The Armour Archive

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So, one man attacks another. The attacker makes his attack, and the other defends himself. Does the attacker have an inherent advantage over the defender? The defender is not outright surprised, and can follow up his defense with any action he likes. I am interested in what people have to say. (edit...

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sorry. I think that the lines of the piece are those of proper Italian Export harness. If I am incorrect, I apologize, but my question still stands: is this historical? For what time?

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Dear Research Forum, I was looking at the bottom row of pics in the gallery of this site, specifically this image m I realized that I was unsure wether or not this kind of cloth covered mid 15th c Italian arm harness is legit. Is cloth over that cool? If so, when would be appropriate? How about othe...

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m The central character on horseback represents Edward III in ~1460-1480 armour. As you can see, there is the plackart, and a rivet pattern indicative of brigandine. However, as Peder and Chef and I have discussed, there was a vogue fashion in having a cloth-covered brigandine, with said cloth decor...

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Gaston, I have not made riveted myself yet. I was refering to period sizes for riveted examples. Being riveted, rings don't need to be made of so much material, as the rivet provides the ring's integrity, not it's bulk. There is a bishop's mantle in the Tower (perhaps at Leeds now) that has an extra...

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>also may then have the advantage once the fight comes to close quarter because the taller man can maneuver the weapon at greater angles on the inside than the shorter man. care to explain this more? If by "the inside" you mean between the opponent's arms, and by greater angles you mean with more ad...

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very, very nice work.

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Very nice piece. Personally, I would extend the byrnie lower to the upper thighs. Heck, add some short sleeves!! The close-up of the weave against the penny shows that a number of your rings come out with some so-so, some nasty ring ends. Hopefully, with more practice (or different/better ring cutte...

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http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ebind/d ... 848121.jpg

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From the Manesse Codex;
http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ebind/d ... 848021.jpg
Lower right. Man, how old are those? The striped colors on the player are also interesting.

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>The point of this ramble is that there is no particular reason an armourer of the 1360's could not have made a breastplate of a solid piece. Agreed, Chef. Don't we have cased greaves of iron by 1360-1380? Hmmm. Coat of plates as far back as 1240? Wow. That would mean that the folks in the Mac Bible...

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As Halberds said. And ye shall know them by their works. And your works rock.

-Mag =)

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I agree with what has been said here so far. A taller man has a longer reach through longer arms, should have a weapon proportional to him and therefore slightly more reach still. His legs, if longer, allow him a larger step, though it takes a little longer than the step of the man of shorter legs. ...

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I'm Oscar Erkenswick with the Chicago Swordplay Guild. As the name implies, we're located in Chicago. I live in the city proper. I don't do SCA, but may in the future for kicks. We study mainly Fiore longsword and dagger, branching out to Silver backsword and Vadi. I've played around with german (wa...

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"The Battle of Cassel" m central fighter, with red slit sleeves, blue mantle & skullcap, green gambeson body. The body of the garment is loose around the waist compared to covered breastplates around him. I've never seen something like this in the mid 1400s. He may be wearing maille or encased plate...

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I can't see da piccie.

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Thanks for the replies, especially Caithlinn! I puzzled over the spelling for some fifteen minutes, and decided to go with the M over the W Alcy, while I admit that this is the time period for smallswords, that looks very much like a messer to me. The simple crossguard, fat pistol-like (middle easte...

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sweet! I really like this one from 1698 showing different professions at work; (warning! image heavy) m I wonder if someone can help me figure out what these professions are; Der Mundarkt m Der Bader m also, I wonder what kind of weapon one would call that on the belt of the man on the right (on Der...

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you must bring to us...... a crockery!!!! (scary music)

G-Bob, think of it as the aged kraut

Jeff J, just consult the King's Yellowed Book of Health.

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G-Bob, *excellent* post!

I only add that the first thing that helps to encourage people is more PIABs.

Mag

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Vitus- if it were easy, anyone could do it. Take joy and pride in all that you have done to date. If it takes a year to get everything replaced, be confidant in yourself that with presistance you will achieve all that you aim for. Neither villein nor the Gates of Hell can stop a patient man.

Mag

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m m m m (this one is in Czech, which I cannot read, but it looks like a brief analysis) m the two books considered the best work to date on the I.33 manuscript. If you really are serious... m brief article; provides a nice vocab section at the bottom lots of things can be found with a simple interne...

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you see Mord, someone just needs to form a Mac Bible (~1285) group. Hauberk, maille chausses, coif, spangenhelm, arming sword, heater or round shield, spear, and knee-length jersey, with team number in Roman numerals =)

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I believe Steve SOFC offered the best advice there is for this. A very form-fitting gambeson which lets the weight sit on the hips but is supported by the shoulders would work better than shorts, but still the leather square is a must.

Mag, who has yet to make his arming clothes

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congratulations bex!

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Joachim Meyer's text from 1570 shows blunted steel longswords and waster roundel dagger like www.woodenswords.com makes;
http://www.thearma.org/pdf/JoachimMeyer.htm
longsword;
http://www.schielhau.org/images/meyerF.jpg
http://www.schielhau.org/images/meyer.ox-plough.jpg
http://www.schielhau.org/images/meyer.high-low.jpg
dagger;
http://www.thearma.org/pdf/JM11.htm
and of course, what most of us think is the original waster, the dussack;
http://www.thearma.org/pdf/JM12.htm
-Mag =)

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very nice, esp. considering it is your first piece. Some time I'll graduate to riveted. Keep at it!

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is this a bench vise...?
lower left http://www.karlofgermany.com/section2.htm
a Shere of Beverlie;
http://www.karlofgermany.com/section3.htm
cool! Trip hammers! I've never seen a period illustration of them.
http://www.karlofgermany.com/section6.htm

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Reinhard, sorry to hear about the shoulder. Silver tends to be very harsh on people's elbows (it has been so for me too). One recommendation I've had for Silver is to do lots of slow repetitions with negligible weight, as your chiropractor said. Go out and buy a whiffle bat, use that. Also, getting ...

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so Eff, what is you issue with bamboo armour? I seriously haven't heard any objection to the notion before.

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a few observations on halfswording from a non-SCA perspective... generally, if one is not fighting as if armoured, halfswording is a very bad idea. To wit, the force generation required of the opponent to significantly injure you is very little, therefore the action can be made fast and fairly uncom...

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my two pfennig; regarding the three fingers bit, I think that might be the amount of padding, which is then *quilted* down. At that, they might be using something which, after a few washings, compacts significantly. Without trying to strain for something that isn't there, I think we cannot discount ...

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longsword ala Fiore. Daga vs daga. And then my weird pastime, dagger & buckler vs. same.

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ask how much was made of bamboo, as opposed to iron.

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<--- highly envious too.

It looks like it was fantastic fun! Kyle, I'll hopefully see you and the rest at the next one!
-Mag =)

The attacker's advantage

Cloth covered plate

Worst heraldric device....EVER!

1300s bagpipes?

slit sleeves in 15th fighting...gambeson?