The Armour Archive

Morgan

Harold, I'm realy truthfully trying to not be mean, but I don't understand your post at all. You said that the manifesto is nice and then wonder at its purpose? How can you judge it's quality without understanding it's intent? Point by point the manifesto proclaims itself. The essense is an agreemen...

Morgan

Salad bowls?

Just teasing.

Morgan

Wow....that auction did very very well. Congrats!

Morgan

I want one! Pick me, pick me!

Morgan

The confusion is in your first post where you state the maile was there to "...allow for secure gripping of an opponent's blade."

I think that techniques where I grip my own blade might be fun, personally, with a regular gauntlet.

Morgan

That's fantastic, Jurgen!

No wonder they made him a Laurel!

Morgan

Yeah, he doesn't post often, but wow, he does some nice work, recognized by the crown of the Middle Kingdom as a Laurel for 13th century research and and recreation. Congrats Jurgen!

Morgan

Your excellency, Sir Timo, I don't know if I properly thanked you for the piece of cheese cake. It was terrific. That finals was riveting! And I don't say that just because this is an armour board! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Wow...intense. The way you whisteled that shot in in the se...

Morgan

I'd agree with Chef almost entirely. Where I disagree is in your "pay them or quit whining" phase. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif See, if a customer whines and an armourer produces a gold roped silver trimmed armet for $50, it's the armourer's fault and the customer shouldn't be blamed. ...

Morgan

Obviously this is a good idea. And suggesting it is a fine idea as well. Of course, as soon as enough of you raise your prices, someone will come along and undercut you price gouging bastards. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif (That was said VERY tongue in cheek.) Of course, in terms of sim...

Morgan

And then what? Wash the workshop and the dog with the hose?

Morgan

I got into that "setting up expectations" discussion a lot when I first found this site, and I made a lot of the points that Steven makes above. It's impossible to tell the difference between "Joe making chian mail in front of the TV and selling it on the web" and "Christian Fletcher making armour a...

Morgan

My close and armet are both over 10 pounds. I've never been dazed by ANY shot in either of them. I like that. I like them because their easier to get in and out of than chin strap helms.

Morgan

http://bjornsborg.ansteorra.org/raid/

Sir Samuel, if you would like, above is a link to the event to which His Royal Highness referred. Please consider attending, we'd love to see you, and fight along side you.

Lord Morgan

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Morgan

I'm posting this without the permission of the writer, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind. The cheesy bit at the end about the sun, by the way, is the LITERAL TRUTH. The day was dark and dreary. Rain drizzled off and on, and the wind bit cold through damp tunics and cloaks. The best fighters in Ansteorra...

Morgan

Well, kids, he went and did it. My knight and one of our favorite local armour archive junkies went and won Crown Tournament here in Ansteorra! Vivat to the new Crown Prince of Ansteorra! And Vivat to his lovely lady wife, Duchess Larissa! Holy cow, is it gonna be a long 10 months. http://www.armour...

Morgan

The question is can you drive a 6" rain road spike into a two by four with your...ehem, anyway.....

Morgan

I agree and disagree with Munz. Yes, I think he suggestion is *A* way of doing it and making money, but i think that there are craftspeople who would be much happier making individual commissioned high end products as well. I think a highly skilled artist would be bored to tears if they took Munz's ...

Morgan

I may need one for my office.....everyone here thinks I'm a weirdo anyway. Maybe because I showed them my website and they see the occasional bruise. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif ------------------ Do not go gentle into that good night - Dylan Thomas http://www.geocities.com/morgunnmac

Morgan

I think it's the concensus I'm agreeing with.... http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif A shot has to have sufficient force, no matter how clean it is. I know there are a few folks, even some of emminance that take clean shots of amazingly low force. But some of them are so good, if they didn't ...

Morgan

It depends on how good you are at padding. Remember Dark Helmet on SpaceBalls? his sallet was WAY too big. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Seriously, if you look at the SCA armour standards, if a helm fits that padding and your head, it's about perfect. Very much bigger and you can pad it...

Morgan

Sure. Oh, wait, sorry, no.

Morgan

OH, and there are NO dumb questions about bevors, gorgets, and helms. This is your head and neck we're talking about! You need those.

Morgan

Heck, I've seen people use a bevor front with a c-spine protecting back like a "normal" gorget in conjunction with a bar grill bascinet. So yea, "depends."

Morgan

Tybolt said "True, that IS an ugly beast, but i think it MAY be quasi-authentic, i found a store on robson street in good ol vancouver, they have one just like that, going for a good swack of cash as well, anywyas, it said something about being a cerimonial helm from india or some shite... but yea, ...

Morgan

oh, and to quickly answer your question "what items of essential accessories do you find hardest to acquire?" I think the answer is SHOES.

Morgan

I'm willing to pay real money for good garb. I spend just a little under $500 on 2 Turkish coats and a Tudor vest at Estrella, because of their quality. Pietro....check your email. I'll ask you for other details on your "What do you need, and when do you need it?" question. http://www.armourarchive....

Morgan

I take it this means you're going to make it to Gulf, Vitus?

Morgan

I'd bet that 10 years ago, Christian felt the same way about some harness he'd just seen too.

Morgan

Heheh....well, that depends. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif The essense is "Early 16th Lowland Scot Nobleman." Look at my website and that's about how I normally fight. At Estrella, just remove the close and put on a GAA gorget and a Sinric armet, drop the greatsword and pick up a 9 foot...

Morgan

I fight greatsword and glaive. I'm not too worried about my collarbones. I don't know why.

I guess I block this well enough.

Morgan

I just wanted to say, Master Geoffrey's site sells pretty inexpensive and nice gorgets. He even says that it's a high volume, low profit item, but he just wants people to be safe. The price on them is testiment to the fact that he's not making much on them. I was fighting at Estrella in my new gorge...

Morgan

I truely haven't fought enough singles in my armet to know if it's as glancy as my close, but my close helm is fantastic for sliding shots. I've only had my bell run once in my close, and Sir Timo was on top of me about 1/4 second after he hit me appologizing and asking if I was all-right, because t...

Morgan

I wear a close and I wear an armet. I block with my head because it does NOT hurt to get hit in the head. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif Padding is partly a myth. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif A sufficianely padded heavy helm is better than an incredibly padded light helm. So...

Morgan

Try a search...you'll find a lot of comments on Illusions. They run about 85%+ positive about their overall work quality and about 85%+ negative about thier communication and ability to hit the deadlines on items that are ordered. Those %'s are pure guesswork on my part, btw, and represent no actual...

Congrats to Jurgen...or should I say MASTER Jurgen!

VIVAT Baron Duncan!!!!

Thanks Master Geoffrey!