Purchasing rivetted maille on the cheap?
Frank
fighting kit for use in Nordskogen. I'm primarily interested in things
that happened before 1350, which means that in one form or other, a
suit of maille is called for. The going rate for a knee length, full
sleeve hauberk of wedge rivetted flat rings seems to be in the
neighborhood of 700$. I don't want to pay 700$ if it can at all be
help, but at the same time I'd really rather not go in for a suit of
butted maille, and I sincerely do not wish to make my own maille.
So, this is the question. Where can I find a rivetted maille hauberk,
preferably knee length and with sleeves of at least 3/4s length, for
any price less than 700$, and preferably closer to free, stolen, or
taken from the still hands of a fallen enemy. Failing that, who is a
reputable vendor from whom I might purchase a quality set of maille?
David Friedman
<b917b44f-6f6b-4eee...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
Frank <FRMa...@gmail.com> wrote:
You might consider the alternative of lamellar, which fits your time
constraints, is a lot easier to make yourself than mail, and provides
protection for SCA combat.
--
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/ http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic.
Published by Baen, paperback in bookstores now
Frank
wrote:
> In article
> <b917b44f-6f6b-4eee-9fad-789a6087d...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
>
> Frank <FRMaho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello, Folks. I'm working towards putting together my own heavy
> > fighting kit for use in Nordskogen. I'm primarily interested in things
> > that happened before 1350, which means that in one form or other, a
> > suit of maille is called for. The going rate for a knee length, full
> > sleeve hauberk of wedge rivetted flat rings seems to be in the
> > neighborhood of 700$. I don't want to pay 700$ if it can at all be
> > help, but at the same time I'd really rather not go in for a suit of
> > butted maille, and I sincerely do not wish to make my own maille.
>
> > So, this is the question. Where can I find a rivetted maille hauberk,
> > preferably knee length and with sleeves of at least 3/4s length, for
> > any price less than 700$, and preferably closer to free, stolen, or
> > taken from the still hands of a fallen enemy. Failing that, who is a
> > reputable vendor from whom I might purchase a quality set of maille?
>
> You might consider the alternative of lamellar, which fits your time
> constraints, is a lot easier to make yourself than mail, and provides
> protection for SCA combat.
>
> --
> Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic.
> Published by Baen, paperback in bookstores now
I'm more interested in maille for the look and feel of it than any
protection value. a coat of maille in inextricably tied to my concept
of what a 'knight' is, from the 800's to about 1300. I actually have a
Lamellar Klibanion based off of the instructions in Cariadoc's Misc.,
but I want to look right, if that makes any sense. I guess I'm trying
to look like my ideal knight in shiny armor, except instead of full
plate I want oily, messy, loud, heavy rings.
That said, if I can't get a suit of maille I'll most likely just stick
with the Klibanion and declare myself to be a turk.
David Friedman
<86645144-8446-4486...@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
Frank <FRMa...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm glad you found the article useful.
You don't have to declare yourself a Turk--lamellar was used in lots of
places. There were a variety of lamellae found at Wisby, for instance,
and the famous Chinese pottery soldiers excavated some years back were
largely wearing lamellar.
--
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/ http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
Frank
you for Miscellany. It's been immensely helpful to me over the years,
both as a practical guidebook and a source of inspiration.
David Friedman
<fb3c835c-a02f-48c8...@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Frank <FRMa...@gmail.com> wrote:
Glad to be of use.
John Campbell
Several of the locals hereabouts have flat-linked riveted mail hauberks
that they bought from Sir Karl von Sussen. Poking around his eBay store
(http://stores.ebay.com/Highland-Arms) a little, it looks like he
charges about $500-600 depending on whether you want stainless or mild
steel. (There's at least one aluminum one on the field around here, too,
but I don't see them on his site. I'm guessing you don't want aluminum,
anyway.) I don't think that includes shipping, though, so you might be
right back up to $700 after figuring in the cost of mailing 30 pounds of
steel around.
--
AEthelwulf of Mountain Freehold
mka John Campbell
jcam...@lynn.ci-n.com
Robert Uhl
I'll second that. The Miscellany was--along with the Florilegium and
the Rialto itself--a good part of what got me interested in the SCA in
the first place. It's a great piece of work and deserves its share of
praise &c.
--
Guthlac of Caerthe <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl>
Try travelling from state to state in America without a driver's license
and proof of insurance, to be yielded up to the first uniformed
road-thug who demands it. --L. Neil Smith