The Armour Archive

Cedric

For the price, their stuff is well made and protective. The people I know that bought from them said that they filled the orders quickly.

Not a bad choice for inexpensive armor.

Cedric

Any idea what this will do to overall weight?

Say for one of your standard hauberks.

Cedric

I have also heard of this being done in An Tir.. altho I believe they also did it with a restricted fighting area (and being shoved out still made you die)

Its SUPPOSED to be done on a piece of ice in the middle of the ocean.. or at least thats what I was told hahaha

Cedric

Well.. its basically whatever the person running it thinks it is http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Typically, in An Tir, Homgangs usually have a restricted fighting area (9' square area), if you step or are forced outside the area then you lose. Its supposed to be based off a Norse tourname...

Cedric

I handled a pair of these, and I wouldnt want to fight in them. As already stated, they are REALLY heavy, and they didnt fit my hands horribly well.

They did appear to be safe, assuming they fit.. and they dont look horrible. Still, for the price I would think you could better.

Cedric

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by White Mountain Armoury: I do think denting 13 ga could be excessive, it depends on the circumstances and the vast amount of variables. AB/WMA<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Agr...

Cedric

www.ashcraftbaker.com lists basket hilts at $10 each. Dont know about quality, but at that price.. who cares really?

Cedric

Um.. nope.

Doesnt take excessive force to dent 13g with a piece of rattan.

Cedric

Still...

its a skirt.

Cedric

Hmmm... I may have to trim some of the excess off of my helmet liner.

Cedric

I think its like an armored Skirt.

Cedric

I would say Yes, use both (strapping tape and either leather, webbing or even the silk thing that Sarnac mentioned). I have made tips with just one or the other (just strapping tape, just webbing and duct tape etc...) and they never seem to last. Then again, I use shorter swords then most and seem t...

Cedric

4-5 oz leather should work.

Ive used both, if you hit a lot of tip shots, whatever you use will eventually break. Lots of strapping tape ran length wise over the tip (along the striking edge of the sword, over the tip to the back edge) helps alot too.

Cedric

You might as well ask how much a car costs...

There's $100 cars and $100,000 cars.

Cedric

Looks like a football helmet chinstrap. Had a friend that used those for his helmets and he swore by them.

Cedric

www.hhperkins.com

Cedric

I like the picture showing how far up the visor will go

But hey, its SCA Approved, so it must be good!

Cedric

Where in Oregon?

I've lived in the Portland area for almost 8 years now and have never heard the name before.

To the best of my knowledge, if he's an SCA armourer he either just moved to the Kingdom or he changed his name.

Cedric

Man I HATE that, Patrick. One of my House Brothers has been fighting sword and shield for over a year now. Using my old shield, of course. There have been a couple of times when someone else has been using that one so he comes over to me and asks to use MINE. He makes more money then I do, on top of...

Cedric

And Ugly. Loaner helms have to be hideously ugly - that way the people using them will be motivated to get their own gear.

So, yeah, a great helm would be perfect.

Cedric

Cedric

I truly believe that my knight fights 150% better when he is fighting inspired by the love of a woman.

I have never understood it, but it is there.

Cedric

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Dude, its your helm call the shots the way you want, its your honor not any of ours <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> After re-reading everyones comments, I think this about sums it up. I personally...

Cedric

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Evil_Merlin: You go ahead and enforce the rules of the list. That's your job and I was asking for a clarification of my interpretation of the rules of the list as I could fi...

Cedric

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Siggy: Our fighter practices start at 8:00 and end around midnight. Siggy<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ours starts at 6pm and goes to about 8-9ish.

Cedric

Maintaining focus?

I have a hard enough time acquiring it in the first place...

Cedric

From what she has told me its a device that you wear that constantly monitors blood sugar and alarms if it goes outside an acceptable limit. www.glucowatch.com Only problem is the technology is kinda new so they are still kinda expensive (not just the device, from what she said they strips to run it...

Cedric

My favorite: Start out with a long range thrust to the eyes.. as his shield comes up to block that, drop the point and roll the sword over into a straight shot into the helmet - hopefully just as they are dropping the shield again to see what happened to the thrust. When it works, its a beautiful th...

Cedric

Adam,

I truly love your work. Please dont stop making early period helmets.. there arent enough good ones out there (and someday I will get to replace my helmet).

Cedric

bumped...

Cedric

My wife is selling off her remaining inventory in order to buy herself a Glucowatch to help her better control her Diabetes. She recently got on an insulin pump, but the Glucometer isnt covered by our insurance. http://home.teleport.com/~cedric/distdesi/glucometer_sale.html Everything is half off an...

Cedric

What I think is the absolute stupidest conversion I ever saw was a 1 ton pickup truck with dual rear wheels, lowered to the point it couldnt drive over a speedbump.

WTF??? Its a truck! If you want destroy it, just give the damn thing to me...

Cedric

I am not a doctor... Still, all the nerves for your hand go through your elbow. Once upon a time I was fighting and strained my elbow.. got to the point where I couldnt hold a glass of water. A friend of mine was a physical therapist, he 'looked' at it for, pulled on my fingers a bit, played with my...

Cedric

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by HrÃ³lfr: <smirk> Best, Midrealm, cuz I live there! HrÃ³lfr<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Definitely An Tir. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif

Cedric

Well... I think this kind of brasswork looks a lot better on earlier style helmets.

Still, thought it was fairly unique.

Cedric

Check this one out, kinda pretty...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2165205656&category=1552

Glucowatch Fundraiser - Garb and Beadwork for sale

Fancy Sallet on Ebay