The Armour Archive

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I did mention it includes a coif ?

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other one still available and now price at Â£100 plus shipping

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WWW.PADDEDARMOUR.COM

make em to measure

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Larger one now sold

other and a hauberk coif and assorted other stuff still for sale

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Sorry photos are a bit pants

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And the second

This is a heavy linen outer description as above measurements in inches

Chest 62
Waist 62
Length 20 neck to waist back
Sleeve 31
Points 18
Collar 1.5

Hook and eye closure and porte peice slightly padded for reasons alluded to

Sorry about pics but have no dummy large enough

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Picture of the first one Outer is Calico (at my request I didnt know better at the time) Lined in linen underarn and back gussets with hook and eye fatening no porte peice on this one and only points at waist for maille skirt measurements measured flat are Chest 57 inches Waist 52 inches Length from...

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I thin a lot of this will be covered in Timothy new Osprey on Byzantine cavalry due I think this year

Will ask him down the pub next week

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Still avaiable and now at Â£450.00 plus pp

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Sorry for delay nursing one of my cats through last couple of weeks of his battle with cancer has occupied all of my time Finally found it and once the fog lifts am going to photograph it But the specs are its made from an oatmeal heavier outler linen lined ina shirt weight one and slightly padded w...

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still here

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I'm interested in the late 1400's to early 1500's. Would the kits for that time period be much different than that of the later reivers? Also, I noticed one of the pics had a man wearing steel plate shoulders. Would leather have ever been used for their armor for either that or the body? I would th...

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sorry camera died so pics on Saturday

and as my other half pointed out the rerason why she is refusing point blank to make me anything else is that there are infact two of the items made at differnat stages of my shape moving noether worn in anger and neither fitting me now

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BIG NIGE wrote:Bear pmd you

Its big because I am large and it was also designed to be worn over a decent gamby and the combination allows me to emerge unscathed from some serious recreational fun

Hi BEAR and others pmd you price am prepared to do a little shiffling on what is a magnificent bargain

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Hi

Price would be Â£150.00 plus pp (price new are Â£210.00 or so)

I'll organise pics and sizings tommorrow as I ned to find it in my kit mountain

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I had one of thes made by my then partner/ now wife who does them professionally and promptly changed shape due to work/wedding/cat stress. Now it is simply too big and she wont make me a new one until I sell this one (I did pay for it btw) So for sale one large arming doublet will get it measured u...

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Blatant bump

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By the looks of things not yet

so its still here

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Hi Bear and others did you get the pms ?

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Bear pmd you

Its big because I am large and it was also designed to be worn over a decent gamby and the combination allows me to emerge unscathed from some serious recreational fun

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Its still available

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or from the uk

http://www.deborahloughcostumes.com/surcotes.html and there are pics of a lot more recent ones available jsut haven't ahd time to update the website yet

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ok hope this works

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thanks ok I'll sort this out

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Family history was dinned into us by my Grandparents Borders from my mothers the trade union and labour movements by my Fathers. Local history was encouraged at School and I was fortunate enough to go to a university with 5 History departments The bastle is not really playable as its converted and a...

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Is the poic visable ?

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[quote="Rittmeister Frye Greetings: Those aren't exactly "claims" by the above posters, it's what is generally accepted as the source for the term "stele bonnets" as used by the Borderers during the period. Certainly many on the Borders were too poor to afford a decent helmet, but those of the "Ridi...

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Ok that explains lots if you want a knitting pattern drop me a line I have an aunt who knitted mine and my units about 8 years ago would take issue with you over your helmet claims though the Burgonet is a very expensive helmet and given the NE & NW would need to be imported. Given that reiving was ...

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try this

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so the pic came out ok ?

hope so as have a large vet bill to pay

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id= ... 1449540026

not techy but pic is here for those with access

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Now I note that Herts fabrics are listed

For wool there is only really one supplier I would use and thats Hainsworths fantastic stuff which you can leave raw edged BUT you do pay a price for it.

Let me know what youa re interested in and I'll pry lose some contacts

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would you be interested in some more of our uk suppliers ?

we ahve quite a few and some superb wools

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Here are a couple i did 3 or 4 years ago but I did not keep them for long. Seems no matter how hard I try I just cant manage to have a second helmet <img src="http://www.whitemountainarmoury.com/images/random/crsd1z.jpg"> <img src="http://www.whitemountainarmoury.com/images/random/flatop1.jpg"> bot...

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ok a bit confused here

As cottish bonnet /cap is the knitted headgear used by all classes in both Scotland and Northern England

Do you mean some form of helmet

if you refer to the knitted version may be able to help

Arming doublet for sale