The Armour Archive

Lucian Ro

Matt, just an FYI; a caboose is an anachronism in your heraldry.

Lucian Ro

A conversation regarding this went around the table with a fair amount of us 14th-century-types at the last Pennsic I attended and, I believe, the general concensus was that it's worn much more frequently (in non-martial garb) in the SCA than it would have been back in period.

Lucian Ro

Ben, do you have pics of the short and long aventails attached to a bascinet?

Edit - I meant stainless, sorry, although I'm sure titanium is going to look similar enough.

Lucian Ro

Randall, I'm assuming the pull-over ones don't button down the front. How much are those?

Lucian Ro

Talbot, I'm interested in that pig face visor #2, pending some measurements and the first axe head.

What size helm do you think the visor would fit? I'd need it to work with a helm with a 23.5 wide, narrow bascinet.

Lucian Ro

doner765 wrote:Johannes von Falkenstein (1365)

http://effigiesandbrasses.com/monuments ... /original/

i really wonder how the plates underneath the coating are tailored..

Forget how the plates are tailored, lets talk about those fancy sabatons!

Lucian Ro

Trying to fashion a coat-of-plates but I'm lacking any stainless to make faulds. I don't need them shaped, I just need them cut. I'll deburr and sand them down. I have't really figured out what gauge I'll need, so I'm open to suggestions. Looking for 12-14 of them and they'll need to be in creasing ...

Lucian Ro

I want to fashion something like the below coat-of-plates. I have a few questions regarding this particular picture. I found the picture on this Croatian (I believe) site: http://www.man.poznan.pl/~ritter/Wieruszyce2006/index.html It looks to me that this particular COP doesn't have plating in he ch...

Lucian Ro

Halfway between Kirksville and Hannibal in Northeast Missouri. One of the Calontir SCA groups, Bellewode from Truman State University, has held an event here in September the last few years. Two of the links I posted are our Ravensborg site and not FB. One of them has maps that show the area. Guran...

Lucian Ro

For those of us who can't access FB at work, where is this event located?

Lucian Ro

Great lines.

Lucian Ro

Because I'm too damn skinny for it, otherwise I'd totally snatch this up.

Lucian Ro

I have a set of these things; they're bomb-proof.

Lucian Ro

Thanks, Wade, it makes some sense but pictures are always helpful.

Lucian Ro

So, I have a back-point bascinet from Anshelm. It has an interchangeable bargrill and a shovel nose visor, which is wonderful, but it has a centrally-mounted modern nut/bolt system to remove the visors. This I do not like. So I was thinking of picking up a bascinet klappvisor hinge from Murdock. htt...

Lucian Ro

Excellent news, will pick up a copy! I STILL have pictures of that beautiful kit saved to my screen-saver.

Lucian Ro

Craig, how well does the protection work at the lateral area where the plates split at hip level?
Is there a loss of protection due to the lack of continuity/overlap of the plate or does it regardless still offer decent protection?

Lucian Ro

I'm looking for 2-4oz purple suede leather, enough to do a coat of plates with. Didn't see what I was looking for at Brettuns and purple that Tandy offers is too thin, at 1-1.5oz. Anyone have any other leads or, better yet, purple suede that they want to part with? I'm thinking I'll need roughly nee...

Lucian Ro

I'd be in for 1# of brass.

Lucian Ro

I fashioned my plaques from solid-brass kickplate and then used fancy washers from Revival/domed solid rivets, all backed to 8oz veg-tan leather.
A lot of work with aviation snips and a grinder but I like the way they turned out, even if they're not based on any particular historical model.

Lucian Ro

Damn good read, Ken, thanks.

Lucian Ro

Curses

Lucian Ro

Matt, does that mean you have a mild one for sale? Hmm? Hmm?

Lucian Ro

Update. Started working out with Nike + Training on Xbox Kinect...Maybe, just maybe...if I don't die...I might be a little slimmer by my birthday. I started the Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 on the Xbox Kinect a little over three weeks ago and its helped my cardio/fle noticeably. I never thought ...

Lucian Ro

For the record, I love my armour, Mike.

Lucian Ro

Galvyn Lockhart wrote:Old hat, you mean?

Well played, Galvyn, well played.

Lucian Ro

MJBlazek wrote:you said you liked it.

Loved it. It just got old, Matt.

Lucian Ro

Matt, was it red? Because I know you're in to that Little Red Riding Hood theme, so ...

Lucian Ro

Jackies a solid guy. He worked with me on some stainless couters, his first time making them, and they needed to be remade due to improper measurements on my part, if memory serves. He remade them free. Twice. Then we worked on a klappvisor for a helm, which again was a challenge. He'll make things ...

Lucian Ro

Uilliam Le Syngur Ingelrie wrote:Kormak, I am intrested. In fact I would love to see pics of all the undergarments armor. Im kind of bashfull when it comes to grabing down a guys pants, especially when he is fully armed...Now peeking up a skirt is a matter all together different!

I'm interested in pics, Uilliam.

Lucian Ro

Wish I was closer, Your Grace.

Lucian Ro

Galvyn Lockhart wrote:I got super excited until I went to the website & noticed that the sale price was for the one size small (44" chest) in stock. Drat! If you can wear a size small, I would jump on this deal!

I wear a size small, Galvyn. Jump on that deal for me.

Lucian Ro

Lucian, Thanks to be honest I hate this kit. I really wanted to be fighting and have a kit in 3 months so there is a lot with it i wanna tweak! Completely understandable. My 14th century kit was nowhere near as nice as yours when I made my first. Do I love it now? Sure. But it took time and much af...

Lucian Ro

If this was smaller I'd be all over it. Nice kit, John.

Lucian Ro

If Scott doesn't take them, heck I will buy em back for that price Lucian. Scott, if you need vibram soles put on those, I know a guy that can help you out. Also, we are going to start offering the do it yourself kits for adding on the vibram soles as well. Selling the glue, sandpaper and cement. A...

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