The Armour Archive

Cedric

I personally think the B2 is far superior to everything else. (That could be because I am kinda trying to sell one)

Cedric

Theoderic wrote:The trigger, never understood it. I think it's more psychological.

My triggers are totally psychological. They are loose enough that I dont notice them, but they work great for marshall pacifiers.

Cedric

"1 pair of 16 gauge stainless steel gauntlets "

I would guess 16g stainless.

Cedric

I use the "or equivalent".

Luckily, marshalls in An Tir accept a trigger as an equivalent. I really hate lanyards.

Cedric

After doing a little looking into this I have realized I have no idea how to go about shipping something to Australia or even to get a rough idea of how much this might cost.

Anybody care to share a clue?

Cedric

I will have to get back with you in a couple days with that....

Working for the next couple days and no time until Thursday.

Cedric

Wow Cedric.. didn't I sell you that one? Ivar I dont think so... I bought this new right after I graduated college. All I can remember was that it was really hard to find one available. I vaguely remember ordering it from some company through mail order. Decided that it doesnt get used enough and I...

Cedric

~10 years old. Lightly used.

$600.00 + shipping. Can deliver within couple hours of Portland Oregon.

Cedric

Cedric wrote:I just bought one of these: http://www.amazon.com/McDavid-7720T-Hex ... B000UVZOQ4 to try under chainmail.

I love this shirt. Switched to wearing a heavy tunic with this shirt instead of my gambeson under the mail. Feels a lot less bulky and my shoulders had a lot less abuse after a day of fighting.

Hexpads 4tW!

Cedric

The Kingdom of the West conceded An Tir West war at the start of the 2nd day of fighting. "You guys win, now lets fight for fun".

Best idea ever. I have always thought War points were retarded.

Cedric

I just bought one of these: http://www.amazon.com/McDavid-7720T-Hex ... B000UVZOQ4 to try under chainmail.

Cedric

I have to say, that is one scary helmet to see facing you from across a hay field.

Cedric

I love this helmet.

Cedric

This war was possibly the most fun I've had at an event. It was also the first time the Iron Ring has been able to fight as a combined force, and we were stuck right into the middle of the fighting. Earl Edward praised us for how well we did, and was apparently surprised to find out that this was o...

Cedric

Thanks Rasper, but once would probably have been sufficient.

Cedric

I cant see Knitebee's pics from work or home.

Cedric

Baron Alejandro wrote:What's up with all the Romans? Is every roman on the planet there?

Dont know about Romans, but we did have large numbers of Spartans on both sides for some odd reason...

(and as for the tabards, we were obeying the wishes of our King, not following the "heard")

Cedric

For the record, the Evapo-Rust takes rust off really well, but it doesnt seem to do much to prevent it.

Noticed rust on my sleeves on the second day of fighting this weekend, dipped it last week. Going to clean it up again and then try motorcycle chain lube.

Cedric

Some of us cant rely on having the sun to dry our mail for us.

Cedric

I dip mine in Evapo-rust to get the rust off, then hose off with water. Then redip and let dry. Then I throw it into a plastic tote with all the rest of my armour. Lasts for ~1 month before it starts to show rust again. I will have to try that chain lube idea, I have a couple cans of that floating a...

Cedric

Crossbows.

Cedric

Ragnaroc is quite possibly the funnest event I have ever gone to. Unfortunately I wasnt able to make it this year...

EMP fighting ROCKS.

Cedric

Milos N. wrote:The easiest way to clean mail is to dip it in rust cleaning liquid. I don't know if something like that is available on that side of Atlantic, but here it costs about 1EUR/l and eats rust in minutes leaving grey residue.

Evapo-Rust.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Evapo-Ru ... enameZWDVW

Good stuff.

Cedric

If all you need is a stick and a shield you should just come to practice sometime. We have sticks and shields that you can use until you get your own stuff worked out. Our practice is still kinda small, but getting bigger. We would love to have some new faces showing up. IM me if you dont how to fin...

Cedric

Email sent

Cedric

How about pictures?

(gettin red x's)

Cedric

check this pic below, dudes got baza's on and check out the rotation on that snap.. Yeah, those were made by Torvald... I have fought in bazubands for 10+ years. I wouldnt use anything else. And until I saw that picture I had no idea my arm turned like that. (It was actually the 2nd shot of a combo...

Cedric

Got some pics from a demo we did this weekend: Im on the left. <a href="http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n47/slaxxor/?action=view&current=faire9.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n47/slaxxor/faire9.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s109.phot...

Cedric

I think Icefalcon offers this service.

Cedric

That is one of the coolest helms of this type I have ever seen.

Very nice.

Cedric

Sir Vitus,

Are you taking orders at this time?

Cedric

Mail.

My rivetted shirt weighs ~18lbs. Very little maintenance since I discovered the magic of Evapo-Rust.

Cedric

Evapo-Rust.

Put it in the bucket... wait an hour, rinse it off with a hose. Redip it for a couple seconds, let drip dry.

Leaves the mail kinda sticky feeling, but its supposed to prevent rust for weeks afterwards. I havent had to redo it yet (but then I havent been fighting much either

)

Cedric

Keep it between you and your opponents weapon.

Cedric

I've always used a jigsaw with a leather cutting blade (basically looks like a knife blade - no teeth).

Never had a problem.

B2 Beverly Shear