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Brian de Lorne

It's a wonderful hat, it's cool at those hot events, as it breathes extremely well, I put a good design for a strap in it that locks it in tight so it doesn't move at all, the brim is great on bright sunny days and keeps your face dry on wet rainy days. It's really a spectacular helm. I love it, but...

Brian de Lorne

Still for sale!

Brian de Lorne

I thought someone would have picked up my helm at pennsic...

Still for sale.

Brian de Lorne

Here's my picks. This is assuming that the pickes are done by OP on the double elim format in the MOL handbook for Atlantia. NOTE: This does not include challenge-in's due to the fact that you don't know who they're going to challenge. Quarter Finals: Duke Logan Lord Ragnar Sir Colin Sir Corby Lord ...

Brian de Lorne

Thx Talun. As of right now this is all up in the air and simply looking at some issues that seem to be surfacing. There's several reasons why I want to keep the kettle, and several reasons why I want to go to a more fitted, tighter helm (head movement, ducking shots, less mass, etc), namely a bascin...

Brian de Lorne

Who are some good makers of bascinet helms? I'm looking for fixed or removable bar grill, with or without aventail (will want one at some point). I'd like it to be a nice fit, not some big 3 size fits all version. Doesn't have to be custom, long as it fits good. Stainless, 12-14ga. Just looking at t...

Brian de Lorne

That should be it as of right now.

Brian de Lorne

Added Mungoe to the list above.

Edit: Just got word Ansel IS fighting.

Brian de Lorne

I've gotten some questions about the OP, and just to clarify, I pulled that information straight off of http://op.atlantia.sca.org/atlantian_op.php.

I've looked at everyone's awards and dates, and everything looks correct.

Brian de Lorne

OoP 29 Duke Logan Ebonwoulfe fighting for Baroness Rowan Berran McDowell 32 Duke Ragnarr Blackhammer fighting for Countess Anneke Raudhe 108 Viscount Reinar Jorgensen fighting for Viscountess Ellisif ÃžunkÃ¡rr 239 Sir Corby de la Flamme fighting for Mistress Thjora Arnkitelsdottir 301 Sir Vladimir A...

Brian de Lorne

Tis a Viscount I do believe

Brian de Lorne

I believe in atlantia the winter reign is 7 months and the summer reign is 5... not that that has any bearing on this conversation. That makes crown winners prince and princess for 6 and 4 months respectively. I think the list is going to be posted some time this week if little birdies can be truste...

Brian de Lorne

Good question.....

dukelogan wrote:

what just happened?

regards
logan

Brian de Lorne

I've been in a few full out charges that hit pretty hard. And I've been on the bottom of the pile in a bridge battles after the initial charge. At my size, (5'10 200lb little guy) I'd much rather be in a full out charge, than at the bottom of one of those piles. I probably shouldn't say that, someon...

Brian de Lorne

That's very cool! I like it!

T. Finkas wrote:Will this work for you, Brian?

Brian de Lorne

Interesting.... I didn't realize you could be a fighters consort and a fighter in crown at the same time.....

Brian de Lorne

Oh, and if you wouldn't mind doing my wife's either, that'd be way cool. Just name your compensation. So as not to put another big picture on here, here's the link to it. http://members.armourarchive.org/brian/Final%20Heraldry/Mert%20Shield%20Final.jpg Gules, a goblet between three hounds courant in...

Brian de Lorne

Could I get in on the spiffy avatar action too? It would be mucho appreciated... blazon: Gules on a chevron fimbriated between three caltrap a griffin rampant Or I must say, nice choice of charges! Now, when did you get yers passed? :twisted: Would someone mind cleaning mine up a bit? This is the b...

Brian de Lorne

I figured this would be the best forum on the archive to post in so everyone can see it. Keep your eyes open when browsing ebay and other stuff. Just in case. --------------------------------------------------------- I returned home this evening (monday 1/22) to find that our 6x6x12 enclosed utility...

Brian de Lorne

Hypothetical situation, just to see what people think. And this is NOT based on anything or anyone I have ever seen. Just thinking about it. It could happen. You're the marshall, and the rules are the rules. Two guys step up to fight. They don't like each other. They're roughly at the same skill lev...

Brian de Lorne

Either way, kettle helms rule! 8) I've never had a problem with shots twisting my head and such. A hard spear to the face coming up from below is probably the worst that could happen. It tends to catch the brim and roll your head back more so than a "smooth" helm where the weapon would slide off at ...

Brian de Lorne

Oswyn_de_Wulferton wrote:but referencing Meridies Kingdom Marshalls Handbook

I live in Atlantia.... I don't recall seeing anything of the sort in our kingdom marshalls handbook......

Just looked through it and didn't see it...

So it may be different for you....

Brian de Lorne

I've worn a kettle helm for almost a year and a half now. I love it. It breathes, no water on the face in a rain storm, few problems with sun. It does however effect you against taller people in that your lack of upward visibility can be used against you in close. As for shots to the brim, if it's a...

Brian de Lorne

5. Put the fear of god or at least of me in my daughter's first real boyfriend :twisted: The best one of these I've heard was a friend of mine to the boyfriend of his daughter. Looked him dead in the eyes, straight faced, and said: "I have a gun, and a shovel." Apparently he behaved quite well afte...

Brian de Lorne

What is the exact date that this rule goes in to effect? For some reason I had Dec. 10th in my head after reading the Acorn, but was told last night it was the first. The 10th does sound like an odd date to set, but I could have sworn that's what I read.

Brian de Lorne

I'll throw this in the pot since I saw a "bar fight" at an event 4 or so years ago. It was actually my second SCA event. Now I don't remember much about it, but I don't think there were fish, loaves of bread, mugs, or anything like that around. If I remember correctly, there were daggers, swords, ro...

Brian de Lorne

Been fighting three years now, and the worst things that have happened to me are: 1. Got hit in the ankle once, right on the bone. Hurt, but went away. Fluke. 2. Took a hard shot to the calf recently. Muscle still hurts when I stretch it. Fluke. 3. Browned out from a overhead blow from an unpadded p...

Brian de Lorne

FYI, fought greatsword with a pair that a friend of mine lent me in a tourney this past weekend. Other than one shot to the little finger that stung pretty good, these things took a good beating and my hands were fine. Of course, my little fingers are kind of short and nubby (1.5" shorter than my ri...

Brian de Lorne

BdeB wrote:Do you have an email addy for him?

PM sent.

He's been pretty busy lately with a new job, so you might need be patient, hehe.

Brian de Lorne

Yeah, Talun made both mine and Afshin's recently. He does real good work.

Brian de Lorne

The bottoms are white and black thank you very much! :twisted: In truth, that's really my only issue with cleats. When someone is called up in court, good looking kit, still wearing their covered cleats, you don't even notice until they kneel. Kinda sticks out. I figure all black would deaden it a g...

Brian de Lorne

All i can say is i hope someone never steps on m y moccasins with cleats. Seems a bit of a safety hazard in war to me. The heel of a combat boot to the toe can hurt just as much as a spike on a soccer cleat. You probably have just as much chance of your foot getting hurt via a heavy hard boot as yo...

Brian de Lorne

I recently switched from boots to cleats, and I love it. I CAN move quicker, as I can plant and turn, and run more freely than with boots. IMHO, wearing cleats is just another thing that some people like and can get used to, while others can't. Most of the time the only way my feet get "stuck" to th...

Brian de Lorne

You know, I've kind of seen that in the past during Kings Assessment events, saw it at a melee we had a few years back at Tourney of Chiv with unbelts v. belts, etc. My thought is that to be an effective unit, you should probably have a core group of guys that train together as a unit. Then it helps...

Brian de Lorne

Since I live in the same barony as you (Columbia), figured I'd point you in the right direction to your local herald, who also happens to be the baronial herald. You can find her contact info on

http://www.nottinghillcoill.org/index.php?module=people

Her email is herald@nottinghillcoill.org.

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