Hello!

I found this german company on the net, http://www.drachenschmiede.de/shopdeutsch/index.html
They have alot of stuff, from fantasy/rollplaying to serious reenactment-swords and armour. They are very cheap on several product like swords, armour and other weapons. I just wonder if anyone has bought any of their swords or armour. They even divide the products i dekorationstuff to weapons and armour that could be used in Martial Arts and reenactment-training.

The whole page is in german but here are some examples of direct-links to some interesting things:

http://www.drachenschmiede.de/shopdeutsch/pi-...egoryId=90
http://www.drachenschmiede.de/shopdeutsch/pi1...egoryId=98
http://www.drachenschmiede.de/shopdeutsch/pi-...goryId=197
http://www.drachenschmiede.de/shopdeutsch/pi-...goryId=207
http://www.drachenschmiede.de/shopdeutsch/pi4...goryId=208

Best Wishes/
Anders

Only a short remark, I don't have the time right now...

Almost all of the weapons and armour by Drachenschmiede are Czech imports - K+K Art, Krondak and various others. But some of the prices on that page are still absurdly low! I mean, where can you get bascinet with visor and attached aventail for 140 Euros? I just bought a bascinet (recieved it today) from Czech maker Arma Defensiva, and it costed 130 Euro - but it's without the visor.

I will write more on various vendors later. Maybe much later (monday). :D

That was what I expected. Most of the swords are from KK art, I heard that they are quite heavy...

I agree on that Bascinet, and there are several cheap pieces....I guess the quality is rather good or at least ok.

Best regards/
Anders

I would be interested in getting a decent and affordable suit of armour from a Zcech armourer.

Kenneth,

If you are thinking of purchasing an armour from one of the Czech armourers,then might I be so bold as to recommend......

www.bestarmour.com

There are quite a few armourers in the Czech Republic,but these are , in my own personal opinion, the best and certainly the best value for money that I have found.

Perhaps you might find this thread on the Arador Forum of interest to you.It is quite a long thread,but the points are valid .

http://www.arador.com/discforums/index.php?showtopic=2241

I hope that this helps.

Regards as ever,

Russ

Russ

Thanks for the links. The armour looks good. I agree with the advice in the arador thread about buying armour piece by piece. It gives the collecting process more flexibility.

Too bad armour isn't fashionable anymore. I wonder if anyone wears their armour around town? Seems a shame to spend thousands of Euros ona dashing suit of armour and just leave it in the livingroom. A full suit of armour would look cool whilst riding a motorcucle, don't you think? As long as it's a big, thumping bike not a little scooter.

Kenneth,

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A full suit of armour would look cool whilst riding a motorcucle, don't you think?

Speaking as someone who has riden a motorcycle ( A 1000cc R.100 BMW),while wearind a harness,I suppose that I would have to agree with you,even if I don't actually advise it ! The problem was that I had to cover the whole thing with wet weather gear so that the police wouldn't see it,as I am sure that they wouldn't have agreed with us !! :confused: :p A true story !!

I do agree that buying the harness piece by piece is a very good idea.If it is as a collectors piece ,it enables one to go up in quality and get pieces that ,a .you really want and like and, b. that you will really enjoy looking at ,for a long time! I would personally far rather have a single piece that I really like than a whole harness that is not what I really want.

Regards as ever,

Russ

So the men in blue doesn't like knights on bikes? As long as you're not doing anything illegal or disturbing I don't see what the police could do about it really. Possibly they could demand that you wear a proper motorcyle helmet but you could wear a small biker helmet underneath the steel helmet.

I wonder if a harness would protect you in an accident or if you'd get mangled.

I'd probably go for a milanese armour. I like those broad, powerful lines.