1/2" is pretty beefy. I did 3 crossgrained layers of 1/8 (luan IIRC) covored all around with heavy linnen and edged with 3/8 climbing rope covored with rawhide. Very durable and quite light.

Jehan de Pelham wrote:We'll finish up our trip in Rotherburg ODT, not far from where you are.

John
Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus
www.mron.org

And 15 minutes from where I am lol

Flavius

Maximillian wrote:
Where did your get a Roll of Rawhide?

Max[/i][/b]

Tandy Leather. Actually, its a rawhide side.

E

I went and bought me a roll of rawhide so I could get long continuous strips. Anyway, I cut 3" wide strips as long as I need/want them, soak them till they are plyable enough to put on and no longer (otherwise they shrink too much) then stitch them on wet. The wood is drilled before stitching, ...

I would love to touch that hand cannon off... once or 30 times

Flavius

Christophe de Frisselle wrote:

Aaron wrote:The secret plan is that we're morphing into armoured Calvinball...don't tell anyone.

New Society Rules!

pwnd by websux, er... yeah

Flavius

Prince Maximillian previously made waves when he became the first German To be knighted in Drachenwald. Now he is the first German Prince. f hm, ok, um... question then... when will we know who will be the first German King? /wave Congratulations Prince Maximilian and Princes Margerite! Flavius

Finnacan wrote:-snip-Granted, I also hate seeing a 4 inch wide belt, but that's another topic.

curse those Romans!

Flavius

or...... card it (lightly wipe with fine steel wiil) then let it rust more. keep doin this until it becomes a nice plum brown then pollish it up. it really looks nice

Flavius

Does a room in the barracks count? I riveted my Newstead seg, sewed and hobnailed my calcei in my room, cut the leather for both there, made a shield jig for a bud (what a mess), the hinges for the Newstead were made in my bathroom with a dremmel. I still cant believe I got no noise complaints from ...

Ah, Ya have to sneak into the First Sergeant's office and "steal" his rubbermaid trash can and then smuggle it out with the rest of the office trash.... Sir Giles, One part of me is thinking "what ingenuity!", but the MP in me screams something else Now, if you will all excuse me, I need to..... ta...

Freiman, This kinda hit home with me here. How many times have I told you I would be at FP, and never made it? Tooooo many, I know. Sometimes my schedual changed, sometimes my girlfriend wanted me to stay home, sometimes I would wake up hung over, blah blah blah. Even though this wasn't directed tow...

black hockey tape is your friend

Hey Freiman and Robyn! I have been thinking about the armor problem here. What about making a water hardened leather harness? With a little tooling and stain, some really nice looking stuff that actually fits could be made. Oh, and probably with less than half a square meter of material as well (hm,...

Yes Templar Bob, You did, and I do thank you. I did not take that part as a flame as I have also seen it in my 17 years in the SCA, and still see it. He has decided that this would not be the best rout as he wants historical accuracy in his kit. His regular kit for his personna is very accurate, he ...

heheh, ok, no worries then, thats what we figured, but i figured it would be better to ask here where people knew more of this area then us. I sure am glad noone decided to be self rightous and post flames instead of usable info

E

Howdy all, A bud of mine is wanting to build a new kit, however, there is a small twist here... He would like to have the garb of a 13th century Norman yet not wear the chain. Is there any Norman armor made from larger lamalar, or would it be within reason to say his personna purchased or traded for...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by adamstjohn: Mad as a brush. Both of them. </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hehehehe... I resemble that remark http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif oh, see ya at Double Wars Aethst...

well, after looking forever for stainless, I am resigned to the fact that noone wants to do it lol thats cool though. Now, mild steel anyone? PS: Thanks for the replies, I have emailed these people as well http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif E ------------------ There is nothing like a little...

nope, I dont think its him, however, I allready talked with the original maker of this helm at length. He is unable to do it in stainless and I am unable to travel for a custom fit regardless. c'mon man, gimme some credit here please ------------------ There is nothing like a little night time enter...

As the maille is being woven, every other row of rings also receives a scale. We take a ring with only one end flattened and punched, hang a riveted ring on it and while weaving as normal I pass the unflattened end through one hole in a scale (or 2 scales if its the last hole in one to get the overl...

Ernst, Yep, there is overlap. The end holes are shared on a ring as the weaving goes in. The decision to use 3 holes came by the fact that we had wound and cut several thousand rings allready but had yet to punch any holes. 4 holes would have caused a nasty bunching effect with the combinations of s...

heh, the site is just a place holder untill I can get the time for the full real site which I plan on bein kinda silly in places and very informative overall. Anyway, the rings will be 4 on 1 maille. The holes in the scales are so that they can be woven directly into the maille which is then riveted...

Heyas all, a friend and myself are working on a lorica plumata, an armor from around the 2nd century worn by rich Roman officers. Check out the pics of the progress here Happy armoring! Ehryk ------------------ There is nothing like a little night time entertainment, especially when it involves stoc...

Heyas all,

I am looking for an SCA legal Gallic H helm in stainless using the pictures posted here.

Thanks,

Ehryk

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