The Armour Archive

Vermin

Heh, I work in a conservation lab, I've seen rust like that on modern pieces from land sites. Right now we've got a pistol barrel that was made in the 1970's with rust of that nature on it. (Boy was the guy disappointed when we told him it wasn't old.) Temperature and humidity have a good deal to do...

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"One person was walking around an event with a large dildo "

You meet the classiest people in the SCA.........
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Richard wrote-"In the East, we tend to hit pretty hard, on a par with Atlantia and parts of the middle." And yet even with fighting in the East for years I never got knocked out. That however, HAS happened, twice, when I fought against Atlantians. If they made a movie about Kingdom Crusades, they wo...

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Inspiring.

Thank you.
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Speaking of "Well, that wouldn't have KILLED me..." I have issues with the "positive force" rule regarding facethrusts. I got shot in the face once with a 3" crating nail. I believe it was but a lovetap compared to a blow from a real poleweapon or greatsword. In the 15 to 20 seconds that I was out o...

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They're pretty easy to make.....it's just a question of measuring to fit the person, there really aren't any weird/odd shapes, except the plates that have the arm cut-outs. I've lost my pattern about 8 times and always have to make a new one.... Besides, one size doesn't fit all...(grin) Seriously, ...

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Wow, I used to be a skinny little guy myself, but I never had that problem. I'd look to the construction and fit of the armor for the problem, not the armor itself. Believe me, it can be made to fit, fit well, and not hamper you in any way. If it wasn't made FOR YOU, it probably didn't fit all that ...

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e-mail sent

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At Gulf Wars this past year a visiting knight did a rather nasty thing, was un-appologetic about it, and even though marshalls got involved, nothing happened. Well, he didn't wear his heraldry for the rest of the battles, does that count? I'm pretty much of the opinion that once you get that belt, y...

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Bored?
Wow, sounds like someone needs a greatsword.

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If you're gonna quote it, at least KNOW THE F^CKING SONG!!!!!!! (grin)

"They don't give a damn 'bout any trumpet playing band. It ain't what they call rock-and-roll..." - Dire Straits

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Ya wanna know what killed ska for me? Having ska bands open for us. They were always a bunch of jr high band kids that played really shiiiiiiiiittttyyyyy. Painful to listen to. I don't hate ska, but I do go out of my way to avoid it, too many bad memories of acne ridden rythem sections filled with t...

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Sorry, I was writing my post up while your was being sent....I didn't get a chance to see what you had written. I never thought you'd do otherwise as far as being an all right guy.....just that it's going to cost you dearly in the SCA, peerage wise. And it will. I honestly wish you all the luck in t...

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Regardless of how you feel about it Sarnac, everything he said is dead on. I find that to be more relevent than his lack of a SCA membership. As for his joining the SCA - As I have said on numerous occasions, you will never be admitted to an order by trying to fix things. That's called "rocking the ...

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OOOOooooohhhhhh
One of them thar EYEtalian armurs.....

My favorite parts are the pauldrons.
Nice touch, almost no one has pauldrons like that on their rigs.
I've seen maybe 2 or 3 examples of that kind of pauldron on repro rigs.

Nice.
Very nice.

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"It was, I can assure you, a truly noble passage of arms, for no one there drew either bow or crossbow;"

That was my favorite part of the passage you quoted.

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Man, I play at being a Landsknecht, having a handgonne would be cool. For about 30 seconds, and then the novely would wear off, and it would be back to business as usual with my greatsword. My opinion has always been-if people want to shoot at each other, they should go play paintball. I like period...

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Yeah.....
But, how did he lose that ring?

Was it due to sub-standard gauntlets maybe?
(grin)
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Hal (Therion) will be stocking SCA legal gauntlets as soon as they are made and shipped to him from the Czech Republic.
I've been asking him about this for a LOOOOOONG time now..........

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Yeah.... You didn't really mention making them bigger, or padding padding. The handbook....well, it also says you can fight in a 16g mild helm. I wouldn't. Still, it's LEGAL.....WHY I do not know, yet it is. Just because something is legal, doesn't mean it's safe. In PA you can LEGALLY shoot frogs w...

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Owen is absolutely, positively, 100% correct. OK, take the same blow which can dent 14g stainless, and apply that same force to your piddies, in gauntlets like that. OK, if your fingers DON'T get amputated, the amount of pain and work it's gonna take to extricate them may make you wish they HAD been...

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Yes, if you got Royalty to write something down in stone, it MIGHT work. Unfortunately, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Because then you'd HAVE-TO-ENFORCE-THE-RULE. Fact- We don't enforce the rules we do have. While I hate to keep bringing up the subject-Vampires. I found out first ...

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Nice.
The only comment I have is that you may want to pay a bit more attention to the folds in the cloth, shadow light/dark/contrast wise.

But that's nit-picking.
Nice work.
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"If you want to sell it, you are limited because any "serious buyer" (like a curator or private collector) would demand some sort of authenticity paperwork." Oh, I don't know about that. The museum where I work has bought pieces without written documentation. (Though they have proffesionals who are ...

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Oh, I'd definately think twice about the forge/fire/aluminium/lungs equation.....
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Yeah, they would be dished, but only slightly.
IIRC you would have a leather for the inner thigh side to articulate things, and an almain rivet arrangement for the outer one.

At least that's how alot of the tassets for the period are done......

Hope that helps!
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OK, I can answer this....I use the stuff nearly every day on artifacts here in the lab. Yes, it'll turn it black, and yes, it'll help inhibit rust. Will it work the way you want it too in the harsh reality that is the life of SCA combat armor? I don't think so. It's just a surface change, it doesn't...

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2 braids, and a little "Heidi" arming cap.

What are you laughing at?

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For their gorgeous open faced Italian export sallet- Historic Arms and Armor I haven't seen ANYTHING crappy from Bryan Britt form Eagles Talon armory. He, along with Sasuke, is turning out some freaking AMAZING high gothic gauntlets. And, he has a really sweet Italian sallet too..... Massa G- well, ...

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OK, but if we take some of the illustrations of the period literally....we get banded mail. Which is a whole different topic, but..... I doubt they were wearing high gothic at the time Christ was crucified as well...(grin) I'm kind of torn. You provide very good (pictoral)examples of your belief. Ye...

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Tig welds are, in my opinion, the best welds for stainless.
Mig is OK, I'm not knocking it at all, but Tig....wow.
What a joy to grind.
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The only problem I had with mine is my hips. Greatweapon shots to the top of the hips hurt like hell, because the harness has no fauld or lames to take the sting out of the shot. While the gambeson alone would probably have been OK over a softer area, over the bone.......no. I had to put plates in m...

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It wasn't the arrowheads so much as the shafts. Cane was used, and that split into 3 or 4 splinters when it hit. The arrowhead would stop, but the shaft would splinter around it and keep going. There's an account from the DeSoto expedition that talks about a guy getting shot, but the splinters went ...

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I find it amusing that many folks will not bat an eye blowing 40 bucks on beer/weed/CD's/etc, but they can't afford leather because they are "too poor" This ESPECIALLY applies to the "college types"! And as for-"if you were swinging real steel, I think there is no way that you could get a sword movi...

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Finger gaunts aren't legal in Trimaris.
Even if they protected my fingers like an armored car, they still wouldn't make it past the marshals.
It's that way in other kingdoms as well, I believe.

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