The Armour Archive

Oswyn_de_Wulferton

So, is it going to move to a maille only battle, or a Hastings Battle? As they are two different things. While not an aketon, there is some stuff in there that doesn't resemble cartoon maille.

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From what I remember of hearing Aaron Schnatterly talk about it (Albion scabbard guy), the seam is on the flat, skived both pieces to lay without a bump, overlapped to a degree, glued down mostly, sewn and glued to finish. I seem to remember something about attaching it wet, and stretching it to fit...

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Where the risk differs is in what happens when the safety measures fail. If your armor fails catastrophically, the major risk is severe contusions and broken bones. If a rapier fails catastrophically, the major risk is a deep puncture wound on a broken blade. Luckily, such failures are very rare. S...

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Animal, you got any idea how little force it takes to put a sharp rapier through skin and muscle? According to a trauma doctor who studied this, skin tends to resist about 3-5# of pressure, indenting inward until pierced. It then springs back, with the underlaying tissue offering less resistance. T...

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Dude, I don't want to know what kind of "sores" you have...

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Pulled off of the SEM's Announcement page. (Rattan Two-handed weapons: thrusting tips VII. WEAPONS STANDARDS, Section C, page 14 Old Standard 5. When thrusting tips are used, they shall be no less than 2 inches (50.8 mm) in diameter/cross-section and have 2 inches (50.8 mm) of resilient material in ...

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There is no rule about the back of the knee in SCA regs. VI. (Armour Standards), H (Leg Armour) 1. The kneecap, an inch above and below, and both sides of the knee joints must be covered by rigid material, lined by at least Â¼ inch (6mm) of closed-cell foam or an equivalent padding. This armor shall...

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Email Sent.

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How soon do you need it? If not immediately, I would second the Craigslist suggestion, especially if you don't mind a bit of clean-up and tweaking. I got a "bench" model (the thing is about double the size of current drill presses) for about $30 on Craigslist. Guy had it sitting there for ...

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You do realize it is shipping about halfway around the world, correct? What would you expect shipping to be, when in the US you could easily pay about 10 for the same? Part of the problem is the minimum shipping amount (aka. a box that is up to x kilos costs Y dollars). Even if you are under that, i...

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Electric tape is actually matte black, and helps the most to disguise bargrills, imo. Some people painted the grills "face" colored, and it just made it a lot more obvious.

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Knowing very little about jousting per se, I would make a suggestion that marshalls be picked out of a very selective group, with the ability to stand up to just about everyone, and stick by a judgement call. This would ideally be based off of the higher experience of the marshalls in actual balsa j...

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Gwen, have you thought about trying to contact any of the Youth Combat Earl Marshalls and seeing if these are durable enough for that? If they were to pass, I could easily see parents getting one of these instead of a hockey helmet (probably cheaper), and it would drastically improve the appearance.

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DukeAvery wrote:Two children sit in a sandbox. One says "I want to play cars." The other says, "No, I want to play airplanes."

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But obviously, there must be some kind of barrier around the sandbox, or someone may get sand in their eye. That's a liability, you know.

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I've always been fond of this German miniature in the British Library from the late 13th. Notice the square front coifs, and the apparent poleyn within the cuisses. m From what I remember seeing, the square bib was definatively a later 13th century German thing. So if you really want to define your...

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Either way, I don't have the kind of money to bid, just interested in what some of the more experienced on here think.

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Antique seax.

Real or fake? To me, it looks like it is in just a bit too nice of a condition, and the lines look a bit artificial. All of the other seaxes I have seen have a very clear definition on the slant, instead of the gentle curve of this one.

Opinions?

Oswyn_de_Wulferton

Not a problem at all. I don't do 14th century, but have worked a lot with leather, so if you have any questions about getting it to work, just shoot me a PM.

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Sorry, ended up measuring and it was about 6-10" too short. That is what I get for being too tall.

And Bump.

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According to the rules, you are to gauge any part of your armour at the same calibration, regardless of the direction of the impact (aka. if it hits the brim, angled away from your face, its still good). This is based off of the armour standard we are all assumed to be wearing. Anything not controll...

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If you would like to try and start the ball rolling a bit more on this, I wish you luck. The only way I could see would be to contact each Kingdom's Earl Marshall, and ask if they would put together a list of practices in their kingdom. AFAIK, reports have to be submitted under a certain timeframe b...

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Finger gauntlets do not need to bridge. I am looking at making a pair as well to test out the durability and fit. Unfortunately, it is looking like it is a custom fit kind of deal.

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I so want, but right now the wife is veto-ing it. I have the aventail to match, and it is definately big enough around, just the length may be an issue. Let me see what I can scare up, and maybe we can talk.

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What type of leather are you looking at wanting on there? I could probably easily do the type of work you are looking at (with the possible exception of the cord going thru the vervelles, as I don't have anything suitable besides doubling or tripling wax linen thread). I do work retail, so the next ...

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It may not be period for a basket hilt, but I had a photo of a extant visor from the Bayern National Museum in Munich that had much the same pattern. It has been posted on here before as well.

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Black electrical tape. Gives off a matte black look that goes a long way to disguising the grill.

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What is the overall hang vertically, and how big can the chest get up to (stretching it on the ground, measuring and doubling)? I have a flat ring aventail from him, and would love a hauberk to match, but he didn't get a lot of flat ring in at the time. So hoping it can fit, and that I can scrape up...

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If I could have done this when I was a kid, I would have been able to do so many things differently in my life, like pursue being a fighter pilot, or follow in my dads footsteps and be a SEAL. But, hindsight is 20/20 You didn't miss out on much. AFAIK, the Navy won't accept flight trainees that hav...

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Getting the same style of helm as pictured (without the face) could probably be ordered in the 300-400 dollar range. This would probably be without the fluting on the panels. I love my aventail for fighting in. It really does help both the weight of the helm settle lower, as well as neck protection ...

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Thought that the picture looked familiar. Someone mentioned it was on ebay in this thread. Since no bids, I guess he is listing it directly on here?

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Should it end on ebay without any bids, interested in any kind of trades? Our group has several newer fighters without helms, and the loaner bin is getting stretched a bit thin.

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Hi there, Ok nobody shoot, but a while back I made a full 16g steel suit loosly based on General Mandalores armor for a costume. Kinda cheezy but the helm came out neat and the arm spikes flare out when the arm is bent. Take care Pitbull I don't think anyone is going to be upset you made a fantasy ...

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At first glance, it appears the arms will not wrap around your elbow enough to provide the neccesary coverage for SCA heavy combat. I am also skeptical of greaves that are a straight cylinder, lacking even basic shaping and flares so as not to dig in. Legs appear equally shady, but nothing specific ...

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Cisco, you may want to check out Atlanta Armoury. If they are still in business, they were doing the round link welded, and were very local to you. This is the same guy who did my drape.

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The one in the "white" (actually a tan/brown tunic) is Bors, Sir Graedwyn's squire.

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