The Armour Archive

Munz

Full steel arms, full steel legs (not just 3/4), fitted jupon over body armour sporting your heraldry (corazina, breast plate or otherwise) bascinet with aventail (either open face or pignose) For gauntlets try Anshelm Arms or Macpherson, they both produce an hourglass cuffed mitten gauntlet. It rea...

Munz

it will fit a 23 to 24 inch head

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-Sir Mons

Munz

I have a White Mountain Armoury center point sugarloaf that I need to sell. It has never been worn, never padded, I just didn't get around to finishing the rest of the kit and I don't want it taking up space. I'm asking $285 and buyer pays for shipping. A picture is on his web page - H7 http://www.t...

Munz

I think as long as the armourer can give it a slight grain so that it looks closer to hi polished mild, there souldn't be too much of an "authenticity" problem for SCA use. Any re-enactor will probably notice that it's stainless if used for living history. I think you have seen my Crecy period rig a...

Munz

Ivar-

Thanks for the direction. I ordered a copy from amazon.de today and hope to see it soon. Thanks again, i've been looking for it forever!!

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-Sir Mons

Munz

I, too, have been looking for a copy and found the same EXTREMELY expensive repro. Any information would be great!!

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-Sir Mons

Munz

Cheval- That surcoat is based off of the body part of the pattern for Garreth's arming coat, the back is extended of course. The basic look is from English effigies of about 1340 or so. Short in front and knee length in back. It laces on the sides for a snug fit. Mine is made out of red and black ve...

Munz

Luther is back from Pennsic now, but his shop doesn't really have anything to do with Master Garreth's work. They are friends, and Garreth brings his work to Pennsic to sell in Luther's booth. I forwarded a link of this thread to Master Garreth and hopefully he will drop you a note. He is not a full...

Munz

While I don't have my copy of Fashion in the age of the black prince in front of me, I can't say if wool would be authentic for that garment or not. As for the surviving military coats, they are faced with silk or use a silk fabric for the outer shell. The Charles VI coat in Chartes is a silk damask...

Munz

The Red Knight from "The Fisher King" was very cool.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

You know, I've never wieghed it. I'll have to do that some day.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

I think that they are 12 gauge, but he gave me the impression that he might not be doing mild steel any more. Just stainless. I know all of his stock is just stainless.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

He has the knees and will likely have the elbows to match. As for the greaves, he was thinking about doing a set of the mid to later greaves and not the shinbalds like I have in the picture. It sounded like he might take orders so go by and talk to him. It's still up in the air what else he will tak...

Munz

Hello- Sir Luther at Anshelm Arms just shot a few pics for his portfolio of work and I posted one of the shots on "am i period or not" just for fun. http://amiperiodornot.com/?image_id=276 But, I was at his shop and was checking out his Pennsic stock and he has some nice stuff. Bascinets (some with ...

Munz

Period patterns is okay, and it is what I based my original sloper off of. But theye really don't do a great job of explaining that a good deal of tailoring must take place to get the fit just right. It would be good to have, though, for the basic shape in a fairly appropriate size. The "Tailor's As...

Munz

Try "The Medieval Tailor's Assistant" by Sarah Thursfield. A nice collection of patterns, ideas, and concepts about clothing from 1200 to 1500. It does cover cotehardies and the concepts can be used to make a gambeson or an arming coat. What is realy nice is the inclusion of hand stitching and tailo...

Munz

He has made two harnesses for me, the late 14th century one on his web site, and an early to mid 14th century one. He does great work. If you can, go the extra mile and have him do a period liner and use period style buckles, his findings are great and the final product will be worth it. -----------...

Munz

You're absolutely right, I was totaly high, must have been all that crack. Sorry. I transposed the time periods.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

here are a few of Duke Armand from Caid, our first king in fact, and probably one of the coolest SCA Norman kits I've seen. http://www.keradwc.com/19991030_harvest/_1999_43_36.html http://www.keradwc.com/19991030_harvest/_1999_42_36.html http://www.keradwc.com/19991030_harvest/_1999_42_35.html hope ...

Munz

Flonzy - That cloth covered breast plate is in the Bavarian National Museum and is dated roughly 1400.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

In the second image, look between the points of the crown, those curves lines seem to be the top of the helm. There are two men close behind the king, on the right is a knight in what apears to be a sugarloaf and behind on the left, one of the more simple round topped helms. I think that curved line...

Munz

If it's functioning as an ugly, non-medieval looking helmet, then it has met its goal. Otherwise, hats like these are not only an embaressment to the fool who buys it, but to the rest of us that have to take the field with them. The best we can do is encourage those around us to stay away from crap ...

Munz

I've made three of them and I'm working on the fourth. You may want to go ahead and buy one from either Revival, they have a banner here on the archive, or from Master Garreth Somerset, he has has them for sale from time to time. They are really cool to fight in, but they are not for the beginning t...

Munz

What about a wheelbarrow? There is a pretty good sized one in the Lutrell Psalter with a man pushing it while another man, possibly a leper, sits in it. I think the Psalter has other pictures of two wheeled carts, but they are not hand carts. The Wagner and Drobna book "Medieval Costume, Armour and ...

Munz

It's one of a kind!!!! And we should thank God for that.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

Try Anshelm Arms, his old plaques are just like those, maybe a bit smaller. I know he has started making a thinner, lighter plaque, but he may recast the older style for a custom order.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

Of the extant bascinets, how many were truly "blackened" in period, as opposed to the black color that is a result of a later applied coating to preserve the armour and prevent further decay? I understand that the black appearance of the "onion top" bascinet at the Met is a result of such a preserva...

Munz

Stainless is a bit tougher to work than mild, maybe even twice as hard. As for the finish, on my splinted vambraces, I ran them over the Burking and then took them to the buffing wheel. Putting that deeper grain into the surface will give stainless a look closer to mild steel even when highly polish...

Munz

Even though it does not state that a rigid skirt should come down to cover the back of the head, that is off set by rules set forth in the marshalling section. The handbook states that during the armour inspection, that the head must be covered and that the vertibrae must be covered by rigid materia...

Munz

I would go with a belt also, mainly for practical reasons. I can't imagine anyone hung maille chauses off anything less. In "History of Undergarments", Cunnington mentions a belt being used to support hose.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

Arming Pants? Hmm.. that's a new one to me. Well, I might not point legs to a lentner as that would be the last garment to go on since it covers the rest of the harness underneath. Brian Price makes a good point about arming clothes in his book. He states that the pourpoint needs to fit close to the...

Munz

Jacks and gambesons are too different things. Jacks are constructed of multiple layers of linen and are a type of body armour unto themselves. Gambesons are a padded garment, usually with an outer layer, stuffing, and a lining all quilted together. There is a debate as to terminology of the arming c...

Munz

Nice crest. A quick word of advice when fighting, be careful when you throw to the off side or when you throw any blow where your hand/sword/arm may pass over your head. I whacked the heck out of my last crest in the first chalenge of the day! It was quite funny.

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-Sir Mons

Munz

I am very curious about the whole 9-11 excuse. I was looking at the list of back orders and if I'm reading it right there are 42 outstanding orders. Hopefully he has filled some, but since they are still on the list I'll address them as a whole. Out of this 42, there is only one taken before Septemb...

Munz

Juliana- Duke Armand was one of those who was very concerned, enough so that the Crown at the time was contacted and a meeting of the Equestrian Regents here in Caid was called to discuss the issue. As I recall the fact that people at the event in question asked who the riders were and where they we...

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