The Armour Archive

chris19d

you can get a GDFB cloak (1/2 circle) and cut the silly hood off. I'm probably gonna have my GF cut the hood off and restitch the opening on mine soon.

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Ingvarr wrote:A method of turning it other than one old man running with the rope might not hurt matters any.

I was thinking the same thing, a falling weight would be a suitable period alternative energy source.

chris19d

One of the Knights I train with uses one, I've been hit with it regularly and have no objections to their use. In my experience there is no noticeable difference in the felt blow between a good ratan stick and a plastic stick.

chris19d

free cycle in my area is mostly free cats

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Cool, sending $ now.

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Count Johnathan wrote:First they came for the madu fighters ... then they came for the uncovered plastic armour fighters .... See where that is going?

with combat archers in ovens? wait you'd be for that

chris19d

look fairly comparable to the talbots boots and significantly cheeper, when I'm less poor I'm gonna get a pair. As these are prototypes how soon do you expect to have them in production?

chris19d

Mine's set up with a traditional helmet liner with the top cut off and replaced with skydex pads, so even sitting on a table or something you don't see the modern pads unless you pick it up and look inside.

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Skydex is one of the brand names (one of the better ones) the stuffs not cheep but Its well worth it. I block with my head a lot and I prefer it over the standard blue foam, neoprene, historically accurate padding, and any of the other things I've tried. One of the great features is they stick to ha...

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<- wants to see pictures

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Icefalcon

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"if the gear is boarder line let them play and tell em to fix it" only works with people who care, What is the plan for people who show up event after even with the same deficiencies and ignore the suggested improvements? I'd suggest a statement that repeat offenders, same/similar issue, o...

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still got a set available?

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Hey guys I am kinda new to all this but wouldn't the padding in the helm be part of the issue? I know that lighter gauge will dent more but does every one use suspension style liners or just foam and chin strap. I would seem to me that if you used a suspension rig that your head would not get jarre...

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appearance is part of accuracy.

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nice hat

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it shouldn't be too difficult, I made stuff like that on a smaller scale (twisted silver & copper rings) in the past. Just solder the wires together, twist, then bend to the shape you want and polish pretty much.

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oh well guess I'll have to wait for the nobles, atleast I can pay the bowmen now

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Gerhard von Liebau wrote:This helmet is worth what someone will pay for it. People have paid Jiri this much for them in the past, and he's confident it will happen again. That's the end of the story.

-Gerhard

+1

Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
Publilius Syrus

chris19d

If you post a list of any stock on hand (if any stock exists, if not I'll just wait till you get reestablished), I'd be interested in potentially taking some of the later 14th C coins off your hands so you don't have to move em.

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This thread is great it reinforced to me I made the right decision to just pay people who know how to sew to make my garb for me

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[img]http://www.shoemoney.com/images/nuke.jpg[/img] But seriously... 1) In non res battles, a fighter killed by CA may res. 2) in res battles, limited ammo. I think that would go a long way to balance the weapon system. I'm not trying to start another pro-con CA thread. Thoughts on the above? imo t...

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Did he ever get a website set up?

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I'm curious. We're talking about a rule that will exclude some fighters from participating in fighting at events until they make improvements. What if we applied the same general standard to participants at events in general? What if we said that people had to meet a certain standard of appearance ...

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cant beat horsefriend, hes a great guy to deal with and his armors an amazing value.

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very nice

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Derian le Breton wrote:What social status?

-Derian.

Lower noble, successful enough to afford an up to date harness, but not overly wealthy. I'm in the process of trying to bring up my off field presentation to the point where it would fit with the armor I have on order.

chris19d

search was working fine for me using AND earlier today.

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great link thanks

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Awesome website, I've been trying to replicate that look/feelon some of my ratan sticks the step by step breakdown on that website should really help get it right.

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Maeryk wrote:There's about 20 of em.

Which kit? Hard? Soft? Camping? period?

you forgot zombie apocalypse

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I'd say 1/2 the fighters who come to practice regularly are <30

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What shape would be appropriate for a ceramic cup/mug, this is sounding like a good excuse to stop being lazy and get into pottery again.

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What would be the most period appropriate mug/tankard/other beer holding device for the late 14th century, I need to get something to put my beer in and would prefer it to be better suited to a 14th c persona than a pirate.

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this, the crusades were a response to muslim expansion, including the conquest of spain, the sack of rome in 846, invaded france and were stopped at tours by Charles Martel. I am pretty certain you are incorrect. The First Crusade was called in responce to a specific request for help by Byzantium w...

Re: I think I have a fix for CA...

Proper beer holding device for the 14th C?