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- Tue May 19, 2015 4:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: On health & human bodies. A pic series to remind us.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1011
- Wed May 13, 2015 2:50 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Single Most Painful Shot given/Received By You?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 8609
Re: Single Most Painful Shot given/Received By You?
Received : Broken arm at Gulf Wars.
Given : Hmm... I don't usually hit that hard... it's the repetition that gets you
JP
Given : Hmm... I don't usually hit that hard... it's the repetition that gets you
JP
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 11:35 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: La Prova Dura Video
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1378
Re: La Prova Dura Video
Bump... so... looking for the video again.Jean Paul de Sens wrote:So, you tube has messed up the one on Gemini's page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiLxanGTwNg
Anyone got a copy somewhere?
Was just looking to watch it again.
JP
JP
- Wed May 14, 2014 10:14 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Eric Dube and Patrick Thaden Video project
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2995
Re: Eric Dube and Patrick Thaden Video project
I'm in as well, although I think there *is* a good kickstarter avenue for exploration here.
JP
JP
- Mon May 05, 2014 6:16 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Hardening 4130
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1259
Re: Hardening 4130
I find a long soak at high temp to be unnecessary for armour thicknesses, and they'll build up more forge scale if you hold them up there. It's hard to measure how much carbon the plates may be losing, but they certainly lose some mass. The scale tends to be thinner than rolling paper, but when you...
- Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:09 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1021
Re: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
I have a HF plasma cutter. After about 1 week the attached regulator broke as you would expect from a HF product. I returned it and received another, on which the regulator broke. :shock: So I gave up and removed it. I use the regulator on my compressor to control the air. Aside from the regulator ...
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:50 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1021
Re: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
One tool that fits all does none all to well. OK, so let me be clear. I have already ascertained that I have a fitted need for this tool provided that it works well within it's stated parameters. What I am attempting is not "should I buy a plasma cutter" but "How good of a plasma cutter is the harb...
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:25 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1021
Re: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
I always punch a hole inside corners so I never overshoot. Have you used a plasma cutter before? Seems to me like it would be a lot like torch cutting, in that straight lines would be a really neat trick to pull off. Have you tried a jigsaw? What about a unishear? I'm only asking all these question...
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:47 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1021
Re: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
No, but I do have their B1 knockoff which is currently on sale for $140. If you download and print their 20% off coupon, you can get it for $112. What are you doing with thin metals that you need a plasma cutter for? Being tired of cutting inside corners and being tired of pulling on a darn handle....
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:30 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1021
Harbor Freight Plasmas Cutter?
Anyone actually own one? How does it do on thinner metals? (i.e. .030-.050 thicknesses)
-JP
-JP
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:29 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Any intrest in my "Carlos the Crusader" helm kit?
- Replies: 189
- Views: 10506
Re: Any intrest in my "Carlos the Crusader" helm kit?
will the breathes on the face plate be cut out by the CnC?
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:50 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Calontir Crown List
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1540
Re: Calontir Crown List
Innnnnnnteresting......
Duke heavy.... are they fighting or voting....that's the question...
Duke heavy.... are they fighting or voting....that's the question...
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 12:43 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Stimulants in Fighting Competition
- Replies: 69
- Views: 7158
Re: Stimulants in Fighting Competition
I've never been a very good fighter. But it seems to me that our game, at least in Meridies, is less about power and more about stamina. You don't need a lot of power around here, because it's basically touch kill. Clean, unanswered blows serve as well as cleaving a guy in half. So you don't need h...
- Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:49 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I need to up my game
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3774
Re: I need to up my game
ThorvaldR, I think that's not the entirety of it. There's a great article that was published several years ago in the Scientific American titled The Expert Mind . In it it discusses the effectiveness of training of chess students, and studies how they learn. There are several good lessons in there ...
- Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:52 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: I need to up my game
- Replies: 70
- Views: 3774
Re: I need to up my game
More or less this. Simply this. If you want to get better at fighting you have to fight . There is no substitute. Sure there are things to help you perform better and longer, but actually getting better at fighting won't happen unless you fight. You need to see the fight and unless that comes natur...
- Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:26 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Armor Bags?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3580
Re: Armor Bags?
Gunther, last time I traveled with my shield (similar in size to yours) I just made a bag. Sewing a zipper on was irritating, but beyond that it wasn't too tough. 3 Peices I think: 2 pieces - the size and shape of your shield + 1" larger in all dimensions. 1 piece - about 4" wide and as long as the ...
- Thu May 30, 2013 5:24 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Midrealm Spring Crown 2013
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3247
Re: Midrealm Spring Crown 2013
yeah... search youtube... it's already up there.Marco-borromei wrote:Any video?
JP
- Mon May 27, 2013 10:16 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Midrealm Spring Crown 2013
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3247
Re: Midrealm Spring Crown 2013
Excellent news. I've crossed blades with him before, and he was an awesome fighter. Glad to see him bring it home.Denewulf wrote:Sir Cellach is the victor this day for his Lady Vukasin.
JP
- Fri May 10, 2013 11:21 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Gleann Abhann Spring Crown List
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3060
Re: Gleann Abhann Spring Crown List
Don't have a good idea of most of their prowess except for John the Bellringer and James the Holy.
However, I'll be rooting for James and Joan. They are cool peeps!
JP
However, I'll be rooting for James and Joan. They are cool peeps!
JP
- Sun May 05, 2013 9:39 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Atlantian Spring Crown 2013
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4686
Re: Atlantian Spring Crown 2013
Interesting. Ansteorra's OP deliberately recognizes Barons and Baronesses in Fief (http://heraldry.ansteorra.org/OP/Order_of_March.rtf) but they are below the royal family. and I agree, it should be (or at least it would be in Ansteorra) : Duke Ragnar Blackhammer, Baron of Dun Carraig, KSCA And, Con...
- Sat May 04, 2013 4:23 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Calontir Crown List
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1297
Re: Calontir Crown List
Word from the Calon facebook is that is Damien and Isabella.
Damien defeated Michael Nymandius, with Richard and Matsu the other two to make the finals.
Jean Paul
Damien defeated Michael Nymandius, with Richard and Matsu the other two to make the finals.
Jean Paul
- Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:59 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Looking for a cutter :)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 611
Looking for a cutter :)
Not the emo kind. I've got some patterns I'd like to get cut out in bulk. They are the kind of things that fit multiple sizes of people (gauntlets) elbows, etc. Anyone got any recommendation? I've already dropped a line to Jamie over at Polar Bear Forge, but there's always the chance he may not be i...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:45 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: injured...and seeking info
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1345
Re: injured...and seeking info
Tore my ACL in July of 1998. Had surgery first week of August. Fought in high-end Don Joy brace in about late October, early November (kinda fuzzy). Like Nissan, was about a year before I stopped actively being worried about it, and two years before I was able to fight without realizing it had been ...
- Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:17 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Gulf Wars 2013 Pics!
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4361
Re: Gulf Wars 2013 Pics!
You are most welcome, my Lady. Just finished uploading 176 pictures from the Opening VCeremonies: http://www.bogpages.com/SCA-photographs/2013/Gulf-Wars-XXII-Tuesday-Opening Very frustrating day. Sun was coming in from the wrong angles and strong as hell. There's one school of photography that main...
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:28 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Fighting Drills: Defensive Solo
- Replies: 6
- Views: 773
Re: Fighting Drills: Defensive Solo
Not truly "solo", so I apologize if it's not an answer to your question, but the 50 shot drill is a good one that an un-armored non-combatant can do with you, while you are in full armor. You will have to tune your defense down to "Fully Defensive", but the basic premise is that the opponent stands ...
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What's happening with SCA spears these days?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3473
Re: What's happening with SCA spears these days?
The whole airsoft pellet thing came in as a last minute from the SEM, I think it was past down mid july last year Because there where some serious safty concerns with the foam disks. I think Icefalcon may have an SEM approved alternative or its still in beta testing. 3" spear tips are still legal a...
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:58 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: First Kings?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2232
Re: First Kings?
Both Jonathan and Willow are active and participating in Northkeep.leekellerking wrote:Ansteorra - Duke Jonathan de Laufyson. (sp?)
Duchess Willow still posts on Facebook on occasion.
Jean Paul
- Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:46 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Artemisia Fall 2012 Crown Tournament Entrants
- Replies: 3
- Views: 485
Re: Artemisia Fall 2012 Crown Tournament Entrants
Greetings unto Artemisia! Please find listed below those noble gentles who have put forth their names to enter the next Tournament for the Crown of Artemisia. Please join Their Majesties Timmur and Saige in the Shire of Bronzehelm on October 6th, 2012 and witness the spectacle that is to come. We h...
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 11:39 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: What strength training for female students? (SCA)
- Replies: 71
- Views: 4844
Re: What strength training for female students? (SCA)
Are you a knight with female squires or students? Squires no, students in the past, yes. Do you make recommendations to them regarding strength training? Yes. If so what are they? What exercises, routines, etc.? I recommend any/all of the following [*] Crossfit. Helped me win 2 crowns. [*] Zone die...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:05 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Pennsic XLI combat reviews
- Replies: 140
- Views: 11340
Re: Pennsic XLI combat reviews
Sounds like I picked the wrong year to skip Pennsic. :) I've been hearing something about the 2" spear tip thing, what exactly was going on with that? The Mandrake supplied foam inserts were compressing and breaking down. So the marshals decided that it was dangerous to leave them like that, so the...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Cecil de Tuerleone placed on vigil
- Replies: 6
- Views: 516
Re: Cecil de Tuerleone placed on vigil
My congratulations as well. I've seen him fight several times over the years, and he has just flat out impressed me with his demeanor and skill. I'm sorry I will not be able to be there for his elevation and vigil, and I will seek to send him Words.
Jean Paul
Jean Paul
- Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:18 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: A question on cup hilts...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1424
Re: A question on cup hilts...
Since the rule is based on safety requirement, it would be begging for a lawsuit to make exceptions based on "experience". Like saying cab drivers could ignore safety belts. Either that area needs armor or it doesn't. In my opinion that area doesn't need armor. Are you a lawyer? JP I hate to argue ...
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: A question on cup hilts...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1424
Re: A question on cup hilts...
In my opinion that area doesn't need armor.Alex Baird wrote:Since the rule is based on safety requirement, it would be begging for a lawsuit to make exceptions based on "experience". Like saying cab drivers could ignore safety belts.
Either that area needs armor or it doesn't.
Are you a lawyer?
JP
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:54 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: A question on cup hilts...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1424
Re: A question on cup hilts...
Or make it a perquisite of rank :) If you have achieved X award in your kingdom, you may choose to not wear Y if you please. JP That is the first I've heard of such an idea. After the initial negative reaction I reconsidered and am curious what effect that would have. Well, I've never mentioned it ...
- Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:20 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: A question on cup hilts...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1424
Re: A question on cup hilts...
demi's are not required. If your vambrace and cup hilt cover the requires areas (back of the hand, etc) then you do not need a demi. St. G. PS- notice, I am being very clear about the appropriate areas being covered. You must still be protected in accordance with the rules. I am not saying that you...