But at least more accurately named, at least it involves a ship :p

Just ordered a set of 16th century couters... I already have about 80% of a 3/4 harness ala 16th century for my Landsknecht harness from Merctailor mostly second hand but I had him make a gorget back in January and now some more as finances allow.

I also took the liberty of posting a note on Armourarchive to get those gents moving... I think it is having the desired effect.

Well, that was fast: My Viking shield should be shipped next week.

The pieces I just ordered ready before the end of the month. :D :cool:

This isn't surprising it's the kind of fast customer service I have had over many years from Allan including fast replies to e-mails for orders or just for information.

This is also a " BUMP " but I just got an e-mail from Allan about the status of my order and I didn't want to be quiet about it. ;) :p :lol:

I also appreciate others who have come here to give feedback about their purchases and spread the word on other sites or to their friends likely to be interested in buying armour.

From Allan's site:

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ARM UP. FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS TAKE 20% OFF OUR ARM HARNESS AND GAUNTLETS. WELL BE BRINING THIS TO A CLOSE THIS EVENING 4/11/10 AT 6:00PM EST. MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED.

Only a few hours to go on the sale.

I noticed that although quite a few people did take advantage of the sale on " ARM " there where also many purchases of other armour not on sale and I'm sure this is very helpful for Allan's business in a challenging economic period.


Obviously I can't speak for Allan about the level of success of the sale itself + the " collateral damage " ( Joke ) of selling other things, but at least from here it looks to me as if it at least generated some encouraging interest.

I bought some arm armour but I also bought other things like leg armour and the Viking shield I mentioned before and I'm really looking forward to playing with the shield as I've not done any shield work except 1:33, it might not be formal training but I will try to see if I can get others in my lonsword group to bout with me and I will " improvise " and see what happens.

I just made it "under the wire" with an order for mitten gauntlets.

I just received my mitten gaunlets from Allan today. They are built stoutly and function very smoothly. I am very pleased. Thanks, Allan!

Just an update here as well. As some of you know I have already received my shield that I ordered and yesterday I received my Visby Type 1 gauntlets. I have to say that so far they either meet or exceed all of my expectations. I guess I have come to expect that from Allan and the gang though. The glove fit is great on these Allan as you said they would be. I was worried that the medium welding gloves used as the basis would not be big enough and Allan said that they should be fine for me. What can I say but that Allan really knows his business. They fit me like a glove! :D Sorry for that. Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures as well a mini-review of some kind.

Scott

I got my arms about a week ago, which Allan was able to integrate flawlessly to a set of spaulders I already owned. Images are already up in the "let's see your kits and harnesses" thread. So here's another huge thank you to Merc Tailor, who's quality of armor is only matched in quality of service.