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Chuklz

My greatest weakness is lack of observation of the fight as a whole. I fail in being able to observe my opponent and end up concentrating too fully on my offense. Either just in general, or in a tunnel vision sort of way. I WILL HIT THAT TARGET. I would 2nd this. I belong to an old Household of "gu...

Chuklz

EVERYONE has a favorite combo, the trick is surviving them. If the fight last long enough, your opponent will pull it out and reveal it to you. Defend. If he/she uses it twice, now you have your opportunity. Defend till they use it again... ... in the moment their "ultimate" combo is finished, they ...

Chuklz

As this thread has migrated a little to rhino armor...and was started by Lady Tasia... I'm curious if this is referring to the same fighter, (or another like him) who, while otherwise a fair and amiable fighter of the Society, is known to refuse to take any hit from any Lady fighter, even if were ha...

Chuklz

In reply to my own post, I've often wondered at how many fighters are running amok in shiny lamellar that stops at their belly button (drink too much at the revel Lord?) and whether they get hit on their hip bones?

Chuklz

Last fighter practice I got stabbed right in the crook of my groin and the front of my thigh, missing the Nutty Buddy completely, and too low for my armor covering the torso. Nice circular bruise. Thegn Teigr lined me up and slipped that thrust right under and around my shield's rim while I was tryi...

Chuklz

I don't know if there's more than one Sir Haroun (its not that rare a name) but the one I know does make armor, and I sent a message to him on your behalf.

Ciaran
Kingdom of The Outlands

Chuklz

what am I doing wrong today?
I've written you TWO Pm's and they are sitting in the Outbox, but not Sent?

EDIT: Okay, they've sent through finally.

Chuklz

I'll wash dishes, do your laundry, work out a payment plan...an Irish-persona-nut (yes I am!) dream come true! Okay, calculating overtime coming up...training to be the backup Lead for my crew that's gonna be 50+ hours a week. Okay, talked to the wifey, she's calling dibs on a new dress (SILK, GULP!...

Chuklz

Cause yer in financial trouble I think you deserve a *bump*.

I'll PM you my ideas for one.

Chuklz

Coincidentally, Mattmaus was selling some new helmets made from a supply of 11 gage. He had some amusing advice on working with it in the classified section.

Chuklz

Thank you Destichado!

Nice quote in your sig line to!

Alright, I'll check with Aaron and get his measurements and check them thrice before cutting, I'll put up pics later and save this thread for reference to the benefits of using them.

C

Chuklz

So, I'm getting into a little bit of a barter exchange with another blacksmith, who's skills and tools are simply put, just more of everything. The only slight difference between us that I have an advantage in is I also dabble in a little leatherworking. I have a nearly completed tool roll I started...

Chuklz

Oo, sorry, I opened a can of worms there. I just finished a 12-hour nightshift and about the time of my last break the mind wanders. I should have deleted that post

Chuklz

Along the original lines of Hal's 1st post,
And I know its been asked thosands of times elsewhere on the internet, but this is the Armour Archive...

Does anyone think they could make Captain America's shield?

Chuklz

Yours is the 1st I've seen. For better or worse, we don't have a Michaels nearby so I just did a quick check on the competitors we do, Jo-Ann's fabrics and Hobby sLobby, and they don't have them listed. Interesting find...

Chuklz

Might still be too big for me, I'm nearly as small as your Brother Thorsinn...

If you still have it, I might drive up to Dragonspine's FP to see it in person.

Ciaran from Aarquelle

Chuklz

Now don't take my word for this, I'm a noob. But being a noob, and a Squire to a KSCA who is also a Laurel in Armor, last year I asked him which way your roll the edge, inward or outward, and he said that was a great question, because rolling out is a newer style, and before Year=X all the armor was...

Chuklz

Ah,
so thats what its called. I've some scrap pieces of this stuff an associate was tossing away. I used it to replace the edging on my wall shield and its lasted over a year now.

Chuklz

Thank you Torvaldr!

Great big THUMBS UP for the communication!

Chuklz

Oo, our forearms are a near match!

What's your shipping to 81019?

Chuklz

Why do I have to be a below average height guy? I mean I'd tower over Alexander and Bonaparte, but compared to you Viking blooded lads, I'm a shrimp. And even for my height, I have such small hands for a man. Sorry Arch, your gear is gorgeous, and appeals to my sense of style to, but its all too big...

Chuklz

I got the biggest one, because my ego made me. It fits, so yay. I cannot recommend the Nutty Buddy system highly enough. (Mostly because without getting my bells jingled my voice doesn't get that high...) Meinhard, ya Braggart! Seriously my friends, the one and only Johnny Bench endorses these, and...

Chuklz

no offense taken,
I realize it is the poor resolution of my work monitor.

Chuklz

Ugh, please find a spot with much better light to take pics, all I see is a black silhouette

Chuklz

I do some German Longsword technique work on my own, and once a year when my Elder Squire Brother teaches an A&S version of it in March. Who's that, Ciaran? THL Gerwyn y' Tiegr, who is also Seneschal of the Shire of Aarquelle. We are both squired to Duke Albert von Drekenveldt (KSCA – 5/18/74 – Mid...

Chuklz

Welcome Back

Chuklz

That's pretty nice! I'm thinking of different uses for that loop you have in the back...

Chuklz

This was shared on Facebook by the Wulfheodenas recreationist/living history group: English translation '' In one of the 90 cremations that archaeologists examined in Gamla Uppsala last summer found a small lump of iron, who did not look like much. But when it ended up in the curator Karin Lindahl's...

Chuklz

Its for a Brother of the AA?

$55 !

Chuklz

Okay, curious as heck! Anyone have a pic?

Chuklz

That last comment about the Carolingians setting the bar for armorcraft might be pretty accurate. Also, after my initial post, I went wandering through the material on the MyArmoury site and was reading about mail. Im still, at best, a newbie for this craft, so the more I learn the more I realize I ...

Chuklz

Wow,
and you were part of that conversation too! Thanks Matt!

Chuklz

Not nearly enough of any of the above. ditto SCA Heavy: at Battlemoor IV I avoided all the tourneys and spent 2 afternoons in the melee This coming weekend my Shire's annual Defender tourney will be in a new mountain site. I'll fight in the heavy tourney, which will be my 1st and last of this year....

Chuklz

at Battlemoor I saw several fencers wearing what I think are "butcher's mail" shirts under their cloth jackets. I don't think they ordered from this particular place, but the search engine I used shows a supplier named Scobies, sells products made thus: The steel mesh fabric is composed of 4 mm diam...

Chuklz

Wow,
you invest as much in ink as armor!

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