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Karl Helweg

Pictures?

Karl Helweg

http://spotted.juneauempire.com/images/100025/photos/2008/07/05/gallery/1803827.jpg Is this close to the paneled look that you like? It was made for me some years (and pounds) ago by Master Domingo who was of course partial to the Charles V influence. This is one of our dancers borrowing it for the...

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Karl, Plate definately appeals visualy. The woodcut of the dopplesoldner shown below would be my kit to end all kits. Unfortunately, the household purse does not support that sort of expenditure in the foreseeable future. m What you want is very similar to what I made. I admit that I am not very co...

Karl Helweg

http://callitaweasel.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/800px-brigandine_italian_c1470_royal_armoury_leeds_internal_view1.jpg This is roughly what I believe was often worn under these placates. I have no chest and it is hard for me to fight in a breastplate so this makes sense and a half breastplate top w...

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[img]http://www.statutaarmorum.org/ShowLetter.jpg[/img] I also wanted this look and have received many compliments on the appearance (probably because it hides my face) and on the violence of my fighting when I wear it. Unfortunately this is because liner lets it slip around on the chain mail so I g...

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Look what I found; the middle Busche seems to have visible rivet heads from a brig jack under his placate.

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Karl I've always like that drawing from Kohler and I think one day I might make a hidden brig/body armour based on that ledergolar. So far I have not found a single reference to the ledergolar being remotely associated to armour. That's not to say it would not have been worn by a soldier for protec...

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Michael - maybe the Waffenrock might be the way to go for now from the armor that you describe. Finding a helm that looks and works good is always a challenge. I think that this is the leather body armour folks here have been referring to" http://www.theweebsite.com/landsknecht/images/lanarmour...

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m These folks are a good place to start. Over time you can find and upgrade for authenticity but these are tough, reasonable, and throw very well. http://www.crazycrow.com/mm5/graphics/gallery/4926-004-001_200x200.jpg Buy extra ax handles in bulk (they are cheaper that way) and buy two of each weapo...

Karl Helweg

[quote="Michael Ekelmann"]After much self-reflection and consideration about what I want from the SCA, WMA studies and recreation, Iâ€™ve decided to give up the vague, amorphous generi-Scot persona Iâ€™ve had. Iâ€™ve lived and travelled extensively in Germany, my dadâ€™s family is only thr...

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http://api.ning.com/files/2cA*9LpN*vans ... berber.jpg

Around Pavia.

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Hi, so I'm not only new to this whole historically accurate reenactment thing, but also to forums as such. I've tried going through all 13 pages, but it's just too much so I'm hoping a question or two might get an answer. My husband wants me to make him a soft kit for his Landsknecht persona which ...

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m has some company information and other companies are welcome. Our Company of St. Boniface simply had members disperse around the world so it became hard to host events any longer. While we practiced different combat customs with some success we never varied out of SCA limits and did our best to ex...

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[img]http://api.ning.com/files/NxI9w*ZZBKGATmzE4IGt6cNcLGpnhjIIwXXUBK-9qTxfiwdYClsOx14FVJLJ6r4nNQg05vyk8OaTsm-Yo-ujLQLD7Y5lXRJ1i3ShrPzuJUc_/Spikypot.JPG[/img] This is a wonderful bronze "dutch oven" from the 16th century. The lid seals in heat better and the spikes seem to have the same fu...

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Acid and copper = bad juju m We had a case of group poisoning in Finland last Christmas season when glÃ¶gg had been boiled in water cooker with worn warming coils that had copper exposed. Luckily no-one died. That was acute case. It can also happen cumulatively which is nasty. So either take care t...

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You have given me a couple good ideas, thanks. Out next "cookout" is May 22....

This site also looks interesting: http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/pennsic2005cooking.html

Karl Helweg

As I have not been able to date cast iron cookware into period yet I've been working on pounding out sheet metal cookware. Any good sources to document the earliest usage for cooking gear? Thomas m m I am having trouble finding good examples of period cast iron cookware. I guess that copper, bronze...

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m To connect these discussions in both directions. If you expect to meet multiple starving college students you might want to gather up a set or two of loaner armour and collect the patterns and tools to repeatedly manufacture cheap armour. Stashing the fruit of the road side armor trees (aluminum s...

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http://earngyld.org/sitebuilder/images/Albie_at_Winter_Coronet_2009-331x445.jpg http://earngyld.org/sitebuilder/images/Nigel_and_King_at_Pennsic_XXXVII-399x362.jpg http://earngyld.org/sitebuilder/images/Juda-155x266.jpg I would recommend grabbing some scrap metal and making most of the armour to sa...

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m For my cobblers I: sweeten with brown sugar instead of pineapple, use cheap yellow cake mix, as much butter, and stir together LESS. It is best if you send someone out for ice cream while it is cooking. You can certainly use fresh fruit such as berries instead of canned peaches. Rhubarb with LOTS ...

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http://www.homeofdecor.com/imgdata/minuteman/c-33bk-500.jpg Metal trivets seem to be the secret to baking bread, pies, etc... in a dutch oven. They allow air/heat to circulate without burning and sticking. My wife has even found huge ones for her largest dutch ovens which she uses to bake excellent...

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Very nice! We are jealous! I had the privledge of fighting at Doornenburg Castle when we held Drachenwald's first crown many years ago. Holding Royal Court in a real hall while sitting on 700 year old thrones was incredible. You all get to "be there" while we have to imagine ourselves &qu...

Karl Helweg

http://spotted.juneauempire.com/images/100025/photos/2009/04/23/gallery/1873538.jpg http://spotted.juneauempire.com/images/100025/photos/2009/11/25/gallery/1899478.jpg If my shield looked as good as some of the ones here I would not block with it! I have shaded the lion recently which looks much ni...

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Nice looking youth kit! By any chance does anyone here know who in the West is really active in youth combat? We have a number of potential youths interested and our local want-to-be officer seems to have had no luck when they tried to contact kingdom a while back. Is it just that inactive in the We...

Karl Helweg

Great photos!

You're making me feel even more all alone here without a nearby tournament company.

Karl Helweg

http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiment ... esult.html

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m Schloss Vellberg's Wine Fountain Festival is the first weekend in July. How often do you see Landsknechts roasting hotdogs on their pikes for kids? Is there anyone you know who lives closer and can make the trip easier? [img]http://api.ning.com/files/BzQ7TvPYdN-a3ndSHB32oSgf1dpp0LJ6tlBsPrxePojkMGL...

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I'm a big scale armour fan and I agree that in many, many medieval manuscripts and illustrations it is used to show either evil foreign types or heroes from antiquity. There are some exceptions, mostly in Spanish, Italian and German manuscripts. David Nicolle's Arms and Armour in the Crusading Era ...

Karl Helweg

http://www.schwarzer-schwan.de/HTML/mitmachen.html

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http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cs/waxes.html Might want to contact them. They should know and can prolly help. Someone also suggested : m I would feel better if I saw something that specifically said ALUMINUM in the ad. This "EverShield" sounds too good to be true and doesn't mention...

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OK I can keep aluminum armour polished and stored to stay at a bright near mirror finish but this cannot be stored in pillow cases: m Obviously my polishing fetish is not limited to armour but since my plane will continue to be stored outside and now in Alaska again, what waxes or wax-type treatment...

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http://www.diu-minnezit.de/realie_quell ... 0Hohenlohe

This is from about 1338. I had a chance to see it up close (in the basement of Schloss Neuenstein) and Albrecht appears to be wearing a tightly fastened (riveted?) scale torso.

Karl Helweg

how do you keep fighters in suspence?

Charles V era Landsknechts

do it yourself on the cheap

speculation

sorry for the old hoto quality

leder

light

tossin stuff

Re: Golden age of the landsknecht?

1510-1525-ish

1497 & 1499

ghosts

spiky

safety tip

coolness!

a worthy challenge

on the cheap

placate him

visual works better at 0-dark hundred....

trivet

thousand words

First Crown

a gyrony of ten, purpur and ermine, an orle....

In the West

Yoyur Excellency

More ancient death rays

excuses to drive the Autobahn

you can have your own theme music for this mission

Black Swan

getting there.....

Waxing Aluminum????

another image of Albrecht

Albrecht von Hohenlohe

I took a few...