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Title: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-02-26, 13:35:06: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEDIEVAL-ARMOR-GOTHIC-SHOES-FANTASY-LARP-COSTUME-REPLICA-ARMOURY-/170788240250?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c3c5bb7a (http://www.ebay.com/itm/MEDIEVAL-ARMOR-GOTHIC-SHOES-FANTASY-LARP-COSTUME-REPLICA-ARMOURY-/170788240250?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c3c5bb7a)
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Edward on 2012-02-26, 13:45:05: Huh, $59 is a steal, assuming they articulate at all correctly. That's the thing that's hard to tell from the photos is whether they move properly or not. And it's not clear what size shoe they'll fit over.

I'm tempted to give them a shot. To some degree you can control how big your foot is underneath the sabaton by choice of shoes. Wearing turnshoes will make your feet a lot smaller than with a modern boot.
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Andrew on 2012-02-26, 14:53:46: Judging from the lame pattern, they look like they should require little modification for movement. Actually, they're totally reversed form mine which I had to bust apart and re-assemble in the correct order...
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-02-26, 19:29:20: Sir Edward, we can always make the rivets sliding or adjust the heel or just make a pattern from them hehehehhe. you know you want to hehe
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir James A on 2012-02-27, 03:16:20: Yeah, $59 isn't bad with free shipping too. Definitely Indian made armor, since it says location is New Delhi. I'm sure they'll articulate enough to be workable, but if you just want a pattern from them, I think Mad Matt is selling his sabaton patterns as a PDF for $5 or $10.
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Ian on 2012-02-27, 03:45:02: If your interested in sab patterns, Doug Strong has his pattern for sale on the 14th c Chartres Cathedral sabs in pdf form.
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Edward on 2012-02-28, 15:40:37: The sabs are mine. $59 including international shipping. Even if they need work, that's not bad.
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Brian on 2012-02-28, 16:04:22: Congratulations! You needed them anyways! ;)
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-02-28, 16:17:37: sweet can't wait to see them!
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir James A on 2012-02-28, 19:13:54: Quote from: Sir Edward on 2012-02-28, 15:40:37

The sabs are mine. $59 including international shipping. Even if they need work, that's not bad.

Awesome! You know what goes great with sabatons? These!

http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php/topic,1614.msg20861.html (http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php/topic,1614.msg20861.html)

:D
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Edward on 2012-02-28, 19:15:44: You mean the poleaxes? Yeah, already in the works. Someone already bought the "B" poleaxe out from under me, by about an hour, but Craig may be willing to put a spike on one of the others and tempt me with that. So not a done deal yet, but getting pretty close. :)
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Gerard de Rodes on 2012-02-28, 19:27:40: Hi Sir Ed,
I have a pair of these sabatons. They are OK for the price.
Be prepared to remove a lame from these as they are massive.
They are not of the best quality manufacture but pass as show pieces.
They do move OK by the way.
G.
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2012-02-28, 20:58:35: ya i figured the same thing we can work on it :) or he can send his boots and sabs to Allen ;)

ooooooooooooooo get the spike get the spike get the spike
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir William on 2012-02-29, 18:21:20: If those things are truly 16" long, then your foot size would need to be a mens size 18 at least to fit that. But at least you can cut them down...adding more material would've been problematic I'd think. lol
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Edward on 2012-02-29, 18:58:40: Yeah, I figure they'll probably take some work. But the length probably includes the pointy-part at the front of the toe, and of course I may be wearing it over fairly big boots. So we'll see.
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir James A on 2012-03-01, 02:13:29: Quote from: Sir Edward on 2012-02-29, 18:58:40

Yeah, I figure they'll probably take some work. But the length probably includes the pointy-part at the front of the toe, and of course I may be wearing it over fairly big boots. So we'll see.

That's what I'm assuming, and there's a bit of "space" between the sabatons and shoes that won't sit 100% flush, so it might be close to decent in size. Depending how much extra space of opening on the top there is (if any) it might be pretty easy to trim down if necessary, since it's flat there and easy to cut.
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir Edward on 2012-03-19, 18:57:24: Forgot to mention, these got here and they're huge. They'll definitely need some resizing downward. It'll be one of those projects that I'll "get around to eventually", I'm sure. :)
Title: Re: sabs on ebay
Post by: Sir James A on 2012-03-20, 12:34:39: Quote from: Sir Edward on 2012-03-19, 18:57:24
Forgot to mention, these got here and they're huge. They'll definitely need some resizing downward. It'll be one of those projects that I'll "get around to eventually", I'm sure. :)

Those are the best kind of projects. :) My GDFB sabatons were similar. I wonder which pair is more ridiculously oversized. Sir Nathan saw the GDFBs last weekend.