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by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:19 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: wooden sheild that will take the beating
Replies: 17
Views: 657

T6 6061 Al shields and don't really last FOREVER... Flat ones (at least <0.125") will "taco" after 2-3 years of heavy use (hard hitting 2x week), and even curved Al heater and kite "tails" tend to curve out at the spot where you block lots of leg shots. You can hammer out th...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:11 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Show us your best lookng SCA weapons
Replies: 689
Views: 67589

All LTPPs in the West have to marked in RED. Actually, just to amuse myself, I looked it up. The rule states "all 1 1/4" tips have to be red". Which is ambiguous. Do they mean 1 1/4" _diameter_ or depth? ( this Handbook was published before the SEM lowered the depth to 3/4",...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: interesting shot.
Replies: 38
Views: 1308

ass wraps and stuff like that are ok though? ... The wrap, as it exists in the SCA, occurs in the fashion it does because we lack grappling. You know, I used to believe this and I don't think it's true. There are some SCA S&B sitations where, yes, there would likely be some wresting going on --...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:44 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Longer sword
Replies: 8
Views: 548

I prefer 36" +/- 1" (measured end of hilt to end of rattan) + thrusting tip. I have been making my swords extremely tip heavy by "clubbing" the rattan and this tends to force me down to 35" to keep it maneuverable. I think, in general you want to be able to clear the ground ...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:34 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: STONEKEEP AUCTION: Stainless Size B Joints $1 SOLD
Replies: 16
Views: 410

$10
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: STONEKEEP AUCTION: Knee Joints with demicuisse $1 SOLD
Replies: 10
Views: 364

$10
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:22 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: historicalness of leather armor?
Replies: 19
Views: 659

There is certainly good evidence of hardened leather rearbraces used in 14th Century Western Europe... but little before or after. There are numerous "textual" references (or so I have been told) about leather armors and armor pieces in period manifests and the like. I would like to here a...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Wed Jun 23, 2010 4:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Speed.
Replies: 47
Views: 1506

1) sword weight and balance There isn't a "magical" weight and balance although "generally" very light sticks move faster. Swords have to have the correct weight and balance for the shot you are trying to throw from a particular arm position with a particular mechanic. 2) "m...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:31 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Ottoman Helmet question.
Replies: 9
Views: 227

For it to be "antique ottoman" and truthful it would have to be, what, 90 years old? "Antique" => 50 years. "Ottoman Empire" collapsed in 1920 or so.
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:46 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: West Kingdom June Crown
Replies: 70
Views: 4354

I wouldn't want anyone to see something that wasn't there, nor fail to see something that was. I look forward to learning more from Ritter Brion, that I may be a better knight. I will say this - and no more. The fight between Duke Titus and Ritter Brion had all the preamble of a legendary SCA grudg...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:54 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: West Kingdom June Crown
Replies: 70
Views: 4354

Just for the sake of argument, here are the additional WK conventions as published in 2007 that are germaine: H. When one combatant is kneeling and the other is standing, it is forbidden for the standing fighter to circle or "corkscrew" the kneeling fighter. I. It is forbidden for a standi...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: West Kingdom June Crown
Replies: 70
Views: 4354

Actually, I *was* warned by the marshalls about rising up from being hipped during finals. Actually, by Uther. But I know, he just loves his first born son better than me...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Securing 'trim-lock' door edging to shields
Replies: 35
Views: 1056

I have had no luck with glue. A heavy layer of black tape (gaffers or gorilla) does a reasonable job, but is not permanent and generally only looks good for a month or so until the tape starts getting torn up. Unless the trim-loc is very secure, it will start to get cut through from the inside out b...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:42 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Pennsic Chainmail Battle - Battle of Hastings
Replies: 130
Views: 4295

How picky are we being about shields? I know classic centergrip round (min diameter?) and strapped kite (min length, max width?) are acceptable. I am not sure my round will survive until August... but I was thinking of making a ca 24x36 centergrip kite. It will not really have the classic Norman pro...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:21 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: West Kingdom June Crown
Replies: 70
Views: 4354

In Brion's fight with Titus at the 13 second mark Brion feels the need to push Titus off. A bit later Brion has to do it again at the :36 mark. Brion cannot "cannot straighten his upper body perpendicular to the ground" without having to push Titus off. Huh? Brion is like 80% straight up ...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: West Kingdom June Crown
Replies: 70
Views: 4354

Titus owned me. At least I understand how I turned my back... I whiffed my head shot and rotated through... Really that fight was lost when i posted high and fought him inside. I actually cheat three times in the 2nd fight - because his leg shot hit me high in the hip. In the West, if you are 'hippe...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:53 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: # of Fighters at Pennsic?
Replies: 54
Views: 2040

Hmmm.... I am out of the loop on all but us lil' western kingdoms. In order for Friemans' numbers (and Nissan's info) to wash it would have to be: Middle Aethelmark Northshield Ealdomere Trimaris Meridies GA Ansteorra Calontir vs. East Atlantia 50 mercs (Nissan) West (all 5 of us probably) With the ...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:33 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: One hit death. PETA folks DO NOT READ
Replies: 131
Views: 4082

Poor technique!

(j/k)
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:21 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why does SCA Combat suck
Replies: 314
Views: 8813

Nissan Maxima wrote:
Sigifrith Hauknefr wrote:
Oh, and of course Alaric is right. He's also devastatingly handsome.

This guy?


Inside joke. Also, I am pretty sure Caid's crown weighs about 640 lbs.
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:26 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why does SCA Combat suck
Replies: 314
Views: 8813

Glen - Why would you judge the "health" of SCA combat based on the yammerings on the armour archive? Unless you are trying to say "SCA combat sucks... on the internet" Thankfully, most people in the SCA or SCA fighters have better things to do than debate the merits of their hobb...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:03 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Greaves and the SCA
Replies: 16
Views: 943

You can also wear soccer shin guards under your pants. Although if you are wearing pants-over-armor you should either have greaves or leg wraps. You can probably wear shin guards under leg wraps. Having some sort of light shin protection is useful to prevent owies. You won't need them to prevent inj...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:57 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Drills
Replies: 19
Views: 497

Read my book:
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... p?t=114091

OK, just one of the chapters is on drills.
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:26 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

I really feel that shaft arrows are safe to armored combatants - or at least 'safe enough'. As for spectators - I think all CA is at least as safe as watching a baseball or hockey game from the lower stands. Is there a "fairness" or "balance" issue? Maybe. I have seen many battle...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Mon Jun 14, 2010 1:10 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

Balin50 wrote:
Unfair, Unsafe, Unchivalrous


This is exactly how I feel about groin targeting.
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:29 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/balin50/hot-1.jpg I have GOT to tell my wife to stop posting her bruise pics from practice.... No no, that's MY wife. All I did was take the pic. She made the poster after someone insulted her when she told them she fought by asking her "What do you fight ...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:07 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Softball Maces
Replies: 52
Views: 1718

That on a stick, with very little ( one layer of blue wal-mart foam cut in strips), or no padding is what I'm complaining about. Legal in the West (with the padding). (disclaimer: IANAM) What I don't like are those big pole hammers with a stick of rattan braced at right angles to the haft. I always...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:58 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

Vermin wrote:"Having them on the field in armor does not equal having sex with the marshals...."


Obligitory: "Yur Doing it WRONG!"
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Everybody read this-haft staining secret.
Replies: 12
Views: 1128

Illegal to buy/import in California!
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:54 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

Sir Jon FitzRolf Knighted in the West, AS IV for archery. When your Kingdom was but a Principality... actually Sir Jon was Knighted the very day of the first Coronation of the 1st Prince and Princess of Atenveldt (April 12, 1970). I can't decide which argument is dumber. We should have archery becau...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:08 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Why do people (seem to) hate CA?
Replies: 542
Views: 10031

Where is the graphic of the smiley face SHOOTING the horse!!!

Even Smileys have chivalry! (although out West we would call the horse "Dead on the Ground")
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:55 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Is SCA Combat Honorable?
Replies: 38
Views: 1159

Alaric -
I agree about 90% with what you wrote. However, there is one major difference - we don't have referees or judges (no, not even in Meridies!) to determine the outcome of a bout.
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: (poll) A Telling Blow should:
Replies: 55
Views: 1413

a telling blow should hit your opponent in such a way that they know they have been bested. Truth is we should do away with "telling" as a descriptor. The above, which I voted as "other" although "Leave no doubt" was close. I didn't vote for "Leave No Doubt" ...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Potrero War Videos
Replies: 7
Views: 311

Great event! I am in the second vid at 4:38 or so executing giant axe guy (actually, I armed him twice). This was funny because after this I turned and... I was the only guy left. But the marshalls blew the horn before St. Martins (about 20 of em) could nobly challenge me to single combat / execute ...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Thu May 27, 2010 5:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: The Modern Medieval web show
Replies: 94
Views: 4030

Re: Episode 3 is up!

Episode 3 of The Modern Medieval is up. This show talks about kicks, begining a series that will jump in and out about the well rounded fighter a knight would have to be. PREPOSTEROUS! Studying the ancient masters clearly shows that kicks were done with the EDGE of the foot, not only the TOE! Sure,...
by Sigifrith Hauknefr
Tue May 25, 2010 10:47 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: War practice was fun...
Replies: 111
Views: 3004

I was not anywhere near this event, BUT: In my experience, if in a set of battles with two "even" sides, one side utterly destroys the other, then the issue is probably not small unit tactics, or generalship. Small unit tactics, C&C, and pre-battle strategies help. But they would turn ...

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