The Armour Archive

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Greetings all. I have recently departed from historical medieval martial arts organization Schola Saint George after fifteen years, during which I became a senior instructor and its President for the past three years. I have now begun my own HEMA group, located in Frisco, Texas, named L'Accademia de...

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Hi all. Schola Saint George has been running training in the SF Bay Area in Fiore dei Liberi's 14th-15th century Arte D'Armizare (art of armed fighting) (longsword, dagger, spear and grappling) for over 10 years now. You can find our SF meet up info here: http://www.meetup.com/Schola-Saint-George-SF...

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Ive got a pair of Al's and they are awesome. Al are you still making them? I'd love two more pairs..... let me know...

Colin Gabriel Hatcher
President
Schola Saint George
www.scholasaintgeorge.org
San Francisco Bay Area: http://www.meetup.com/Schola-Saint-George-SF-Bay-Area/

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Randy if it is still up for sale I will buy it.

PM me with details for payment etc.

regards
Colin

Schola Saint George
http://www.scholasaintgeorge.org

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Thanks all.

I will try a1 and 1/4 shaft and see if it will work.

Thanks
Colin

Schola Saint George
www.scholasaintgeorge.org

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Hey all.

I'm looking for sources for 7 foot spear shafts, diameter 1 and 1/8 inches, in ash. Anyone have any links?

Thanks
Colin

Schola Saint George
http://www.scholasaintgeorge.org

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ANNOUNCEMENT BY COLIN GABRIEL HATCHER, NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOLA SAINT GEORGE To all interested persons: For personal reasons the founder and President of the Schola Saint George, Brian Price, has tendered his resignation to the Schola Saint George Board of Directors. The resignation fol...

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Damien - nice dagger.
What are its specs?
Price?

Regards
Gilbert

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Hello Jeff

Parts of your site are still down. No sign of arming garments on the HE site right now.

regards
Gilbert

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I read the expression "forget yourself" as "leave yourself behind" or "transcend yourself".

Might I therefore suggest the word "deserere" - to abandon, forsake or leave behind (the word desert comes from it).

Thus, "te desere"

Regards
Gilbert

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The correct pronunciation of the pirate greeting is "Arrrrrrrrrr!" with a very strong pronunciation of the "R". The pirate accent originates from the port of Bristol in the South West of England, which was once England's great sea-port to the West. I grew up 30 miles from Bristol and can vouch for t...

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I'd be very interested in trying one out if you are making them rebated.

But it would need to be 18 inches long (6 inch grip and 12 inch blade) not 14. 14 inches is way too short!

Gilbert

Schola Saint George
www.scholasaintgeorge.org

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Yes they do. m I have a pair of these and they are superb and were in stock, if you have a spare $400, that is... It is questionable whether or not the cuffs on these albion gauntlets are accurate. Many very learned people say that the plates on the Wisby cuff should be covered in leather and not ex...

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If that is still available I would like it.

Gilbert

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The URLs are actually:

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/gmandra/blue.JPG

and

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/gmandra/red.JPG

Nice looking work! I do not have the money available however for a quick order.

Regards
Gilbert

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I have one of those black gambesons - it has served me well over 3 years. It is fairly thin but then I also have one of Revival Clothing's mega-thick-gambesons and that is THICK! In my experience if you are covering up with chainmail, those thin black ones hold up OK. Arm mobility is a bit tight tho...

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Just a quick review: excellent service from Therion Arms. I just bought a couple of Paul Chen rebated steel practice longswords from Therion. m Personal service and communication, fast shipping, and the product is of course excellent. Top marks. Gets my vote. Expect more business! Colin Hatcher Scho...

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Calling Murdock to the red phone...... you have a customer waiting...

Colin
Schola Saint George

gilbertdeschamps@yahoo.com

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I'll take that Gambeson off yer hands Murdock.

$225.00 - deal.

Colin
Schola Saint George

gilbertdeschamps@yahoo.com

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I have a pair of these and have been testing them with longsword drilling and light sparring (no of course they are not full contact gloves!) - they are really well made - very tight stitching, and give really good "feel" (contact) for grappling at close range. Gets my vote! And I am looking forward...

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Great to see the website up! The aventail on my bascinet is a welded Master Knuut creation and it is absolutely gorgeous. I highly recommend the quality.

regards
Gilbert

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How about the 15th century Rondel? It appears to have been anything from 17 inches to 20 inches or so in length, including the hilt. An original with 4 edges (!) can be seen at: http://www.liongate-armsandarmour.com/ew177.htm or http://www.antiqueswords.com/ew177.htm Froissart Painting (mid-15th c.)...

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Some hints of useful information on the #63 gown can be found at: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/herjback.html http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/herjol63.html http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/tunics.html Some additional general info on the cloth...

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Hello all:

What is the best gauge leather to use to construct a corrazina of leather backed with steel plates? Any thoughts?

How about the plates: min 16 gauge?

Oh this is for SCA heavy weapons combat btw...

regards
Gilbert

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I must say I am happy to see this too - my blue linen Gambeson from Lady Keara is excellently made and is serving me well!

regards
Gilbert

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The armourer's name was Emrys

http://www.channel4.com/history/timeteam/2003_greenw_armour.html

regards
Gilbert

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I watched it and liked it very much. I am not qualified to comment on its accuracy however.

But it appeared to me that they spent a great deal of effort to research accurately.

regards
Gilbert

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Thanks for the correction Erik

regards
Gilbert

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There is a photo of an original German bascinet c.1360-1370 (HAM#998) at http://users.wpi.edu/~dev_alac/iqp/pics/938.jpg I noticed on Thomas Lord Berkeley's effigy the absence of cops. His arm defenses appear to be spaulders, and then leather vambrace and rerebrace only. http://www.safetyed.org/thom...

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OK I have reposted my photos at:

http://www.safetyed.org/thomas/

regards
Gilbert

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Geocities has shut down my website due to me exceeding my data transfer (in other words it shut down because too many people were visiting it) http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif It was a free site so data transfer is limited. I am reposting my effigy pics to a different site. regards Gilbert

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Flonzy do you know this link: http://www.plessisarmouries.co.uk/ It has some good drawings taken from armour in your period and locale, for example: German Bascinet 1350 http://www.plessisarmouries.co.uk/helmets/bascinets/c1350/index.html (Taken from a German effigy at Freiburg Cathedral) and German...

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Greetings all. I recently took some photos of the effigy of Thomas Lord Berkeley, at Berkeley Church in England. Thomas died in 1361, and the effigy is very nicely done. My pics can be seen at: http://www.safetyed.org/thomas/ It was a cheap camera so sorry for that - these were my best efforts. Next...

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Drat, I did not notice he said GERMAN

But in any case, you can study the effigy of Thomas at

http://www.geocities.com/gilbertdeschamps/thomas/

I only had a cheap throwaway camera, so this was the best I could do.

regards
Colin

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No worries. His armour is very interesting, and the effigy although old and decayed, still has lots of detail, e.g. his leather greaves fully enclose his lower legs, and are laced closed by a lacing system up the inside of his calf (not buckled). Stand by for the pics http://www.armourarchive.org/ub...

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Effigy of Thomas Lord Berkeley, 1361