The Armour Archive

Sivrid

Logan of Seaforth wrote:You are the only person I've EVER seen made a good Carolingian. I think you should alway have one of those up.

Then Ill pester Sivrid to buy it.

Logan doesn't even need to pester me...
Whenever you make another one like the Carolingian b in a medium, I'll buy it

Sivrid

Shinyhalo,

If it's any help, about a year ago. I bought the arms and legs Bruhn was selling. Bruhn got them to me fine.

Sivrid

Are you wearing them for this years deed?

Look forward to seeing you there.

Sivrid

Oaken Rose,

Since your location shows Calontir, you may want to look up Sir Sato (up in Three Rivers/St. Louis area), Both he and his lady have menpo that they fight in.

Sivrid

InsaneIrish wrote:
The parachuting Hamsters are hilarious. I would wear one of those into battle gladly.

Next year, maybe they can add a lemming tabard

(http://www.calonsong.org/CalontirSongs/lemmings.htm)

Sivrid

DukeAlaric (George S.) wrote:Black Globose kits-

Vasili

Sivrid

How would you like to be payed for this?

Sivrid

I sent a PM after you posted the list requesting a globose kit (black, large or whatever is appropriate for 5'11"/34" waist). If that's already gone, I'd like one of the unfinished globose fronts w/ wrapping plates

Sivrid

I would far rather see people using the most appropriate weapon for their time period and kit than a fixed type of weapon for this tourney.

For instance are maces and hammers appropriate for a 9th century noble? If not, wouldn't requiring them defeat a major purpose of this event?

Sivrid

pm sent

Sivrid

Aranon wrote:
Sivrid wrote:I'm in at $200
$200 Going once!

I should have mentioned this before, but like a dang n00b I did not. The price does not include shipping, which would be $20 anywhere in CONUS.

Sivrid, I apologize. If you need to back out then let me know.

Aranon

No problem.

Sivrid

I'm in at $200

Sivrid

Sivrid

Perusing the Calontir Calender, your best bet is the event in Lonely Tower (Omaha, NE).

Baronial investiture for Mag Mor will be at that event, so there ought to be a good showing.

http://www.lonelytower.org/springfling08/flyer.pdf

Sivrid

There is a book called The Anglo-Saxon Shield by I.P. Stephenson which if you can get a copy inter library loan is a useful resource (Amazon wants a ridiculous amount for it, you can probably find a better price than theirs). It has some good details about shield construction, centering mainly, as t...

Sivrid

The list isn't complete, that's just who's sent in letters up 'til now. Letters don't have to be in until May 3.

Sivrid

I am all for period accurate gear, but everytime I see someone take the field in turnshoes or period footwear, I inwardly cringe. I saw several fighters at Valday wearing turnshoes, without pattens or sabatons. <snip> Who out there has fought in turnshoes and what are their thoughts on this? I was ...

Sivrid

Also, where does it say that if you are armoured sufficiently with one of the three choices, that you cannot hang... say... a spare tire around your neck? ARMOUR REQUIREMENTS: Special attention to appearance should be paid and the atmosphere of a medieval event should be maintained. :twisted:

Sivrid

Johannes wrote:I have an order in for them, and an order in to fill the gap until the larger shipment arrives.

Which hilt were you after?

Viking hilt +pommel in aluminium

Sivrid

Johannes wrote:We will be keeping all of the Mandrake Armory items going, as well as some new things in the areas they have developed.

Johannes,
any idea when you will be getting some of the aluminium cross hilt varieties back in stock?

Sivrid

[quote="Midrealm rules (v 9.0)"]USING ILLEGAL TARGET AREA TO BLOCK A BLOW No combatant may deliberately cause an opponent to strike an illegal target area. Any combatant who does so (for example, lifting a leg) will be required to accept the blow as good. NOTE: Turning the head to avoid a face thrus...

Sivrid

Have you seen l'Arnes del Cavalier by De Riquer? It should be right up your alley. I must admit that I have never even heard of it. Can you give me any clue as to where I might find a copy? A google search for that title does not seem to help. Thanks Fernando It shows up in WorldCat as: L'arnÃ¨s de...

Sivrid

I really wish people's kits were like this all the time :) Most of us in that list _do_ look like that all the time. :) There I go, showing off my inability to express myself in the English language. I wish there were as many good kits at every event as we had at this tourney. With the exception of...

Sivrid

I had a great time at this tourney. I really wish people's kits were like this all the time

Thanks to D. Sebastian and the others who organized and ran this. I hope that we do this again next year!

Sivrid (3rd from the right in the in pic 112 above)

Sivrid

A couple other useful resources when combined with the above: For Northern European shoes: Stepping Through Time by Olaf Goubitz, Carol van Driel-Murray and Willy Groenman-van Waateringe ISBN 9070104469 and for Danish shoes: Primitive Shoes Margrethe Hald ISBN: 87 480 7282 6 (It's out of print, but ...

Sivrid

Thanks to a big work schedule change, I am now able to be at Pennsic this year. I would love to participate in this tourney. Here are a few recent pics of my kit, and one of the images that represent what I am trying to do. Do you think it should be ok? http://mysite.verizon.net/rhbecker/siv1.jpg ht...

Sivrid

I enjoyed meeting people from the archive at Lilies this year Met JP, Justus, and I'm sure a few others... Is it time for Lilies again? I'm ready to go back. Kolfinna To help tide you over, here are some photos that my wife and I took this year - Sorry Halv, no pics of the Fyrdraca, I was too busy ...

Sivrid

I enjoyed meeting people from the archive at Lilies this year Met JP, Justus, and I'm sure a few others... Is it time for Lilies again? I'm ready to go back. Kolfinna To help tide you over, here are some photos that my wife and I took this year - Sorry Halv, no pics of the Fyrdraca, I was too busy r...

Sivrid

When my wife was very ill a few years ago, I used other fighters as meat therapy. I would go to practice and throw on my kit and hop on the balls of my feet till someone else got dressed. I would fight all night without any human conversation till I was the last one on the field. Then I would go ho...

Sivrid

Ooh, tough choice. Both have museums and palaces in the immediate vicinity which could fill up your schedule. You going to have a car while you are there? Let me check with my dad and get back to you, he lived in both places, and knows the musems pretty well. I only know the Munich area museums... S...

Sivrid

Corby, This is only for use behind a Shield, right? For that, it looks like a really nice solution to me. It seems to follow on from the Society hand cover rules: 5. Hand and Wrist Armor: The outer surfaces of the hand and wrist of both arms must be covered by one or a combination of the following: ...

Sivrid

Jester-
How close to your current thinking are the flowcharts you have on your page?

Sivrid

Murdock wrote: There used to be an online I-33 site. It was just the pics from the manual, but i can't find it. I'll keep looking.

One copy is here:
I.33 Manual w/color plates and translation in English
or German

Sivrid

Practices are Thursday nights, with an occasional Sunday Practice.
No Practice on the 30th.
If you want, give me a PM, and I'll give you contact info for a number of people down there who should be able to give you more info.

See also:
http://www.threeriver.org/activities.php

Sivrid

For armor standards, we mostly default to Society minimums. There are a couple notable exceptions in the hand and footwear departments: Hockey gloves will not pass by themslves. Uncovered tennis shoes are not allowed. Oh, and no unpadded pole arms. Calontir Marshal's Handbook A. GENERAL 1. Fighters...

Sivrid

Interesting. Does he say why? Unfortunately not, but he makes the same comment on this pair, and another illustration in the book Their cross gartered legs almost certainly showed hem to be foot soldiers... and for another figure: [like fig 420]... The similarities are obvious and include an infant...

Re: Who wears turnshoes to fight in?

One more kit

Re: I-33