Where to get 14th century buckles?

gargoyle · Post by **gargoyle** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 10:25 pm

My splinted arms are nearing completion. Anybody have links or sites that sell 14th century buckles?

Sasha · Post by **Sasha** » Thu Feb 14, 2002 11:27 pm

I understand that the sale of archeological finds like buckles has been stamped on pretty hard lately. You might need to find a crooked museum somewhere to ship you some. There are also a few reputable auction places...but you will be collecting for a long time to get a matched set of buckles dug up.

Are you sure you want to go with real 14thC buckles? It could get very expensive.

Why not try modern reproductions instead?

Sasha

InsaneIrish · Post by **InsaneIrish** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 12:01 am

http://www.quietpress.com/

try them, I have some of his stuff and it is nice, and very reasonably priced.

Insane Irish

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 12:03 am

http://finkas.home.netcom.com/Forgerie/Index.html

He has period buckles and such for sale.

Amalric Unomen · Post by **Amalric Unomen** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 2:41 am

I got a nice piece from http://www.anshelmarms.com/

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 4:04 am

Servus!

(Shameless plug for my Masters' website to follow)

Another good source: www.kingskeep.com

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Pax Vobiscum,

Herr Alexander

wcallen · Post by **wcallen** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 7:55 am

Since we are rounding out the list - Tom Justus does a lot of buckles as well. He has a whole assortment of copies made from originals.

http://justus.pair.com/

He doesn't show lots of them (ok, any of them), but if you drop him a note he will probably respond. The last time I was there he seemed to have a bunch lying around.....

Wade

wcallen · Post by **wcallen** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 7:59 am

Oh - on the originals......

I don't think I would try to get a whole matched set because it would take a long time and get expensve, but they are relatively easy to get. As I understand it, there are regulations, but they are not as restrictive as they might seem on first glance. I know several people with some pretty extensive collections of medieval LMS, and several people who have enough that they sell on a regular basis including Talbot.

I don't have very many myself (only a couple of hundred pieces I think....).

Wade