The Armour Archive

Murdock

I have a simlar cuiess st up (but mine are sheet metal and leather) There is a piece of suade i have hanging behind the polyen. It's long enough to stick out the bottom. I have 2 holes in each knee pointed to the suade, and a strap behind the knee. The suade flexes and the stra holds the knee in pla...

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Hey Matt,
that hurts don't do that.

Murdock

"Why can't we have both 1) zealously historical events and ..." Because afaik you have to be a sanctioned SCA chapter (shire barony ectect) to hold an event. These groups have little to no incentive to hold a strict historical event, because they would not make as much money as they will by haveing ...

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I just got Froissart's Chronicles yesterday, i'll be sure to keep a look out for that.

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And then Morgan was brutally murdered...

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"These are folks who just plain will not use anything heavier. " And that i just don't get. Minor rant here... I've seen people buy plastic that cost as much as stainless (Egg's stuff) I've also felt many plastic rigs, they weigh as much as my transitional rig. (25lbs) The stuff was about 1/4 in thi...

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I'll say arming coat too.

I live in Alabama and i fight in one of the 3 my wife made year round.

The only sports padding i have on are some light wrestlers gell knees, no need for anyting more. Mundane padding adds bulk and holds in heat, a linnen or cotton arming coat is vastly superior.

Murdock

In the little catalogue/pamphlet thingie that came with the book it lists a companion poster.

What does it look like?

Murdock

I don't dislike CA either. I just hated standing there for an hour. I think i've been killed by a CA or SE maybe twice. So it doesn't really bother me.

As for the volley fire, for some reason the invulnerabel shields slipped my mind.

Murdock

"You ignore the fact that a lot of folks who might otherwise be interested are probably driven away by the inauthentic elements of the SCA" This gets said far too rarely. I know of at least 5 people who quit/do not play because there are so many genericelts/plastic palidins, or because of acted woun...

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I got mine!

It'll take a while to absorb all this.

Murdock

Unless you heat gun the hell out of it it's not going to have the correct lines for a corrizina no matter what.

I've seen both ABS and kydex shatter like glass.

Steel or even aluminum would pobably be easier to work, as well as not be plastic.

Murdock

Hey Dane what size?
Stainless?
How big are the occulars?
Got pics?

Murdock

I have seen a marshal tell one fighter he was dead one time. This guy in green was just getting whailed on, almost getting knocked down toward the end, wouldn't take anything. A man mountain of respect and honor just called hold and asked something like "did all those hit you?" guy said "yes " the K...

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"My instructor started in KAJUKENBO as a young man in Hawaii and moved on to Tang Soo Do in Korea " Now thats exotic!! Please lets not get into the my dad can beat up your dad thing. I didn't mean to imply that your teacher was anything but competent. But there are so many strip mall dojo's, that it...

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Well hmmmmmm. If we can figure out a way to get it there my offer is still good.

My Knight goes to Germany all the time for his job, maybe he could mail it from Germany or something.

Murdock

I made one.

I used suade with 2 inch long 1 inch wide plates along the kidneys and ribs. Uses 1 inch steel disks in the uppe body to save weight.

Based it off a burgundian doublet pattern.

Caleb from St Olaf wears it.

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"Take this test.The next time your training or fighting with a sword,or some other comperable weapon,kill your opponent. If you are unable to kill your opponent because it's wrong,or you don't want to go to jail,or whatever your reason is:Welcome to the club!!! If you CAN kill your opponent,well..."...

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Some places need active marshalling. We have it here in Meridies. I've seen it used maybe one time in 7 years. Honorable fighters have nothing to fear. Thre marshall on the field has to have teeth. Why does no one change the rules? They do, they just don't make the changes we here at the AA would. [...

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Cool man,
just give us a shout when they come up. No hurry.

Murdock

Yeah but DV us still $200. If he's really that broke he may wanna take it slow and just get what he wants as he can. Sorry to say but if it's eat or buy half guants then by all means eat. On that note if you send me his measurements and what his persona is, i'll see if i can dig something free up ou...

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Tennis shoes bug me far more than polished aluminum. No tennis shoes. I fought at the pas at Magnafair with a broken ankel in a brace in my period shoes, and yes it hurt like hell. Actually that was really stupid, but they have the tight strappy ankels and provide better support than the east german...

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"In other words:during combat(a real war),defending your life,during a physical assault on your person,etc" I knew what you ment. I have been in real fights, where real people were really trying to kill or seriously injure me. Saying the SCA plays tag with sticks in this context is like saying "knoc...

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I'd pick the SCA with traing from Bob Charron added in. Biggest pool, biggest diversity of conditions. Playing tag in red t shirts is no substitute for actually hitting people in armour. Like guys that only do forms vs guys that spar under rules. Who wins a real fight? A top fighter say Duke Gareth ...

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I'd say if it's metal and looks good then let it go as far as the aluminum question.

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I plan on going.

It's one of my main reasons for going to Pensic.

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Whoo Hoo!! I preordered!
Highland Swordsmanship was good!

More books! Can't wait to get it!

Murdock

Any word on equestrian activities?

BUMP

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Go to Sir Conal, he's a good and fair man.

If complaints were already made he may have already dealt with it. He'll treat ya right.

DO NOT hunt the bad guy down. That just gets you in trouble too. Your buddies honor is intact let the marshalate deal with it.

Hope he's ok.

Murdock

those new body armour pics up yet?

Murdock

Any one notice that it's a brass of Robert the Bruce?

Murdock

I'm like Horsefriend, i seem to change armour alot. But it's hard to sell my old stuff. I still have the first piece i ever made and the first i ever bought. It's hard to sell stuff that has served me so well. I usually only sel to locals that i know will take care of it and attend enough that i can...

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My wife can,

she's in a comission taking mood too. She's making one for master geofery now and i think Sir Maximillian wants one.

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I'd disagree Brennus. What gives a TC legitimacy is what it does not who's in it. If some people look at you as a squiers club for having no peers in your given TC then they are being short sighted and snobbish. (and are likely not peers) Yeah St O has several peers in it, but we don't make a big de...

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It was basically a whadda ya wanna do kinda feeling.

Bob started talking about it on the AA and a few of us thouht he has a good idea.

Now we have dozens of members and have held and attended Pas all over the place.

Just have a focus, and work toward it.