The Armour Archive

Murdock

What abpout the very word Chivalry?

Derived from French meaning "what horsemen do"

I also think that it's the same root entamology (words not bugs) as Cavalry.

Murdock

"it seems to be a great advantage to be more mobile than your more encumbured boss in plate armour" Yes in little to no armour you'd be real mobile, until you were hit once fairly well, then you'd be dead. You plate wearing boss was a walking tank,he's virtually indestructible, and trained in say Fi...

Murdock

I noticed that myself, what happened? And have we ever decided ona an event date???

BTW my email has changed to

murdochmcarthur@earthlink.net

Murdock

"What about the infantry peons? "

They were not the mud covered peasants of modern movies. Like Chef said they had pole arms and pikes.

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To me they should have to be acceptable to the current crown. There needs to be some kinda shmuck clause though, not sure how to enforce that. IMO the king should be able to set up darn near any kind of lists he chooses. If i won and i want to have an arm wrestling match then it should be up to me. ...

Murdock

sweet!

Congratulations!

Murdock

"What I think would be cool would be suede-or velvet-covered" body armour, for the 14th c.... I'm working on almost the same thing right now. We'll be 2 short guys in covered breast plates and bascinets, i was even planning on wearing my angel wing with it. We'll match! Dang it! And here i was think...

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Try as i might i still end up in basic Japanese stances. I've been in EMA since i was 15, about 10 of that competeting, so i've got it seriously ingrained. I end up doing what i think hjalmr is talking about. We call it working angles, you circle to the foward/ weak side of the opponent. Same pincip...

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I tend to agree with Kyle and Ulric. I think knights/ royal peers should be expected to fight. Not only at events but at practice. You learn very little in facing newbies and the guys you came up with. I though teaching was one of the responsibilities of the peers. How can they teach if they are not...

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Most Cop's i've seen look very boxy. everyon looks like a big rectangular tube.

Breast plates look better, but you don't really need one for reasons Joaquin stated.

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What little i have left to add is for all the Jui-Jitsuka on the thread, remember for every move there is a counter, for every counter there is a reversal, for every reversal there is a move. Maybe it was just the way Conn taught it, but i saw many similarities between BJJ and Fiore. For ex the dagg...

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Yes i can Syr Rhys, i think i just did actually.

thank you

And Yes Ulric thats basically the jist of it, how did you guess?

Murdock

This Coirrzian (sp?) i'm working on NOW i know why cris didn't want to do it as halves again. I can get them shapped but i can't get them to match! Should have done it as one piece and cut it in half! That and i ran out of rivits then out of suade to cover it and theres no way i'll get it by midwint...

Murdock

I want to do something big and grand for the pas at Gulf Wars (Friday 9:00 am) BUT I need format ideas. I had one, it ended up being too complicated and kinda morbid to do for our pas (Friday 9:00 am). Looking for formats again now for our Pas (friday 9:00 am). St O has done a Hastlitude (sp?) at Bo...

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Welp Ulric beat me to it.

We basically do it any way, you just push against their shield and/ hook their sword.
It's safe and no contact to the body.

Murdock

I would add, if you choose the unclean path and use plas... pla... plast.... i just can't say it! DO NOT get the barrels from a dump! You Have no idea what was stored in them, could have been medical waste could have been car batteries. Car wash seems ok. Mail is next to free, you can get enough wir...

Murdock

"Can the SCA truly portray knighthood accurately without at least acknowledging the religious aspects and influences a real knight had to deal with." The SCA as a whole seems unconcerened with portraying anything accurately. The "middle ages as they should have been" is the oft coined cop out. Why s...

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No, as far as i can tell Rotts were built for eating a lot and sleeping on the couch.

They're also good at scaring delivery guys and, giving the room a unique fragrance (likely due to the afore mentioned eating).

Murdock

A knight should have a basic knowledge of horses and cavalry. Not necessarily be a rider (horses ain't cheap) but know at least a certain basic amount about the joust. It goes along with havnig a basic knowledge of the period, espically the period of the person's persona. Accolade or not there are a...

Murdock

Most people in Nikes tend to _not_ "take all this time to make or buy armor".

They are the guys in blue plastic.

I don't think we'll have much of an issue with tennis shoes at this particular list.

Murdock

I may try to put somthing together

I need to know for sure when and how long i'll be at Pensic first.

Murdock

"Teaching people to fall safely would be a good start. " Absolutely, we need to do that now. Grappling or no grappling. To often at wars you hear of people getting hurt from falling down when "killed". I'm amased we don't see mopre neck injuries the way some people fall, they don't tuck their chin a...

Murdock

I'd add that your sword sounds a little on the short side. You'll decrease your reach disparity with a longer stick.

Also tall people have long legs, leg than and take away their mobility advantage, even more negating their reach.

BTW i'm 5'8" on a good day

Murdock

How do they prepose to stadardize force levels?

They very not only between kingdoms but within kingdoms.

Heck i wish i'd known anyone could be a representative, i'd have voluntered.

Murdock

The same argument could be applied to any rules revision. The adding of hand protection requierments not so long ago, to the massive over haul of combat archery. That argument basically comes down to "we alway done it this way". We should try to add in new things, if they can be done safely, espical...

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oooohhhhhhhhh

me want one!!!!

But it'll have to be black and white

I have fabric!

Murdock

Does anyone have any info on how this is going?

What they are doing?

What things may be eliminated or changed?

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If i'm at Pensic

I'm there.

Sounds like heaven armour as worn
(sorta) counted blows, Real armour.

Murdock

What Galon said is pretty much the way we've been kicking around the idea in St O's. Dress whats period for the social class of the person your potraying. But do it well or we're connan call you on it, we'll be nice but, we'll call ya. We're all assumed to be nobles according to the SCA so no one sh...

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i said "But allowing some expanded grabbing of weapons, maybe grabbing baskets or arms, we could probably do that." Syr Rhys said "What I want is to be able to fight as much like a medieval knight in tournament as humanly and safely possible. I want to know what it was like to be a knight; I want to...

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I'd basically agrre with your buddy. In a limited setting, small list with people you know. Then yeah it would work, on a large scale no it would be a meat grinder. Noe we also have to definge grappling. Now i don't wanna see NHB with armour, i don't think anyone else does. But allowing some expande...

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I remember her. Nice girl but not in appropriat gear for the list as stated in the book.

I'll play again.

What does a mutated Italian export harness rate??

Murdock

Oh good grief!

How parinoid and pc.

God forbid somone want to have info on weapons.

I hate it for ya man.

Murdock

I wear wrestleing gell knees. They cover the knee cap and that about all. Basically they are a thick neoprene knee brace with a padded knee. Supposedly the gell provides somthing like 4 times the impact cusion of foam. They are really low profile, i often wear braise and hosen to fight in, and the p...

Need format ideas

Standardizing the rules