The Armour Archive

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Sold.

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Check out the Valentine website under specials, here's a link. About half way down he's got 3 for sale ready to go.

http://www.varmouries.com/vspecial.html

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Sounds like there is some interest. As a suggestion, we should try to keep the orders relatively small so we don't end up with the giant mess of the maille order or the lamellar order. Best to think about it now rather than later if this gets popular. How does Gaston suggest we pay? I'm sure he woul...

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I'm interested. How many more do we need?

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Sebastian- brow circumference, (like a hat measurement) It will fit a little larger or smaller head depending on how you pad it.

Damian- it is H7, the high point style. It has a very nice steel cross on the face plate as well.

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I have a sugarloaf helm for sale. Made by White Mountain Armoury. It will fit a 24" melon. Never been fought in. Looks great. $250.00. I'm trying to scale down the unused stuff.

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Hey Parlan-

I sent you some shots. Also keep in mind that I have some light weight aluminum plates that float under the gamboised cuisse.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

The issue of "stuffing" has come up before. As far as I can tell (from quite a bit of research into this) leads me and others to believe that the term "stuffing" is a turn of phrase that refers to a garment that is padded with cotton, wool, tow or other material. All of this material that is "stuffe...

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http://amiperiodornot.com/?image_id=276

Mid 14th cent Germany, even though the jupon is more of an English style. Except for the pole axe, the kit is all SCA legal.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

If you don"t mind, could we clarify what you mean by the term "jupon". If it's going OVER a COP then is this a form of surcoat for your device to be embazoned on? The Prince of Wales jupon does not go over armour, its measurements are far too tight. What date are you thinking? This garment changed r...

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You have said that this is an amateur film, then might I suggest trying to borrow armour if you can. Contact local civic playhouses and colleges for spare props as well as the local SCA and LARP groups. Also, be creative with how you shoot scenes. Two films come to mind that had a serious lack of ar...

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email sent

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What are they for?

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-Sir Mons

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The gambeson just arrived and it fits pretty darn well. I may need to take in the waist a tad, but the overall fit is good, looks like nice craftsmanship. I can't wait to get some armour on with it and try it out. Thanks, Cad, it was nice doing business with you.

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email sent

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-Sir Mons

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I would say a great bascinet with a grill face from the early to mid 15th cent. They are a period extant example of a helm used for behourd or rebated tourney combat. The open front (well, grilled) allows for lots of air flow and plenty of vision as well as their sole purpose was for tournament use ...

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I don't know how his stuff functions on the field as sport armour, but I think it really misses the authenticity mark by a mile. Those gauntlets look dangerous to me. I'm not sure why the wing on that elbow cop is riveted on. The helm has a fair shape, but the picture is at a strange angle. What is ...

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You could try contacting Anshelm Arms. Luther makes a great pair of hourglass gaunts, but he wont have any "in stock", but he may be able to fit in a pair before the end of the year.

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-Sir Mons

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A friend of mine aquired a Danish ax from MR and wanted to "test" it out. He struck a wooded chair with it. The haft broke, the head went one way, splinters of wood went the other, and the chair was unscathed. I knew there was a lesson in there somewhere, but I couldn't stop laughing long enough to ...

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Try Calling Master Luther at Anshelm Arms. He has lots of great brass work from simple bar mounts to full on plaque belts. He also has some very nice buckles and tip sets. All of my regalia came from him for my knighting, but I also had a buckle and tip from him on my belt as a squire and I have giv...

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As far as I'm aware, the book can only be purchased from the French Amazon website. I don't have my copy in front of me, but it translates into "the Treasures of Chartes Cathedral" The text is in french with no English translation. The coat is now on display in a museum next to the cathedral from wh...

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Don't know anything about Waldryk, but I have owned some Illusion stuff and have friends who do as well. I had a pair of clamshell gauntlets in aluminum, very light worked well and wieghed nothing. A friend of mine had a bascinet and it rang like a bell. I have heard this from others who have owned ...

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Stephen- The makers and sellers of the K-car didn't claim it was a Corvette. Quote: "The Bidding has started on this magnificant Suit of Churburg Armour!" Magnificent? Well...okay. It says out of perportion basement Indian import to me. I think it does resemble the K-car equivalent of the Churburg a...

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Douglas- This forum is really not drsigned (in my opinion) as a market reasearch platform. If the suit in question is out of proportion or put together poorly then people have the right to say so. By the same token, you make the statement on an auction site implying that the buyer will be getting a ...

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Personaly, I hate to hear things like "I can't imagine paying a lot of money for a book." My friend, knowledge is worth the price. Not only will you get some great insite on how to build a good COP, but the book details the developement of much of the armour found at the site. Also, you get the hist...

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I do have a WMA sugarloaf that I would part with if you are interested. Never fought in it.

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-Sir Mons

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Well, it sure is solid. Then, yes the fauld would be correct for a solid globose BP. That type of fauld is on the St James silver panel, although the triangular part was also segmented like the rest of the fauld. Who knows why they felt the brass was needed, maybe someone really like the Churburg 13...

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That's because it is not stuffed! The reason cotton wadding or "cotton wool" doesn't shift around in the Prince of Wales jupon or Charles VI coat is that they are quilted. The padding is placed between two layers of fabric and then rows or stitching (verticle or horizontal) are put in to hold everyt...

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Is it me or the picture quality, but the breastplate doesn't even look as if it is segmented (at least the center and first side plates) It looks like an illusion of segments created by the brass strips

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Munz

As for the rarity of cotton, both the Black Prince jupon and the Charles VI coat at Chartes are padded with cotton. As for padding a helmet liner, much less cotton would be needed, so not as expensive, but I think that this issue was addressed here on the archive before, and that many of the extant ...

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"I may be painting myself into an expensive and lonely corner here, or if I look at it in another way, maybe I'm pioneering the effort here in America. : ) What are your observations?" I might suggest finding at least a few people in your area that will want to take the journey with you to some smal...

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Otto- Your breastplate only covers your chest or if it's the Churburg 13 then some of your lower back as well. But the corazina covers from chest to the hips front and back. Also, if he's really going for a late 14th cent French styled harness, then you wouldn't see much of the mail at all. Take a l...

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Samuel, thanks for the compliment I didn't mention a hauberk or habergeon because this is for SCA use and not much of it would show under a full body harness plus a surcoat or jupon and it's not really needed for protection. That's a lot of wieght for such minimal impact. ------------------ -Sir Mons

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http://www.parma.bc.ca/articles/steyned.html This article contains a picture of a flag from the city of Ghent, circa 1481. Also, the Osprey book "The English Knight 1300-1400" has a banner from the mid to late 14th cent, I think they said it now resides in a Scottish collection. Both are extant exa...

Sugarloaf helm for sale