The Armour Archive

Dmitriy

I'll take it -- send it to dvryaboy at attbi.com (note that it's a different address than the one I normally use)

-D

Dmitriy

Hey Clay,
So how did it go?

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

I know a lady who fought with walking pneumonia (or was it bronchitis?). She was down for the next couple of weeks...

But that's Darwin for you, right, J?

-D

Dmitriy

That looks really good, Owen!

Do you have something under the pants? Looks like the greaves don't offer sca-legal protection (or do they?)

Dmitriy

Guys, just wanted to thank you all for a fascinating thread (and the pictures). Please keep going

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Dmitriy

The Widow is vicious. She put that navy seal boy *down*

And he was even using my prize-winning lucky Russian spoon..

Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Just wanted to thank Sir Rhys for his reccomendation of "Daily Life in Chaucer's England." I got the book at the library and it's full of great, useful beginner information.

Persona in a box, times 10.

Dmitriy

Bartok, Give him a link to the Red Kaganate (in my sig), I think he'll find that there's lots of stuff he's interested in on that site. ------------------ <B> http://www.geocities.com/kaganate </B> -- For all your nomadic needs http://history.westkingdom.org -- For SCA from day 1 http://home.attbi.c...

Dmitriy

Hi Bartok, Nicely done! I was going to gently suggest some changes, but you already hit all of them on the webpage -- so, good job! Your friend Ivan is more along the lines of my expertise anyway.. do you have better pics of him? Looks like he has a good Mongol kit going (doesn't look really Rus, bu...

Dmitriy

Tim --
I hear you regarding skulls and crossbones, but, as a bit of trivia, look up La Compagnia De la Buena Morte (hope I spelled it right). Italian company that used the skull and crossed bones as their symbol -- in 1150s-60s, iirc.
Not to say that this justifies pirate do-rags.
-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Dionis -- I understand; was a tad confused about which group you belong to.

I am a tgorod regular, so I know all about the russian movement.

Dmitriy aka Glem

Dmitriy

You get your card on the spot in the West -- or used to, they just changed over to a new system. You need to have "most" of your own armour. I am sure you can get authorised at Mission, Clay.

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Janos -- I can expand, just tell me what you want. Though, you being in England, it probably doesn't make much sense to go through me. Eoghan -- my old kit is on the Kaganate website, http://www.geocities.com/kaganate/contacts.html My current stuff is here: http://history.westkingdom.org/Year37/Phot...

Dmitriy

J, I am sort of a distributor (but only welded and riveted maille so far). They are nice folks.

Dmitriy

Janos -- those are made by Nasledie Predkov in Moscow.

Dmitriy

Alas, the thumb isn't protected enough on these (and I'd add a lot of padding).

But something along these lines could work.

-Dmitriy
P.S. There's SCA in Rostov-na-Donu?

Dmitriy

Murdock, any chance you could web the standards somewhere so that we don't have to dig through the old thread?
Or did I miss the URL?

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Dmitriy

Eff -- davaite tebya komu? (in other words, that should be "daite mne"

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Dmitriy

Hi Eoghan, As Sasa has already pointed out, regarding armour you are pretty much stuck with chainmail and scale/lamellar arrangements. Hand protection is a serious issue; I am currently using anachronistic gauntlets, but they are just wrong. I've seen people make padded chainmail gauntlets that pass...

Dmitriy

Hi Steve,
Sent you an e-mail but I may have had a wrong address.. can you provide smaller amounts of the rings/rivets? In the neighborhood of 500-1000?

-D

Dmitriy

hjalmr -- 22nd??? I first thought it was a typo, but you said it twice.

Melee -- in my area, it's mostly 14th century and circa 10th (vikings). Oregon is Viking land, at least when it comes to SCA.

Lots of maille.

Dmitriy

Hi Chef,
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the nails were clenched, not peined. Were both methods used in period?

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Dmitriy

www.therionarms.com

Dmitriy

Got any Russian articles you need translated?

Dmitriy

I really wish I went! Looking spectacular, as usual.

Are there any more pictures?

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

It's sort of silly to go way out to Pennsic to fight with someone who lives that close, but I'll give you a few.
Did you get authorized yet?
-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

That's what Sergey Kainov (professional historian)and someone else said when the subject came up on a russian reenactor forum.

Dmitriy

Uh, Pheylin, read the first 3 paragraphs on Mr. Strong's page. There is no strong evidence.

Plus, the helmet in the Coppergate book was published without permission -- it was recently found and no tests were performed on it.

Dmitriy

AEMMA guys look really spiff when they are armoured up. Keep up the good work!

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Yeah, the thread Morgan mentioned pretty much gives you all the info your friend can need. Briefly, there is an excellent practice in Berkeley on Thursdays and a smaller one in SF on Sundays.
E-mail me for directions.

-Dmitriy

Dmitriy

Correction: he *puts* the best stuff online!

Thanks!

Dmitriy

If you are in SoCal, look up Iain's group, Schola Solis -- http://www.scholasolis.com/ Also if you can swing it, I know it's a bit of a drive and a good bit of money, but it's worth it -- go to the Livermore Symposium in the Bay Area (June 8th). You will get to interact with the leading practitioner...

Dmitriy

You wanna talk domination, look at James Greyhelm's line.

Just him, his squire Jade, and Jade's squire Uther account for 24 reigns! And there's lots of other squires...

-D

Dmitriy

Any chance I'll want to? Sure!
Any chance I will? doubtful..

You take care of my Countess

-D