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$, and preferably closer to free, stolen, or taken from the still hands of a fallen enemy. Failing that, who is a reputable vendor from whom I might purchase a quality set of maille?
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Frank <FRMaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, Folks. I'm working towards putting together my own heavy > fighting kit for use in Nordskogen. I'm primarily interested in things > that happened before 1350, which means that in one form or other, a > suit of maille is called for. The going rate for a knee length, full > sleeve hauberk of wedge rivetted flat rings seems to be in the > neighborhood of 700$. 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$, and preferably closer to free, stolen, or > taken from the still hands of a fallen enemy. Failing that, who is a > reputable vendor from whom I might purchase a quality set of maille?
You might consider the alternative of lamellar, which fits your time constraints, is a lot easier to make yourself than mail, and provides protection for SCA combat.
> In article > <b917b44f-6f6b-4eee-9fad-789a6087d...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
> Frank <FRMaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, Folks. I'm working towards putting together my own heavy > > fighting kit for use in Nordskogen. I'm primarily interested in things > > that happened before 1350, which means that in one form or other, a > > suit of maille is called for. The going rate for a knee length, full > > sleeve hauberk of wedge rivetted flat rings seems to be in the > > neighborhood of 700$. 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$, and preferably closer to free, stolen, or > > taken from the still hands of a fallen enemy. Failing that, who is a > > reputable vendor from whom I might purchase a quality set of maille?
> You might consider the alternative of lamellar, which fits your time > constraints, is a lot easier to make yourself than mail, and provides > protection for SCA combat.
I'm more interested in maille for the look and feel of it than any protection value. a coat of maille in inextricably tied to my concept of what a 'knight' is, from the 800's to about 1300. I actually have a Lamellar Klibanion based off of the instructions in Cariadoc's Misc., but I want to look right, if that makes any sense. I guess I'm trying to look like my ideal knight in shiny armor, except instead of full plate I want oily, messy, loud, heavy rings.
That said, if I can't get a suit of maille I'll most likely just stick with the Klibanion and declare myself to be a turk.
Frank <FRMaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 4, 4:55 am, David Friedman <d...@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com> > wrote: > > In article > > <b917b44f-6f6b-4eee-9fad-789a6087d...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
> > Frank <FRMaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, Folks. I'm working towards putting together my own heavy > > > fighting kit for use in Nordskogen. I'm primarily interested in things > > > that happened before 1350, which means that in one form or other, a > > > suit of maille is called for. The going rate for a knee length, full > > > sleeve hauberk of wedge rivetted flat rings seems to be in the > > > neighborhood of 700$. 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.
> 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.
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.
You know, I didn't realize who I a was talking to. I'd like to thank you for Miscellany. It's been immensely helpful to me over the years, both as a practical guidebook and a source of inspiration.
In article <fb3c835c-a02f-48c8-835f-ff3347313...@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Frank <FRMaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > You know, I didn't realize who I a was talking to. I'd like to thank > you for Miscellany. It's been immensely helpful to me over the years, > both as a practical guidebook and a source of inspiration.
Frank 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?
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 jcamp...@lynn.ci-n.com
Frank <FRMaho...@gmail.com> writes: > You know, I didn't realize who I a was talking to. I'd like to thank > you for Miscellany. It's been immensely helpful to me over the years, > both as a practical guidebook and a source of inspiration.
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
