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Is this from Kaus? Who is Eisenape?

This is better than most ebay armor. For instance, the fellow knows about points. Only the Bungee cord points seem odd. the rest seems to be standard SCA armor.

I have never used points. Is this an "SCAism" like riveting your bazus onto your elbow pads, or is this an example of somebody running out of cord for points?

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freiman the minstrel wrote:Is this from Kaus? Who is Eisenape?

This is better than most ebay armor. For instance, the fellow knows about points. Only the Bungee cord points seem odd. the rest seems to be standard SCA armor.

I have never used points. Is this an "SCAism" like riveting your bazus onto your elbow pads, or is this an example of somebody running out of cord for points?

f

Eisenape would be Kaus and Suassu. It looks like they have changed the way they strap them, but they used to use a bungee cord across the inside of the elbow to hold it in place without it binding.

Moose

Moose wrote:

freiman the minstrel wrote:Is this from Kaus? Who is Eisenape?

This is better than most ebay armor. For instance, the fellow knows about points. Only the Bungee cord points seem odd. the rest seems to be standard SCA armor.

I have never used points. Is this an "SCAism" like riveting your bazus onto your elbow pads, or is this an example of somebody running out of cord for points?

f

Eisenape would be Kaus and Suassu. It looks like they have changed the way they strap them, but they used to use a bungee cord across the inside of the elbow to hold it in place without it binding.

Moose

Then I will try Bungee cords on my bazus. I have trusted Susan and Kaus with my armor for over a decade. Their work is underappreciated, and I know of at least one armorer on this board that (at least at one time) bought armor directly from them to resell from their own personal catalog.

This is first rate armor. At a great price.

freiman

exactly...completely underappreciated as armourers. No matter what these are very nice...

My shoulder straps are bungee cord. Which is probably OK as my armor is mostly plastic.

Nissan Maxima wrote:My shoulder straps are bungee cord. Which is probably OK as my armor is mostly plastic.

But Nissan, according to many sources, you're The Devil.

I had never heard of bungee cord before. It seems like it would cut off circulation if it were not adjusted correctly, but it wouldn't bunch up like a leather strap.

Has anybody here actually used a set that was put together this way?

freiman

Animal Weretiger wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/SCA-ARMOR-BAZUBANS-LEATHER-AND-STAINLESS-STEEL-ARMS_W0QQitemZ220024290491QQihZ012QQcategoryZ36282QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Haven't you heard of the Swiss Seige Bungee Jumpers? They were members of a Swiss merc unit that had specialized training to deal with rams. They would have two of there membersattach bungee cords to their armor with the other ends attached firmly to the castle walls. Then with a lasso in their hands they would jump off the wall and loop it around the ram so that their comrades could pull them and the rams back up. This worked well in many times until Duke Darius the Younger at the Seige of Lichtenstein in 1532 had his archers shoot special arrows they purchased from Japanese Ninja Pirates that cut the bungee cords. This set back the sport of bungee jumping about 500 years.

I've seen this armour and there are looped straps on the inside of the arm. A person could use bungee which give a comfortable fit or leather cording can be used, as sometimes people tend to put buckles in the inside elbow, which can be irratating. Great idea, I think.
sisu,
Jon