What's this business about a curse?

I wondered if Patrick would see his "old" sword and recognize her. :cool:

Although the Scloss E. post-dates the armor by about 20 years, it's a damned fine back-up weapon for the poll-axe, & just the kind of beefy sword I'd use for half-sword work.

Mac, although it's in profile & not shown well, my primary weapon standing behind me is the very same A&A poll-axe you've posted pics of a few times - the one I had customized with a butt-spike.

Hi Jeff

Yes, I remember posting those pic's ...... and so I shall again *g*

I've always wanted A&A's Knightly pole-axe ...... it's such an awesome weapon !

Oneday I'll get me one ! Mac

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For Allan Senefelder :

Hi Allan

I found a picture I took at the Sterling Faire (N.Y.), July 2001, with you holding my old Tinker clamshell claymore !

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And for everyone else .......
Here's a composite pic of some of Allan's fine armour work, that I took at the Faire !
Allan , Harlan Hastings, etc., are The Mercenary's Tailor , as sold thru Albion Armorers.

Mac

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And guarding the booth is one of clanCampbell's finest , partner & chief maille-man, Harlan Hastings !

Mac

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Great looking swords ! Don't know about the two schmucks hloding 'em though . Thanks Mac !

And do you have any interesting uncommon photos of barbutas?Because most of the sites and books show 2-4 most known....
In one book of polish author I've found a drawing of the barbutas (made by the author) with mail(aventail?-I don't remember english word for that mail arond the neck -sorry ;) ) It looks like Turkish style helmet with it because it covers also half of the face...This author has a bad opinion in the reenactment society in Poland.But there were aventails in armets...Anybody knows something about it?

Thanks for reviving this interesting thread Mac, I think I missed it the first time around. :)

Unfortunately non of the older picture links are working anymore.

Yeah all I'm getting is the little red x in a little white box.

Yes, unfortunately EZ Shots decided to shut down on us without any warning, so alot of my picture links were lost !

I do have Bob Savage's article, The 'AVANT' Armour and R.L. Scott, from the Park Lane Arms Fair catalogue, still on file if anyone wishes a copy (just e-mail me and address that I can attach files to and I'll send it along)

Mac

I talked with Tobias Capwell curator of the Glasgow Collection a wee bit after his lecture at the Armour Research Society Conference, and apparently there's an armet in another museum which is thought to be the true helmet. can't see why they don't just ship it over for at least a photo shoot with both harness and helmet. also some controversy over the left? gaunlet, though the reproduction may well be accurate.

This is the story as I understand it;

Trapp decided to sell the armour, because he needed some cash and it was not associated to any of his ancesters. It originally had an armet with it, but was missing the left gauntlet. The armet had the stalk for a crest, and if you have access to a copy of "The Armoury of the Castle of Churburg", you can see the armet with it's crest stalk intact, on the armour. Trapp decided to keep the armet, because it was the only one in the collection that had the crest stalk, so when he put the armour up for sale, he swapped the armet for an unassociated barbute in the collection. Hearst purchased the armour, and it stayed on one of his estates in England, where he had a fellow take care of it for him (can't remember his name). Hearst had this same person produce a replacement for the missing left gauntlet, and what he did was simply copy the right one. The left gauntlet would have had a single piece cuff and metacarple plate, instead of the two-piece configuration of the right, so the copy is incorrect. Hearst then needed to liquidate some assests, so he sold the armour to Scott, who bequeathed it to the Glasgow Museum when he died.

I got this information from a book in the Glenbow Museum. Next time I'm down there, I'll have another look at it, and give you the name of the book, and confirm the story.