The Armour Archive

jarlragnar

Dammit. 11 looked to be the coolest.

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I am not terribly happy with it either. It just feels more 19th c. than 14th c. but I can't prove anything either way. I cheated and looked for it in Doug's book and he does list it. Maybe he has played with it and has some better idea than we do from just one picture. Wade Did Doug's book just com...

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I thought I remember hearing that the inside of an armet's brow reinforce was discovered to be a high mirror polish when removed. At any rate, there's less surface area for rust to accumulate on something highly polished, which is why I would imagine it was a sought after thing.

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[/quote] True, but only to a certain point. If you look at the way a lot of SCA armour is formed, the waist is too low and the armourer attempts to fit the raw measurements over padding. If you do things differently - *put the waist where it should be *narrow the waist at the side a little bit - I a...

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You should be fine.

I'd love to see you all dolled up.

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I like shiny. I like stainless too. I just don't have a bunch of varlets and flunkies to polish my stuff all the time and I would like the mild look, but with the properties of stainless.

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without bluing of course.

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Where are those armpits at?

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If we pt sorbothane in our linings, we can achieve the correct look, feel, and dimensions. Not to mention be struck in the head with a little stank, and come out A ok.

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Jeff, Thanks for adding your input. These suits have always been three of my very favorite. So do you, (or if anybody wants to add) think that the shape shown in effigies is just artistic interpretation? They seem not bulky enough to under the jupon. Armour isn't supposed to look bulky. It is suppo...

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Due to the common use of expert longbowmen, I have a hard time believing that the only thing protecting the abdomen is one layer of mail. I reckon there's some fauld/culet action going on. A few pictures from Les Grandes chroniques de France from 1399 show uncovered faulds.

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Hopefully they make the distinction between real and fake Ulfbehrts as well.

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That's interesting stuff. I was hoping to come across something telling me what the specific liveries of factions were in different engagements during the wars of the roses. Or was everyone involved in a battle festooned in either a red or white rose? Nah, there's HUGE amounts of different liveries...

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That's interesting stuff. I was hoping to come across something telling me what the specific liveries of factions were in different engagements during the wars of the roses. Or was everyone involved in a battle festooned in either a red or white rose?

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Where can I find some? I've seen a picture of the battle of Barnet. Is there anything else like this? Specifically I'd like to see some pictures showing different livery.

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No clue but that's a sweet picture. Where's it from?

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I never noticed the vervelles in the Churburg #18. Why were they there?

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The bottom roll Can you be more specific about the "bottom roll"? All of the research I have done does not show a roll at all, but a slight flare. There is no roping on the edge. Here it is from several angles: http://www.azincourt-alliance.org.uk/images/armour/pembridge%201370.jpg http://farm3.sta...

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corrazinna

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IIRC James Gillespie said these might be made by that Winkelmeyer guy.

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The St Denis manuscript is 1396-1405; not 1380s; That is the turn of the 15th century looks not the 14th century. Thanks I will update my meta information. Although 1396 is still technically 14th C :). Yes if that is the date and not 1405 :wink: However to be clear about my point at the tail end of...

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What Wade said. Raise, only. Try the "soft hammer/hard anvil" method with a weighted rawhide hammer. Should leave the full thickness of the 18ga in the center and may very slightly thicken the periphery. Where can I find out more about this technique. Is it done hot or cold? I have both an anvil an...

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you're going to be a beautiful dude.

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Already the best thread in months.

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I'd suggest neck protection even with a camail if you are planning on fighting SCA style. If you were going for living history, you'd want a mail standard.

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That's not to mention the thousands of pictures of guys with the other kind of jupon. Like Charles VI's.

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So, would Adam and Eve look better in armor? :wink: Atli, A thing I find interesting about representations of Eve, is that she is practically the only woman in medieval illustration to have pubic hair. It makes me think that shaving or plucking must have been the norm in the middle ages and renaiss...

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Can't wait to see these finished.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/13973564@N07/2802441705
Here's another example, this time on a Flemish effigy.

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I wish someone would do this to recreate extant bascinets.

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On this one, it doesn't look like back plate goes under the rerebrace. http://www.themcs.org/armour/knights/Switzerland%20Basel%20Munster%20Heinrich%20Reich%20V%20Reichenstein%201403%20311.JPG Could that be a strip of leather that's pointed to the maille? Also, did you notice the open wrist gauntle...

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6773446290_d0ff493b1e.jpg arms by jarlragnar , on Flickr I have been waiting to unveil these images of what I intend to create when I got a new camera. I sketched this in September, though and still haven't gotten anything nicer than an old cell phone. I've spent ...

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I have posted this very question here on the archive a year or so ago and got virtually (maybe literally) no response. I have had a theory surrounding this trend in French iconography: Could the lower arm assembly be something similar to the Churburg style arms (the kind with a small rerebrace in th...

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I might be rusty, but I don't think I am that rusty. OK, I am that rusty, having hit my books. Regardless, the fragment is clearly late 15th century, not 14th century given the size of plates, and the nail patterns, which would make it another badly mislabled composite defense. They have a clearly ...

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It's HOT and humid. The best thing you can do is to tailor your kit to deal with that sort of weather. Oh and make sure your tent can stand up to wind and thunderstorms.

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