The Armour Archive

Therion

as it seams there are a few archivers that would like to merchant but don't have the time or inclanation to comit to the full two weeks of pennsic are there any merchants that work on comision to sell other artisans wares? Selling armor on commission for small-scale armorers is part of my standard ...

Therion

No Gulf Wars for me this year, but I will be at Pennsic.

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I heard from Eric this morning. The shiny new Ironmonger Armory website is now online:

http://www.ironmongerarmory.com/

Therion

Products: nice Suggestion: ditch the annoying java applet. Slideshows can be better accomplished via flash or animated gifs. (sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine - I cringe when I go to a website and then hear the charateristic hard drive grinding of an applet starting up. If it wasn't for USPS click'n'...

Therion

How often do you guys have the Practical Viking in stock?

In constant rotation. Delivery time right now is running at about a week and a half.

Therion

Yup! We always keep on the cutting edge of sword production.

Therion

I just got in a big shipment of the Paul Chen / Hanwei practical series longswords / hand-and-a-half swords: http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c389a.jpg http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c389b.jpg A very popular sword, we almost always have a bunch of them on a backorder wa...

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Here's my entry into the "silly horned helmets" category: http://www.therionarms.com/pictures/therions_improved_helmet.jpg WWII Luftshutz "gladiator" style helmet, modified with an M1880 US helmet spike, a pair of horns, and a Grateful Dead sticker. And here's the ultimate image of road warrior cool...

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Now that I think about it, I believe I saw something similar on Therion's site some time back. Therion? Any clues? Just noticed this thread ... Not Victorian, and not a Landsknecht style. Ziad recognized the hilt from a couple of pieces I had listed on my site which were fraternal/stage swords prod...

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They're reasonably light and fast, but I'm one of those "slow moving" muscely-types. What surprised me the most is how flexible the blades are. Using the pata would have been a very quick moving and flowing fight. Note that they WOULD NOT have been used as a pair, just one at a time with a round shi...

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Jeff J wrote:Ja. Nice pic of yourself.

Hey! That's not a picture of Winterfell ... check the image properties ... it's a picture of me!

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Meaddrinker - if Sweeturk is still interested in this wonderous sword, have her contact me and ve vill make sooch a deal! (I'd rather have this Marto piece go to a loving home rather than continue to live with me in scorn). Dave - chide this guy roundly as a charlatan and a buffoon, but never forget...

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You're having entirely too much fun, Dave fyi - the "Turkish Saber, Ivory Grip, Full Tang, Spanish Steel" that sweeturks won the auction for is made by Marto. MSRP is $160. I made the mistake of getting one for a client to use as a belly dance sword. The weight and balance are so horrible that I ref...

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Amanita Where can I see a pic of the Paul Chen generation 3 longsword? The ones pictured on my site are Third generation Wolf "i think it was a first gen. due to i've had it for 3-5 years now, cant remember when i bought it to be honest. yup there is glue on the inside of the pommel, and it wasnt p...

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Which generation? The Gen 3's with the thicker tangs have only been available within last two months.

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"I have heard that there is quite a wait at present on the Chen practicals." Paul Chen got a bit behind in production earlier this year due to heavy demand, but they're catching up now. I have practical arming swords, backswords, and broadswords on hand. Ran out of vikings last week, more are on th...

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"Looking back, what was the biggest mistake you made with your first armor kit?"

Wearing both layers of my carpet "gambeson" and carpet "armor" in the 104 degree heat of the Pennsic 12 Woods battle

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Cool.

Is the front part of the weapon an axe blade or a hammer head? How thick across is the striking surface?

What are the size measurements and weight? length overall, hammer/axe "cutting edge", backspike?

Is the example pictured above the WMA or SCA version?

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I thought the "Bender" helmet and armor was pretty cool, so I used it as one of the regularly changing images on the front page of my website. I received several emails from Russian reenactors telling me who had made the helmet, and then got a note from the armorer himself. Here's his website: Wilhe...

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The description isn't clear ("articulated scale armour Ã¢â‚¬â€œ used by Roman soldiers to protect their arms and elbows") and I haven't been able to find any pictures or other mentions of this find yet, but this could be a very interesting discovery: m <b>ROMAN REMAINS WERE PRESERVED IN CLAY</B> <i>...

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Chinua - I wrote you on the 13th, the 25th, and earlier this weekend, not sure why you're not getting my emails. There's a big shipment of practical swords (viking, arming, and longswords) arriving here this week, your viking will be on it's way immediately. News note posting on my web page last Thu...

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PM sent - one would expect that he'd be utilizing the mail alerts in order to follow this thread with his name in the title.

He does seem to be quite active on the Political topics board.

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Has anyone recently heard from Gundobad and/or received any payment refunds?

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Cat wrote:Ps. A mail fraud conviction would be awfully nice, wouldn't it?

Sure would. What is the process?

Therion

one more

as I have not heard from Gundo.

Therion

"The grenade was invented in the late 1400's and remained virtually unchanged until the U.S. Civil War. A round ceramic or steel ball filled with powder, with slow match for an ignition system. " I'm sure it was just a slip of the keyboard and had they reviewed the text they would have caught it th...

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Jamie - SSSHHHH! You're not supposed to mention that! You'll get me in trouble! Actually, they're drilled out at the bottom, so in order for them to be explosive one would have to do a bit of welding, too - I figure no wannabe cartoon anarchists will be interested in the reproduction grenades becaus...

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Way cool, Steve. I had a couple of friends ask me at Pennsic if I knew of anyone regularly offering SCA-legal hounskulls - I've just emailed and sent them your way. "These helms fit those with approximately a 23" [58cm] circumference head, with room for padding." Any plans for larger sizes? Another ...

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[img]http://www.therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c487.jpg[/img] You have the clothes, you have the correct shoes or boots, you have your hat, you have your sword, you're probably even wearing bits and pieces of armor at all times. What else do you need? You need the ultimate militaria fashion acc...

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I still have not heard anything from Gundobad.

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Tried to call you ... your lady said you were out of town for several weeks but she'd pass on the message and have you call me with new contact phone # ... further details/discussion sent via email right before replying to this post.

Therion

Thanks for getting back to me. My condolences for your life-troubles and I'm sorry we couldn't complete the original armor transaction or come up with a value exchange. Drop me an email or PM and let me know what being in the "refund category" entails - I have mortgage bankers and cat food suppliers...

Ironmonger Armory - new website

Paul Chen practical series longswords in stock

that's not a silly helmet - this is a silly helmet!

comments on Paul Chen swords

Russian armorer

Preserved Roman armor found - arm harness!

The ultimate fashion accessory - reproduction grenades