The Armour Archive

FrauHirsch

Though it is a work of fiction, it is a gold mine of high speech, how to conduct a career at arms, and it has a great deal of information on love affairs, and courtly behavior. One of my favorites. Though his method of courtship might land a modern person in jail (the scene where he forces his true...

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The Adrian Empire does not use full body targeting. Hands, wrists, knees, lower legs and feet are not targets, similar to the SCA. Armored rebated steel combat in Adria can be full speed, but it is not supposed to be full power. However I have seen individuals from various rebated steel groups that ...

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James, I am not accepting this "new stuff" at face value, but I find it stimulating and thought-provoking. I experience a similar process where I sporadically re-examine my beliefs and methods and either validate them or discover there's a need to change what I previously did or previously understo...

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What are some of the historically appropriate ways to use leftover scraps of fabric? I'm thinking specifically of the second half of the 16th century in England and Scotland. What do you costumers do with your fabric scraps? I was imagining that scraps could be used for trim, repair, and stuffing. ...

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They did actually make a variety cotton "mock" velvets, which were used as "cheap middle class substitutes" for silk velvet. They were used on everything from clothing, to saddles, to cushions. Mock velvets were made of wool, cotton, linen and cotton/linen, cotton/wool, and linen/wool blends. There ...

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Arkadash Iskander: The yeniceri outfit is done - I've had it for several years, I just don't have any full-length shots of it that I am happy with. I have seen photos (and video) of the Pennsic mehter band - unfortunately I attend a Turkish music retreat that runs concurrent to Pennsic most years. ...

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InsaneIrish wrote:The earliest a kilt is documentable is 1575, I could see going another 25yrs earlier to 1550, but not 1100's.

Did someone find some documentation that I missed?

-J

FrauHirsch

I've seen something weird recently.... I watched a couple of fighters have shots that hit them and THEN hit the back side of their sheilds, and then they call out "Shield!". Fairly often I see a shot hit someone, then their shield is raised so it hits the blade (either just after the shot connects,...

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It's not that I'm neccesarily wanting to do anything in particular; I was just hoping to enter into a intelligent discussion with folks who have this type thing as a serious hobby why things are the way they are. Glen, There are several fairly old 16th c groups on the West Coast, St. Michael's Guil...

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I think there may be a Border Horse (late-16th-century) group that does the California Renfair circuit. There is, but they don't have any horses, and from my exposure to them a couple of years ago they're the typical RenFaire "knee high mocassins, must wear plaid and a bonnet" sort of group. Gwen A...

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I have researched alot on the internet but I have noticed that there are sites you wise souls have found that I have not. If you know of any off the beaten path sites that I may have missed please let me know. Or is there any other Byzantine era ppls out there that could lend there advice. Thanks W...

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Ooh ooh! Can we have "Night Arrows"? This brought to mind an experiment done by one of the Adrian Empire Archers. He attached silk strips dipped in orange and yellow glow goo dumped from one of those light sticks onto the heads of some arrows. They did a volley fire into the air at night. It really...

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I'd suggest the Practical Knight. I use one occasionally. Its decently balanced, though a bit more tip heavy than I'd prefer. The Viking looks less balanced and the quillions of the "knight" are helpful as was mentioned.

Juliana

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My household actually has a land grant given by Duke Armand and Duchess Diana when they were Baron and Baroness of Gyldenholt. You can read it here: m In the Adrian Empire, there is a long tradition of granting estates, trading, and toll rights. Usually this is for 2nd level knights and above (this ...

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Not exactly stocking stuffers:

http://www.ancienttouch.com/index.html

FrauHirsch

I will one day get off my ass and make those gloves. But they would just be out of place unless you made the whole outfit... I sent this link to one of my friends who is a master embroiderer. (She's an SCA Laurel, but mundanely has had her reproduction work on display at the Folger and has a reader...

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Bex, While very nice looking, most of those would be impossible to fight "well" in. they are too wide across the bust. Even the breastplate Ichling uses would inhibit most large busted or barrel chested women. Ideally, you want to be able to touch elbows in front of your breasts (or come as close to...

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Myself and wood working/metal working/sewing are not on a first name basis.. at all. If you want to fight, you will eventually need to do learn and be willing to do some basic leather and woodwork on your own for repairing and making straps, making rattan swords, and making shields. You may need to...

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We did them, and do them at Pas's. (tho they are against our marhsall policies for melles..) I ran a William the Marshal tourney this way. It worked ok for the most part. *certain* people seemed to loose track on the count. More typically people seemed to forget to count legs and arms as points. So...

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Hi I'm new and I was wondering if peacock feathers would be appropriate for garb trim. I have an abundance of eyes and I was wondering if this could be a use for them and if so I was wondering what time period would be apropriate. Any pictures or sorces would be greatly welcomed and appreciated. Th...

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I'm pretty sure I"ve seen late 16th c German portraits with gorgets too. It probably does indicate some type of status, but just as likely due to blood as military position. I haven't noticed sumptary laws discussing gorgets. I also recall some earlier 16th c landsknecht officer types wearing gorget...

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More info on the German Chivalry: m m m m m m m Notice the sites don't all agree on the status of Ministeriales vs Rittern. Part of this is due to regional differences, and part of this is due to the position changing over time. Another issue is that some Ministeriales were much higher rank than oth...

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For the same reasons I dislike the titles Pelican and Laurel, as newbies don't know what to make of them. Sometimes I wonder what the titles would have been had the early members of the SCA known of the Knights Ministeriales... Or knew of the various "Knighted" artisans in Germany and Italy... Inst...

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The dirt is normal though. I cannot imagine an "indoor" Crown Tournament (although I have seen pics). I guess it is just one of those regional things. I can't either. Except for wars, Caidans are spoiled by being able to fight outdoors year round and tournaments are 99.9% in parks on green lawns. E...

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mavrikii wrote: My lady is the one in the similar green brig.

Her's was the armour that most caught my eye in all the pictures.

Very nice.

The first thing I noticed was that you guys were fighting in dirt! Its so hard to stay looking *crisp* when its dusty.

-Juliana

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How would it fit someone with a 22.5 inch head. Juliana here. I know Wayne as well. His work is quality. He's not a newbie armourer. He just doesn't advertise on the web and is kept busy from local business. I personally have guantlets, stainless knees (with roped edged fluted fans), and fluted spa...

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Amanita wrote:I'm looking for some good rebated sparring swords.

A lot of people around here have been using Paul Chen's Practical Knight:

http://www.swordsdirect.com/knight_swords.html

They seem to be holding up well and are pretty well-balanced.

-Juliana

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jester wrote:Does your Kingdom regulate boffer combat?

If yes, does boffer combat fall under the Marshallate in your Kingdom?

Yes > No, its a separate entity from the Marshallate, however "youth combat" is under the Marshallate, though this is under 18 rattan combat I believe - Caid

FrauHirsch

Aren't kids allowed to fence? As in train for Olympic style fencing? I am sure that people would consider fencing a "steel combat group." What rules do they follow? I would also consider weight classes over age groups. Kids grow at much different rates, and a 105lb 16 year old vs a 185 lb 16 year o...

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My point is that some Irish warriors did wear mail. I believe they did too. But I've been haughtily informed at several demos that they wore _4_ hauberks at once...and Claymores weighed 20-40 lbs. Someday I will fill a pipe with lead such that it weighs 30 lbs just so these guys can try to take a f...

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Yes, the waist on women are a bit higher then on men, but you have to modify that according to the person who will wear the armour. Umm not quite. We have 2 concepts of waists: a natural waist ( Rev, your man's waist mark is still an inch lower than his "natural" waist in your figure. The natural w...

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I don't like the higher waist on your sketch - it throws off the proportions somewhat. The waistline should fall at the natural waist, as it does for men, and taper down from there. I totally disagree. The waist should be very high for this style, even for men in this period. The most common armori...

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[quote="Caithlinn"]. If it was made out of wool (like in the find), a "TrÃƒÂ¤gerrock" would probably fit very snugly even without darts in the front and a separate opening. quote] Whether darts work in the front or are shallow or deep, or whether you could get a tight fit without an openin...

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http://search.sothebys.com/search/collA ... t_id=25775

There's a german one that looks similar from about 1550.

A small pocket sundial was found on the mary Rose. I have a replica.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_txo_en/ART17841.html

-J

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Caid:

Holding and taking castles and bridges

Organizing a multi-unit, multi-brigade army

Costuming, reproducing archeological artifacts,

Re: Uses of fabric scraps?

Re: Kaftans and such

Re: authentic Byzantine garb and armour (sca)

Re: Help me choose a practice sword..

Presents for Ancients Enthusiasts

Re: Peacock Feathers

Re: ,,

Re: good rebated swords?

Re: [SCA] Boffers