Armor for SwordChick

[Das Bill]

(Insert Das Bill's sarcastic reply here.) 

Er.... Your mom? (That's about as clever as I get with the sarcastic comments these days, what with spending so much time around David...)

And of course you can try them on.

[Sir Wolf]

hey, here u go:
http://www.varmouries.com/vspecial.html

Features: neck (gorget) , two shoulders set, chest and back plates that hinge from rivets on the sides. This size here is about : 36" bust, 28" waist, but has straps and can be let out to 40" bust / 35" waist (approx).    Fantasy Female Armour
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(val_30) - 20 ga steel, ROUGH hammered - but POLISHED to resist rust ! ...Made by Rob around 2006, rented a few times, now has NEW straps.
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Price $800 CAD

[Sir Edward]

Wow, gorgeous

[Sir Brian]

WOW indeed! Great find Sir Wolf!

I'll have to bookmark that for "future" consideration for my love...I think she would make
a great Joan of Arc! 

[Sir Wolf]

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=83772&highlight=

Made by Trehearth armoury 1 solid piece front
1 solid back

mild steel

Very very nice piece.

She's given up ever fitting it again and says she'll probably never fight she was
26 waist 38 d cup


NEVER fought it worn for a couple halloweens and such.

SOOOOooooo

Here is the pic off Truehearth's website

She wants $475 for it or make her an offer

[Sword Chick]

Cheaper than implants. 

Okay, silly question, but isn't the traditional rounded "male" design intended to deflect the blow away from the center of the torso and wouldn't a "female" design direct some blows towards the center of the torso?

[Sir Wolf]

no i dont think so and heres why.

male on field of battle.. you walk on field, and while he is ummm staring you hit him in the head or other body ... then on to the next male opponient, repeat same steps

[Sword Chick]

Ah, that explains it!  That sounds darn right useful. 

[Sir Edward]

Yeah, I see how that works. You won't have to worry about strikes against the sternum if all of your opponents are gawking and distracted.

[Christian Tobler]

All boobie jokes aside...I doubt such a contraption makes for safe protection. In general, soft tissue on the body is protected by armour that is supported on either side against harder bodily structures.

All the best,

Christian

[Sir Edward]

Quite true. I think my concern (and I suspect Pamela's as well) is how sharp/narrow of a surface this example has at the center of the sternum. Sport fencing chest-protectors tend to have a wider flat area in the center, if I recall correctly, and they're not intended for taking heavy percussive blows.

Are there historical examples that are so... ahem.. anatomically endowed?

[Sword Chick]

Quite true. I think my concern (and I suspect Pamela's as well) is how sharp/narrow of a surface this example has at the center of the sternum.

Exactly.  I was being silly, but my question was serious.  I think a more traditional breastplate would provide better protection and, honestly, would be more comfortable to wear.

As a point of reference, I wear a "male" sport fencing chest protector for rapier fencing.  I wear it more for comfort though.  It fits me better.  (Insert joke here, but I'll be the first to point out that a 38D I'm not.)

[Sword Chick]

So what do you think?  The descriptions are slightly different, but to my untrained eye the photos look like the same legs.

The new listing
http://www.revival.us/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=336

The previous listing
http://www.revival.us/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=293

Do I try again?  And I wonder what happened to the greaves if they are the same.  Certainly neither picture matches the legs that were actually sent to me the first time. 

[Sir Wolf]

i dunno, they dont look too off from the ones you got.  i would say stay clear of these imho.

[Sir Wolf]

hmmmm since your looking for legs, heres some links

http://www.madmattsarmory.com/inv_legs.php

http://spiers-saddlery.stores.yahoo.net/standststful.html
http://spiers-saddlery.stores.yahoo.net/greaves.html

www.icefalcon.com