The Armour Archive

FrauHirsch

Brother Simon, I have some friends that did some drop dead Hospitaller Sisters of St. John. They handstitched their costumes and of course also the wool white crosses. It comes out VERY nice.

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Tasha, I totally understand the baby steps thing. Our house has been up on the market for a long time. So I have had some difficulty getting excited about sewing because I have to put everything away and clean up every night. In the past, I typically leave the project out in my sewing area until I'm...

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Wars out here don't have feasts or food or cabins included: Great western war Tues - Monday Arriving tues, wed, or thurs: Adult Member $45.00 Adult Non-Member $50.00 Youth 6-17 (4th or more free) $35.00 Child 0-5 years Free $0.00 Arriving Friday Saturday: Adult Member $40.00 Adult Non-Member $45.00 ...

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Finished the design for my son's landsknecht after humming and hawing a lot. Decided I didn't want to do one from Triumph of Maximillian, then went through various other books, finally had to dig through most of the German Renaissance woodcut 1500-1550 series before I found what I wanted to make and...

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Good article. At one Ren faire I dressed up as a male landsknect all day. I did a good enough job that I had some of the women in camp asking who the new short guy was. I pretty much did all the things in the article. I added a mustache and sideburns. I used make up to give the impression of a light...

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PM is fine

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FrauHirsch.... thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou... I am so confused by all these fabric terms, I was ready to just try some cheap cotton crap from walmart. I'm decent at handsewing, can't use a machine to save my life, but all these differing kinds of fabrics blow my mind. Yours and...

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Dweezle, that sounds very cool. Post picts when you are done! Or in progress too.

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Would this work for the outer fabric for the doublet and panes for the pluderhosen? and is this good for the "poufs" on the pluderhosen? Will it hang right, and yet survive fighting? I've made a few. If you are going to use wool, I'd go with one that does not have a "hard" worst...

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By GWW I'll be making: A new German camp follower dress for myself (mine are getting a bit tattered). I'd like one in linen and perhaps another smocked sleeve shirt. A 15th c costume for my husband, he wants one from Talhoffer, underclothes like plate 80/81, and a gown of some style - not sure yet w...

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I've seen people take credit for someone else's research, and even someone else's work. The desire for recognition can cause some people to throw out their ethics.

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The fighting quality and knowledge of WMA technique varies greatly in local Adrian Empire regions. Most of the armored battles are more like a small melee team fight. Some areas fight like "rock-em sock-em robots". Where there is a lot of SCA cross play, or WMA studies, you see those influ...

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The problem is that many Libraries don't have some of the books that would help. I think a lot of people don't realize that you can usually use state university libraries even if you are not a student. One of my favorites in my personal library is "Hispanic Costume 1480-1530" by Ruth Ander...

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"All weapons must be an approximation of a weapon that would have been reasonably familiar to a European warrior..." and thus eliminate many persona who's contact with europe was of a limited nature, i.e. Japenese, Chinese, etc... You say that as if it's a Bad Thing . Seriously, this is a...

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As a note, there are several depictions in German woodcuts of female standard bearers in the early 16th c. Impossible to know what the artist was trying to show.

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Leo Medii wrote:People who treat women with kid gloves on the list are lame. It is insulting to them.

Thank you.

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The public often wants to know if there were ever exceptions. I've never indicated that females in combat was the norm in any way, shape or form. Using a modern woman's disdain for smelly blood and guts is not a good example of why women wouldn't have been in battle back then. Up until very recent ...

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The public often wants to know if there were ever exceptions. I've never indicated that females in combat was the norm in any way, shape or form. Using a modern woman's disdain for smelly blood and guts is not a good example of why women wouldn't have been in battle back then. Up until very recent m...

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Flittie, it is not about justifying women fighting in the SCA. After all, in the SCA, 3rd century Picts fight with 16th Century Germans in tournaments. There is no historic case for many of the male personas to be fighting in a Medieval tournament. It is about understanding what to say to the public...

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Thanks Cliff! Do you have any more info on some claims I saw on History Channel documentaries. Both were interviewing PhDs, so I assume they knew their stuff. One was on the plague and about how the plaque caused women to show up as Levies in England after many towns had been devastated and even sta...

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Hirsh, There are a number of surviving St. Martin badges, in various states of decrepitude. If I recall correctly, none of them is complete. St. Martin is on our list of "saints we must do". Here is a link to a valuable online resource. m If you click on the little British flag, you can s...

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Thank you Cliff! So if there were women in the army participating as soldiers or leading battles, does your research lead you to believe they would have been excluded from this standard training and war games? I'm still baffled at the concept that trained men would let an untrained woman of any stan...

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Chef, you might need a horse to help pull one of those European catfish out!

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Just as an additional addendum, Emperor Maximillian I was an avid angler and there are many paintings showing him and others fishing in boats in lakes with others picnicing nearby.

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Mac, have you ever seen a badge for St. Martin?

We so would love finding one.

-J

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Even better.... regarding the lake: Rainbow trout are planted during the winter months by the Mount Lassen Hatchery with some trout exceeding 12 pounds. There are also catfish, stripers, largemouth bass, crappie and bluegill here. The lakes are fed by the California Aqueduct which provides a continu...

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I'll pass on the noodling .... but the hitting it over the head with a mallot looks fun. Actually if we catch anything we will probably release it just because cleaning catfish is a PITA. Someone said they wouldn't eat anything out of the lake, but it looks like a typical desert area lake and they s...

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High medieval or even 16th c. I've found some websites, but wondered if anyone had tried it. The lake at GWW has catfish, which I assume would be similar to fishing a loach or barbel, and there is even a native European catfish that is a large food fish. I saw reference on one site to a rack to wind...

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Has anyone made period fishing tackle? Recommended sites? Lessons learned?

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GWW has a lake, maybe we should test some of these things out

We are planning on making period fishing gear though...

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So the big question is did the general population of similar soldiers train or spar for "fun". If so, would women in those same positions have the same attitude and opportunities to do so?

Cliff, have you seen documentation related to training in medieval armies?

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There were a few moments in the war when it was Hospitallers against Templars. Quite a nice visual.

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I know women fought in the Medieval world, I know their were female Knights as well. But did they fight for fun/sport ? Any proof. Please share. Thor. This was the 2nd original question. "Fun/sport" does not specify tournaments. The Medieval World is pretty big. It includes a period befor...

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Eamonn MacCampbell wrote:Where are the pirates FrauHirsch was posting about...I just gotta see some of them Caidian pirates...To see if they look as bad as the ones up here...

Knut is right, they must not have been up early enough to watch the fighting, it started at 10 am... I never saw any around the battle field.

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Ebay is a good place to find low cost 100% linen fabric as well. The best deals are not in the 'by the yard' but in a lot price. I look for deals where I can get a few yards for an end price including shipping of about $5 a yard. The commercial sellers are not really for a budget, but sometimes peop...

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Re: Did women fight in tournaments