[MR] ARMOUR SOURCES PART TWO
Shane B
shaneb at ij.net
Wed Dec 24 21:45:36 PST 2003
OFF LINE ADDRESSES FOR ARMOURERS
ARMOURERS FOR THE SCA
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please note that I have no clue where the comments came from. Someone
feels this way, but do not assume that it's the maintainer of this page
Recent update: This list apparently originated on the Ringworld BBS.
Also, yes, I am aware that some of this is out of date. Submissions and
corrections will be accepted in the format shown, mailed to the
maintainer's address below. It may take some time to add or remove you,
please be patient. I'm pretty busy these days.
United States Armorers below the double line are new or verifiable.
OUT OF BUSINESS
Certain armorers are no longer in business, and I'm listing them here,
so that they don't get any more calls.
North Star Armory - Master Peter of the Golden Isles
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Sir Wulfstan (Don't know his last name, East Kingdom)
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Waffenshciemdt Armoury
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Armorers in the United States
Thornbird Arms - Master Brion Thornbird
Brian Price
Tamalpais rd, Hayward, CA
Fax: 510-
Producers of some of the best armor I've seen! Their prices are not
cheap, but the value is there. Custom orders seem to be preferred, and
there is a longish delay before delivery, but the work is excellent. I
don't have a price list, unfortunately.
Helms are available in 12 gauge, with 14 as standard. Any style, from an
accurate Churbourg Bascinet to a Milanese barbute. Gauntlets in various
styles, fingered, mitten, and mixed.
Next to Kirby Wise-Fraser, this is the best there is!
NOTE: There has been an accusation of dishonesty on the part of this
armory: that they don't produce on time, that they have about $10,000 in
back orders, that their quality is not all that high, and that you
shouldn't send them money beforehand. Take it as you will.
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MacKenzie-Smith - Master Robert Kinslayer
Robert MacKenzie
12116 Highland Drive
P.O. Box 3315
Truckee, CA 95734
Custom and stock armor well crafted. His line tends to a more 'gothic'
feel than some others, no matter the style, but not sufficiently to
detract from the line. Helms run $100 for a Greathelm through $275+ for
an ornate Salade. His fluting is better than that of most armorers.
Swordbelts, baldrics, and gambesons are also available, as are curved
plywood shield blanks.
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Renaissance Trends - Howard & Wanda Noble
P.O. Box 58734
Tucson, AZ 85732
Display, Adrian, and SCA Legal Armour
Armor is available in 14, 16, or 18 gauge mild steel, while fluted items
are available in 16 or 18 only. Strapping and buckles are included. Helm
prices range from $90 for a Great Helm to $265 for an articulated tail
Salade.
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Hold Tyte Armory - Sir Robert de Spencer, OL
2359 Cavalier
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
Soldier grade armor at very reasonable prices. Also curved Aluminum
shield blanks (T-6), basket hilts, etc.
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John M. Craft III
Lockett Springs Ranch
PO Box 682
Williams, AZ 86046
(602) 638-2190
A maker of VERY fine knives and swords. Uses metal-removal tech, with
excellent results. These blades are PRETTY as well as seriously
functional. GOOD stuff!
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Medieval Customs
2401 W Orangewood Ave #E
Phoenix, AZ 85021
Jeff Krauss
(602) 995-4115
Nice stuff, a little toy-like, but will do custom work. Uses metal-
removal tech.
The daggers are especially good.
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Museum Replicas Ltd
(Atlanta Cutlery Corporation)
2143 Gees Mill Rd
Box 840
Conyers, GA 30207
1-800-241-3664
Good, quality stuff! They have a VERY nice catalog that is worth
getting.
Reccommended VERY highly!
Their rapiers are a bit clumsy, but the rest of it is NOT BAD!
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PROSE & STEEL
11010 41st Dr NE
Marysville, WA 98270
659-0502
Custom swords, knives, martial arts weapons, armour and pole-arms.
What I have seen doesn't look too bad....not of the quality of most of
the other armourers listed on this page, but not too bad, nonetheless.
The knives are very nice, tho.
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Black Sword Armoury
Joe Latta
RR4 Box 327F
Gainesville, FL 32608
(904) 495-9967
Catalog is available
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Master Smith Daniel Watson
Angel Sword
Number One Presidio
Wimberly, TX 78676
(512) 847-2531
Very pricey, high-carbon steel (needs oiling and not to be stored in
sheath), but worth every bit of money and care. And, if properly
cared-for, they've got a lifetime trade-up guarantee. He does custom
work, too, and bargains.
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Ashelm Arms and Armour
(Brent Junkins)
San Bernadino, CA (714) 881-8629
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Steelwolf Armourie
1980 Bennet Creek Rd
Cottage Grove OR 97424
(503) 942-2813
Makes very nice swords out of spring steel or brass -- W.R.
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Beil Haus
(dealer in Kirby made stuff)
T & J Forbus
PO Box 576
Yuma, AZ 85366
(602) 344-7412
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Crimson Hammer Armoury
(was Alan Baudri's Armoury)
hcr 72 Box 13
Union Star, KY 40171
(502) 668-1141
http://members.tripod.com/~crimsonhammer/index.html
Email: abhammer at creative-net.net
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James Reed Watkins
6434 Melrose Ln
Shawnee, KS 66203
(913) 631-5925
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Mikhail's Armoury
Michael Luznicky
120-A Wickre St.
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 229-6327
we4 at widomaker.com
This stuff I have seen...it is very good...he makes Japanese stuff that
is VERY nice, and a steel Cavalier hat that I want VERY badly!
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Kirby Wise-Fraser (Master Zoltan Kovacs)
P.O. Box 531
Bouse, AZ 85325
General armourer. This is the best quality edged weapons maker in the
SCA, with blades from "soldier" quality to museum replicas. Very fancy
inlays, cut-work, whatever you want in arms and armour he can do it. It
is not cheap at all, and delays tend to be very long, but the wait is
worth it. Kirby Blades are SCA legends!
Kirby Wise-Fraser has a web page.
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Icefalcon Armory
Represent Duke Ronald Wilmont and Iron Monger Armory
André Sinou
47 South Gateway
Toms River, NJ 08753
1-(908)-244-0924
Carries Munition & Custom Armor, Rattan.
Information for this comes from his business card.
http://members.aol.com/icfalkarms/icefalcon.htm
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Armour Store
5178 Acuna Street
San Diego, CA 92117 1-800-205-7648
Specializes in SCA armor. The most bang for the buck that I have seen in
the SCA. He usually turns his orders over in 2-3 weeks.
http://www.armourstore.com
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Red Falcon Armouries
7798 Hwy 88 East
Keysville, GA 30816
(706) 547-0178 before 10:00 pm EST
Sales blurb from the armory:
We specialize in high quality production grade stainless steel armour.
We carry armour, helms, barwork (sword and shield baskets), rattan, and
wholesale spuntops for the lowest price in the SCA that I have seen yet.
Turnaround time on in standard items (basket hilts, knees, elbows,
simple helms, etc.) is 2-3 weeks. Custom ordered or sized items (upper
end helms, full legs, arms, body armour, etc.) can usually be delivered
within 45 days depending on event backlog.
All welds are guaranteed for the life of the armoury. We also guarantee
fit and workmanship of all our armour.
Homepage at http://redfalcon.home.mindspring.com/
http://www.thomson.net/rfa
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Christian Fletcher
Nampa, Idaho.
http://www.christianfletcher.com
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Black Hydra Armouries
http://www.telepath.com/shdwstel
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Get 'em On The Field Armory
www.interloc.com/~medieval
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ARMOURERS IN ENGLAND
Warriors and Weapons,
7 Wickens Walk,
St. Anns, Nottingham NG3 3NH, England.
Fiberglass and steel armor, steel weapons, costumes. Contact: M.S.
Taylor. Phone +44 602 580067.
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Raven Armoury,
N 1 Watling Street,
Thaxted, Essex, CM6 2PE, England.
Steel weapons, some other bits and bobs. Contact: Simon Fearnham.
Phone: +44 (0)1371 831 088
Fax: +44 (0)1371 830 083
E-mail raven at armoury.demon.co.uk
URL: http://www.raven-armoury.co.uk/raven
Note from lewis at ds9.lesn.lehigh.edu, the present maintainer of this
page: They sent me a catalog. Drool, drool. Very pretty.
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Bailiff Forge,
Unit 53 Colne Valley Workshops,
Linthwaite, Huddersfield, W.Yorkshire HD7 5QG.
Steel weapons, other bits and bobs. Tell them you heard about them
through a member of Regia Anglorum ("REGG-ee-ah ang-LORE-um") who is now
in the US. Bailiff and Regia have a good working relationship and it
could win you better treatment than would be afforded a total stranger.
No contact. Phone: +44 484 846973.
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The rest of the world
Ralph the blacksmith
Ralph (Australia) has his own page at
http://rl197.wh.su.edu.au/smithing/smithing.html
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Viking Metalworks
Viking Metalworks (Canada) has a web page at
http://www.webpage.ca/viking
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Espadas de Toledo
(Apparently it means "Swords from Toledo")
There is a swordmaker in Toledo, Spain with a webpage at
http://www.intercom.es/espadas. They are seeking distributors.
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Del Tin Armi Antiche
Maniago, Italy
Their website apparently does not contain everything they sell.
Homepage at http://www.italpro.com/deltin/deltin.htm
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VIC Hockey women's pelvic protection
available at:
Play It Again Sports
308 Orlando Drive
Raritan, NJ 08869
908-725-2232
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The armorer's name is Joe Latta (Earl Sir Seosaidgh), who was my knight.
He lives in Gainesville, Florida.
His phone # is 904-495-9967 (I think). Tell him Count Arlof sent you.
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Inman's armoury is called the Highland Anvil.
Inman's address is:
Chuck Moore
907 Aleta St.
Arlington, TX 76010
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Illusion Armoring is in Atenveldt. Their address is:
Illusion Armoring
21629 N. 9th Avenue Suite #9
Phoenix, AZ 85027
(602)582-1355 or 1-800-760-1355
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There is also Get them on the Field out of the Outlands and
Red Dragon Armoury
Conner
Austin, Tx.
His lady's E-mail address is n.b-reid at Mail.UTEXAS.edu
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Tom Huguenin makes the prettiest Norman Helms I've seen. All Saints
Armory, Suisun, CA (707) 864-5402.
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You can now get ahold of us:
via Email at Polearm at Stratos.net
via phone at (216)739-9072
Snail Mail Black Axe Armory
3614 Oak Park Ave
Cleveland, Ohio 44109
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