14th century splinted arms/legs

Bleddyn De Caldicot · Post by **Bleddyn De Caldicot** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:56 pm

If you are poiting the cop only to a cuisse I would put a little leather tab to point it to the cuisse, it will move better when you bend your knee. I have to be space concious since I sometimes take commuter trains to events and practices but I find it easier to notpermenantly attach the cuisse to the knee cop so that the cuisse can lay flat in my bag. A leather lace tied well can hold the cop to the cuisse.

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:59 pm

Sounds good.

I just want everything to move with my body in a way my old armor didn't, which is why I'm taking so much time and building everything from the ground up instead of just rushing to get on the field for the sake of being out there.

Bleddyn De Caldicot · Post by **Bleddyn De Caldicot** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:07 pm

It also means if you upgrade to nicer cops in the future (don't know how nice your cops are, maybe they're super snazzy) you don't need to put a whole lot of work into removing the old ones.

The leather tab I spoke of is like this one on this pair of Windrose knees.

http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_9&products_id=332

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:21 pm

They're spring steel and made by Sir Gaston de Clermont here on the archive. He made a matching pair of elbows and they're really nice so I want to do a good job the first time.

audax · Post by **audax** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:46 pm

Isabella E wrote:They're spring steel and made by Sir Gaston de Clermont here on the archive. He made a matching pair of elbows and they're really nice so I want to do a good job the first time.

Gaston does very nice work.

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:56 pm

When I got the elbows I ran around showing them off because they're nice and weigh next to nothing.

Cian of Storvik · Post by **Cian of Storvik** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:01 am

When I started in the SCA, everyone told me to rivet things together.."Rivet that.", "Why isn't that riveted?", "You know what that needs? - Rivets." Blasphemers.
Then, thanks to HE and other followers, I found the glory of poynts and pointing pieces to an arming garment. The clouds parted, a beam of light shined down like a spot light on me.
Don't point through the metal if you can help it. It will eventually chew up your poyntes. Rivet a tab of leather as Bleddyn says.

And don't forget to get many poyntes with aiglettes. I use about 2 dozen beween pourpoint; joined hosen and armour.
-Cian

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:12 am

Where can I get the aiglettes?

Cian of Storvik · Post by **Cian of Storvik** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:30 am

You can buy them from Historic Enterprises or you can make them yourself out of thin gauge metal. Rolling it into a conical shape is a real PITA though, and I'd suggest just getting the pre-fabbed aiglettes if not the whole poyntes.
Remember you have two ends to a poynte, so you need twice as many aiglettes as poyntes. If you want 15 poyntes, you need 30 aiglettes.
Some people do very fancy multi-color poyntes out of lucet braided cord.

For general use (practices and such) I don't use aiglettes externally (for fear of losing the fancy brass ends), but take cotton clothesline cord and cut 18" lengths, then dip the ends into wood glue and shape to a point and allow to dry for an hour or two.
My pourpoint (which is under the gambeson) and hosen, I still use the brass aiglettes, as they don't tend to suffer much from combat.

But you can break out the fancy lucet cord with brass or silver aiglettes for those special tournaments where you want to display some bling.
-Cian

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:35 am

Cool thanks. If I can't be badass I at least want to look awesome. I can't wait to see the kids at the demos we do when my Shire's 14th century group gets our kits done.