nice kit for sale

[Sir Wolf]

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: 5´11" 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:

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

[Sir Edward]

Nice! He's my height, but I weigh a bit more. Too bad I'm a little strapped for cash.

[Sir William]

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!

[Sir Wolf]

i bet he would take paypal off a credit card hahahahah come on dude its jiri's its great stuff!!!!!!!!

[Sir William]

Ha!  Too late!  I already hit up a credit card on a new set of harness for arms and legs for next year.

[Sir James A]

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!

[Sir Wolf]

yeah, us short guys always get armour bites

[Sir Ulrich]

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.

[Sir William]

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.

[Sir Edward]

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.

[Sir William]

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.

[Sir James A]

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.

[Sir Edward]

Some folks are passing this link around on facebook now.

Man, if I could lose 25 pounds instantly, I'd be really super tempted.

[Sir William]

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.

[Sir Jason Simonds]

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.