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Main => The Armoury => Topic started by: Sir Wolf on 2011-05-25, 00:46:44
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http://www.volny.cz/j.klepac/armourFS/
Hello Guys,
Rebuilding house and shop needs more money, so I am selling this personal kit to cover some bills.
all the armour is mild steel, most of it 16ga, except the upper part of the legs, which is 18ga. There are some marks of use, mostly gently redished. I would say 80% condition at least. Helmet is 3 part welded construction in 16ga.
mail is 9mm ID round riveted, brass edging, brass buckles on the standard.
Armour will fit someone around my size: 5ยด11" and 176 pounds
detail pictures are here: http://www.volny.cz/j.klepac/armourFS/
armour in action can also be seen mostly since 3:15 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX-C-zlvypk&feature=fvsr
I would like to get 1755USD for the plates and 819USD for mail parts + shipping (need to weight the kit first)
For SCA use I can sell the armour without helmet and cut 260USD from the price
all the best
Jiri
Location: Czech Republic
Occupation: Armourer
Interests: Swordfighting, armour research
Website: http://www.armour.cz
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Nice! He's my height, but I weigh a bit more. Too bad I'm a little strapped for cash. :)
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Ha, he's just an inch shorter and a pound heavier than me. It would be a perfect fit almost. Alas, I can't afford it and besides- its more fun to cobble together a kit. I can say that because it is all I know...but there will come a day when I can commission my own set of custom-made armor...hopefully I won't be too old to enjoy it!
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i bet he would take paypal off a credit card hahahahah come on dude its jiri's its great stuff!!!!!!!!
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Ha! Too late! I already hit up a credit card on a new set of harness for arms and legs for next year.
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Ha, he's just an inch shorter and a pound heavier than me. It would be a perfect fit almost.
Just be careful, the same height and weight is often not the same body shape, and plate is quite unforgiving if the fitment is off. Remember, muscle weighs more than fat, and some people are overbuilt in some places and skinny in others, so go by exact measurements of the length, width and diameter of critical pieces - the vambraces, rerebraces, cuirass, cuisses, greaves.
Ask Sir Edward how awful it is to have pinchy bits from a pair of cuisses that are about 1/2" too long. Mine do the same, and I'm right in the middle of the "suggested height" of the armor.
That's a darn nice looking suit though!
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yeah, us short guys always get armour bites
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Nice, but that kit would never fit me... Sucks being almost 5 9 and being extremely thin, thats why I don't plan to get plate until I'm older when I have filled in more. Still want a kit like that one day, I'd end up looking like King Arthur from the film Excalibur, which a lot of people say I look like him cept with red hair.
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He was even shorter than you, Ulrich. That actor topped out at 5'7"...but w/the right camera angles, they can make anyone look tall.
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Yeah, it's probably best to wait until you're sure you've stopped changing size. I got within about an inch of my current height by the age of 14, but I was an early bloomer. That last inch or two came gradually up until I was about 22. But then there's the weight changes too. I put on something like 50 pounds over the course of my 20's (which was a good thing since I was pretty scrawny to start with). And most people put on about 2 or 3 pounds a year during their 30's unless they control it with exercise and diet. So it's tricky.
My plate armor was a little big on me at first. It fits me best when I'm on the heavy side (like now). I won't want to wear it when I get the weight off again... heh. :)
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Sir James, my thanks for the lesson although it is one that I've already learned. Most OTR (off the rack) armor parts do not fit me...it wasn't until I found MT that I even began to finally get armor that fit ME. Well, there's a leatherworker on eBay who does really fine work, Oristian Subculture.
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Sir James, my thanks for the lesson although it is one that I've already learned. Most OTR (off the rack) armor parts do not fit me...it wasn't until I found MT that I even began to finally get armor that fit ME. Well, there's a leatherworker on eBay who does really fine work, Oristian Subculture.
I always like to err on the side of repeating something that's been heard before. :)
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Some folks are passing this link around on facebook now.
Man, if I could lose 25 pounds instantly, I'd be really super tempted.
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I have to be similarly careful...I'm at a point now where everything more or less fits me...that can change w/the addition of just a few, say 10-15 lbs.
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Yes Sir Edward as nice as that would be, but you have a wedding to pay for, so I do not believe your love will allow such a purchase.
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Right, and it isn't like he needs another harness. Wait...wait...that is not a winning argument. lol
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you know Sir Edward, I got a harness for my wedding. so why shouldn't you? hehehhehe
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Good point Sir Wolf.
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you know Sir Edward, I got a harness for my wedding. so why shouldn't you? hehehhehe
I hope you didn't make your groomsmen pony up for plate, too!;) (Though I'd get more mileage out of a nice harness than my wife has out her bridesmaid dresses!)
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i said, you get a ring, i get armour. that was the deal ahhaha
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Hehe, I don't think that's going to work here. But I keep wondering if I can get a sword out of it. :)
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i said, you get a ring, i get armour. that was the deal ahhaha
I should've thought of that!!! Fair trade, no?