The Armour Archive

Cedric

Got a real simple solution for ya:

1. Remember that marshall's face.

2. Find someone else to do your inspections next time.

Cedric

I have a friend that makes it work quite well...

Of course, he was a professional tree trimmer and grew up with a polesaw in his hands.. (seriously)

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lodinn: Your Grace, I felt since I didn't have family to spend the holiday's with and there is a troop from my base in California who just had a baby, I decided I would be h...

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What size is the slat bed?

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Damn.. I love that nasal!

Nice helmet.

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Umm.. that would be Owen.

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I still have a few brass birka plates left layin around.. not sure how many (guessing I would say ~80)

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I'd recommend buying an alternating row starter kit from Forth Armouries and a membership at a good video rental store.

Mine's still in the beginning stages, but then I have this damn Shadowbane addiction thats been sucking my life lately

Cedric

I use two straps, one going down the front line of the thigh, and the other going down the side. This enables me to make adjustments by loosening or tightening one of these straps (depending on what I am trying to correct). It also means that one strap blowout doesnt result in my leg armor sitting o...

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horny??? I must not have spelled it right.. (I "learned" german verbally - I know how the word is pronounced not spelled http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ) Looking it up online I think the word is blode (with the wierd umlaut thing on the o). Its supposed to be Stupid. "I am very stupid". ...

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Oh come on, I'm sure he wouldnt do to you what we used to do to noobs when they first got to Germany...

"Tell the girls 'Ich bin sehr blud', they LOVE that"

haha

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Yeah, you could make it without doing any welding, but WHY?

Cedric

One of the guys in my household is this freakishly tall taltos looking thing.. He would get legged and take "a step" as he was going down. Problem is, one of his "Steps" is like 5' long.. and then he would kinda slide as he landed to get a couple more feet. Nothing like legging someone and then havi...

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Oh yeah, Skepti has a viscious leg shot. Whats worse is the armpit thing he throws after he gets ya on the ground though...

Cedric

Whatever it is, I like it.

My birthday is in January

Cedric

Dont you guys know???

You're supposed to roll ALL the edges of armor to prevent the wearer from being cut to ribbons by it.

Sheesh... ya buncha noobs!

(sorry its late)

Cedric

Ok... the sallets and such are Greys Company???

Had me a bit confused, here I was looking for pictures of a Hastings reenactment and Im seeing all these in guys in late period stuff...

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I would say that the Bascinet is NOT the most worn helmet in An Tir at least... but then we got a lot of Norse types here. Personally, I think the look like crap without a visor on them, and I wouldnt want to fight in one WITH a visor on it. I think maybe one person wore one to our local practice on...

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I like to give them time to get set up.

In wars, I leg-em-and-leave-em. Gotta love that

Cedric

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by seyc: How in An Tir do you "let it" get wet? Is it possible to leave an event in An Tir with something dry? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Rubbermade Totes. And it doesnt REA...

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I took a gauntlet making class from him at an event this summer.. he told us that he can reinforce them with thin plastic to make them protective enough for use with great weapons. His Polearm gauntlets do provide enough protection on their own, thats kinda why I asked which ones you were lookin to ...

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Yup, those are the ones I use. They're not really enough protection on they're own, I use a d-ring kinda thing on my sword tho and they are great for that.

I think the pattern came from Manfred, thats what I remember Rolf saying anyways...

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Awesome.

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Brodir, I got my arms through the mail, but the deal was set up through a mutual friend. Which gauntlets were you looking at? He has a couple of different patterns that work fairly well (again, I have fought in gauntlets made from his pattern for 10+ years - altho these didnt actually come from Rolf...

Cedric

I have fought in a pair of his arms for 10+ years now. Rolf does great stuff.

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Uh... sorry guys, but they are MINE!!!

Ok, guess Im not really sorry after all.

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Sent email.

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I'd have no problem with it, if you told me what was goin on first.

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I know grendel, and its a pretty helm too...

Im just not into the whole bascinet thing myself

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Well, yeah, but its not a spangen helm.

You can get good looking Bacinets from a lot of places... but I have found VERY few people that can make a spangen look as nice as WMA.

Cedric

Make the pickel barrel armor yourself. You can make everything you need from the neck down out of a plastic barrel. [If you buy used belts from thrift stores make sure that they are 100% genuine leather. "Pressed" leather belts look like leather but they snap faster then aluminum pop rivets.] Get a ...

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If you want cheap and fast hard to beat Ashcraft Baker:

www.ashcraftbaker.com

Not really that great to look at, but its good protection and in my experience they ship promptly.

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It is true, Jareth. He posted as much right here in the last Galon update thread.

Said Galon is his buddy.

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Yeah, Turtle Wax is your friend

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I second the vote for the Great Helm (pembridge???)

That thing looks like its made for some serious business