://www.blackhydraarmouries.com/

olaf haraldson

Small or big?
I have a Danish axe that's for sale...

olaf haraldson

Don't lump all us little guys in the fragile group... I am one of the smallest, in the low 100's, and I love the physical stuff. Charge me, bump me, whatever, I'm down. Just don't complain when I do it back.

We're a contact sport. I know that, and I signed the f***in' waiver.

olaf haraldson

Any tips on shipping then? UPS the best option? Anything I should know when packing it to ship?

Thomas, PM me with your adress, so I can figger out this shipping thing, then we'll talk more.

olaf haraldson

I really don't care about selling it... you can HAVE it as long as we can figure out a reasonable way to ship it. Like I said in the other thread, it's just living under my couch, if it goes to someone who will appreciate it, I'm happy.

olaf haraldson

Thomas, if he doesn't want it, I'm willing to see if I can get it to you. I'm just not sure how England feels about me shipping bayonets there...

olaf haraldson

Hearing from him why he bounced it would be good, and passing his name on to his superior if it was for some half assed incompetant reason. If you don't know the rules, you should not be responsible for policing their enforcement.

olaf haraldson

Tell Elazar that the Northen Outpost says hey, and we miss him.

Alexander wrote:Servus!

A friend of mine (The Original Jewish Viking Ã¢â€žÂ¢)

olaf haraldson

OK. I will not be on IM most of the day, so try pming me on the archive.

olaf haraldson

I'd have no idea about shipping to the UK either...

olaf haraldson

I've got one... look here http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... ht=bayonet

Anything you're interested in?

olaf haraldson

Apples and hand grenades dude... similar shape, very different purpose and function. I played semi-pro ball, and I fight SCA. The football helmet is not designed to be hit with sticks. The impact in football is very different. My helmet is about the lightest I've ever had in hand, about 7 pounds. It...

olaf haraldson

Good point there... I wasn't thinking about trapping against the body... I avoid that, largely because I've been knocked pizzling upward as a result. I do tend to grab hafts and handles quite a bit, and have no problem with my opponent getting a bit physical at that point... And so people don't thin...

olaf haraldson

So... It's not illegal, just cheesy? Section two clearly disallows trapping... of a BLADE. How is bumrushing you and getting hold of your weapon cheesy? I should set back at your range and let you hit me? Hells no... I'm going to get in your lunch and hit you till it is good, that's kinda the way it...

olaf haraldson

2" thick smart guy

... about 2 feet long. Hits with some authority

SCA mace and hammer progress pics