The Armour Archive

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I got curious and went looking.... Guinness Book of Records[edit] The Guinness Book of World Records (1985 edition) lists his feat of lifting 6,270 pounds (2844.02 kg) in a back lift as "the greatest weight ever raised by a human being". http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Paul_Ander...

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What's the fun with lasers made things in a medieval hobby?

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Reading old english.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YndfK23P9tY

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http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarl ... index.html

It's in swedish, but the pictures are good.

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http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_ ... 39b269a143

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Loads about this build on the net.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... delon&aq=f

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No that would be an uneducated guess. As Bob points out even in houses you rarely find any sort of evidence of wood being put on the ground. We really take for granted how much work it takes to make wooden boards. Even with a small gas powered saw mill you are still talking a couple hours of work f...

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An educated guess would be that it was present, especially when they camped for a longer period, i.e. over winter. But it would be nice with proof, written or pictorial.

I have searched through google but not found anything, yet

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From a movie I got the idÃ©e for an elaborated floor/platform for my tent. But I would like if there were any possibility for it to be historical accurate. So, is there anyone here that has seen any proof of it to have existed within the SCA timeperiod?

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And the Army museum http://www.sfhm.se/templates/pages/Arme ... anguage=SV

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http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarl ... index.html

Just make this one a little bit longer. But no fur!

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First I have to make some new viking kyrtles a coat and trosers, the old ones is about ten years and are falling apart. After that its time for my Landknecht dress.

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 45,00.html
http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/bild.asp?uid=327562

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This is my first attempt, in 2002.

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I wear the same cloths summer and winter, just more layers in the winter. This is tested in -20Â° C at a christmasmarket were I stod out in the coold for about 8 hours. Linnen braise. Linen shirt. Light wool tunic. Heavy wool tunic. Heavy wool trousers. Wool leg wrapings. Naelbinding wool socks. Lea...

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Wiki about The Dark Ages.

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Wooot! this is the armor that I wanted to know if it was on display at the Met. Now I can wisit NY

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Viking silver hoard.

A Viking Silver hoard from Gotland, Sweden - PDF

Viking-era silver coins found in Sweden

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Today, average height in American men is about 5 feet 9 inches and in American women 5 feet 4 inches. According to a study completed in 2002 (see the article by John Carvel at the Guardian), Britons have similar average heights, while most Europeans are an inch or two shorter. The exception is the ...

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Me with the giant http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=1583 Field armour known as the 'Giant' or 'John of Gaunt' armour. German (Brunswick), about 1540. With a boy's armour known as the 'Jeffrey Hudson' or 'Richard, Duke of York' armour. [img]http://www.skauma.org/bildarkiv/imgar...

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That is not fermented.....fermentation is usually done with salting and and is done in some kind of container.....It is more of a controlled rot where the build up of latic acid gets to the point where it kills off the bacteria making it (just like with yeast in alcohol fermentation)...That nasty s...

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Johan S. Moen wrote:(PS: to everyone who misspelled it, it's spelled "lutefisk". And it is damn good. )

Yes it to is yummie, and in Swedish we lose the "e" in lutfisk :=

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It's delicious. We eat it with boild potato, raw onion, tomato, white hard bread with VÃ¤sterbottens-cheese, and some beer and snaps.

I just love it!

[img]http://www.wschedin.skyhome.se/fest/sur ... 09-22b.jpg[/img]

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It's not rotten it's fermented. Here at the northen part of Sweden we eat Baltic (small) herring that is made like that. You can ferment a lot of difrent food.

http://www.escapeartist.com/efam32/swedish.html

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James B. wrote: This guy has some nice stuff: http://flickr.com/photos/rolandrich/collections/

The best I ever seen, outstanding effort!

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Don't miss Guedelon when in France.

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Thanks Gobae!

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Nice!

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Gobae wrote:Although no known Celtic tents have survived, tent pegs have been found; so we know they existed. Opting for a simple construction for multiple reasons this is what we developed as a "Celtic" tent.

Interesting, you got any pictures or links for the pegs?

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This is my tents, so far, some work before they are finnished.

Pavillion how to.
[img]http://www.skauma.org/bildarkiv/imgarch ... G_6149.jpg[/img]

Viking how to.
[img]http://www.skauma.org/bildarkiv/imgarch ... G_0183.jpg[/img]

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Here is one from the side that I took when I was there in 2002. Its a big helmet.

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The Bettini picture above is the main source for my tent.

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This is my version of a medieval tent, no spokes or hoops, just ropes. The tent stands firm in hard wind.

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http://www.guedelon.com/ is the homepage

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Nice tent, big and tall, that's the key. I'm building a singel pole pavillion my self. You can follow the work here.

Re: The strongest Viking

Re: Combs

Platform/wooden floor for tents?