The Armour Archive

Gunter Haller

I did state one hour after the post - that does make Filip the last on-time bid. Sorry for any confusion; I do appreciate your interest, William.

Gunter Haller

Thanks for the bids! The auction will be ending 1 hour from the time of this post. I will reach out to the winner with my PayPal shortly afterward. Good luck!

Gunter Haller

Thanks for the bids! The auction will be ending 1 hour from the time of this post. I will reach out to the winner with my PayPal shortly afterward. Good luck!

Gunter Haller

Thanks for the bids! The auction will be ending 1 hour from the time of this post. I will reach out to the winner with my PayPal shortly afterward. Good luck!

Gunter Haller

Thanks for the bids! The auction will be ending 1 hour from the time of this post. I will reach out to the winner with my PayPal shortly afterward. Good luck!

Gunter Haller

Well, the second picture shows that it has three holes (from memory, the second hole was the most fitting at 36"), but there is still plenty of room on the tongue to make it a little larger/smaller. However, the back panel is static. Based on the item descriptions on Pitbull's site, there is a 4" or...

Gunter Haller

Tomorrow evening, I mentioned GMT -7 but 7pm also sounds about right

Gunter Haller

Sized for a 36" waist measurement using a cloth measuring tape

Gunter Haller

Looks like someone close to home wants the arms/legs as a set, so I am pulling them down before there are any bids.

The gauntlets are at $60 to hornsofodin and the cbelt at $15 to Urdok at the moment!

Gunter Haller

Thank you for the initial bids! The pictures of this helmet were taken right before posting this topic, so it is very "what you see is what you get".

Gunter Haller

Last topic. There are a few items in this one since they are kind of in a set, but you will bid on each item independently! Good day everyone! I am posting a few lots of armor that I cannot bring with me on a move. These are going auction-style, with the final call happening on the evening of Saturd...

Gunter Haller

Good day everyone! I am posting a few lots of armor that I cannot bring with me on a move. These are going auction-style, with the final call happening on the evening of Saturday 1/16/2016 (GMT -7 Arizona time). If you win, please be prepared to send payment by Sunday, 1/17/2016 so that these boxes ...

Gunter Haller

Thanks for the extra details AL, I truly enjoyed the amazing work put into the armor! Hoping to see it continue going to good use instead of sitting in storage now that I've shrunk out of it

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Gunter Haller

Good day everyone! I am posting a few lots of armor that I cannot bring with me on a move. These are going auction-style, with the final call happening on the evening of Saturday 1/16/2016 (GMT -7 Arizona time). If you win, please be prepared to send payment by Sunday, 1/17/2016 so that these boxes ...

Gunter Haller

Good day everyone! I am posting a few lots of armor that I cannot bring with me on a move. These are going auction-style, with the final call happening on the evening of Saturday 1/16/2016 (GMT -7 Arizona time). If you win, please be prepared to send payment by Sunday, 1/17/2016 so that these boxes ...

Gunter Haller

Can you please estimate the final weight on one of these shields, unpainted, with the GDFB boss installed?

Gunter Haller

Yehuda, the large arms/besagues are still available. Please PM me if you would like to make the purchase :). I have updated the original post to show that the large legs have sold. The picture album now also shows images of the maille. I also forgot to mention that the breastplate/backplate comes wi...

Gunter Haller

Hi everyone, Thank you so much for your interest everyone! I have responded to PMs regarding several items and I will update this thread as final decisions are made or dibs are released. About the maille: You might be swimming wAUrrior, I am a bit larger than you and it wasn't going to work out :). ...

Gunter Haller

Hello everyone! It’s been a little while since I have posted, and a lot has changed. I’m in a new career, I’ve lost almost 50 pounds (and still dropping), and there’s no sign of things settling down any time soon. My lady is going through the same. So, we are taking this opportunity to offer our now...

Gunter Haller

I suppose this means I should give out any remaining hope of being repaid the two year old "refund" I was promised.

Gunter Haller

AL is good people =).

Gunter Haller

PM sent earlier, btw.

Gunter Haller

A number of COPs don't really have heavy spine protection. Sounds like you could just add a few more plates to extend the protection all the way around the back. If you have a nearly assembled COP, you probably have enough experience to "fill in the gaps" with some more plates. Just put in a rough s...

Gunter Haller

Can you be a bit more clear about how you are assembling the coat of plates and how you feel your back/spine protection is lacking? Does it currently have back plates, for example? Are the plates not distributing force far enough away from your spine? Details will definitely improve the suggestions,...

Gunter Haller

Looks all riveted, judging from the top-right picture which shows rivets in neighboring rows. I'm guessing mild due to the color.

Extremely nice!

Gunter Haller

I fight in a pair like these. They work great and I forget they are there when I have them tied to a c-belt. Buy them, you won't regret it!

Gunter Haller

Who knows, maybe you can work out a payment plan? I just wanted to jump in and say that an exchangeable mask option, if available, is very convenient. I love the look of the close-face mask on my helmet but more often then not I wind up gravitating to a bar grill for the extra vision (especially whe...

Gunter Haller

Where do you intend on doing re-enactment combat (i.e. do you have a group in mind)? This is basically a required piece of information since you can find 18ga "wearable" helmets off of Ebay but it would not be legal for SCA hardsuit combat, for example. You may be able to sneak by with a barbute hel...

Gunter Haller

From http://www.sca.org "Since we prefer that no one gets hurt, SCA combatants wear real armor and use rattan swords. Rattan, which looks like bamboo but has a solid core, is springy enough to absorb some of the force of the blow without snapping, and light enough to approximate the weight of a stee...

Gunter Haller

They are pretty nice. The padding breathes and I haven't died while wearing it in the heat (Arizona). Overall, 4.9/5. The good: *Nice colors. I have a red/black and a white/green, the fabric color looks great. *Just enough padding. I don't feel like the Michelin Man but it helps prevent armor bites ...

Gunter Haller

Len, I believe you are discovering the lowest levels of steel oxidization. By heat alone you can cause a color oxidization that ranges from "straw yellow" to blue. Here is a tutorial that shows what is achievable: http://www.mailleartisans.org/articles/articledisplay.php?oldkey=9110 This oxidization...

Gunter Haller

Front view of a norman nasal helm with exceptionally long nasal? =P

Gunter Haller

You could go with something fancy that's a bit late period - https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSub3-djwZFr9DHngqlP69gWGjW-pRmF7LwMid_PjdxpWa0YoXl =P Or early to mid 15th century. Those definitely make me think of early 15th century since they are kind of the in-between of fingered...

Gunter Haller

Jack of plates can be reasonably reproduced as overlapping washers. It winds up being about as heavy or heavier as a typical breastplate of the time (16th century) if using similar materials. http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6783/16thcentjackplatepattertl8.jpg I was under the impression that "band...

Gunter Haller

Awesome =) Much easier than the custom washers. Prolly have to plan on an order myself since I can't be bothered to fiddle with the loose riveted I have without a solid ring to speed it up, haha.

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