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- Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:01 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: leather armour for poorer Vikes/Saxons
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9038
I don't see why a poorer warrior would need or have armour? It's still an expense he can't afford when it's not going to get used much, and a leather jerkin on its own isn't really going to save your life so seems pointless. That much leather is still going to be expensive for not a great deal of de...
- Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:28 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: Help / advice please!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4491
- Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:56 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Kings involved in the invasion of 1066
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8700
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:58 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Kings involved in the invasion of 1066
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8700
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:55 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Kings involved in the invasion of 1066
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8700
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:08 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Kings involved in the invasion of 1066
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8700
- Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:44 pm
- Forum: Traders Discussion
- Topic: Bowstock - updated web site
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1812
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:45 am
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Iron shield rim - how to attach?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6139
I have also found on very small saxon buckler sized shields I've used, most shots end up on the boss or face, mainly because you're using it actively, the boss is used to disengage opponants weapons, if it misses the boss, it nicks the face, but you rarely use the edge to absorb the blow like you wo...
- Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:25 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Iron shield rim - how to attach?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6139
- Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:54 am
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Iron shield rim - how to attach?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6139
- Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:52 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: bizarre weapons and armor
- Replies: 76
- Views: 27949
Re: Old Sarum
Alan_F wrote:
Dan, watch out, there appears to be a huge lump of earth following you about!

- Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:24 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: bizarre weapons and armor
- Replies: 76
- Views: 27949
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:49 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: bizarre weapons and armor
- Replies: 76
- Views: 27949
read the whole thread before posting reply! I did. Word for word. I don't know what group you play with, and what their rules are on ethnic kit but I'd imagine if you want to portray a blacksmith, turned horseless knight(?)then a burmese fighting knife probably wouldn't have been your weapon of cho...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:09 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: lacquering leather armour (has become Archer vs Armour)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 30272
Also the sheer psychological effect of having several thousand arrows coming down on top of you is reason enough to keep shooting surely, especially in a period where infantry aren't really using large shields. Volley after volley is going to force the commander to either leg it, or attempt a charge...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:43 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: bizarre weapons and armor
- Replies: 76
- Views: 27949
youngish blacksmith, who spend many years making weapons and armor for others. he gets tired living the same life as his father and his father before him so he decides to go to war (enlist or as a mercenary). before he goes he makes himself some kind of basic plate armor, maybe with lames or scales...
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:45 am
- Forum: 1603-1715
- Topic: Gunpowder Plot
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2462
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For all your Roman,Saxon,Viking,Medieval,Tudor and great fire of london school workshop needs as provided by yours truely and Andy P.
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See also http://www.portalstothepast.co.uk
For all your Roman,Saxon,Viking,Medieval,Tudor and great fire of london school workshop needs as provided by yours truely and Andy P.
Wm
- Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:47 pm
- Forum: 2000BC-55BC
- Topic: I can't believe it still butter
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10054
Pffft...it's the local tribe's ritual man-fat collection barrel. Every warrior had to abstain the night before a battle and then make a contribution into the barrel first thing in the morning. This was then thrown into the bog as an offering to the great god Bookhakee.... There'll be a digestive in...
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:25 am
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Speculative axe play model
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6511
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:35 am
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Speculative axe play model
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6511
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:33 am
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Iron shield rim - how to attach?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6139
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:51 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: Speculative axe play model
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6511
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:23 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: saxon style shield/axe?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14377
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:20 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: saxon style shield/axe?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14377
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:42 pm
- Forum: 410-1100
- Topic: saxon style shield/axe?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14377
To reiterate DO: Decide time period - join group - let them tell you what kit is acceptable - Purchase kit according to their rules DO NOT: Buy kit when you haven't decided a specific time period you want to do. What is good for 6th C Saxon is not good for 11th C Saxon. - Buy kit when you don't have...
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:06 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: A Gallery of Helmet Adornments and Crests
- Replies: 83
- Views: 74758
Was wonderfully cheap. Made by Thorkil, this was the first helm with full decorative plates that he made, I gave him alot of the specifications and diagrams so I got it for a good price. I think he's selling them for twice what I paid for it, I got it for just over £600 with shipping. It's very much...
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:02 pm
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: A Gallery of Helmet Adornments and Crests
- Replies: 83
- Views: 74758
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:32 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: A Gallery of Helmet Adornments and Crests
- Replies: 83
- Views: 74758
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:36 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: lacquering leather armour (has become Archer vs Armour)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 30272
I was quite suprised, at Kelmarsh this year in the volley firing for Agincourt, how quite a dense volley can miss just about everyone. It leads me to conjecture that the chances of being hit at all at a distance are less than you might think instinctively. Maybe you just had bad archers? At Hasting...
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:23 am
- Forum: 1100-1500
- Topic: help needed with strapping a late norman helmet.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4016
I'd have thought a chin strap wouldn't be able to go under the chin while the ventail is up, I spose you'd have to tie the chin strap under the chin, then fold the ventail over the top of the strap. If that makes sense. Depends if there's any gaps round the ventail while its up to allow for the chin...