The Armour Archive

Stonekeep wrote:$360 and No duffle bag
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$360 as pictured? (I just about got the other less expensive starter to go with my coughplasticloricacough)

Back to the inexpensive (not cheap, never put your noggin in a cheap helm) one of these two

Hjalmr- has a good rep. Not bought anything from him, but has a good rep.

Sir Emeric- A heck of a good guy, whom I know (haven't bought anything from him), but a good guy with a great rep locally.

Otto- A bit more expensive, but a good rep, and a good guy.

If'n you need a quality inexpensive helm, I would stake my reputation on any one of these three.

Theres a lot of newbie threads out there. They are all fairly specific because different people have diff amounts to spend, as well as people (should) try to get a general time period if not a specific one.
Back when all we made were cops and belts, i wanted a new kit and went whole hog and got a fancy gothic Icefalcon kit. So its pretty specific to how much money you wanna spend and what u are lookin for.

Now to attach our gorgets to our spaulders (the way I do it) is attach buckles to the straps you prob already have coming off the spaulder tops. next simply put some matching straps with holes off the gorget to meet up with them. Simple. holds them in place well enough. Better and more hist accurate is attaching them to a breastplate (if you are wearing one)

Is it going to mess with things if the buckles are on the spaulders? Thats how they came out of the box....i do want to attach them to the gorget but i still want to see pictures.

I am interested in ordering more armor from you though...but its about 4 things down the list right now

Stonekeep wrote:Theres a lot of newbie threads out there. They are all fairly specific because different people have diff amounts to spend, as well as people (should) try to get a general time period if not a specific one.
Back when all we made were cops and belts, i wanted a new kit and went whole hog and got a fancy gothic Icefalcon kit. So its pretty specific to how much money you wanna spend and what u are lookin for.

Now to attach our gorgets to our spaulders (the way I do it) is attach buckles to the straps you prob already have coming off the spaulder tops. next simply put some matching straps with holes off the gorget to meet up with them. Simple. holds them in place well enough. Better and more hist accurate is attaching them to a breastplate (if you are wearing one)

Good to know on the plastic armor.
It looks fugly but protective but I did notice on their site that they suggest closed cell foam for padding.
I was specifically advised against that by several people on here.

But I suppose it's better to go with quality steel gear in the long run.
Steel is tough, you don't have to hide it, and it will probably have better resale value if you decide you want to try something different.

Just some thoughts from someone who owns exactly nothing yet.

I am pretty sure in the SCA you have to put closed cell foam behind your elbows and knees to make them legal....

Am i wrong?

goon wrote:Good to know on the plastic armor.
It looks fugly but protective but I did notice on their site that they suggest closed cell foam for padding.
I was specifically advised against that by several people on here.

But I suppose it's better to go with quality steel gear in the long run.
Steel is tough, you don't have to hide it, and it will probably have better resale value if you decide you want to try something different.

Just some thoughts from someone who owns exactly nothing yet.

Violen wrote:I am pretty sure in the SCA you have to put closed cell foam behind your elbows and knees to make them legal....

Am i wrong?
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Yep... Simple knee and elbow pads work just fine to meet requirements. The lower the profile pad the better in regards to appearance.

Stonekeep wrote:My name was mentioned in the thread and i do searches for my name.

Hehe, that was the wrong thing to say > stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep.............

O.o

hjalmr wrote:

Stonekeep wrote:My name was mentioned in the thread and i do searches for my name.

Hehe, that was the wrong thing to say > stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep,stonekeep, stonekeep, stonekeep.............

O.o

I quite agree. I have pants over them, but I have a set of cheap catcher's legs that are fairly good.

goon wrote:Good to know on the plastic armor.
It looks fugly but protective but I did notice on their site that they suggest closed cell foam for padding.
I was specifically advised against that by several people on here.

But I suppose it's better to go with quality steel gear in the long run.
Steel is tough, you don't have to hide it, and it will probably have better resale value if you decide you want to try something different.

Just some thoughts from someone who owns exactly nothing yet.

There are a variety of views on the subject of what to use for padding. Closed cell foam works just fine. There are times when it works better to just pad the garment behind the armour and point the armour onto the garment. Most athletic pads are closed cell foam.