The Armour Archive

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For a 24" head, mild steel (want to paint it) and must be SCA heavy. I also have a rapier dublet with pants in XXL for trade as well. Ill also take preshapped/preformed kits as well. Please PM me for deals Horsefriend Armoury does a nice Crusader helm , and it's very reasonably priced. [/url] ...

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there are also some artwork examples. My Nicholes book is loaned out at the moment, I will see what I can dig up.

iirc, the few examples of face plated english bascinets are out there tend to show this style.

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Alexander Peregrine wrote:If the helm is still available, I"ll buy it for $350.00. Let me know how you want the funds. Alexander

Sorry, it was sold.

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You have a lot of good heat treaters here in Washington state (Thanks Boeing!). I will see if I can track down who Gus and Ugo use (different places).

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https://extra.upmet.com/FMI_FullSheet/index.jsp gets me $178.76 for a 3'x4' sheet at 14gauge.

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http://www.admiralsteel.com/pdf/bladesteel.pdf still looks like they are selling it in 12 inch wide strips.

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I am curious, I have seen the early period lances, which are basically a stick with a metal tip. I have seen the 16th century jousting lances, but what I have no concept of, is what was being used in the middle? Of course I have a 14th century bias. So I am seeing the lance rests various breast plat...

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If you don't already have it spoken for, I would like to know what gauge it is and what size please. Alexander Sorry, been really busy. I have a 24.5 in cranium. It fit me fine with a bit of room. The eyeslot just didn't work for me, which was why I was tinkering with it so much. It is 13/14 guage ...

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how much for the machete? Wait, you'd have to haul it back to this coast....

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Bought this years ago, fought with it a few times, but it never fit quite right. Left it in the garage and it got rusty. About 6 months ago I proceeded to attempt to clean it up and work on getting it to fit me. I've since found a WMA Kettle that should work, and my wife is telling me that I don't n...

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interested, sending PM

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As an aside, I did some test cutting years ago with an unsharpened sword. The medium was a suspended 2 liter water bottle. The sword was an unsharpened Tinker sword with a blade that he had done by someone else (it was from before he was doing blades). I was ungloved, as I wanted to see what would h...

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yup yup and yup to most of the stuff above. I am going to throw in a major aspect that I cheat with. Hiding the shot. I do not consider myself particularly fast, however I have a very basic snap that catches people. It's partially timing, and partially that my hand appears to be at rest on my collar...

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I would like the helmet liner mailed to 98043

Thanks.

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It's a great set.

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white mountain armoury wrote:Server is fine, image is up, I can see it from 3 diff machines, seems Nissan sees it as well

Seems like I am outvoted. My network is working for everything but your site... odd.

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server isn't working, and neither is the pic

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pitching in another vote for hidden motocross/downhill mtn bike shin guards.

I have been wearing this style for years. The only issue is that the plastic under the knee cop tends to break, not a big deal though, as it's under the knee cop.

http://www.rei.com/product/797390

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Great write up, but what is this "sun" you keep referring to?

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afaik, tattoos are really more mid 1700's in England. If you buy the theory that tattoos were influenced by contact with the Maori, Cook has his contact in 1769.

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The one I linked to has the terry cloth in the same area. Soaking up sweat before it gets in her eyes.

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My wife has been using http://www.rei.com/product/697116 and has been very happy with it. I use a padded coif and have not had any issues either.

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iirc, for much of the 14th century in England, there were sumptuary laws against decorative trim. Something about a wartime economy being the reason. I have no citations for that at the moment though. There was stuff done all of the time that was hidden, just to show off what I could do. Conspicuous...

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rooting around, but it might be easier to be something like john jamesson of carlisle

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http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... le&u=13300 is out in Monroe.

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As Sean pointed out you walk a "SMALL" chisel across the surface of the metal. With practice its quite fast and easy. Bit dark and hard to see but heres a video I did on brass, Wiggle work starts about the 1:00 mark. no link. And I should take pictures of the brasswork you did on my Churb...

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Tasha K wrote:Oh, ok, very interesting. I wasn't aware of that controversy. Thanks for sharing the picture.

I am not sure that it's a controversy in anyone else's mind but mine

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Isn't the upside-down V covering up the seam line where the gore is placed at the front of that hood? If that is the case, why doesn't it make sense? Do you mean it doesn't make sense to cover up a seam line like that, or... something else? I'm not disagreeing (because I don't understand enough of ...

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[img]http://www.lansmuseet.varberg.se/upload/images/pic4561682-95358584.jpg[/img] This is one of the things that drives me nuts. The upside down V doesn't make sense on the hood. However if you put it on the mantle as a re-enforcing piece, it works like a charm! IIRC, this is one of the arguments be...

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In "Bockstensmannen och hans drÃ¤kt" there is a variation of the bocksten man tunic for women. Specifically bringing the gores higher, and having a lower hemline. Pretty simple changes. Nockert seems to have a bit of a hardon for proving Sandklef wrong on a few points, but overall has some...

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in the suspended sections, I feel pretty much nothing. I have to be cognizant of what happened to call correctly. On the area from the ears down that rests on my head. I am using thin padding in the liner, with a padded coif. It works pretty much OK for me. I have had a stinger through it, but not e...

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offer still stands

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Adding to the helmet points above.... Side mount visor is definitely more prevalent. English helms had a tendency to an off egg shape that point back. Maybe even less egg and more like a football pointed back with a face and bottom cut out. I am doing my kit with a globose under a fitted sidelace su...

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I'm not looking for viking boots, but the ease that Westland changed the construction from a welted sole to a true turnshoe makes me want to know if he can do the 14th C boots in a turnshoe construction just as easily. Westland, how about it? 6th line down in the first message. I am planning on doi...

Re: WTB crusader/topenhof helm

Lance evolution?

WMA Bascinet w/Klap and Hounskull