The Armour Archive

andras

Thank you, Wilhelm, but I really want riveted or welded mail.

andras

I'm looking for an aventail/camail for my helm. (See http://armstreet.com/store/armor/turban-helmet-prince-of-the-east-functional-etched-helm for a photo.) I love the plate armour and helm with this set, but the mail is not as nice. (But it was inexpensive and I could use it to verify the correct si...

andras

My new kit of this armour arrived tonight, with the necessary modifications for SCA combat.

It's truely lovely.

I can't wait to give it a whirl!

andras

Thank you all very much for your very useful recommendations.

It was very kind of you to go to so much (and such useful!) trouble.

andras

That last link from Lloyd would be much later than what you are looking for. William Lee has hit most of it...1200's you are lookin at a conical or spanghelm. Sliding nasals aren't around until the early 1300's (maybe late 1200's but I haven't seen any), I'd say leather lamellar for earlier 1200. I...

andras

Your most important part would be your helm. Try this: "Ironmonger Armoury Persian Helm" Add a tall mailled aventail and mailled hauberk from here: "Atlanta Armoury" "Master Knut's Welded Chainmaille Page" "Icefalcon Armoury - Riveted Maille" Get the plates for your lamellar klibanion to wear over ...

andras

Can anyone recommend someone who would make good quality SCA combat legal armor from 1200AD Syria, Fatimid Egypt or Iran?

Contact info or a website url would be most helpful...

Thanks!

Andras Salamandra

andras

Andras, Mr. Price has *admitted* in this very thread that he has *not* paid royalties to his authors since 2007. As for further remedy being sought: count on it. All the best, Christian He has been accused of not paying royalties since 2000 or 2001 to some authors. He has been accused of fraud, for...

andras

I'm serious about passing on your evidence to the appropriate authorities. If you have evidence of fraud or serious plagiarism, it's your duty to do so. If you are wrong about the quality or veracity of your evidence, you put Mr. Price in a position where he can mount a definitive defense. As it sta...

andras

Sorry! Forgot to check the date on when this topic expired.

Which, oddly enough, is somewhat fitting.

andras

But I still don't know what they can do about it. Lodge a complaint through their local chapter, perhaps, or send a letter explaining the position of the order, or even arrange a personal visit and appeal depending upon the situation. They can sue for civil damages for trademark infringement for th...

andras

Hello, everyone, I'm an academic librarian who's only lurked in this Forum, till now, but after reading this thread, I've felt compelled to provide you all with a link to a discussion of Chivalry Bookshelf's edition of Ramon Lull’s Book of Knighthood and Chivalry and the anonymous Ordene [sic] de C...

andras

I generally fight with a 24" center-grip round. I do almost no sword blocks. Movement, distance control, binding techniques and controlled agression are the key with this style. I prefer to fight at very close quarters. If I'm not close enough to brush their teeth with my mustache, I'm not close eno...

andras

Ingvarr wrote:Back on topic, according to the Livebarding post, King Lutr restored Their reign.

Details! Details! Must have more details!

andras

In regards to the Midrealm and the BOD: http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Restructuring.html Almost from the beginning, people in the Middle found the formal national organization to be a hindrance. The first person they appointed to be our seneschal was a lady who never did anything and who w...

andras

I have won more tourneys with a dagger then with a sword. (The dagger is a back-up to my pole, but it is in not in my belt. I hold it in my hand all the time. My right had grips both dagger and pole simultaneously, and when my opponent comes in close I switch the pole to a left-handed parry only so...

andras

Hey folks, so I've got this spiffy new hauberk bought from WT here on the AA. I've also got a nice new linen gambeson coming from Gmandragora. How do I keep the maille from rusting while still keeping the gambeson clean-ish and oil free? Thanks for the help all! Short of using aluminum, stainless s...

andras

Alcyoneus wrote:And they are used exactly the same way.

Like shields.

Center-grip round shields are not used the same way in SCA combat.

Those babies are just meant to have their edge slammed into someone's neck, face, collarbone, arm or thigh.

andras

Wonder how long it will take to find out? Well, it's going to take awhile to find out. The "Contact Us" lets me phone, or fax, or mail in an inquiry. No email. Jeesh. Just because we study the Dark Ages doesn't mean our organization can't join the 21st Century! Telephoning from Ethiopia is expensiv...

andras

On an unrelated matter, I needed to know my membership number and expiration date. I didn't pack my sca membership card for my trip to Ethiopia (though I did bring my fighter authorization card!), so I can't just read it off the card. I went to the online membership section on the sca website. I can...

andras

Thank you Sir Andras, as a plain observer I am touched by your chivalrous offer. perhaps when you return from Abyssinia in the land of Kush, I may have a chance to meet you. Don't forget to try some Tej in Ethiopia. It is one of the last original surviving versions of mead out there, and Ethiopia's...

andras

Adeliz wrote:
His Grace Palymar can be reached here on AA. http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... ile&u=2665

My thanks for your good offices, contact has been made.

Andras

andras

I've tried going to the Midrealm site to make this a formal offer to the regent and the chivalry point of contact, but it hasn't been operational for the last 14 hours or so, which leaves me without a way to contact them. If you happen to know how to do so, please forward this missive on. I can rece...

andras

andras wrote:
Rowan of Needwood wrote:"Ich bin ein Midrealmer"

Hmmm...

That would be an excellent heraldic motto to go with a new kingdom order...

andras

Rowan of Needwood wrote:"Ich bin ein Midrealmer"

I don't know how many people are old enough to catch the reference, but that was very well said.

andras

Warriors of the Midrealm, I have not had the pleasure of living in your fair realm, but I did have the honour in years past of being appointed on the field of battle to your Queen's Guard - from the opposing army. For this reason your kingdom has always had a special place in my heart. Those of you ...

andras

hmm... wonder if i could gather nough nutters together to do a stream battle.. how is it that armour is so readily worn in water? its not aluminum is it? We've had stream battles before. Fighting up a steep embankment is rough going, too. I still remember John the Mad Celt in the battle. He was the...

andras

I would see less strictures and rules. Not nessessarily for combat, but for the rest of the stuff. I think that the SCA has really, really improved in the fifteen or so years since I joined, but we have drifted away from some of the approachability it had. I would like to see a change in attitude t...

andras

...Contact them. Tell them what you're interested in, not what groups you belong to. this will help avert the "snob" factor. (This is not a slap at any one, just something I've heard from people who have writen and asked for info and based on something they've said or a picture they've shown, get s...

andras

Tirant was a Catalan, if my memory serves.

And Cervantes fought in the battle of Lepanto. (Another bit of useless trivia)

andras

I'm in the process of switching my SCA persona to Armenian/Persian.

The easiest way for me to wear a turban, so far, is a bit of a cheat.

My wife takes a baseball cap and removes the bill. Then she wraps the turban (because she knows how and I don't yet) and sews it onto the cap for me.

andras

Oh, come on!

The plastic pink flamingo in the background should surely clue everyone into the idea that this armour is a joke.

And all Scottish kilts, regardless of time period, are a joke.

andras

Lets face it, madus have a horrendious rep because they are a bitch to fight against in the hands of a halfway proficient person. I disagree for the fact that 1st of all they are an anomoly. No other weapon has a shield attached to it nor does any other single handed weapon have a 2 thrusting tips....

andras

Id object with all those harshly. They almost all incorporate grappling, blade seizures, strikes below the knee, and realistic shield sizes. Things not seen in the SCA. Hence the word 'adapt'...none of them depend on grappling, blade seizure, or strikes below the knee to work, and I see plenty of p...

andras

By the way.. please, please, please people.. Shave your rattan. Give it a hexagonal cross-section, or at least shave down the sides, dye it or stain it -- just don't leave bare round rattan out there! It looks so unattractive. Especially if you use one of these great-looking heads, your haft should...

Re: Want to buy an aventail, unusual requirements

Want to buy an aventail, unusual requirements

Re: Turkish/Pesrian type set here

Re: Looking for 1200AD Saracen or Fatimid or Iranian Gear

Re: Looking for 1200AD Saracen or Fatimid or Iranian Gear

Re: Looking for 1200AD Saracen or Fatimid or Iranian Gear

Looking for 1200AD Saracen or Fatimid or Iranian Gear

Re: Plagiarism

Re: How do I keep my new gameson clean under maille?

center grip rounds not used in strictly historical manner

Re: Proof of Membership Madness

Proof of Membership Madness

Re: An Opportunity to become part of a Legend!

Re: An Opportunity to become part of a Legend!

An Opportunity to become part of a Legend!