The Armour Archive

brookswift

wow, those look beautiful. i can't wait to wear them.

brookswift

yes, i must say, i'm quite impressed with your speed, especially considering your situation.

brookswift

awesome... i can't wait to see the legs i ordered in november! glad to hear that you're getting some help now.

brookswift

PM sent

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brookswift

considering the number of possible orders he just got, he probably gets a big bulk discount :-p

brookswift

ditto on everything. Do you use natural fibers for batting? What is the turnaround time?

brookswift

B)If guard is extended and both fighters have right hand leading, engage poles just behind the head and bind left and down, stepping in with right foot. Keeping poles bound, pivot counterclockwise on right foot, bringing left foot close to opponent. Release bind and deliver butt-spike to face. woul...

brookswift

But what do you do if God the Almighty sends you on a quest for the holy grail, and on that quest, you run into an impenetrable forest, and are stopped by the knights who say "nee!", and they DEMAND that you bring them a shrubbery? or worse yet, demand that you chop down the mightiest tree in the fo...

brookswift

I challange you to cut down the mightiest tree in this forest... with a herring!

brookswift

alright, well, add me to the que then. i could put together the money to pay you sooner if you'd like. it just means that i'd have to delay some other purchases.

brookswift

do you know what gauge this is? i may be interested when I get a paycheck at the end of the week...

brookswift

I bid $80

PS. do you have a picture of the inside?

brookswift

they want you to be subscribed to read that article, unfortunately

brookswift

I thought this was a thread about how mail will suck the heat out of your body (at least without a gambeson or other appropriate heavy clothing) and leave you hypothermic in about a half hour. Something we learned to keep in mind while reenacting the Battle of Ashdown one snowy January. that's why ...

brookswift

of course, how one manages to support all 20 lbs of those 14 gauge legs is really a mystery.

brookswift

add me to the que

brookswift

ditto on the fleurs de lis. do you offer bulk discounts on them?

brookswift

you don't really need any sort of breastplate beyond the kidney belt for SCA fighting.

brookswift

Here is the west (and the mists specifically), arm hunting is considered to be very poor form. Poor form? How did it come to be so perceived in the West? Here in Calontir, we have no such tradition. I don't know the reasoning aside from chivalry. I'm told it's a westy thing and it was one of the fi...

brookswift

Here is the west (and the mists specifically), arm hunting is considered to be very poor form. However, as a lefty, it tends to be a wide open target. also, from my studies in sword fighting as a martial art, in terms of real fighting, the arm/wrist/hand is the first target you want to hit, because ...

brookswift

darn

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my friend calls the place medieval crimes. he started work there as an MC, then, as the performers became injured one by one, he worked his way up to fighting in the jousts. this was the florida establishment, and he eventually had to quit because of how unsafe they were. new actors seemed to rotate...

brookswift

is it still available?

if so i'm interested

brookswift

Some wages from 1316, per Pottinger's English Weapons and Warfare: Knight Banneret: 4s (48 pence)/day Knight: 2s (24 pence)/day Man-at-Arms or squire: 1s (12 pence)/day Some wages from 1346, per Pottinger's English Weapons and Warfare: Esquires, constables, and centenars: 1s (12 pence)/day Mounted ...

brookswift

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/20 ... le_ho.html

"battle chic"

brookswift

my clamshells are fairly close fitting... at least, close fitting enough to fit them inside of a basket hilt. I guess though that most people tend to make massive lobster claws

brookswift

if only it was about 6 inches smaller in the waist...

brookswift

i'll have to ask around about an old beat up spun-top that no one wants to use... (i already have one that i fight in and i am trying to upgrade)

brookswift

well, I'm on the edge between the two. I'll decide on B.

brookswift

well, i'm a size small vambrace, with size A or B for the elbows, creased and rolled fans, and brass rivets, which are always cooler. Oh, and because my wrists always get chewed up, rolled would be nice too, but you don't have a price listing for that yet. I must say though, your sizing, ah, "diagra...

brookswift

well, you don't have pictures up, but if those full steel gothic 5 piece arms have the same crease as the gothic fluted legs, i'd definately like them to be in stock, as i like the style, and am considering upgrading to SS arms by spring or so.

brookswift

yep, i can't wait until i get my paycheck...

brookswift

yes, i just need to gather up that kind of money. i think i'll go ahead and ask you to hold onto it while i wait for paychecks to appear.

brookswift

do you know if it was puddled iron or charcoal fired iron? apparently there is a big difference, and as soon as the puddling method was discovered in the 18th century, almost all iron was processed that way until the bessemer process came about. wrought, i've found, can be a very flexible term. i th...

cool article on making chainmaille