... hand ... in minute ... "Spainish ... for the ... That certainly makes sense and I was inclined to go more with Water's description in that article because ...
... with the ... tools might ... surface being ... certainly worked ... consistent with ... define the ... though ... tool and ... the sort of ... were...
Greetings Noemi, Just go to your local Medieval merchant, Home Depot. In increasing order of difficulty to work, they have small cross section rounds,...
Hi. A modeling spoon is, in my recollection, a bone device that has, at one end, a spoon bowl shaped portion for burnishing and depressing, and the other...
... There have been a lot of variants on modeling spoons/burnishers made from anything from brass to polished stone. It's something of a chicken or egg ...
... Does anyone have any further information on these things, or on sword scabbards in general? Specifically mid-14th century ones? I've been given a sword and...
http://cms.dordrecht.nl/dordt?nav=toduIsHaKnPTotbBrtbBjBIHD Images of the rain covers, which look more like they were attached to swords rather than scabbards....
For those interested, the following is on exhibit at the MET in NYC. At The Metropolitan Museum of Art Special Exhibition The Armored Horse in Europe,...
A small request for some information, please. My wife has just acquired a pair of coyote hides, thinking they were ready to use in a new costume she is...
Hi. Can't tell from here how they are processed, but if they are really hard and appear to just be skinned, you will have to do some tanning yourself or send...
... If they were alum or acid tanned (both common methods for hair on tanning), they will tend to be stiff until worked. If either of those methods was used,...
They are probably raw hides that have been stretched and dried. You will need to have them tanned or do it yourself. Good leather supply places carry tanning...
Greetings all, I came across a tantalizing picture in the following book and I was wondering if anyone has heard of the hoard? Tudor London / by Weinstein,...
Hi, All. I must have lost out on something, but I am confused as to the thread about oil lamps. Were we talking about them at some point? BTW, unless you are...
Being as I already have a lasting jack [wood and metal and not one of those all metal tack pounders] I figured some of you flush types might like a shot at the...
A new book has appeared on the subject of aquamaniles, the high table items used to wash hands before and after eating. They are usually in fantastic forms of...
A local gentle posted this to the local groups Yahoo!group. In order to help him I have reposted his question: "I have a picture of a piece of leg armour that...
Well I've seen pictures of mail leg armor that's been laced on like that. It would have been useful to see the whole picture to see how the artist depicted...
Looks like the hashing at the top represents the bottom of the mail hauberk with the surcoat flowing behind. The pattern of the Chassue does look like the...
Greetings! ... I'd say it's chain mail. The book "Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight" by David Edge and John Miles Paddock shows several illuminations from...
I was recently reading the medievalshoemaking list and someone posted a handout that got me thinking. One of things I've got going on right now is that I'm...
... Truthfully, a good idea. I've been slowly working my way through the files of our local Society group's arts and sciences files to scan and preserve ...
... I appreciate it. Thank you. If you do fine something, it would be better if I could get permission to house it from either the author or the author's...
Warmest Greeings Unto the Group, I was aked by some of the guys in my group, what is the best weight for armor leather. I believe that leather comes in ounce...
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