The Armour Archive

Hrogn

Go join a boxing club. Spend your time there thinking about similarities with SCA.

Hrogn

Hi everybody. I am selling Stainless Steel Shield Bosses. The bowl is 3" deep, 6" wide and there is a 1" flange all around totalling 8" diameter. They are a high quality boss. They look very good and hold up even better. The $60 includes shipping anywhere in North America. https://scontent-ort2-1.xx...

Hrogn

Hey guys. I'm not a crook, and nobody is getting ripped off here although I do understand why you're concerned. I got 3 shipments returned back to me because I didn't do my paperwork right for the border. I tried to fedex them today but need to get phone numbers. They won't let me send without your ...

Hrogn

I have 16 gauge Stainless Steel Shield Bosses for sale. The bowl is are 3" deep and 6" in diameter. They are nice and deep and get deep fast so they don't mash your knuckles if you have big hands. They have a 1" flange all the way around making them a total of 8" diameter. $60 and that includes ship...

Hrogn

Estrella was a lot of fun. I am jealous as hell about your 5 minute commute. We had a 27 hour drive each way to get there. Avacal isn't close to many of the big wars tho so gotta go to them and it's hard to fit your camp and armour in a 40lb checked bag and a carry-on. Fighting was great. Lots of fu...

Hrogn

Greetings All, I'm looking to buy some cutlery for SCA feasts for my family. I'm looking for a set for 6 people appropriate to a Norse persona. Anybody have any merchant recommendations or ideas as to the best source of this? Looking for good quality at a reasonable price. Not necessarily the cheape...

Hrogn

Perusing the Calontir Calender, your best bet is the event in Lonely Tower (Omaha, NE). Baronial investiture for Mag Mor will be at that event, so there ought to be a good showing. http://www.lonelytower.org/springfling08/flyer.pdf Thanks, that looks about perfect. Now hopefully I will be able to h...

Hrogn

Still looking for people to hit with sticks somewhere in the Nebraska or Kansas on this Saturday.

Hrogn

Is there a good fighting event somewhere in Kansas or Nebraska next Saturday? I'm travelling up the I35-I335-US75-I29 so passing through Wichita, Topeka, Omaha, etc. Just looking for a good afternoon fight to get out of the truck and move around a bit. Not hanging out for anything else, sorry, don't...

Hrogn

Ingelri wrote:
I do that and they both hit hard.

That's good. Sometimes people are pulling on their return before the shot has landed. Which means that the shot looks fast but since the thrower is pulling it back before it hits, there isn't the impact that it looks like there should have been.

Hrogn

Targetting about a foot on the other side of the guys head and swing for that will result in a lot more power being transferred that just targetting a guys head. Lots of guys throw fast and are already throwing a second shot before the first one has finished landing. The throwing of the second shot ...

Hrogn

Blah, blah, blah, very serious condition, blah blah, hemotoma, blah, blah blah, internal bleeding. And furthermore, blah blah, blah, long term consequences, blah blah, blah, excessive force, blah blah, blah. There you go, just thought I'd save somebody the trouble. Bruising like that is bad for you...

Hrogn

I'll take my turn here to be the self-appointed medical quasi-professional who offers unsolicited advice that always shows up at these threads. Blah, blah, blah, very serious condition, blah blah, hemotoma, blah, blah blah, internal bleeding. And furthermore, blah blah, blah, long term consequences,...

Hrogn

Oh, and excessive is like porn. Can't define it, but you know it when you see it.

But even with that said, I think that excessive shots are really really rare. As in there are probably a similar number of virgins on the thrones.

Hrogn

I think the picture shows the guy being really fast. He was so fast, that he sensed the Duke's shot coming and was dodging it. He moved his head out of the way so fast that his face got shmushed up against the bars as he was dodging. It took a little bit of time for the helmet to catch up to his dod...

Hrogn

When going backwards, if the guy gets past your tip, remember that you can stop, plant and crosscheck. When you crosscheck the guy, remember that he will be throwing a shot. Probably an onside snap or wrap. So you have to catch that with your spear as well. But if you get a good crosscheck in, you c...

Hrogn

Can I make a question? If i'm not wrong, SCA simulate unarmored combat (or all the same armour despite how it really appears) and the rattan weapon simulate a sword. If this is the scenario, there should no need to club your opponent with a lot of force. If you use too much force, it turn into club...

Hrogn

I am actually not sure that anywhere has people getting knocked out in a properly padded and strapped 12 gauge helmet. Key phrase there is properly padded and strapped. I don't buy into the damaging armour is too hard argument. Happens all the time. Armour is there to get hit. It is going to take da...

Hrogn

I think it'd probably depend where you live. Tip heavy hits hard but is slower. So if you need to hit with significant power, put your balance out front. If I lived in some of the light hitting kingdoms, I probably have a pommel and balance it at my middle finger in the grip. That'd be super-fast bu...

Hrogn

16 gauge (or more properly the thousandths of an inch conversion) is safe for combat in all kingdoms. The problem with it is that it remains safe for a relatively short time. In a hard hitting kingdom, your hat will be dented up pretty quickly if you are playing with the big dogs. By pretty quickly,...

Hrogn

DietrichUhl wrote:In Gleann Abhann, the audience may help you call your fight if it looked like a good blow regardless of what you thought about it.

Wow

Hrogn

Unless there is some low-profile steel under the chain at the back, you won't pass. Also how thick is the steel?

Hrogn

I got a Dewalt DW893 electric shear on ebay a few months ago for $160. 12 guage mild, 14 guage Stainless capacity rating. The thing works great. Probably one of the best valued tools I have bought. Highly recommend.

Hrogn

William de Grey wrote:What are the dimensions for plates 8 and 9? I am also interested in the cost for Titanium either .02 or .04 thick.

Thanks,
William

I'd say .02 is too thin. My Ti lamellar is .035 and is just right. .02 is almost half that and I don't think that would last.

Hrogn

I beleive that there were 70 in total, 16 of which were An Tirian. 8 of the An Tirians were knights. Congratulations to Duke Jade for winning again. You would think that 3 of the final 4 in the tourney being An Tirian, that the odds would favor an An Tir victor. At least until you realize that the 1...

Hrogn

Here's what I'm doing. It will definitely strengthen your back.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224

Just need a barbell, some weights, a bench and a squat rack. Your gym should have all that.

Hrogn

Why do you ask? Duke Uther had just posted that he expected something like 20-25 An Tirians to enter the West's Crown list. And he has won our Crown. I didn't think that any other Kingdoms did this but wasn't sure, so I thought I'd ask if any other Kingdoms allowed it. And then I was wondering if a...

Hrogn

Does anybody in the east fight in out-of-Kingdom Crown Lists? Are any eastern Kingdoms that allow out of Kingdom fighters into their lists?

Hrogn

I never really thought about this before. But around here we do have vocal supporters for some of us. But it tends to be polite. Around here, we tend to have some strong houses. And it isn't uncommon to have two guys from opposing houses meet in a tourney and have each house vocally cheer exclusivel...

Hrogn

You're fighting with 2 weapons now. Your shield can't punch the other guy directly but it can do everything up that point. You are going forward. Backwards isn't an option. Sideways is if necessary. Use your shield punch to get the other guy to move where you need him. Your shield is your left jab. ...

Hrogn

If you did an archive search for something like Aveloc weapons, I bet you would get some threads with some pics of nice sca weapons.

Hrogn

Perhaps when you are throwing it in a combo, you already have your hips moving in such a way as to use the sword as a whip-snap extension of your arm, but when throwing it as a standalone shot, you do not use hip movement? I found I was having that problem at one point. The hips and torso is absolu...

Hrogn

I have a hard time with a really basic shot. Off-body head, thrown from Duke Paul. I can throw it and even land it often, but it just doesn't have killing power. I'd love it if I could get even half the power on it that I can on a flat snap from the same position. I am talking just throwing it gunsl...

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Modern materials: I am curious how Sir Vitus and others that agree with him view modern materials. If you are making a competitive kit and an authentic kit, then I don't see the problem in using modern materials in the competitive kit. So what would you think of making your competitive kit out of mo...

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Seen it happen lots. Fighting builds character and confidence. Confidence is the big one. A fighter starts to fear less. The threat of getting punched is less. It doesn't hurt that bad. Certainly not as much as you could imagine it does. And you start to lose fear of pain in general. Actually, I thi...

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16 Guage Stainless Steel Shield Bosses

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16 gauge Stainless Steel Shield Bosses for sale

Re: Estrella War

(SCA) Norse Cutlery

KS, NB event May 10 or Fight practice in SD, ND May 11

Re: In Gleann Abhann,

Fighting in out-of-kingdom Crown lists