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Magmaforge

I agree, this is fantastic work. You guys keep raising that bar. It is looking better and better all the time.

Magmaforge

what's sad is I have friends who I have not instructed in the Way, and they come to me with... things.... like that and say "look how well it's made! So medieval! Like the real ones!" Yes, it was hard not to bring great bodily harm upon them. With a feather duster.

Magmaforge

http://www.revivalclothing.com/ has 14th c gambesons very well made

Magmaforge

nice work! Keep it up!

Magmaforge

I think that the desire for plate did not drive the design of the triphammer. Use of alternate power sources (from work by hand) was so necessary for europe, and this was a continuing trend. Wind- and watermills appeared in europe around the 1100s, and creative people used them for more than just gr...

Magmaforge

I would be very interested if someone did a translation of the arabic insriptions in the margins...

Magmaforge

you know, it would be *REALLY COOL* if we could find people that are native speakers of languages other than english who would be willing to spend a minor amount of time helping to compile a sheet of translations for basic parts of armour, parts of the body, and armouring tools/technique terms What ...

Magmaforge

thanks for the replies! Can anyone recommend a source from which I can find out about demensions for a "war lance" or a "demi-lance" as chef mentioned? Bob, thank you soooooo much for your classes at ISMAC this weeknend http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif Fire Stryker, thanks for the though...

Magmaforge

great replies! Thank you!
So, elkhide or reindeer hide shirts of a buff coat kind would be plausible (along with other creatures that could be hunted; seal, whale, bear). And as far as we know, the vikings 500-1000AD NEVER used boiled leather armour pieces?

Magmaforge

well, I've talked with several people about the illustrations in Froissart's Chronicles (one in the "Discussion Area" from the home page of the Archive). All of us agreed that we cannot make a strong case that shields slung from the neck, ala joust-style, were used in battle. While I am not claiming...

Magmaforge

...seen any group that can host as many fighters in one battle. I really is amazing

Magmaforge

"I'm not quite dead yet. Really, I'm feeling better!"

you see, most people that "die" are actually just "mostly dead"

Magmaforge

Bill and Gary are great guys, and fantastic teachers! Tatershall's skill level is highly respectable

Magmaforge

Imperial Death March, and the music from the Darth Maul duel. Mars, Bringer of War. The music going into the last fight scene in the movie Snatch. Theme music from the short anime series "Read or Die" (check it out) "Four Fiends of the Elements" Final Fantasy II (IV Japan) Chemical Worker's Song by ...

Magmaforge

since this topic is on female warriors in the medieval era, perhaps someone could help me if they know anything off-hand about how prevalent women were engaged in defending their homes & towns? Just a ball park figure to give me an idea. Commonly, only when all the men were dead, etc.

Magmaforge

Logan, I think that if the helm fits you, but gives you a brain squeeze every five minutes, maybe all it takes is some tweaking to get to fit great (my mother is a chiropractor that does cranio-sacral work, and sometimes some gentle acupressure here and there helms your cranium form a more even, sta...

Magmaforge

http://www.thehaca.com/arttalk/at80.htm

Magmaforge

I understand that the Persona-In-A-Box essays are supposed to be college level if possible, references etc given. However, would it be useful to make a list of "books to really read" on specific subjects on a page here on the Archive? I want to learn about the Muslim faris, how Templars were really ...

Magmaforge

I was thinking of a boiled leather sleeveless vest, that would be hard, but the seams would allow you to put it on over a hauberk or such and tie it. Ever been done?

Magmaforge

tristan, that made my day. (holding my aching sides!)

Magmaforge

wow! Great job. Can you make me a pair?

Does Master Valerius have a website?

Magmaforge

response to topic; yes, go with bare legs!

please put "(SCA)" before the title of the thread if it is SCA specific.

Magmaforge

"armour was so restrictive, you couldn't touch your own nose, look side to side, make circles with your arms, and God knows you couldn't touch your toes!" pray tell, we did not sharpened sticks come to dominate the battlefield? "swords weighed fifty pounds, were poorly designed unless they were from...

Magmaforge

Christian Darce's fine establishment sells steel bucklers; http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/buckler.htm and very nice hard leather bucklers; http://www.woodenswords.com/WMA/lbuckler.htm additionally, design for a buckler of the 1500s can always be found in historical art. Here is a sample of what can...

Magmaforge

I think there are several things at work here. One is artistic license used to sensationalize action to the taste of the intended audience. This may or may not swerve outside of any basis in reality, as mentioned with car crashes on TV (or chase scenes, or TV deaths, etc). Another factor is the impr...

Magmaforge

jester, you rock! Thanks for the info! Do you think you might be able to do a flow chart setup on the illustrations with the strange cross symbol on them? AEMMA has them in a sequence, but I think there's more to it. Jeff Forgeng's translation work is supposed to be very good. This is the upcomming ...

Magmaforge

friggin sweet corrazina. People have argued about the diff. between corrazina, COP and brig. COP is first almost like an armoured trenchcoat, and corrazina is closely related to it(certainly later period), but better fitting with some larger plates. Brig has teeny plates, many of which were made his...

Magmaforge

cast
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Magmaforge

you know, the Great Pyramid was documented (Herodotus?) to be covered in a limestone sheath that itself was covered in fine red script of some kind. The arabs dug through it and took much of it away to Spain to build mosques with, I understand. But if we could find some pieces with the script, perha...

Magmaforge

nice color. Interesting horseshoe crab spaulder =)

Magmaforge

I was taken to understand that german forges made most of the scottish two handed swords.

II, nice kit. Keep at it!

Magmaforge

A unique library of medieval manuscripts at Chartes, devastated by fire during World War II and considered lost by scholars, could be restored using technology developed to study the surface of planets.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3038368.stm

Magmaforge

drop me an email, I'm interested in knowing what you do.
amarite@angelfire.com

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Magmaforge

I think that squires should not be considered by default to loose their horse if they loose a pass with the lance and get removed from their seat. But then, it is affected by wether or not society (principally the squires knight and the knight's lord) thinks that a squire should be able to spend exo...

Magmaforge

Hey Shane! Thanks for sharing the pics! They seem to be very large, taking a drag on even my DSL. DO you think you might be able to pass on a suggestion to cut down the size and thereby the load time of the pics, saving the bigger ones for if people want precise detail & blowup goodness? P.S. Looks ...

Fiore's fight from horseback

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boiled leather on a viking or saxon

for those of us interested in the manuscripts...