The Armour Archive

bigjon

heres a great one

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I own a pair and they are pretty swell, if I had the extra cash I'd pick'em up for loner if nothing else.
Good Luck!

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Charlotte J, Thanks for the pics!

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I wouldn't worry about the helm too much, its pretty sweet. If you like the maile idea, you could always atach ont to a gorget or something to give the appearance if a maile coif or something of the likes. With the hidden legs, it easy. The biggest thing to watch out for is abrupt edges and edges th...

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Also check to see if Sir Uric Blackoak has a e-form of how to cover modern shoes, pretty easy from I remember of him talking about it. Lots of good ideas going here: Cover the arms and legs and if not try and go a bit earlier forms of them, like was mentioned shovel greaves or just hidding them. Rea...

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And really I should be the the one worried about that with Paul, well me and HG Radu, since Paul's only about 2 inches shorter than us! I really wanted this post to die, but since someone else replied to it.... Paul, you might want to "edit" your first post to remove some stuff, so not to ...

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You know sometimes I write in all caps, cause well my work requires me to do everything in caps, just habbit. So sometimes when I misspell a word as I do so often, does that mean I'm drooling and wearing a saftey helmet when I post a message? so this makes everything ok, right? I mean really who car...

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Here is a new pic of me wearing the hidden stuff. At least the best I could find. You can see how they really are hard to see under the tunic and pants. The tunic sleave is actually raised up in this pic, it normally goes to my wrists. The bracer is just a simple one thats attached to nothing, it ju...

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and finally the knee cop.
Again simple knee and added leather for extra portection. Also the bungee cords here really help hold the knee cop in place. They are pulled together tight and tied on the side. I wear the leg wraps up to the top of the knee and this also helps them from sliding down.

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here is the elbow protection:
Simple elbow cop, but the key is the bungee cord. It hepls it to stay in place.

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more gaunt

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A few here on the AA requested that I post a few pics of "my" hidden armour. So here goes.
Half gaunts- leather gloves with heavy leather. The leather peices are backed by pig skin senw together and in between them is a layer of blue camp foam that was cut in half to reduce the thickness.

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Hjalmr, If you need some pics of my hidden armour, just let me know. Some of the keys to doing a nice Norse or Viking age kit is to have protective armour that is hidden but remain within the rules and safety of the SCA combat rule set. Proper tunic, pants, legwraps, shoes and belt can go a long way...

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I've seen and felt of this helm at practice the other day and my ovs were this: Beautiful helm and nice lines Built like a tank! Your noggin would be well kept! But it is actually too big for Paul. Several of us thought and thought on ways to make it fit for Paul, but nothing we could come up with w...

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ditto, why?
If it's mild steel I've seen people paint the insides as not to rust.

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That is a massive shield! How much does it weigh?

I've found through my experiances that I can get a wooden oak or otherwise handle to last very long, I had to switch to a rattan handle cause it gives a little more flex and wont snap.

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Can anyone direct me to finding instructions on building a Roman style horse hair helm crest.
I've searched the search area but no luck....
thanks for everyone's time!

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Well, I live in Upstate New York, so I'm familiar with somewhat cold temperatures... I found that layered linen and wool, with a wool cloak kept me pretty comfortable, as long as I'm not just standing around. Add a Birka cap, naalbinded wool socks and mittens, and woolen winengas (leg wraps)... and...

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Verveilles- Cast Bronze and threaded

http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index ... 20a&page=3

Windrose has'em 2 and 3 bucks each.

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meatal or leather? or does it matter?

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Vikings: North Alantic Saga is pretty good, lots of images and good details...

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I found the pic in the book, "Vikings: the north alantic saga" published by the Smithsonian Institution press in association with the NAtional Museum of Natural History. On page 307, figure 23.3 (see scanned image) the book refers to the counting stick as a rare fish shaped example. "...

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Fun!
anyone else wanta join in?

H- your current one looks great!

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Hey Uric,
Your 1st fulted helm that was sent to you, remember..... YOU really could have lived in that one! It was SO FRICKIN" HUGE!

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I slept in mine for the first month... you know not wanting to marry it right way, wanted to live with it for a while first.
It's NEVER disappointed me!!!!!!!! lol

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Alrighty.... Here is mine for what it's worth.... Birka style bag worn from belt with some fittings, not nearly as much as I'd like though. On the inside: LG bone needle 2 small bone needles carried in the bone case a couple of rep coins SM cutters a counting fish a sun compass - set to Pensic an ea...

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PERFECT............ once again

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http://www.travisconn.com/armor/armor.html

TConn is the bomb as well!!!!!!

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Connor McEldridge wrote:Dude, is that a bladerunner sash?

Vast improvement....now to put together the stuff I've gotten over the years for my improved kit......

you should know...

Your shield should be rockin'!

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so it that legal there? To have your hand unprotected like that?
if so then whats the point in basket hilts.

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WOW! nice mod!
That could be done in steel too if someone wanted.
Thinking out side the box, awesome idea!!!!

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I'd just like to share my armour at the end of this year and my rig at the end of my first year in armour.

Wow that hockey jersey material was the BOMB! Right, Vebrand?

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Konstantin the Red wrote:I wonder if the padding will be as ventilated as the helmet skull? Brainnnnnn-Freeeeeeze.

I've got a v6 from knotwolf and mine, on the cold days, you can see steam rising from the hole and the padding, it's pretty cool actually!!!

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yeah, I'll have to scan it in later, if I can find that book that it's in again...

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any thoughts on the guy on the right with the green sheild?

my hidden armour pics

horse hair plume construction help

THEN AND NOW

holding his sheild up side down....