this year's Battle of The Thirty (picture intensive!)

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brasidus said:
Actually my armour weighs less than that, but with shield and sword it gets right around there. SCA armour is also heavier often than original since well, they often just didn't want to die, we would like to avoid being bruised too badly.  :wink:
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My armour, depending on what I am wearing weighs between 45-65 lbs. gambesons shoes, sowrds, polaxes, daggers ect. all add to that. My Roman Armour weighs about 35 LBS with lorica galea and greaves.
 
brasidus said:
brasidus said:
Actually my armour weighs less than that, but with shield and sword it gets right around there. SCA armour is also heavier often than original since well, they often just didn't want to die, we would like to avoid being bruised too badly.  :wink:
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My armour, depending on what I am wearing weighs between 45-65 lbs. gambesons shoes, sowrds, polaxes, daggers ect. all add to that. My Roman Armour weighs about 35 LBS with lorica galea and greaves.
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Youre one lucky guy.
 
Nah, I worked hard and sacrificed a lot of things that probably were more important. I've since sold a lot of my gear for things like a laptop for work ect.

I am looking at buying a good rebated blade again as I am getting back into swordwork, and redoing my Roman kit for educational demos.

Start small, find one thing you want and save up for it. Then move on to the next thing. But make sure what you are buying is quality stuff, you don't need to be a millionaire, many items are quite reasonable, and it can be a far cheaper hobby than computer gaming.  :wink:

Always check with someone who has more experience than you when buying. I suggest asking at one of these two places for advice:

http://www.armourarchive.org/

http://www.armourarchive.org/

By the way many of the best armourers these days are coming from the Czech Republic such as http://www.arms-armor.cz/
 
brasidus said:
Nah, I worked hard and sacrificed a lot of things that probably were more important. I've since sold a lot of my gear for things like a laptop for work ect.

I am looking at buying a good rebated blade again as I am getting back into swordwork, and redoing my Roman kit for educational demos.

Start small, find one thing you want and save up for it. Then move on to the next thing. But make sure what you are buying is quality stuff, you don't need to be a millionaire, many items are quite reasonable, and it can be a far cheaper hobby than computer gaming.  :wink:

Always check with someone who has more experience than you when buying. I suggest asking at one of these two places for advice:

http://www.armourarchive.org/

http://www.armourarchive.org/

By the way many of the best armourers these days are coming from the Czech Republic such as http://www.arms-armor.cz/
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What kind of blade you after, Brad? I have four and might be considering shifting one. All predominantly C12th-13th styles, but one is acceptable across to about 1350 ish.
 
Hey thanks for thinking of me Blackthorn!  :smile:

Right now I'm just testing the waters to see how my schedule handles it.
I've found a school thats just five minutes from me http://www.schlachtschule.org/ that I am interested in. He focuses on the German Fechtbuches where I have spent more time with Italian so it should be fun!

But as for swords I figure I will pick up a Paul Chen Practical Longsword. They can be had for around $89.00 and while not top of the line I know several people who use them extensiviely in thier schools for many years. It's probably run almost half of that cost just to ship me one of your blades.  But thank you for the gracious offer, much appreciated.

I figure I'll get me one fo those, a midrange waster, a wooden Daga, and one of Revivals Talhoffer polaxe trainers and I'll be up to snuff.

All the blades I have now are my cutting blades.

 
brasidus said:
Hey thanks for thinking of me Blackthorn!  :smile:

Right now I'm just testing the waters to see how my schedule handles it.
I've found a school thats just five minutes from me http://www.schlachtschule.org/ that I am interested in. He focuses on the German Fechtbuches where I have spent more time with Italian so it should be fun!

But as for swords I figure I will pick up a Paul Chen Practical Longsword. They can be had for around $89.00 and while not top of the line I know several people who use them extensiviely in thier schools for many years. It's probably run almost half of that cost just to ship me one of your blades.  But thank you for the gracious offer, much appreciated.

I figure I'll get me one fo those, a midrange waster, a wooden Daga, and one of Revivals Talhoffer polaxe trainers and I'll be up to snuff.

All the blades I have now are my cutting blades.
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I can happily vouch for the Chen line; I use two (the Scandi style and the European style) and I've been using them for three-four years, and found them cheap but cheerfull. The blades hold out well, it's the fittings that are the problem. The blade qualities can vary greatly however, I've got one that seems to defy any kind of blade deformation, whilst I've encountered a couple of fairly soft blades. But all in all, a good line.
I've a Paul Binn custom Danish and an Armourclass top of the line Norman, and I still reach for my Paul Chen Practical Viking as a first choice- the balance is excellent and suits my wrist and style perfectly.
Just make sure to rewrap the hilt!
 
In the future I'd like to buy a transitional suit (if anyone has a link to good high quality suit, please post it) or Medieval Reproductions beautiful Crusader Armour (with Albion Armouries Mark Great Helm, I am not a fan of the Maciejowski style), but, as I said not soon, I just spent $550 on a 27 inch LCD HDTV and 5.1 surround sound.
 
brasidus said:
Nah, I worked hard and sacrificed a lot of things that probably were more important. I've since sold a lot of my gear for things like a laptop for work ect.

I am looking at buying a good rebated blade again as I am getting back into swordwork, and redoing my Roman kit for educational demos.

Start small, find one thing you want and save up for it. Then move on to the next thing. But make sure what you are buying is quality stuff, you don't need to be a millionaire, many items are quite reasonable, and it can be a far cheaper hobby than computer gaming.  :wink:

Always check with someone who has more experience than you when buying. I suggest asking at one of these two places for advice:

http://www.armourarchive.org/

http://www.armourarchive.org/

By the way many of the best armourers these days are coming from the Czech Republic such as http://www.arms-armor.cz/
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Thank you very much. In the future i want to buy my own armor thank you again

And I am from Slovakia its next to the Czech Republic. So that means yeah its good to live here well not really.
 
For Czech armourers there's also http://www.bestarmour.com/.  Although I must admit I am a little dubious about the quality of their armour.  Especially because some of the suits are not very continuous historically.  They look okay for the most part though, but, you can never really tell just by looks.
 
Edward of Woodstock said:
For Czech armourers there's also http://www.bestarmour.com/.  Although I must admit I am a little dubious about the quality of their armour.  Especially because some of the suits are not very continuous historically.  They look okay for the most part though, but, you can never really tell just by looks.
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Hmm interesting but you know a shop where you can buy some armor without being a full plate armor. Perhaps chainmail.
 
Knightbonehead said:
Edward of Woodstock said:
For Czech armourers there's also http://www.bestarmour.com/.  Although I must admit I am a little dubious about the quality of their armour.  Especially because some of the suits are not very continuous historically.  They look okay for the most part though, but, you can never really tell just by looks.
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Hmm interesting but you know a shop where you can buy some armor without being a full plate armor. Perhaps chainmail.
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Best Armor does good work, but like most shops some of thier work is better than others.

As for Chainmail:

http://www.forth-armoury.com/

http://www.historicenterprises.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=25

And again check with the Armour archive for suppliers of chain.
 
Edward of Woodstock said:
In the future I'd like to buy a transitional suit (if anyone has a link to good high quality suit, please post it) or Medieval Reproductions beautiful Crusader Armour (with Albion Armouries Mark Great Helm, I am not a fan of the Maciejowski style), but, as I said not soon, I just spent $550 on a 27 inch LCD HDTV and 5.1 surround sound.
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Despite it being overshot from my era, I quite like the Maciejowski greathelm. I prefer the earlier barrell helm, though. Was sorely dissapointed not to find it on M+B... an Anarchy mod, I tellz ya!
 
brasidus said:
Knightbonehead said:
Edward of Woodstock said:
For Czech armourers there's also http://www.bestarmour.com/.  Although I must admit I am a little dubious about the quality of their armour.  Especially because some of the suits are not very continuous historically.  They look okay for the most part though, but, you can never really tell just by looks.
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Hmm interesting but you know a shop where you can buy some armor without being a full plate armor. Perhaps chainmail.
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Best Armor does good work, but like most shops some of thier work is better than others.

As for Chainmail:

http://www.forth-armoury.com/

http://www.historicenterprises.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=25

And again check with the Armour archive for suppliers of chain.
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Thank you i will remember that if you want something just ask.
 
Glad to be of service.
If you want to see more pictures and video of The Battle of the Thirty over the years and much more check this site out:

http://www.jubilex.com/
 
If you are an european http://www.drachenwald.sca.org/ is the place to go. im curently a member in Ulvberget lokal SCA, in the Nordmark Principality.
 
Wow, I didn't know reenactment could be on such a scale, and it's quite dangerous as well. How do you even know who's who?
 
Raz said:
Wow, I didn't know reenactment could be on such a scale, and it's quite dangerous as well. How do you even know who's who?
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A person's armour is usually quite distinctive.  I can almost always recognize someone I know just by the helm and stance.

Except for Owen.  He wears Sir Liam's old kettle helm.  And Sir Liam's old biege tabard.  And, when out of armour, Norman garb and a phrygian cap that looks very much like Sir Liam's.  He managed to earn himslef the nickname "Snot Liam", as in, "Hey, it's Liam!  Wait... (it)'snot Liam."
 
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