The Armour Archive

Greetings, everyone--
I am in need of used/crappy/just-not-very-expensive sets of leg armor for my loaner armore cache and wanted to know if anyone had any they'd like to unload. I run a medieval martial arts school here in California, and we've had a lot of cool folks donate armor to our cause, but we're really short on LEGS!. Thanks in advance!
--Sir Bjorn
West Kingdom, SCA

I have a pair of beater legs that I bought on e-bay and wasn't overly thrilled with- but then, everyone who knows me knows I'm an incurable armor snob. They are probably just what you're looking for. Let me see if the original e-bay listing is still up.

Klaus

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0053483503

Found it. They don't look too bad in the photos, but there are a couple of stress cracks that the seller neglected to mention (nothing dangerous, just bothersome) and the articulation has some gaps, but only when the knees are in resting position- they bend just fine. Anyhoo, I paid $102.50 plus shipping, thinking they were nicer than they actually turned out to be. I was rather pissed off that the seller tried to claim that cracks were part of normal wear and tear, and he refused to give me a refund. If I was committed to making them work, I'd take them apart, reshape a bunch of things and get the cracks welded shut, but I'd rather not take the time. They're perfectly functional, just ugly. Make me an offer as you will, or I can take better photos when I go into work on Tuesday (they're still sitting by my desk in the box they came in) and you can reserve judgement until then.

FYI, I'll be out of town from Wednesday night through next Monday, so if you want these, I can either ship before I leave, after I come back, or bring them to White Shield or some other upcoming local event.

Klaus

Hi I can make you new ones for $100 see my site for details. I've also got another style now that has a fan.

PM'D you last night.

Eric