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Dmitriy

What about the Nomadic Tank harness?

(steel bazubands, maille, steel lamellar, full face-mask helm.. -- sorta like our friend Janos here, http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/archive/gallery3/janos.html )

Dmitriy

I snagged a copy, thanks!

Dmitriy

Well the weight would be in the construction details if it's available -- unfortunately I see this info very rarely. The suggestions I am looking for is other info which might be useful to a scholar -- for example I realized I needed to say where the helm is now stored only when posting the original...

Dmitriy

Here's a good example of the type of info I hope to provide.<table border=0 cellspacing=2> <tr><td width=0>Lipovec</td><td></td></tr> <tr><td width=0>Location</td><td> Lipovec (Lipovcy)</td></tr> <tr><td width=0>Culture</td><td> Black Hats (Chernye Klobuki)</td></tr> <tr><td width=0>Dating</td><td> ...

Dmitriy

Hi guys, This is sort of an unusual question.. I've decided to start a database on all known helmet finds in Russia. What sort of info should be included? So far I have the following fields: Location (of the find) Culture (attribution) Dating Construction notes (number of plates, thicknesses, all th...

Dmitriy

Clay,
West is known for its tiny shields, don't make the mistake of assuming that what you see at Mission is a standard sort of thing.

Alas, other lands are still full of barbarians who have not advanced to our level of skill and finesse

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Dmitriy

Nice kit, Giles, and the gentle in red, too.

Dmitriy

Check out the Red Kaganate site, www.geocities.com/kaganate , for a translation of an article about a pre-Mongol invasion Russian armour workshop.

Dmitriy

Dmitriy

(bump)

Norman, did you get my e-mail?
can't really help on the saber manual stuff...

-D

Dmitriy

Wow, Clay, the improvement really is quite drastic, even from the last pics you posted. If I (as a non-armourer..) may make a suggestion -- try giving some shape to the fans. Perhaps add a crease down the middle, or a v, or something to decorate the fairly plain surface. Keep up the good work, I nee...

Dmitriy

Knoch, you don't scare ME! Hah! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif I don't really feel like I show off, more like inspire others. I hang with people who are way better looking than I am, though, (although I don't exactly wear nikes and a pcikle barrel myself!) especially my roommate, the guy ...

Dmitriy

Randy,
got the book, thanks

Dmitriy

Russian and Eastern belt accessories (plaques, buckles, etc).

Dmitriy

Someone gave me a couple of pics to post from 12th Night a year ago, when Ugo was laureled.

<img src=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sca/pics/ugo1.jpg>

<img src=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sca/pics/ugo2.jpg>

Dmitriy

Well too late cause I am now separated from my library for a month.. I would definately suggest doing the Polovets/Black Hats face-masked helmets. The top is very interesting, and probably the hardest part of making one; it also has a face and is easily adaptable to SCA regs. For Rus helms, I'd recc...

Dmitriy

Try giving more shape and definition to the wings on the knees and elbows.

-D

Dmitriy

Try silkroad@spam.operamail.com (remove the spam) and kaganate@spam.yahoo.com (likewise)

-D

Dmitriy

Can anyone give specific and full instructions on attaching the Mandrake set for the technically challenged? (like, what size and type bolt do I need, do I predrill the hole, etc).

-D

Dmitriy

Adam, I realized it would be far easier for me if you gave me your snail-mail address and I made photocopies for you.

E-mail me where I should send them and I'll try to get them out on Monday.

Dmitriy

It seems to me, hjalmr, that the problem isn't the marshalls -- it's the rhinohides!
We've already been over this on the board, but to me, what it comes down to is, it's an honor game, and judging blows by a third party completely takes away that aspect.

Dmitriy

2 is far better, I think

Dmitriy

In the pennsic squire's tourney, I was fighting someone for a *long* time, and at some point both of us were legged and armed.. I did a rip-rap sort of thing and screwed it up, not bringing my sword up and around enough, hitting my opponent on the shoulder with the flat. He thought it was good and "...

Dmitriy

If I only had the money..

I would put down $800 without a second thought, and could probably pay in the neighborhood of 1500. Even if it was made yesterday it'd be worth it.

Dmitriy

I bought a pair of gauntlets from them at Pennsic, they work great (or would if I strapped them corectly -- I managed to slip out last practice, but that was all my fault..)

Dmitriy

Hey I want some of Quarf's pics too....

Dmitriy

Buran -- what do you mean by heel-bar and center-bar buckles?

Halberds -- yikes, that last one is a bit of a porcupine isn't it?

Dmitriy

I give the arm for an arm, because it's "accepted practice", but ask all of my opponents not to give them to me -- whether they be a duke or a newbie. Sometimes they are really insistent and I give up, but not without an argument! Let me tell you, it's I'm starting get good at one-handed glaive.. Ed...

Dmitriy

Damn, the guy on the left <a href=http://www.skeesick.com/images/Helm%20pics/varang7.jpg>here</a> looks mean... the body armour is slightly oop wth the rest of the kit, but still.. mean.

Dmitriy

Any specific time period/culture? Cause that's a lot of helmets you are looking at.. I'll try and get some stuff scanned for you on the weekend. Here are good pics of one: http://www.tgorod.go.ru/sasa/surv/nomad.htm (btw, Norman, I know you are looking at this -- we should provide a link to sasa's p...

Dmitriy

Did you get hit on the head on Sunday?

Look up about 4 posts...

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Dmitriy

Norm-- bout time you whoed up, I was wondering

Egfroth -- There's a translation??? Or are you reading in the original?

Dmitriy

Go ahead and make a copy -- look through it first, there is some confised ordering in the longsword section. You'll probably want to mask out my scrawls, too.
I got the Novati version, thanks.

Dmitriy

Nah, you'd get tired of waiting for me

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Dmitriy

Not till january.. think you could mail it? I can reimburse you for shipping or buy you a beer next time I see you or whatever.

Dmitriy V Ryaboy
2750 Dwight Way #25
Berkeley CA 94704

Dmitriy

Crap!
Mark, I think I left my copy of the Getty manuscript there.. do you have it by any chance? It's got notes in horrible handwriting...

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