The Armour Archive

Aidan Cambel

I fight in a maciejowski style helm, gambeson and gamboised cuisses with simple elbows and knees pointed, rivetted maille shirt, (kidney belt for the sca required kidney protection, but if i am not wearing my maille, it goes under the gambeson so you can't see it), over the top i wear a templar surc...

Aidan Cambel

I have had my riveted maille shirt since Gulf Wars ( Mid-March), fought in it twice there, and haven't since then. I put in on yesterday and half-way through the day I found a link missing in the arm. I don't know if it had been missing from the beginning or if it came out while fighting, but it was...

Aidan Cambel

Uhhh, yeah we do .... I'll have it tomorrow

In Service,
Aidan

Aidan Cambel

Murdoch has a pattern that he uses to make them. He even makes them and sells them, so if the guy might be interested in purchasing one, I can find out the price. Its good, thick leather with smalle metal plated riveted on, just like you described. If hes not wnating to purchase, I'll get the patter...

Aidan Cambel

To me, its not as simple as putting a definition to it. Its like love. Have you ever asked ( or had someone ask you) - "How do you know when your in love?" Well, thats a hard question to answer. But yet, its one of the easiest things to know. When you are, you know it. To me, honor is the same thing...

Aidan Cambel

Assault Ramps Once an assault ramp or stair is in place, it may not be dislodged while anyone is on it. Each assault ramp must have four unarmed fighters, two to either side of the ramp, to act as spotters. These spotters may not be attacked until their ramp is empty and they have picked up weapons....

Aidan Cambel

But what good is a nice kitchen when all oyu have left to eat are dogs and cats?????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?

Aidan Cambel

From Dungeon, Fire & Sword by John J. Robinson page 161: "He did not forget an objective that was almost as emotional to Saladin as Jerusalem itself, the castle of the hated Reynald of Chatillon across the Jordan at Kerak. The knights and soldiers there had assisted Reynald in all illicit raids on M...

Aidan Cambel

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-252124,00.html -- - - -- - -- - - - -- - - March 30, 2002 Vatican file shows pope pardoned massacred Knights From Richard Owen in Rome VATICAN documents have come to light showing that the wholesale massacre of the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages for allege...

Aidan Cambel

I just wonder were you found 2 other people that look jsut like you with the same armour and the same device on their shield :-\

Aidan Cambel

http://www.templarhistory.com

I portray a templar. There are several yahoo groups dedicated to templars also. go to yahoo! and choose groups - then do a search for knights templar.

In service,

Aidan

Aidan Cambel

-- mild rant -- I think its truly ironic that a fighter can loose an arm and the fight halts for a few seconds so he can swap his sword around or whatnot, but when a fighter is legged its considered an oppurtunity to finish him on the way down. A lot of times if I get legged, after I hit the ground,...

Aidan Cambel

no offense, but I don't think it will ever work. Here is why: Movement. Anyone that has studied martials knows that there is a body movement associated with "catching" a blow and dissipating it to make it non-effective and move the opponent into a postion prime for counter-attack. Most of those move...

Aidan Cambel

well, bad news, the majority of my pics sucked. too far away, blurry, you name it.. grrrrrrrrr

Aidan Cambel

Please forgive my posts on this topic, I admit it is way deeper than my knowledge carries me. My previous post was more of a "this is how it appears on the surface" and trying to get more info. So please don't think my post is pro-or-con either way. I am a definate fenc-rider. http://www.armourarchi...

Aidan Cambel

Ummm.. just a thought here... I keep hearing talk about arrows piercing plate, and its inability to do so, and how that relates to SCA combat archery. BUT the SCA covers 6th to 16th century, and the majority of the SCA population does not - from what I have seen - live in the high middle ages after ...

Aidan Cambel

I have several of Sir Alexander's Knighting, I have to get them scanned. I will try to get that done today. I have a few of the Pas including the kids at the barrier. Once again, if I can get to the scanner at work, I will get those done today.

In Service,
Aidan

Aidan Cambel

there are those in the SCA that like the SCA, believe it or not, and try to make it more authentic without trying to bully it into being authentic. So basically what I am hearing here is that the SCA people aren't wanted on this forum. What I am also hearing is that you want to shut out those people...

Aidan Cambel

The fighting this year was very intense. A LOT of complaints about excessive force. Our warlord was thrusted so hard to the side of the face that it twisted his helm about 1/8 rotation on his head, busted the weld on the pivot-pin on the face place to his bascinet, and ripped part of the aventail lo...

Aidan Cambel

on a side note.. EVERYTHING works better when pointed to a foundation garmet. Yes they are hotter, they are a piece of "armour" that recuires more maintenance ( they need washed, so there fore everything has to be taken off, and tied back on) BUT its worth it. You will free up so much movement by po...

Aidan Cambel

.. and without royalty, you'll never get the rush and sensation of fighting in the King or Queens Guard...

In Service,
Aidan - who didn't realize his queen liked to run so much :-\

Aidan Cambel

23 minutes first battle, 39 the second. Time is kept only during the fighting. Seemed like longer because after the long volley of arrows and ballistas, we finally got to move. Well we all know how many holds are called in the fort battle (necessary though, too many people cramming through those doo...

Aidan Cambel

Yes, it was a very beautiful vigil and ceremony. I am proud to call him my friend.

Vivat Sir Lex!!!

Aidan Cambel

The Rising of the Moon Traditional Folk Now come tell me Sean O'Farrell Tell me why you hurry so? Hush a bhuachaill, hush and listen And his cheeks were all aglow I have orders from the captain Get you ready quick and soon For the pikes must be together At the rising of the moon The rising ...

Aidan Cambel

short guy, black armour with templar cross, maciejoski style great helm, black shield with big red cross. can't miss me - unless you just look right over the top of me.. :-\

Aidan Cambel

Foreigner Juke Box Hero album: The Very Best of Foreigner Standing in the rain with his head hung low Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold-out show Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream He heard one guitar, just blew him aw...

Aidan Cambel

all i get is some error message in some other language......

Aidan Cambel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vincent_c=={=====-: Wow even their women look better than the SCA's. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Well now THAT wasn't a very chivalric statement.

Aidan Cambel

My biggest complaint with this thread is people saying what the SCA is and isn't. The SCA is nothing. The SCA is everything. Its all a matter of persoanl perspective. To me, it IS a re-inactment society. Because I *choose* to do my best to re-inact my persona/time frame/ etc. to me, it IS a educatio...

Aidan Cambel

blockaderunner.com sells a civil war wall tent with 7'4" peak and 4'6" walls I know thats post period, but I don't see where it is written in stone how tall the walls can be. logically speaking, it would depend on the footprint of the tent. larger footprint, larger walls, bigger poles, more people f...

Aidan Cambel

Is that whatthey call nailbinding? (or nalebinding, or somethign like that)

I've heard my wife mention it but I'm pretty clueless.

But doesn't matter anyway - I botched up the beads. THey were brittle and shattered.

<sigh>

Oh well. I'll try again after Gulf Wars

Aidan Cambel

3 feet may be alot, but you don't know my wife. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif Last Gulf Wars, she just HAD to buy the 9-yard inkle loom, when she already had 2 3-yd looms. Why? well, because it makes more at one time.. or at least thats what she told be. I have never seen the thing warpe...

Aidan Cambel

thank you!!!

now my wife has 1 day to produce me about 3 feet of round silk tablet woven cording. I sure hope she has a sense of humor..

I could kick myself for procrastinating so much.... LOL

thanks again!

Aidan

Aidan Cambel

rawhide hammer doesn't dish???? hmmm http://www.geocities.com/aidancambel/aidanknees2.JPG These were dished in some of ironmongers forms, with a rawhide dishing hammer, no planishing at all. the pics are crappy only because the camera was crappy. That was my first armouring attempt, my new stainless...

Aidan Cambel

What woul medieval rosaries be strung on? I can't seem to find any sources that say that. I have found construction methods and what not, but would they have been on wire or silk cording?

or something else?

any clues?

HELP!!!!!!!

Thanks,
Aidan

Templars Absolved!!!

Rosaries