The Armour Archive

Cedric

Same here. Bought both DIY supplies and later a shirt and camail from him. Top notch product, communication and very speedy delivery. Would definitely do business with him again.

Cedric

Rivet a strip of leather to the inside and hang a camail off of it.

Worked great for mine.

Cedric

Rivetting a strip of leather inside your helmet kills the ring as well. My helmet used to ring like a bell, but when I put the leather in to hang my new camail off it totally deadened the sound.

Cedric

Rawhide DOES stiffen the sword. Rawhide swords hit significantly harder then normal. I dont have a problem with them, as long as the user is aware of these things. They do enable you to use lighter weight rattan and still get good force and much longer sword life. Cedric (Also from An Tir - I've bee...

Cedric

Got a shoe maker anywhere near you? We got a half a barrel of scrap leather (perfect for straps etc) for pretty much nothing...

Cedric

Helmet $460 Forth Armoury Large size rivetted mail shirt $874 Matching camail $199 Splinted leather one piece vambraces $75 (bought 8+ years ago... replacing them with $100 WMA bazubands as soon as I get them cut down a bit to fit my arms) Plastic legs $80 Leather gauntlets $50 Aluminum kite $45 May...

Cedric

I agree, hit me like you really mean it.

Cedric

I agree about the plates.. upward overlap looks and works better.

Cedric

Edward de la Pole: Having had "sword bits" imbed themselves into the ground near my prone body at a Renn Faire, I can tell you the "coolness" is highly overrated Pointed metal twirling through the air... looks cool as long as it is going away from you Oh, I totally agree.. but what a story you can ...

Cedric

Now thats gotta be cool to have a metal sword broken over your head!

(NOT that I'm volunteering)

Cedric

m I dont know how effective this really is, but this is the link the USPS Mail Fraud On Line Complaint Form. "Although the Inspection Service cannot resolve routine business disputes between companies and their customers, it can act against a company or individual if there is a pattern of activity s...

Cedric

Oh sure, NOW you two decide to get into a price war...

Cedric

Yeah, expect lots of rain.. oh and remember to pay attention to where you drop your helmet between battles. The one GW I made it to I set my stuff down in a pile of fire ants and barely noticed before I had it on my head. BAD IDEA!

Awesome event, badass ants.

Cedric

I agree, Forth Armory is the place to go. I got tons of compliments on my new shirt and camail at Estrella War, even though most of the time it was covered by a kingdom war tabard. Great product and top notch business practices. Price may be a bit high, but you get what you pay for. Awesome stuff.

Cedric

Put me down for 2 of the round center bosses.

helmbreaker@hotmail.com

Cedric

Dude, that kicks ass!

Cedric

I just switched.. have only fought one time in it (chain shirt, kidney belt, gambeson). Should have more of an opinion and maybe a picture or two after Estrella.

Cedric

Hmm.. sounds like your not far from my parents house.

Know where Sitkum is? I dont get down there too often, but I wouldnt mind hooking up next time I go.. I fully understand how much it sucks living in the sticks.

Cedric

I agree, the leather edging really makes it look finished. I wish I had taken the time to do that with my set. One word of caution about the shoulders, if your are too long, using a band of plates over the shoulders can be fairly restrictive. Curving the plates so they dont get driven straight into ...

Cedric

Where are you guys at?

I dont actually live near Roseburg, but my parents do. Might be cool to have someone to fight next time Im down that way...

Cedric

There is also Master Knut:

http://www.weldedchainmail.com/

I have heard lots of good things about his stuff..

Cedric

Cut the sleeves down a bit yesterday and fought in it for first time last night. Awesome stuff.. the weight isnt bad at all, which is something I had been concerned about. My 'friends' were even intentionally targetting my body to 'get me used to taking shots' in it. Very satisfied, this stuff wears...

Cedric

Theres another version of the Lightning Bolt video. Enjoy:

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http://content2.collegehumor.com/media/movies/ogre-battleii.mpg

Cedric

I personally think Sir Aveloc makes the coolest SCA weapons I have ever seen.

Cedric

I have never received anything from them.

Cedric

White Mountain Armoury

http://www.whitemountainarmoury.com/

Cedric

Well, after months of saving, followed by more months of waiting my patience has finally paid off. Today when I woke up there was a box sitting in my living room that contained my new alternating-row haubergeon and aventail from Forth Armoury. I totally love it. The shirt fits me incredibly well and...

Cedric

Panther rocks. Quality, delivery times, price etc.. I recommend them to all my friends, and they all have been happy so far. Only real complaint I could think of was that they sent me a copy of setup instructions for a viking a-frame with my Marquee tent. No biggie cause I spent enough time in the A...

Cedric

Um.. think maybe you could describe the armour?

Cedric

I have always preferred to have a row or two of horizontal bars over the eyes with the rest being vertical.

Cedric

Have you tried waxing the car?

Wax on, Wax off..

There is always Paint the Fence too. If it was good enough for the Karate Kid, it must work, right???

Cedric

Oh wait, I forgot to mention the snarky comments about the "shazam" lightning bolt that is in our device... Ah well.. I always figured they were just being Herald's [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://forums.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://forums.ar...

Cedric

Umm.. I have encountered the Heraldry police. They wandered into our camp one day while judging for a Period encampment contest (that I dont think we ever entered). Asked all kinds of annoying questions about our (Rolling Thunder) device, if it was registered, did we know we should register it etc.....

Cedric

I will be there, as usual (gotta love an understanding wife who doesnt complain much about the annual valentine's day weekend trip that she doesnt go on).

Cedric

Cool, thanks

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