| Author |
Message |
Chad Arnow
myArmoury Team
|
 Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 8:04 am Post subject: |
 |
|
Patrick and Nathan,
The Frazier is about an hour and a half away from me. You guys have a standing invite if you're ever passing through the area. 
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
|
|
    |
 |
|
Patrick Kelly
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 8:08 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Chad Arnow wrote: | Patrick and Nathan,
The Frazier is about an hour and a half away from me. You guys have a standing invite if you're ever passing through the area. |
I'll surely take you up on that someday. Thanks!
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
|
|
 |
|
William Goodwin
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 8:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
Ditto on Gordon F's comments! the ECW stuff is way cool....and that Sinclair hilt is pretty niffty as well...........
Bill
Roanoke Sword Guilde
roanokeswordguilde@live.com
"I was born for this" - Joan of Arc
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas McDonald
myArmoury Alumni
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 11:30 am Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks for sharing your photos, Joe !
That John Allan inlaid piece is so awesome ..... it's pretty cool that the Royal Armouries are bringing some of their collection stateside!
Anyone know how long these perticular items will be on display at the Frazier ?
Thanks again, Mac
*Photo: from the excellent book "British Basket-Hilted Swords", by Cyril Mazansky, 2005.
'Gott Bewahr Die Oprechte Schotten'
XX ANDRIA XX FARARA XX
Mac's PictureTrail
|
|
|
|
|
Jared Smith
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject: Ditto Thanks! |
|
|
Awesome post Joe.
The clothing depicted in the first half dozen photos is very much consistent with what I figure average (non nobility) combatants typically had. It is good to seem some depiction of non state of the art stuff, as many could have had, being used.
I especially like the tournament sword category photos, German longsword with long hilt. Would you be wiling to venture a guess at the approximate grip length?
Absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 3:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Patrick Kelly wrote: | Thanks for posting these Joe! These definitely need to go into a photo album.
I had thought of visiting Louisville when I first saw the Frazier's website, now it's a must! |
Nathan and I exchanged some PMs about it.
Something is worked out to cover this and hopefully bring the image quality up a bit.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject: Re: Ditto Thanks! |
|
|
| Jared Smith wrote: | Awesome post Joe.
The clothing depicted in the first half dozen photos is very much consistent with what I figure average (non nobility) combatants typically had. It is good to seem some depiction of non state of the art stuff, as many could have had, being used.
I especially like the tournament sword category photos, German longsword with long hilt. Would you be wiling to venture a guess at the approximate grip length? |
Long.
a wild guess would be 10 inches +/-.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
Last edited by Joe Fults on Sat 09 Jul, 2005 4:08 pm; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 4:04 pm Post subject: Our virtual tour continues |
|
|
Now we start getting inot the later periods. Transitions to an American focus.
 Attachment: 105.58 KB
Gnetleman
Attachment: 88.62 KB
Light brigade
Attachment: 87.19 KB
Gunsmith
Attachment: 81.15 KB
Civel war
Attachment: 99.47 KB
More civil war
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: The last batch |
|
|
Plains Indians to exit, or entrance depending on where you are heading.
Attachment: 71.91 KB
Plains indians
Attachment: 109.64 KB
Lobby
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sat 09 Jul, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: Re: Ditto Thanks! |
|
|
| Jared Smith wrote: | Awesome post Joe.
The clothing depicted in the first half dozen photos is very much consistent with what I figure average (non nobility) combatants typically had. It is good to seem some depiction of non state of the art stuff, as many could have had, being used.
|
Thought I'd mention that I also like the fact that the collection is about more than the nobility. Most of my ancestors were either run out of Germany (Swabia, Palinate, Wurttemberg, Lorraine) or run out of Scottland (Borderers, Jacobites, and Scotts Irish). Almost all of them were on in the lower social classes. I enjoy seeing bits and pieces that may reflect thier reality, not just that of their betters.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
|
|
|
|
|
Stephen A. Fisher
Location: Kentucky USA Joined: 17 Oct 2003
Posts: 455
|
|
|
|
|
Steve Grisetti
|
| Posted: Sun 10 Jul, 2005 8:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Thomas McDonald wrote: | Thanks for sharing your photos, Joe !
Anyone know how long these perticular items will be on display at the Frazier ?... |
This looks like a wonderful exhibit! Please accept my thanks, as well, Joe.
I would like to echo Mac's question on the duration of the exhibit. The Louisville location is a stretch for me, but if something requires me to travel to the general area, I would really like to visit, if the exhibit is still around.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sun 10 Jul, 2005 11:42 am Post subject: |
|
|
Your photos seem to have come out pretty well and it looks like you were able to get a few things that I did not manage to get good shots of. I was at the Frazier about a year ago and I noticed that there were some changes, but I can't quite place what they are. 
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
Last edited by Joe Fults on Sun 10 Jul, 2005 11:44 am; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sun 10 Jul, 2005 11:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Steve Grisetti wrote: | | Thomas McDonald wrote: | Thanks for sharing your photos, Joe !
Anyone know how long these perticular items will be on display at the Frazier ?... |
This looks like a wonderful exhibit! Please accept my thanks, as well, Joe.
I would like to echo Mac's question on the duration of the exhibit. The Louisville location is a stretch for me, but if something requires me to travel to the general area, I would really like to visit, if the exhibit is still around. |
As far as I know it is going to be permenant, although I image some of the displays will change over time.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edward Hitchens
|
| Posted: Sun 10 Jul, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Outstanding pictures, Joe!! Cool, now I don't have to go all the way to Britain  (oh, yes I do  )
Not sure if someone already mentioned this, but it may be fun for some of us to meet there and check it out. I hope that's a permenant exhibit and not just a temporary one. -Ted
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
|
|
|
|
|
Mikko Kuusirati
|
| Posted: Sun 10 Jul, 2005 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Another batch |
|
|
| Joe Fults wrote: | | Don't know what this one is, but its neat. |
A German hanger/cutlass or "Dusägge" would be my amateurish guess. I might well be wrong about the nationality, though...
Great photos, BTW! Thank you very much for your trouble shooting and posting them.
"And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
— Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sun 10 Jul, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Edward Hitchens wrote: | Outstanding pictures, Joe!! Cool, now I don't have to go all the way to Britain (oh, yes I do )
Not sure if someone already mentioned this, but it may be fun for some of us to meet there and check it out. I hope that's a permenant exhibit and not just a temporary one. -Ted |
Ed,
As I understand things, it is a permenant exhibit but some of the thngs on display will change over time. The Royal Armories intends to slowly rotate peices through that are currently in their archives and not on display. The Frazier does provide some information on how things work, but I can't remember all the details. Suffice to say the curator teams from both facilities decide what may be of interest, and what is in condition to travel. I have no idea how long individual items are on loan, but its obvious both institutions intend for this to be a long term arrangement.
BTW I believe everything in the live action interpretations is a reproduction. Everything in a glass case is real. I recognized some stuff from A&A and Deltin being put to use by the people doing interpretion work. I'm not sure who is doing some of the other stuff, but there is some real nice reproduction work on display.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
Last edited by Joe Fults on Mon 11 Jul, 2005 10:30 am; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Sun 10 Jul, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: Another batch |
|
|
| Mikko Kuusirati wrote: | | Joe Fults wrote: | | Don't know what this one is, but its neat. |
A German hanger/cutlass or "Dusägge" would be my amateurish guess. I might well be wrong about the nationality, though...
Great photos, BTW! Thank you very much for your trouble shooting and posting them. |
Thank you
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
|
|
|
|
|
|
Russ Ellis
Industry Professional
|
| Posted: Mon 11 Jul, 2005 6:52 am Post subject: |
|
|
Outstanding pictures Joe! As Patrick mentioned I was thinking about it before, now I'm DEFINITELY going!
TRITONWORKS Custom Scabbards
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joe Fults
|
| Posted: Mon 11 Jul, 2005 10:31 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Russ Ellis wrote: | | Outstanding pictures Joe! As Patrick mentioned I was thinking about it before, now I'm DEFINITELY going! |
I think its worth the trip. Especially since there are so many other museums near the Frazier and Louisville is very easy to get around in. At least in my experience.
"The goal shouldn’t be to avoid being evil; it should be to actively do good." - Danah Boyd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is a standard topic