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Sir James A:

--- Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2012-03-08, 04:58:53 ---This is why I wish I had a normal leg size, I could pick up some of this fine armor.

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Give it some time. I didn't "fill out" to the limb size I am now until I was 21 or 22. My stomach is quite large, but my arms and legs are mostly lean in comparison.


--- Quote from: Sir Brian on 2012-03-08, 08:57:18 ---Congratulations James and Allan! :)

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Thank you, Sir Brian.

Sir William:
Allan, Ulrich is short and thin- and I used to be of the mind that his was a somewhat unique case, at least in the SCA but I've been informed that there are a lot of smaller fighters out there.

Ulrich, James is right...you may fill out as the years go by, Lord knows I did.  I hit 6' at 18, but had only gained 8lbs (making me 120lbs at the time) from when I was just 5'2".  I started filling out in my early-to-mid 20s...I weigh 185 lbs now, which is about 15 more than I'd like, but there you have it.  I didn't start getting size to my limbs until after I started hitting the weights (which also helped with the filling out process...I was only 128lbs when I first got married at age 19 to give you some perspective).

Sir Ulrich:
I am 5' 9" So normal leg size stuff fits me height wise but my thinness is way too high as I only weigh 119 pounds. I always need a belt for every pair of pants I wear except my skinny jeans. I actually think medieval armor from the actual ages would fit me better than most modern reproductions as people said at faires to me before.

Sir William:
Well, I'm not altogether sure about that.  Mind you, I don't have any excavated samples with me, but I'm of the mind, given the amount of strength and exercise that was needed to become and continue to be a knight, these were not small men.  They may have been short, but not small.

If Allan was still in business, he would be the man to see...I still think I got over as the armor he's made for me was to my measurements, but at off the rack pricing.  There is only one other armourer out there that could compare with his prices (but not his quality as far as I'm concerned, this guy's a bit more...utilitarian in design).  Not that his quality is low, he puts out good, servicable wares...it just won't be as pretty.  Considering your persona is landless/poor knight, it should be right up your alley.  Here's his site, pointed right at the leg portion of it:  http://jamesriverarmoury.com/legs.htm

He is known on the Armour Archive as ArmourerEric; I've not sampled his wares, but he comes highly regarded and very easy on the pocketbook (comparatively speaking of course).

Sir James A:
From what I've read, historical greaves are much smaller. Knights seemed to have tiny calves. Theory is that since they rode horses almost everywhere, their lower legs were underdeveloped. Staying in the saddle is more groin/upper leg strength, and with cuisses being open in the back or only wraps, and not cased like greaves, it's a wide range of sizing it could fit, compared to the specific measurements we can take from cased greaves.

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