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Does anyone here owns this book? : « The Armoury of the Castle of Churburg »

Found here : http://www.churburg.com/willkommen_engl/shop/index.html

Is it worth it ? 613 USD or 939 CAD!!!!

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Ancelin

«Memento finis»

Don't own it, have seen it, it's worth it. I've seen it sold elsewhere for around $500 I think.

-Dmtiriy Shelomin

How many pages is that book?! Unless it's gigantic, and I mean like 3ft thick, I would NEVER pay $600 for a book.



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Brian
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Death is merely a cowards way out of responsibility.

Having now spend $1200 on a book I am probably not the right person to comment, but...

I bought this book when it came out - I paid full price and have never regretted it. It is a combination of the original catalog of hte Churburg armoury (a little light on pictures, but descriptions and measurements on all the pieces) and a new volume with lots more pictures.

This armoury is a castle that has been in the Trapp family long enough that they just happen to have great-great..... grandfather's armour lying around - 15th century stuff.

If you don't care about 15th century italian armour, by all means - don't buy it.

It does have 14th and 16th c. stuff too.

I have been more tempted to buy a second copy (but I haven't quite raised the funds) than anything else......

I would look around. I have seen it for sale for $900 (US). Trotman may still have some at somewhere in the $500-$600 range.....

Wade

Cap'n -- well, it's 2 volumes.

But sometimes you don't pay for the number of pages, but for the quality of information, and this book is excellent in that sense, one of the best.

I've got one of the vaunted originals, now, if someone would just die after tearing up the first volume of the reprint,leaving a spare second volume, . . .


Alail/Scott

You get what you pay for - but at the same time you should have a use for it.
Every armourer who reproduces this type of armour should have this book. But if all you want is to look at pictures, buy a comic book.

Maybe I'll buy this book one day... but I will probably buy a B2 first!

Thank-you for the answers.

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Ancelin

«Memento finis»

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by wcallen:
<B>Having now spend $1200 on a book I am probably not the right person to comment, but...

I bought this book when it came out - I paid full price and have never regretted it. It is a combination of the original catalog of hte Churburg armoury (a little light on pictures, but descriptions and measurements on all the pieces) and a new volume with lots more pictures.

Wade</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Wade, you paid $1200?? When I got mine, it was $650 from Trotman right after they came out. I prepaid though.
-Cad
ps the shop is up and running!

sorry it's more like $ 900 usd and
1,474.17 canadian since it says it's in lbs!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Drake Orion:
<B>sorry it's more like $ 900 usd and
1,474.17 canadian since it says it's in lbs!</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Perhaps I'm mistaken but I think that € = Euro and £ = Italian lira.

So « € 620 » is more or less 613 USD or 939 CAD. No?

Dang! The Euro symbol is not showing! It's a double barred « E ». The two bars are representing the stability of the new european curency. Go see on the site...

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Ancelin

«Memento finis»

[This message has been edited by Ancelin (edited 07-15-2002).]

Since a dollar would be worth 1920 Italian lire...

Hi All,

I might add to Bascots commentarty. The book is invaluable if you are a serious student of armour as well. Besides the pretty pictures, there is quite a fascinating bit of information contained within. As a for instance, did you know that most of the munition infantry pieces have the names of the chaps they were issued to painted inside? Then again, the current Graf von Trapp has odd ideas that get printed alongside the good material - to wit that the black sallets (as seen in Drurers "The Knight, Death, and the Devil") are somehow hunting equipment, as none he knows of have bevors, when they are clearly munition armours intended for war, which is readily apparent when one sees them in art of the period.

It is for more than just makers of armour, but unless you are serious about either replicating armour accurately, or learning about armour development, dont waste your time and money.

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Bob R.