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Mac Thamhais

Laurie Wise wrote:All I can say on this subject is Kirby used one in the early 70s in Calafia. It was very effective.. The opposite fighters couldn't defend very well against it because the flail went over and around the shield.

And was nobody hurt in the process?

Mac Thamhais

A weapon made under older rules perhaps?

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losthelm wrote:I think I fixed it...
It appears to have fixed all previous posts... Interesting
Took a bit to find the settings on my networked mp3.

Much better, thank you milord.

Mac Thamhais

losthelm wrote:It's milord...
A few merchants also have link pages so that may help.

My apologies milord. Your sig line is what I too was going by.

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Thank you milady.

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Greetings good gentles.

The website hosting the SCA Merchants Row has been long since closed, but I was wondering if the Merchants Row ever found a new home.

Does anyone know of a new website address for this, or any other collection of various and sundry SCA vendors?

Mac Thamhais

Sounds like great advice Sean

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Marius Brittanicus wrote:by the way guys ...the rivets on the helmet..not rivets ..spot welds that are shaped to rivets.

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I think the latter is what I'm looking for. Thanks very much.

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I think I'm sorta looking for a command.

ie - (we must all) Survive and Defend
or perhaps - (we must) Survive (so that we will be able to) Defend

hope that makes sense.

Mac Thamhais

Would some worthy gentle be so good as to provide me with the Latin form of the phrase "Survive and Defend". Any assistance in this matter would be most heartily appreciated.

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I personally would not care to fight with a cross hilted sword. Gauntlets that provide adequate hand mobility, while very period, are not adequate protection for a full contact sport. That may be, but from what I've read on this Archive, there is currently more and more of a move in the SCA towards...

Mac Thamhais

Ever thought of getting this same material as thick-wall extruded pipe? By playing with wall thickness you can work with relative density which might give you better balance and performance but not need to add bars even to the small percentage that would require it... and if you're going to do that...

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...and because of the dangers we as phenomenally experienced and capable swordsmen who train specifically to strike each other powerfully would be if we were ever to have 'real' weapons. God even from the inside we are starting to sound like a bunch of mall cops explaining why we can't have real-gu...

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Too heavy and off-balance compared to real swords. I DO think they make excellent trainers for pells and for training new fighters how to swing a sword, as they require good body mechanics to get them to move. But they are not an improvement over rattan. I can get rattan to balance out better as ra...

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Trevor wrote:I've tried them. They suck.

Would you be so kind as to elaborate? If you feel that they are unsuitable, that's fine, but if you would be so kind as to explain WHY they are unsuitable, we'd know what needed to be fixed.

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1) We had a rod of nylon floating around. It broke pells. My concern with a material like polypropylene, is that you could manufacture something in the same shape as the polypropylene out of nylon either through ignorance or malice, and have a seriously devastating weapon out there (imagine in a me...

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I'll admit that helms like the above are rare, mostly because of the predominance of 14th cent bascinets with bar-grills but they do exist. If I had just paid MattB to build a helm like this: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=127372 and someone told me I had to add a central ba...

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If these weapons were otherwise approved, it would be a simple matter to require that they have thrusting tips added and that the thrusting tips keep the current 1.25" standard. If this were done, I don't think many helms would have to be modified. Thrusting aside, no helm that I have ever seen in c...

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Unto all Good Gentles, greetings, I tried to do a search to see whether these had already been discussed, but I was, alas, unable to get the search function to function. If they have already been addressed, I apologize for the repeat. In any case, submitted for your approval: http://www.coldsteel.co...

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Yup, that's the one. Thank you most kindly.

Mac Thamhais

Greetings good gentles,

There has been posted to this archive, at sometime past, a link to a video of an archiver performing cartwheels in full plate.

Would some worthy soul be so kind as to re-post that link? Any assistance in this matter would be right heartily appreciated.

Mac Thamhais

Made for rebated steel combat. 15mm plyboard, a layer of hessian soaked in glue, with more hessian around the edges and canvas on the front. Painted with bathroom emulsion paint and acryllic. The brass 'nails' are actually drawing pins and the leather arm pad is stuffed with a bit of old carpet. Th...

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PiRho wrote:Just finished it up

Just out of curiosity, what would be the heraldic blazon for the inner shield, if you know it. I only ask because it is unfamiliar to me, and I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at.

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Isabella E wrote:I'm not sure I could ever duplicate them anyway. It would end up being similar but not exactly the same.

As long as by "similar" you mean two different shades of AWESOME, I wouldn't quibble.

(o:

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Ah but they are made to be used! It would be so sad for them to just sit there on the wall. I can always do more painting. Plus, every time they get too damaged to keep using it means I get to paint something new. Ya know... these shields have become an art form. I am quite impressed. Thanks for th...

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Indeed, if I was going to get a shield that looked as good as the ones on this thread, I'd have to have two: one that I would fight with, and one that would hang on the wall and look purty.

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Awesome job, even with the Pringles bit. I like that part. It shows that you were thinking outside the box... er... can!

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sir nigel darby wrote:Yeah, he's the elephant from the Zurich Wappenroll.

Pray what is the crest upon your helm made of, and how was it constructed?

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George is very often sticking dragons with spears rather than a sword, and doesn't have fluffy white wings. And there's that Argent, a cross gules throughout thing. LOL. I will forgive myself for overlooking the whole spear/sword thing, and I am unfamiliar with whether saints are portrayed with or ...

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What with the defeated dragon and all, I would think St. George perhaps?

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Isabella, pray what is the translation of the latin inscription around the border of the shield?

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Sounds good. I think I'll look into one of these.

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Mine. I think i'm gonna need to switch to a flat top kite instead due to the persona. Not sure.... need to do more research yet. It's an aluminum shield with welded edges (so no hose, which I love). Shield was made by Sir Sam of the outlands Is it curved on the face or flat? Its hard to tell. And w...

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Kotek wrote:Mine:

This shield seems to have a greater than usual number of holes in it. Just out of curiosity, why is that?

Re: Society flail experiment??

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Latin Help Requested...

Another Possible substitute for Rattan

Cartwheel video