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Dragonlover:
You betcher skippie!!!! The Elliotts, Scotts, and Armstrongs were constantly raiding over the border for loot, livestock, and women. Not to mention a horse or two! VARF has come and gone for another year and it was an excellent time as always! Our own Sir Edward had the opportunity to give some instruction to a young man, much to the relief of his mother, Sir Brian tried his hand at axe throwing, and I managed to get a pretty good archery lesson and bout in. Of course, the real star was Ed's new scabbard and afterwards on Sat, he let Sir Brian and I heft his Albion. I couldn't swing it, all I could do was drool! ;D
Many thanks to all who came out and Sir Blackwolf, I hope the plans my lady gave you serve you well.I am glad I got to meet Lady Alexa and Lord Keith, Jake and his lady, whose name just now escapes me. And a heartedly well-met to you, Casey! Cheers everybody! :D
Sir Wolf:
if you want to do it right, don't buy anything. research first ;)
u say a few decades before or after 1400, but let me tell you that is a WORLD of HUGE difference in armour, clothing, fashion and social. get down the dates to about 10 years or so. area (England, France, German) makes a huge difference on the same too!
i wouldn't buy either of those helmets. one they are way over priced and 2 they don't really look like the real thing ;)
as to doublet. well before mid 1400s there were no "doublets." chausis and later hose were held up by the brais and then later "they think" by the pourpoint during fighting.
some good books for you to look into are the Osprey Publishing: Men at Arms or Elite or Warrior series. lots of different types focusing on short tidbits here and there, and cheap enough that if you don't really like that "look" you can get another book. another great book is 1381 The Peel Affinity. written and photographed by a local living history group. shows a great variety of armour and clothing for the 14thc.
here's just a few of my Osprey at easy reach of the computer, there are 100s of these books.
Osprey Publishing
Men -at-Arms:
Medieval European Armies, The Swiss at War, The Armies of Crecy & Poitiers, Italian Medieval Armies, German Medieval Armies, French Medieval Armies, Scandinavian Baltic Crusaders, Medieval Polish Armies
Elite:
Knights at Tourneyments
Warrior:
English Medieval Knights, Knight Hospitaller, Knight of Outremer, Italian Militiamen
for the correct way to do it, yes a hauberk needs to be worn over a aketon/gambeson in the 14thc but just for faires it maybe a tad hot heheh. again to the coif, research, the helmet you may choose might not call for a mail coif but a mail aventail attached to the helm itself
now don't get me wrong I love a great kit. whether its done historically, fantasy or just down right looks cool I just don't want you to buy something and then be ah man i could have spent this and got this instead cheaper or gotten this and looked better or more to what I want. :) hehehe let us help you out here. find a great picture of what you aspire to be and we all here will do our best to help you look the most kick ass you can
Sir Ancelyn:
Thanks Sir. Wolf!
This is the kind of information I can use, especially about the helmets. I'll be back when I have more questions. :-D
Thanks,
Adam
Sir Wolf:
oh i'm good about helmets, i have 23 or so of them ;)
Sir Ancelyn:
Okay, you said you are great with helmets. I am looking at hounskulls and sugarloaf great helms right now and have some questions.
Should the hounskull have attachment points on the outside of the neck for the aventail? Is there a prefered number? Should they be large or small? If missing from the helmet can these be added or should I go with a different maker?
Guage of steel; is 18 preferable to 16? I am leaning towards 18 for the sake of weight.
How much clearance is good, under 1" on a side?
Here are my latest items for coveting:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200523209729&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT This one is being sold by several sellers for a wide variety of prices. Bolts for the aventail are not in evidence.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180496510817&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT This one illustrates the concept of "Oh my, did you attach bolts to your neck?"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310261118351&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT I like this sugarloaf, but am not wedded to this one. For the price it seems reasonable at least as a decoration.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310260485757&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Perhaps this one could be for an evil prersona, or an evil room. :-)
I haven't bought anything as of yet, still browsing.
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