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- Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:45 pm
- Forum: Creative Works
- Topic: 7th century seax and sheath
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7781
Re: 7th century seax and sheath
Verrry nice...
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:14 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Spurs - supplier?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2347
Re: Spurs - supplier?
Awesome! thanks Phil!
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 1:39 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Spurs - supplier?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2347
Spurs - supplier?
Any suggestions of where to go to buy some simple prick-spurs (with a very small prick - oo-er! - a safety requirement..) suitable for 13c?
I'm just looking for off-the-shelf, don't have the budget for custom-made - but can do the leatherwork myself.
Ta.
I'm just looking for off-the-shelf, don't have the budget for custom-made - but can do the leatherwork myself.
Ta.
- Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:59 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Kite Shield Boss??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11738
Re: Kite Shield Boss??
Is that really a caparison, or is it a limitation of the material or craftsman to do individual horses legs given it's size?
- Thu Aug 08, 2013 2:15 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: whats best under chainmail ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9458
Re: whats best under chainmail ?
I know! I tried my best not to mention it. I really did. The problem is though without evidence of it for that period, how can you re-create it? There is evidence of mail being work just over the cotte as late as the 13c - so regardless of whether they had textile armour in the earlier periods, I'm ...
- Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:33 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: whats best under chainmail ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9458
Re: whats best under chainmail ?
And back to the question of generic 'Dark Age' re-enactment - I'm pretty sure we're looking at a timeframe before aketons/gambesons/jacks (whatever we want to call them) were present. So without any real evidence of specialist 'arming clothes' - I would assume that the mail just goes over 'normal, e...
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:02 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Bannockburn 2014
- Replies: 232
- Views: 90633
Re: Bannockburn 2014
Wow. The battle every 2 hours.. Not enough time to be worth de-armouring between. . Not really sure I have the energy for that,. Not three days of it, with a long drive etc.
Maybe 20 years ago...
Maybe 20 years ago...
- Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:31 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: whats best under chainmail ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9458
Re: whats best under chainmail ?
UN-hardened leather is really quite bad at protecting from bladed weapons (I'm reliably informed)
- Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:28 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: whats best under chainmail ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9458
Re: whats best under chainmail ?
Oily chainmail can ruin a good tunic; Absolutely.. (which is one reason to wear two.. an old, plain, oily one to take the damage) Maybe linen over wool would work better as it wouldn't snag as much and would last longer in terms of wear.. The problem with leather is that it doesn't breath - and cer...
- Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:16 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: whats best under chainmail ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9458
Re: whats best under chainmail ?
Wool. Maybe two of them if you want that bit more protection.
Leather? Absolutely not.
Leather? Absolutely not.
- Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:08 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7183
Re: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
I'm of the 2-gamby view (but it's hard to say for sure since you never see them shown with different colours). Kingsmirror describes wearing a gamby over mail (and one under) - makes sense to me that if you couldn't afford mail, the two gambies (with the same kind of thickness/construction) is still...
- Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:28 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Painted bucklers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3807
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:34 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7183
Re: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
Heh, yeah. I often (stupidly) try to use common sense to see if what I observe well, makese sense! I'm convinced that there was a shift from spear+shield to 2-h weapons amongst infantry when going from the 12th to the 13th century. It makes sense when you look at it next to armour developments. Henr...
- Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:01 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7183
Re: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
I suspect this one is probably the best you'll find: http://www.medievaltymes.com/courtyard/images/maciejowski/leaf10/otm10va&b.gif It's difficult to guage who would be a serjent and who a knight - especially since is wasn't uncommon for serjents to be mounted too. I tent to look at this image and s...
- Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:15 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Carrying arrows in the belt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3859
Re: Carrying arrows in the belt
The chronica Majora shows an archer shooting with arrows in the belt. To be fair, he was in a boat so couldn't stick them in the ground, but it does indicate that it was done.
- Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:11 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7183
Re: Mid 13thC footsoldiers - and their elusive shields...
There are some depictions to be found. If you have a copy of ospreys English mediaeval knight 1200 to 1300, page 12 shows one on an elephant! The Mac Bible also has an image of an infantry man in a siege with a large, earlier style flat topped kite. You could also try looking at the dead in the manu...
- Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:17 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Padded Armour - Collars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5293
Re: Padded Armour - Collars
However, if it is the case that such things have no evidence to base them on, is it not the case that the manufacturers / vendors of such items are guilty of both mis-representing them as being from the medieval era and also of defrauding their potential customers who might be buying these items at...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:50 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Patterns for Medieval soft kit.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4164
Re: Patterns for Medieval soft kit.
A good guide: http://forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Tunics/TUNICS.HTML Worked very well for me.. (pic): http://s914.photobucket.com/user/DoCReenactment/media/Harewood%202013/IMGP0048_zps5d5ef11b.jpg.html?sort=3&o=24#/user/DoCReenactment/media/Harewood%202013/IMGP0048_zps5d5ef11b.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2...
- Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:34 pm
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Padded Armour - Collars
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5293
Re: Padded Armour - Collars
There are plenty seperate collars shown in the mac bible, as mentioned - but not of the style you're talking about. These are just the collar and don't include the shoulder/chest part. Of course from a manuscript, who can say whether they were padded or not.. I've com across literary references of b...
- Tue May 28, 2013 5:24 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: Harewood House - Spacehopper jousting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4473
- Mon May 20, 2013 1:48 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Has anyone seen these swords used?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9255
Re: Has anyone seen these swords used?
The "Practical" name generally refers to mass-produced stuff by Hanwei, which arrives in the UK at about £30 wholesale. They're available from several places at about £60-80 including delivery by UK post. Although these don't look anything like the Hanwei range - or anything like that style - so I'...
- Sun May 12, 2013 3:00 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Hose maker sought
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4345
Re: Hose maker sought
They should advertise that better. I've certainly been put off buying from there more than once simply due to the additional costs.
- Thu May 09, 2013 11:55 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Bannockburn 2014
- Replies: 232
- Views: 90633
Re: Bannockburn 2014
I actually think it's a really, really good "Brave" interpretation.
- Wed May 01, 2013 9:45 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Bannockburn 2014
- Replies: 232
- Views: 90633
Re: Bannockburn 2014
I'm curious if someone did want to contact the "movers and shakers" from the Uk reenacting scene, what would that list look like? Who are the "top ten" most influential people in terms of providing numbers for events in UK reenactment at the moment? :) I'm not sure they really exist for that period...
- Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:02 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Bannockburn 2014
- Replies: 232
- Views: 90633
Re: Bannockburn 2014
Hm.. I did have half an eye on this for a future event... Now? May have to get some wood just in case I need to fashion a bargepole.. Watching carefully...
- Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:01 pm
- Forum: Friends and Gossip
- Topic: Newbie's guide to kit buying
- Replies: 53
- Views: 59197
Re: Newbie's guide to kit buying
I'd say it depends a lot on when you start.... We have new members starting now and we're telling them to get shoes/hose/braes... the rest can be loaned by the group. We had new members starting right at the end of the display season - all they will be doing is training for the next 7-8 months - so ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:27 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: how low are braies ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7149
Re: how low are braies ?
Here's a c13 pic: http://dawnofchivalry.wikispaces.com/Hose You can see that the back is kind of mid-thigh-ish, the front goes all the way up to where it attaches to the braes - but the braes also hang quite low (the waistline on them was really low too - just sitting on the hip-bone). You'll also n...
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:59 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Skin-tight maille....?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6745
Re: Skin-tight maille....?
Agh.. this is really annoying me because I can't find my sources on this. Been so long since I looked into it. There are a couple of images/effigies/carvings(can't remember - gah) which do show a slit. Most show it being vertical (ie in the direction of wrist to fingers), but there is one showing it...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:05 pm
- Forum: Food and Drink
- Topic: medieval oatcake recipe?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19614
Re: medieval oatcake recipe?
Any ideas on stopping them from sticking to your knuckles (and burning them!) while you flatten it?
Also, would I be correct in thinking that this was just the 'base' oatcake, and that there may have been other variations of it - with other 'stuff' thrown in where available? Berries/fruit etc.
Also, would I be correct in thinking that this was just the 'base' oatcake, and that there may have been other variations of it - with other 'stuff' thrown in where available? Berries/fruit etc.
- Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:26 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Chainmail Query
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6591
Re: Chainmail Query
Underarms should be fairly straight forward. You have your tube for the body, with a slit left for each armhole, so if you look at it from the side while pulling the armhole open it will be an upside down teardrop shape. Then if you have the sleeve you are to join with the same amount of links width...