Unusual, but nice!

Mike Garrett (Orc) · Post by **Mike Garrett (Orc)** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:25 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58373&item=3959733543&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Now, I like this - very unusual, but quite spiffy!
SO, culture/period that it is closest to? (if any?)

Mike Garrett (Orc) · Post by **Mike Garrett (Orc)** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:27 am

His other item is nice too! Note the patterning.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58373&item=3959558404&rd=1

Cat · Post by **Cat** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:49 am

Wow, that's a lot of work on that byrnie for an ity bity price. Not historically accurate, but nice work none the less. The maille and plates shirt looks like a combination of lamellar and the Eastern-ish maille/plate shirts that I've seen. I bet it's comfortable.

Cat

Mike Garrett (Orc) · Post by **Mike Garrett (Orc)** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:06 am

Price low at the moment but I wonder what his reserve is?

sarnac · Post by **sarnac** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:20 am

closest I can see is Chinese.... maybe late Persian

T. Finkas · Post by **T. Finkas** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:54 am

Orc wrote:His other item is nice too! Note the patterning.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58373&item=3959558404&rd=1

Great fantasy piece! I wonder of he means lock-washers? If so, it would be very strong---but perhaps very heavy?

Yeah, the other piece reminds me of various Eastern mail and plates armours, though not exactly like an particular historical example. Very reminiscent of the terra-cotta warrior armours in look (but of course, not in construction method).

Cheers,
Tim

Ringlancer · Post by **Ringlancer** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:52 pm

For the one with the plates...I hate to admit it but I'd grunge it up a bit and use it for warhammer/40k orc/k costume.....

apbedwyr · Post by **apbedwyr** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:12 pm

Actually that first one remonds me of some armour a friend of mine had. He found it in a second hand store and it was actually WW1 body armour with the rectangular plates linked with rings.

Griffin

DAVID01 · Post by **DAVID01** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:53 pm

How in the hell would you use lockwashers to do this? You can hardly pound the ends together with a sledge. I need to see these "Washers". I like it though.

Mike Garrett (Orc) · Post by **Mike Garrett (Orc)** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:26 pm

BIG pliers! And it's hard work!

DAVID01 · Post by **DAVID01** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:54 pm

Mike, so these are really lock washers? :shock:

Mike Garrett (Orc) · Post by **Mike Garrett (Orc)** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:02 pm

Probably spring washers (which you may well call lock washers - like a single coil cut from a spring - he doesn't say I dont' think. My hauberk is made from them - very strong but VERY heavy!

DAVID01 · Post by **DAVID01** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:09 pm

Heavy? I would think so, but very strong.