The Armour Archive

DeCalmont,

I love the ailettes on your kit. What did you use for them? I have some roughly 16oz leather that I was going to make a pair with. I think they should hold up OK and keep their form.

Rudolph wrote:DeCalmont,

I love the ailettes on your kit. What did you use for them? I have some roughly 16oz leather that I was going to make a pair with. I think they should hold up OK and keep their form.

Thanks,

They are probably 14-16 oz. range. They've held up pretty good and were just water hardened, then painted.

Lets start this thread up again...inspire us guys!!!!!!!!!!1

This kit isn't entirely new but here is Sir Nigel with his full rig on at his Coronation complete with chainmail and jupon. I've included a pic from the back as His Majesty wears period underclothes with his kit.

Adrielle
Queen Ealdormere

My unfinished harness for last years COTT. Missing were the matching maille chausses, vambraces under the maille, and coat of plates. Just ran out of funds and time over the summer.

Shown from the back to show the historical undergarmernts.

Sir Kieren do you wear a small belt under the surcoat to hold up the mail? Or is if only the belt on the outside that holds the mail?

My squire William.
-V

does this mean Will's coming out again?

That photo of William was taken on January 3, 2010.

What happens if your horns get hit (!)?

Do you take it as a hit or can you ignore it?

knitebee wrote:

THAT IS AWESOME. Straight to the 'inspire new guys' thread.

Knitebee is one of those guys you want to take a new person to meet for their first night walk around an event. Even his camp etiquette is like something that stepped out of a book.

Here are two pictures of my kit from the Ealdomere Coronation.

Last year I added the finger gauntlets. This year I have a few more modifications planned, and I've switched from a kettle to a cervellaires for my 'sport' helm.

Adrielle Kerrec wrote:does this mean Will's coming out again?

No.

For once, the kid's costume is on topic:

<img src="http://www.allenantiques.com/images/mini-Geoffrey-1340-overall.jpg">

Wade

Why did you switch from the kettle..your kit is the bomb...

Eadric of Stonemarche wrote:Here are two pictures of my kit from the Ealdomere Coronation.

Last year I added the finger gauntlets. This year I have a few more modifications planned, and I've switched from a kettle to a cervellaires for my 'sport' helm.

My current harness. Working on heraldic bling & aventail liner this winter ...

Your new globose is done Iain.


gonna send some extra leathers to re attach the kidneys if they ride funny or are to close in or whatever.

Some good rivits and roset washers too

Iain Ruadh wrote:My current harness. Working on heraldic bling & aventail liner this winter ...

Curious as to why you strap your arms/rerebrace under your mail hauberk.

Italo Norman wrote:Why did you switch from the kettle..your kit is the bomb...

Italo Norman wrote:Why did you switch from the kettle..your kit is the bomb...

Switching from the kettle is an attempt to get my kit just right for the station I am portraying.

The main elements of my kit are all dated to the mid 1340s. Predominantly, I'm basing the kit on the series of effigies on the Strassbourg altar (dated around 1345) and an effigy of Ulrich de Huss from an area about 50 miles from Strassbourg and dated to the same time frame. I want to be able to say the kit is correct for a single place and time. Its not a recreation of any one kit, instead its an attempt to fit thematically into a time and place. The kettle could work, though it it seems more common to see the cervellaires or bascinets either on their own or with great helms for over them.

Regarding the kettle hat, I flat out love them. No complaints at all. The cervellaire though is pretty much a kettle without the brim as far as vision and breathability are concerned so it seems a even trade. I'll post a picture of the new helm in the review section as soon as I get my act together.

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Thats an Italion Fashion,

Edward

MacTavish wrote:

Curious as to why you strap your arms/rerebrace under your mail hauberk.

Thats an Italion Fashion,

Edward

That's pretty much it. Kind of a two fold reason though. I find that pointing the arms to my 'charles' arming coat and letting the maille flex over them works nicely for the shorter sleeve. From what I've seen the English preferred a longer maille sleeve that was under the arm harness (which was usually directly connected to the pauldrons). I do point my shoulder to my maille however and they do lay very nicely during movement.

From what I've read/seen/been told this is more of a continental habit vs. an English/Brittany style. Overall I'm working towards a successful Scottish Lord often in the employ/allied with the Duke of Burgundy during the 1370-1390 range of the various campaigns. Trying to keep a heavy, 'German'/'French'/Italio influence on the harness. But the mobility it allows I'd cite as the primary reason.

New cote in progress, new heraldic cote, new cote of plates, new greaves and new vambraces in progress some scale sabatons as well.
A lot of new stuff but the look will remain the same.