The Armour Archive

somedudeinutah

Does anybody have any more info on this armour? The reference was in "Spanish arms and armour" and is the "light field armour of charles v"

Any links, or has anybody attempted this?

somedudeinutah

You bet!

somedudeinutah

Selling more of my stuff. Yay.

Anyway, one set of stainless gauntlets (used 3 times) starting bid $100 and one set of stainless and brass sabatons (new) starting at $75. Both are satin finish with brass trim. Check 'em out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :MESELX:IT

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somedudeinutah

who would dump a pair of new gauntlets at a thrift store?? I would love to hear the story behind that.... Probably the wife cleaning out hubby's "crap he never uses" without checking with him. Now I can see the look on his face when he finds out....

somedudeinutah

bump. last day!

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somedudeinutah

bump!

somedudeinutah

Thanks guys for looking, and thanks William for answering my question for me!

somedudeinutah

Hello!

I am selling two pair of Stainless sabatons on ebay.

Made by myself, the first pair is satin finish starting at $60:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :MESELX:IT

The second pair is polished with brass trim starting at $75:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :MESELX:IT

Thanks for looking!

James (SDIU)

somedudeinutah

I am with these guys.... Thank you for all the effort and $$$$ you have put into this site.

somedudeinutah

http://books.google.com/books?id=FU2ftq ... ck&f=false

"the culture of medieval english monasticism" by James Clark
page 209 has a reference that makes it LESS obscure, but still not a copy of THE manuscript...

somedudeinutah

Thank you, I will be purchasing the book from the museum when Mr. P. Robinson returns from holiday.

Thank you for your time everybody!

SDIU (James)

somedudeinutah

Thank you Kel Rekuta and Baron Alcyoneus! Thank you for the helpfull, non argumentive posts. Kel, I will buy the book direct from the library when he gets back from holiday or wherever he is in mid september. I was not trying to resurect the old argument, I was trying to read the opinion of an ACTUA...

somedudeinutah

This post seems to be veering away from my origional questions. Let me clarify. Has anybody here read "Leather and the Warrior", and if so does it cover leather breastplates or body armour in early medieval times? Is the book worth the price? If anybody knows of a link to excerpts from, or...

somedudeinutah

... which is exactly why I am wondering about the book in question. I think it would be fairly difficult for a leather breastplate to survive more than a few hundred years. I think it would be used and abused, the property of a fairly poor man who could not afford iron or bronze. Then once it wore o...

somedudeinutah

looks better than MY first attempt at steel. Nice job so far!

somedudeinutah

Yes, among the two counties I have easy access to. Funny thing here in Utah, lots of Mormon history books but very few on history of armour. If it comes down to it, I will end up buying it from the museum directly if the HMIC contacts me back. Assuming that the book contains the info I am looking fo...

somedudeinutah

Thanks for the helpfull reply Fire Stryker. $42 is reasonable, I just wish there was a copy available at the county librarys here. I have found pdf versions of other books and then purchased them if I liked them. Nothing compares to thumbing through the pages to see if it is what you are looking for...

somedudeinutah

Just wondering if anybody has a PDF of this hard to find, and expensive book. Has anybody here read this book? Is it any good?

somedudeinutah

Wow, what a great thread. Thank you posters!

somedudeinutah

Nice tent Steve!

somedudeinutah

On the topic about wax and brewers pitch, is there any issue using brewers pitch on a bottle that has been waxed already? I was wondering if the wax would repel brewers pitch and not stick together. Or do they melt together?

somedudeinutah

Buy a bowling ball at a goodwill store for 5 bucks, then gorrila glue a 1" steel bolt into the thumb hole. Not as duralble as steel sure, but mine has lasted for 2 years so far and still going strong.

somedudeinutah

It looks good to me... what are you looking at that is f***ed up?

somedudeinutah

Do you have a bench grinder? If so you can use a buffing wheel (buy at lowes, Home depot, anywhere tools sold) and some polishing compound (right next to the buffing wheels). I attach a 6" fine grit sand paper disc to the outside of the buffing wheel and sand it 1st, then remove the SP disc and...

somedudeinutah

I drilled mine out when the rod stripped, and replaced it with 3/4 allthread rod and a 3/4 tie nut. The nut fits ALMOST perfectly (needed 2 edges ground down a bit) and wedges nicley inside the lower casing of the EW. Also, the allthread shaft adds stability and strength to the lower arm. I meant to...

somedudeinutah

one other note, it really hardens the material you are working on. you will need to anneal anything deeply dished.

somedudeinutah

I'm with these guys. I have a bad back (surgery 8 years ago) and I cannot fight in a non rigid suit that hangs from my shoulders. I wear a corrazina made out of 6061 that weighs 14 pounds and rides on my hips. No pain.

somedudeinutah

I own the HF english wheel, and use it quite a bit. It has a very hard time with shaping anything heavier than 20 gauge, but I use it for planishing. It can planish 14 gauge steel helmet halves after initial dishing with a hammer, and smooths out all the rough spots very well. The threaded shaft str...

somedudeinutah

I have to say, I love this board. Thank you all very much for the help, I now have plenty of ideas to try.
On hand, I have the heavy leather, the blue closed cell foam, and rattan. I will start with that.
Thank you again for the help!

SDIU

somedudeinutah

I was just wondering if there is an SCA legal method to make a decent axe head from leather or other materials. Or do you have to use the vulcanized rubber heads?

Also, does anybody know of a source for thick rubber sheets?

somedudeinutah

Hrmmm... nevermind, found it myself. The book is "A Social History of Ancient Ireland" m In "Prehistoric antiquities of the Aryan peoples" by Otto Schrader, on page 231 It refers to the Celts borrowing the name for a cuirass from the romans and calling an armour of "seven hi...

somedudeinutah

Somebody needs to help me find this reference... I seem to recall reading about a pre-norman Irish hero who wore the hide of a bull around his torso, in seven bands from armpit to waist. Sounded like a leather lorica to me, but I'll be damned if I can remember the source. Some online book about anci...

somedudeinutah

Well, I would sure be interested. If you uploaded to a free file hosting site, and then provided a download link...

somedudeinutah

replied to in my other thread.

Light field armour of charles V of spain

SOLD Stainless steel Gauntlets and sabatons ebay auction

Last Day! Two pairs of stainless sabatons ebay auctions

Leather and the Warrior by John Waterer

Does anybody here make thier own axe heads? (SCA)

Light field armour of charles V of spain

**SOLD** Stainless steel Gauntlets and sabatons ebay auction

Last Day! Two pairs of stainless sabatons ebay auctions

Leather and the Warrior by John Waterer

Does anybody here make thier own axe heads? (SCA)

SOLD Stainless steel Gauntlets and sabatons ebay auction