The Armour Archive

David

Thanks. Yeah, makes sense. A jousting friend of mine swears by it, I try to base my decisions on more than "guy I met at a tournament said.." I'm rethinking my helmet padding following a concussion-- not helmet related but still making me a bit concerned

David

Anyone use D3O for helmet lining? Been thinking of replacing current historical stuffing with it.

David

Been following your pics on Facebook-- you guys rock. Love the fact that you're not only doing a spot historical impressions, but that you guys have serious martial skills as well.

David

Nice!

David

Demi-gods don't worry about montante.

Seriously, awesome work. If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought it was a real metal figurine. May I ask the polycount? I'm thinking like a kajillion.

David

As far as the odds go, the internet is a wonderful place. Look, someone wrote a paper on just that very question! https://msh.revues.org/3546?file=1 SUMMARY – A game called “Azar” is presented in the second part of the Book “The Book of Chess, Dice and Tables” by Alfonso X El Sabio (The Learned) (12...

David

Looking again at it, I think you're right, Sean. I jumped to the conclusion that it would be played like later Hazard, which (like modern craps) has the shooter holding and rolling the dice while others place their own bets, passing the dice if he loses. But (and again, working from a translation he...

David

Maybe someone else out there has another reference from between the 13th and 17th century sources, but without that I think we're just guessing. Personally, I'd go with the earlier rules, just because 1260 is "only" a century away from the time period you're reenacting. When we talk about Hazard as ...

David

This may get you started-- http://jnsilva.ludicum.org/HJT2012/BookofGames.pdf Good old King Alphonso the Wise, with another awesome how to book from the 13th century. It actually has the first discussion of Hazard (Azar) that I know of. Unlike it's later period descendant, which I suspect you're ref...

David

Very nice, Ken! Not using the lance rest that day?

David

The torse and mantle? That's really just decorative-- don't think it really provides much extra padding.

David

Like these? http://www.woodenswords.com/product_p/liner.helmet.htm

David

Agree on the infomercial aspect of the talk, but definitely some good points here. Ideally, immobilizing the head and neck would help prevent acceleration-- look at the grand bascinet and frogmouth jousting helmets. Outside of jousting, perhaps not very practical, although I heard of a local guy in ...

David

Very sweet. Wear it proudly at your elevation!

David

Me being all late 14th at the SCA 50 Year in my new breastplate from Darkwood. And yes, pony needs less modern eye protection, next on my to do list!

David

Nice work! Hope to get a chance to see it in person.

David

Or their phone number, under contact information? I've done a lot of business with Darkwood, and almost always can get a hold of them within 2-3 working days.

David

Hoping the wood joust will be awesome. My horse is going, company is still being coy about my vacation award :/

David

For harps, there's a number of makers but I'm fond of Ardival's work. http://www.ardival.com/ If you're in the UK, it's very much worth the trip to Strathpeffer to take a class with their instructor in residence, Bill Taylor.

David

Has it been two years? Still have the buffcoat; repaired it a few times, though. The faux butt stitch I described above is a bit weak, to be honest, for all that it looks like a regular butt stitch. When it tears, it tears along the stitching holes. I've learned to be careful of the peblums when hop...

David

Wish this would be adopted by the group as a whole, at least for tourneys. Knee fighting is just silly and looks worse. Counted blows fits much better into the SCA fighting as tournament fighting model.

David

I glued the leather together and stitched the edges (which resembled the stitching I'd seen on an extant coat lined with deerskin). Two years now, it's mostly holding up. The faux butt stitch seems a bit weak for the weight of the leather-- I've had to repair that periodically. But if you're not doi...

David

FWIW, when I made my buffcoat, I was completely unable to find proper leather for anything approaching a reasonable price (like under a grand). I went with gluing/stitching the heaviest elk hide I could get to a deer hide lining in order to get the thing to lay right. I created a faux buttstitch by ...

David

I like those, how do they fit.. did you go a size down? I just got my normal shoe size (9). I wear them with my wool hose and a pair of knitted overstockings. FWIW, I got them for English Civil War stuff, but take the butterflies off when I do SCA (with a circa 1588 portrayal). Dan is unsurprisingl...

David

Dang, I've got this GDFB pignose I need to unload. I was thinking of asking $100, but clearly I need to move the decimal place to the right.

David

Got mine here-- they've lasted me about three years of a fair amount of riding and walking both.
http://www.re-enactmentsupplies.co.uk/? ... duct_id=62

David

Rod, you are a serious inspiration. Curious about the saddle-- who made it?

David

My friend Lady Courtney of the White Meadow on my horse Skye at the Pas da Santa Kolfinna, Great Western War 2015

David

I took my first riding lesson in 2011. Just starting to do wood jousting now, hope to compete in IJA /IJL tournaments next year. I've already done a fair amount of SCA foam tip jousting (more on that in a bit). FWIW, I've been the Caid equestrian champion a couple of times (the SCA's SoCal/Vegas bra...

David

David

Pretty. I'll start. $20

David

Looks sweet!

David

Wow... I'd be afraid to fight with that, but maybe someday as a Christmas present to myself

David

Very awesome. Thanks so much for doing this!

David

Always sad to see someone close shop. But it's a tough business to do even part time.

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