Bone Armour

Micael · Post by **Micael** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:11 pm

Anybody as anything on how to make bone armour. I would like to do one in latex but I can't find any pictures or ideas on how it look's like. Can anyone help me?

Signo · Post by **Signo** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:04 pm

Like those in Diablo? lol
Except for cow horn,or whale bones i've never heard about bone armour, i can suppose that could a leather armour reinforced with bones like splinted armour with strips of metal.

Micael · Post by **Micael** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:13 pm

No not those like in diablo but more like the ones the american indians had when the went to war.

Wilhelm zu Eltz-Kempenich · Thu Feb 13, 2003 7:22 pm

I got back to playing Diablo and thought about asking about bone shields... Narkitu the Necromancer rises again! BUWAHAHAHAHAH!
Or Azommin the Paladin.... long story behind the name Azommin. If you really care to know, e-mail me. otherwise i won't waste our time. Im SO good at getting off topics! Friggin' yeah man!

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AngusGunn · Post by **AngusGunn** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:17 pm

I do not know much about the construction, however I do know that some tribes would use things like the penis bones of racoons for the decorative armor worn on the chest. Don't know how much it helps but there you go. Happy hunting.

Angus.

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mattmaus · Post by **mattmaus** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:28 pm

Check your library, or maybe try a web search on Rendezvous (sp?).

Black powder/colonial american group.

Brodir · Post by **Brodir** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 5:28 am

I have seen pictures of three holed rectangular whalebone plates, of Inuit origin, which the author had described as lamellar plates. Never seen one completed though, or seen these plates mentioned in any other source.

~Wil

Kristoffer · Post by **Kristoffer** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 5:40 am

A racoon penis bone armour.. ?

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I just dont know what to say.. someone please comment on this... thank you..

Lazarus WyÃƒÅ¸ · Post by **Lazarus WyÃƒÅ¸** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:06 am

...that's a lot of racoons.

Noe · Post by **Noe** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:29 pm

A lot of very unhappy raccoons.

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losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:02 pm

makes me wonder if they where trying to over compinsate for somthing.

I want to try stainless ribs over leather.
using half ovel for the ribs. probibly black leather 10-12 oz latago.

AngusGunn · Post by **AngusGunn** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:53 pm

Hehe. It would heave to be a bit disconcerting.

Angus

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GeneP · Post by **GeneP** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:05 pm

If you are talking about the bone breatsplates and stuff, those were usually made out of long bones of deer and sometimes bison.Called hair pipe bones. Also aI have seen examples carved from horn.Most repros are made out of platic replica bones. essentially bone on either side of the chest laced together in the center. Check out some of the university museum sites from the midwest etc for pics. Most books on Native American history also address it.

Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:53 pm

Fire Mountain Gems and Beads has bison bones that are rectangular shaped (think scales). They're imitation 'bison teeth' - ie. bones carved to (loosely) look like bison teeth.

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Aife ingen Brain · Post by **Aife ingen Brain** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 1:47 am

Go to your favorite search engine and type in hairpipe bone breastplate. You should get a lot of sites. Most are selling them or selling kits for them but most have pictures.

I'm curious, how are you going to make it from latex? What are you going to use it for?Just being nosy.

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woodwose · Post by **woodwose** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 2:06 am

okay, I thought racoon penis bones to be little strange.. then thought maybe he meant pelvis bones.. but racoon penis bones? really? guess I just never knew they had those. learning new things everyday!

Kristoffer · Post by **Kristoffer** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:04 pm

I guess the racoons never saw that one coming..

Halberds · Post by **Halberds** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 8:37 pm

Hey the buzzards did not eat the coons thingy you can come and get it. I ain't touching it. I heard of coon dick tooth picks but the south is full of crazy stories. You can order coon dicks from Dixie Gun Works in Tennessee. No I do not work for them. I just love the smell of black powder in the morning.

Hal

brother_fredrik · Post by **brother_fredrik** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:01 am

You can get real and plastic bone pipe bead at the leather factory (www.leatherfactory.com I think) the plastic are cheaper, but they do have some "antiquied" ones that look decent. They were generally made from what I've seen with two or four rows of bones with the bones themselves set horizontally. Between each row is a leather strip, but set "sideways" (the thin part against the chest) so that you had rooms for your hole for the sinew to hold the bones in place. It the front is basically mirrored on the back usually, I think. For better protection, you could have a row that runs down the side.

These were often more cerimonial than useful. They would not stop an arrow, but they did allow some protection against a club on an axe.

As far as "racon penis bone armor" I'm pretty sure that the penis of ALL species is cartlage and as such there is no "bone" to use inspite of the common slang term of a "boner" refering to an erection. I may be wrong as I never do in depth research into penises (Penisi?)

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GeneP · Post by **GeneP** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:03 am

Guess that means we no longer get boners then if it is all cartiledge! lol

So what to call it? A Stiffy, a hard on, wood(no not wood either) Ok how creative can we get on this fellas!

Destichado · Post by **Destichado** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 2:47 pm

erm, not that I WANT to kill the humor here, but the racoons' "bones" really are bones.
Walruses (walri?) have bones there, too -of course, theirs are quite a bit larger... There was a quite famous katana floating around with a "bone" hilt, as a matter of fact!
You dirty minds can take that where
ever you want...

Hun · Post by **Hun** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:04 pm

Those breastplate weren't actually armour. just something pretty to wear in the summer heat instead of the leather shirts. The hair-pipe would be far to delicate to ward off any type of blow, especially the blunt trauma incountered with warclubs. Ya'll are absolutely right about the penis bones, any medium sized mammal's would do (the inuit actually used whale penis bones as clubs!).
Shorter hair pipe could also be made from the leg bones of rabbits and large birds.
Hun

CalebJohnson · Post by **CalebJohnson** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:07 pm

When you work with bone wear a mask not a cheap one. It should have cartriges you can get really sick from the dust. I forget what it does to you but it really sucks.

Caleb

Steve Dallas · Post by **Steve Dallas** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:11 pm

I have a set of Filipino scale armor that I bought at a yard sale. The scales are made from pieces of water buffalo horn and laced to a backing of woven river reeds with hemp cord (I think). Each scale is exactly 2" by 2" and are roughly 1/8" thick, well capable of taking a blow. Pretty light, too, only weighs about 5 or 6 pounds. If you wanted to, you could get cow horns at your local slaughterhouse, heat them until they are flexible, flatten them and cut scales or lamellae from them. Just a thought.

Steve

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Arawn Silvertongue · Post by **Arawn Silvertongue** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:58 am

In doing research, I did run across an account of what was supposed to be the earliest form of armor, quite earlier than SCA period, which was a forearm bracer made of bone. Seems to me it would look cool to make a fairly simple suit of mild steel, dark blue it, then make faux bones from stainless to affix to it in places.

Reinhard von Lowenhaupt · Tue Feb 18, 2003 12:04 pm

For all sorts of critter parts, try this link:

http://www.hideandfur.com

This is Moscow Hide and Fur, definitely a great place to buy stuff. I've done business with them several times, and have always been quite pleased with the service, and products.

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Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:28 pm

Moscow Hide and Fur is about 10 miles from me, just over the border in Idaho