SCA Lochac Rapier Marshallate

Armour, Weapons and Testing Equipment Construction

Contents

Armour Construction and Examples

Weapon Construction

Testing Equipment

Armour Construction and Examples

A Few Practical Notes on the Construction of Rapier Armour

A good overview on making your own armour written by Mistress Nicolaa de Bracton of Leicester, ol. This is the article in Stefan's Florilegium labelled Rapier-Armour-art.

Button Construction

Information on making your own period style buttons.

Gipsy Peddler

Gispy Peddler are a US based company specialising in manufacturing clothing for SCA and Renaissance groups. They have a good line of off the rack rapier armour and appear to provide a mail order service. Worth a look just to fuel ideas for making your own rapier armour. The construction details noted on the site should also help you design your own armour so that it meets the requirements.
Note: The Lochac Rapier Marshallate does not endorse nor is it associated with this supplier. This site is referenced for information purposes only. It is the responsibility of each combatant to ensure that purchased armour meets the requirements.

Making a 14th or 15th Century Arming Jack

A great how-to article written by Nicholas Andrew Cioran. Detailed instructions for patterning the jack, the sleeve construction method is particularly useful and reliable.

SCA Rapier Garb - From Fighting to Feasting

Article concerning the styles and construction of clothing suitable for use in rapier combat, written by Lady Bella Lucia da Verona ORL.

Techniques of Making Rapier Combat Armour

A good overview on making your own armour written by HL Rolanda Rossner. This article can be found in the Ansteorran Academy of Rapier Articles. Provides a useful collection of patterns and references that are worth exploring.

The Companie of Saynt George

This group has some of the best online resources for recreating 15th Century clothing. Follow the links to their newsletter Dragon to see some of the useful information on garment construction. Well worth a look just for inspiration.

Towards a More Period Fencing Doublet

An interesting article written by Dona Gwenneth of Glamorgan. This is class notes from one of the sessions held at the Ansteorran Academy of Rapier AS XXXV. Good illustrations, especially the ones showing the typical pattern used for making a period doublet. It's part of a larger file, so you'll need to be patient and wait for it to download. ~3.5Mb

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Weapon Construction

Constructing A Fibreglass Rapier

The original intructions written by Ancient Guildmaster Edmund the Lame, which first appeared in the West Kingdom Rapier rules back in 1997. Now available as a stand alone document.

Naysábúrí Blade Construction Method

Construction intructions written by Guildmaster ibn Jelal, which build on Edmund's method. Easy munitions grade hilt production method.

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Testing Equpiment

Drop Tester

The intructions for the current Society Drop Tester (version 2) can be found at http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/rapier/rapier_appendices.pdf in Appendix 3. All droptesters built for use in Lochac must conform to these instructions. Further information about drop testers can be obtained by contacting Guildmaster Silfren the Singer (Zebee Johmstone) at zebee@zip.com.au.

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