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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #60 on: 2012-04-08, 07:47:37 »
Phenomenal looking harness Sir Nathan! You put us all to shame!  :)
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #61 on: 2012-04-08, 16:18:23 »
Ha!  :) I count myself fortunate that I can even stand amongst such wonderful kits seen within the ranks of such knights as yourselves!

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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #62 on: 2012-04-09, 03:43:57 »
That looks bad ass! It's settled, CoP it will be when I work on my mid-14th century kit. I really like that look.
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #63 on: 2012-04-09, 12:59:48 »
Thank you Sir Matthew!

Go for it, you won't regret it. It is really protective and affords a lot of movement. Heck, I might even wear it for WMA. I barely notice it's there whenever I move in it.
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #64 on: 2012-04-10, 18:41:38 »
Looks like it suits you better than it ever did me...which is funny since it was supposedly built based on my measurements, but the end result was far from it.  Looks good on you, Sir!
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #65 on: 2012-04-11, 05:14:56 »
Thank you Sir William!

I see I may have stumbled upon a most fortunate (for my kit anyway!) set of mistakes!
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #66 on: 2013-05-06, 00:56:56 »
Quote from: SirNathanQ on 2012-04-06, 01:51:34
I really like it  :)  I gave it a dry run w/o any armour yesterday and the fit wasn't actually bad. It'll fit well with my armour.
Sir Ed, I have the money for the price we agreed on. The deal sealer here will be the thickness of the plates. What gauge is it?

If it's combat ready, then I'm sold on it  :)

Mine for my new kit is similar to this COP in design and style, Sir Nathan. A Visby Coat of Plates Type III with 1.6mm steel plates and a black leather harness with brass hardware & rivots. How did yours fit out of curiosity??
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #67 on: 2013-05-06, 03:23:30 »
Quote from: SirNathanQ on 2012-04-08, 00:07:28
Knights of Ni! We have brought you pictures!  ;D



Sir Nathan, as always your kit is so inspiring.  I have to ask, are you wearing an armoured/padded hood/coif?  I'm in the process of making one for myself right now, the protection given is so amazing, especially for my bad collar bone.  Do they have precedence archaeologically?  I know there are ton of them being sold and worn, I was wondering if there are period examples too?  that would be sweet, it would save me time on making a padded three-piece coif just for my period impression for DOK and such. :)

Also, beautiful COP.  My later period 13th century kit will have one for sure.  And more than likely I'll even wear it with my earlier period and just "hide" it ;)

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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #68 on: 2013-05-07, 19:51:04 »
By the way, about that CoP - I believe that Steel Mastery is the original builder of it.  I think- I came across a set of pics that featured the guy whose CoP I bought (or rather, he had the pictures up on his site) - could be a generic 'share-all' pic as has been seen before but I do believe it to be a SM product.  I'll see if I can find those pics again; I saw them and was like 'oh wow, really cool' but didn't bother to save the link.

Edited to add: found it.  The pics of the light green one are the ones that I'd seen when I bought it.

http://steel-mastery.com/en/brigandine-armour/brigandines/visby-brigandine-with-fastenings-on-the-back-1361
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #69 on: 2013-05-08, 02:23:50 »
That is a beautiful COP.  I've been drooling all over Steel Mastery for quite a few years now.  Namely:



so purdy
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Re: Visby Coat of Plates for Sale
« Reply #70 on: 2013-05-08, 16:52:17 »
They do have some great items there. I'm going to give them some business too.
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