Were you naughty this season and get a lump of coal in your stocking? :(
Or, were you nice and found something shiny and/or sharp under the Christmas tree? :)
What did Santa bring to all the little boys and girls of myArmoury?

I received the book 1381: The Peel Affinity. An English Knight's Household in the Fourteenth Century. 176 pages of pure eye candy! :) I can't set this book down.

I got something shiny but I got that myself shortly before Christmas. I did get something related: A sewing machine. Which means that I can start making medieval clothing. After I learn how to sow properly of course :-) Buying medieval clothing is a bit hard since it's mostly wool or linen apparently. My girlfriend is allergic to natural wool and a few sorts of synthetic wool, so buying clothes for her is hard. I hope to be able to manufacture some myself.

Also a sewing machine for the medieval clothing, the book "Medieval and Renaissance Dagger Combat" by Jason Vail, and a check to buy a new helm! Made out like a bandit!

Odds and ends came in the month of December...not really for Christmas but close enough I guess.

I received something in December I'd ordered earlier. It's a bit of a work in progress so I haven't decided how to present pictures yet.

Ordered in a Small Sword blunt (to start a 18th century study group in Jan) and handed the box to my wife when it came in. Told her to wrap it and put in under the tree and mark it from her and my parents. ;)

I don't think she was that impressed. :surprised:

Still got the small sword. :)

Well it may not count as I bought it for myself and a week before Christmas. :p :?:

A GDFB late 14th or early breast plate ( just the front and no back plate ).

With my Merc. Taylor's arms & legs, ring lord stainless welded small ringed maille shirt + MRL ( inexpensive ) brigantine+ MT gorget and splauders + Valentine Armoury houndskull and aventaille bascinet + MT Wisby gaunlets + MT heater shield I can do a nice transitional armour kit. ;) :D ( I'm not an accuracy fanatic so off period buckles or stuff 50 years out of period don't bother me much, although I can appreciate those who do make the extra effort to be more accurate .... expense and versatility in mix and matching gear means that I can go from 1066 to 1525 depending on what I use together and which sword I choose to wear with a specific kit ).

Oh, the GDFB breast plate was a bargain at $150 Canadian: It was a bit tight at the waist but standing on it at 260 pounds and giving it a sudden straitening of the legs sort of " widened " it to fit. ;) A slightly bent flange at the bottom was fixed with a hammer on a log used as an anvil. ( Took a chance of screwing it all up but luckily the main body of the breast plate didn't fold or fail but just widened a bit. My hammer work is a little rough but at least the breast plate will now fit over gambeson, maille & brigantine ).

Gee ! For such a simple question I sort of did my usual long rambling post. :p ;) :lol:

Got myself a "Pattern-welded blade" http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Welded-Blade-Ar...amp;sr=1-1

to make something nice and shiney :)

I was lucky enough to receive a Windlass Greek spearhead that I have modified for better accuracy. It's going with my new hoplite kit, along with the almost finished aspis shield.

My girlfriend gave me a (not so) shiny viking silver brooch. And it was not a repro, it was the real deal. God, I love her :)

For my own self I've just placed an order for various raw materials including a shield boss for a buckler, one full side veg-tanned cow hide and a couple of goat skins. It will be a winter of leatherwork at my home

I have found under the crib a wonderful Dremel 4000 to substitute the chinese one broken in November...

It's shiny, it's sharp, it can open most types of metal and it has the sound of an engine: it's pratically like a Chainsword!

Well, I got a handy multi-tool. I guess that counts as shiny and sharp.

Well, I was supposed to get a custom/prototype sword (long story) but the swordsmith decided he was not yet happy with it. :(

So instead I am making do with pictures of swords in two books from my wife. One's a new coffee-table sized book on knights and the other a used copy of Oakeshott's 'European Weapons and Armour: From the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution'. The last time I saw a new copy was about 5 years ago and I have been kicking myself ever since that I did not buy it.

I must have been VERY naughty. I got a whole sack of coal. I'm not complaining though.

Well I didn´t get coal...but I did get charcoal...very nice cherry and applewood ones...does that count as naughty? :lol:

Mrs Santa Claus brought me an electronic camera so I can upload some photos of some of my ideas I have put into practice and share them with myArmoury members.

The pictures should at least be sharp...get the point? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Holiday Regards,

Harry :D :D :D :D

argh, not again ...

nothing wrong with coal..... can burn it to keep warm this time of year

Santa was good to me this year as I received a number of things from my family, some expected but a few big surprises too.... no swords but some nice sharps of the smaller kind for working with wood and the kids must have been attention to my web surfing as my big box contained a new helm from Brian Brown! its big! its visored with a pin stop! its all hand raised, simply awesome! 14th c kit takes a big leap forward! :D

I think most everyone has seen what I helped Santa by getting for myself this year. :cool: Though I will be glad to post the pictures again!

Scott