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- Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:16 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: =AUCTION=- spring steel Brigantine =AUCTION= (sold)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2200
Re: =AUCTION=- spring steel Brigantine =AUCTION=
You could just let me buy it and then borrow it
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:03 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: =AUCTION=- spring steel Brigantine =AUCTION= (sold)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2200
Re: =AUCTION=- spring steel Brigantine =AUCTION=
C'mon, Ice -- there's no way it'll fit you 
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!- Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:40 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: =AUCTION=- spring steel Brigantine =AUCTION= (sold)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2200
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:56 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: =AUCTION=- spring steel Brigantine =AUCTION= (sold)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2200
- Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:24 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: =AUCTION=- spring steel Brigantine =AUCTION= (sold)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2200
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:53 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Recommendations/references for "Battle Forge"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 344
Re: Recommendations/references for "Battle Forge"
Thanks, Dobriny! I'm already familiar with your FB page and other sites, and I've started a preliminary discussion with Alexander (not sure which one) regarding a commission. I'm just looking for some references like the one from Alan to see what kind of history and reputation you guys have. All my ...
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:12 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Recommendations/references for "Battle Forge"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 344
Recommendations/references for "Battle Forge"
I'm considering placing a commission order for armor with Serg/Alexander at "Battle Forge" (http://www.facebook.com/groups/205900512782913/). Has anyone here done business directly with this company? Has anyone commissioned them? What are your experiences?
With thanks in advance... Carlyle / Jay
With thanks in advance... Carlyle / Jay
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:06 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Looking for an authentic liner for Anshelm Oniontop Bascinet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 318
Re: Looking for an authentic liner for Anshelm Oniontop Basc
Max, I've got 15lbs of horse body hair for helm liner stuffing if you want some. PM me for cost... jay
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:41 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Cuisse Belt change--Thought I would Share
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1313
Re: Cuisse Belt change--Thought I would Share
Do I get a royalty on the design? I've been using the rings on my c-belts for over 20 years *grin*... AoC
- Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:54 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Full Metal Jousting
- Replies: 504
- Views: 20690
Re: Full Metal Jousting
A little defensive about the armor, Rod ;) ? Are those McClellan saddles? And what is up with the barding? The look isn't Knightriders, it's First Knight (Ironman would have been an improvement)! This appears to be yet another take on modern jousting, and I'm sure they riders are skillful and play h...
- Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:28 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Sword Rules For West October Crown (x-post)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2003
Re: Sword Rules For West October Crown (x-post)
Not usually a problem in the West Kingdom, SH. Light is still light, edge or flat... AoCshinyhalo wrote:I like the rule. Anything that helps remove the lame: "wristy-no power-wrap shot-flat of the blade shot" ...is good by me.
- Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:24 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Duke Radnor of An Tir....
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1056
Re: Duke Radnor of An Tir....
Pretty sure he's 6'-2", but if you want, I'll bring a tape measure and size him up next Friday when I see him 
... AoC
... AoC- Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:22 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
I stand corrected and have ammended my original post. With apologies... AoCTheodore wrote:That is incorrect, HG identified himself after the archer made her statement and the Ansteoran knight made his statement
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:00 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
I feel you are being overly harsh, Eff. In the case of the Ansteoran knight, he may have been considered a credible, "expert" witness when he testified that Flieg appeared to be under control when he collided with the archer. I have no problem with this. My concern is that, in an honor-based society...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:42 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Sword Rules For West October Crown (x-post)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2003
Re: Sword Rules For West October Crown (x-post)
Curiously enough, the actual proclamation (as published to the West Kingdom list by the kingdom EM) does not specify that the required cross-hilt align with the striking edge... AoC
- Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:46 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Royal whim for October Crown (West)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1909
- Tue Sep 06, 2011 4:54 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
Not to disparage the OP, but for you, rather --audax wrote:I like it.blackbow wrote:"I don't care enough to cheat"
"I care enough not to cheat."
That is WMSSWS... AoC
- Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:25 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
An arrow under the conventions of Pennsic that strikes the torso or face of a combatant is a kill. Your comment piqued my curiosity regarding Pennsic-specific acknowledgement, since West Kingdom convention is still that the fighter calls the blow, blade or shaft. I scoured both the online combat co...
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:27 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
There are two, intertwined issues at hand which I think must still be considered in the context of the greater discussion: I think it's been proven here fairly conclusively that His Grace's honor isn't going to be tarnished by his presence at that Marshal's Court. In fact, it is far more insidious t...
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:42 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
These two sides of the same philosophical coin represent men. Men, all men, are fallible. They can rise or they can fall. I'm not saying he did; I'm saying that just as any other man could, so can he. We do not disagree, BA. A man's reputation, however, is rarely made or destroyed by a single event...
- Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:35 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
These statements bother me deeply. I had to stop and think why. And it bothers me because I found it to be philosophically opposed to statements like these... To me, the current topic and the quotes you cited are but two faces of the same philosophical coin. In the case of Flieg, we are discussing ...
- Thu Sep 01, 2011 7:44 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
- Replies: 493
- Views: 18900
Re: Worst Pennsic XL Moments!
What I draw from your post is that might makes right. Then I fear you miss the thrust of the argument. To Val, me, and others, it is Flieg's reputation that is his greatest defense. In over 40 years at the hazard, Flieg has never been known to harbor resentment or animus in combat. Even the idea th...
- Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:59 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Legal fist weapons?
- Replies: 252
- Views: 5585
Re: Legal fist weapons?
Ludial, in about 40 more posts, tell me what that brick wall you're banging your head against feels like. Seriously, Matt, I'm starting to like this guy. He's brash and impolitic. He's enthusiastic and willing to push the boundaries. He's going to make lots of enemies very early in his career, and ...
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:30 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Fighting Resolutions
- Replies: 149
- Views: 5152
- Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:03 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
... it seems your argument is that thrusts *with single hand swords* were rare, and therefore we should not allow them. My actual position is that thrusts to armor with single-handed weapons were rare, and their permitted effect within the SCA context is both out of proportion to their historical a...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:25 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
If our latest scholarship leads us to the conclusion that one-handed, standing thrusts were uncommon, isn't it reasonable to impose arbitrary limits that better represent the historical precedence But WHEN and WHERE were they "uncommon" - or rather "thought to be uncommon". My apologies if I wasn't...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:28 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
... while I follow and respect your "make it more historical" argument, I don't think that it's practical to do so with a 1000+ year window of "pre 1600 european and related culture" that is the current SCA. Believe me, I "feel" this position as acutely as you do. This is one of the greatest of the...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:17 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
I agree that the "striking hard enough to defeat chainmail" is a erroneous standard for blow calibration. I realize we've rambled far afield from the original post, but I wanted to comment on this last in the context of Sig's earlier statement: ... any appeals re: the nature of thrusting/not thrust...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:34 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
But a standing one handed hack with a broadsword? INSTANT DEATH OR DISMEMBERMENT. Seriously, the mail standard is dumb. It has no bearing on whether or not we should allow single handed thrusts in SCA combat or not. And this includes allowing them to the whole head as well. You are setting up a str...
- Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:14 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
Swords used in my portrayal's time and place had points. So does mine. Points are used to thrust, so I have learned to use it, and do. IIRC, you are doing a Dark Ages impression, implying mail armor for gentle-born/aristocracy. The swords from that time (and later; I lean toward 13th C. English mys...
- Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:36 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
It's entirely possible to do damage with the point without breaking the mail. It's called 'internal bleeding'. There's lotsd of ways to damage humans where you're not cutting into them. Point penetration and resulting injury w/o rending mail is every bit as possible as edge damage. In both cases yo...
- Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
Of course, one could equally argue that contemporary armour was proof against single handed cuts... and many here have done so in the recent "blow force" threads. Following on the premise that the "standard" is mail, there is greater hazard to the blunt-force trauma of an edge attack than the point...
- Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:37 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older" styl
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3920
...I started in the MK in the mid 80's, and we all had thrusting tips. There was no face thrusting, of course, because that was just batshit dangerous.... but we used body thrusts and such... The sword forward stuff has increased a lot, and in the Mid it is largely due to Brannos and his influence....
- Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:57 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Another technical legality question
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2618
A helpless opponent is not struck. Paraphrased ("A fighter shall not deliberately strike a helpless opponent"), but I think Eirik has the right of it. The Marshal's Handbook definition of helpless is: "... an opponent who is unable to defend him- or herself from attack for reasons beyond their cont...
- Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:27 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Sorry, but I have to say it.
- Replies: 344
- Views: 15334
SCA people forgive, forget and tolerate amazing levels of self-delusion. And some pursue only what's important and ignore the rest of the bullsh!t. I have a sweatshirt my family gave me for Christmas one year; it reads, "I'd love to help, but I can't fix stupid." Well, we also can't fix someone who...