The Armour Archive

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I think it's a question of honor rather than safety. Sort of a "gentleman's agreement". I also think it's fine to hit people as hard as "they want" in the armpit, and would strongly suggest it for people who are having trouble with calibration. The neck is kind of in between... c...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

So, I am forking this manually from the CA thread. I mentioned, off topic that the West Kingdom has the following additional rule: 16. It is considered discourteous and dangerous to intentionally target the groin area. If such blows are thrown repeatedly, it shall be presumed to be a violation of th...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I will fork the West "nut shot rule" discussion to another thread... I guess I know where to hit Alfred.

Sigifrith Hauknefr

The presumption that we're 'nobles playing at war' precludes even the slightest simulation of medieval warfare. Because if we're all on the same social level, a war simulation is pointless - as you accurately point out, there can be no archers. If SCA melee combat is meant to be a simulation of med...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

just like an excessive shot. It must be acknowledged, but the thrower is violating the R.O.L.

Works just fine. Don't aim at the junk. If you hit, say sorry that sucks.

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I am likely going to a center grip oval. I was wondering what size you all use (and how big you are). What shape did you use? http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/images/armour_images/shields-oval.jpg We use the big #4s (curved) as scuta for war. Like 28x42 or (40 if you are under 6', 44 if you are 6'...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

We are allowed to strike one another in the cup but is it a good thing? Just because the rules tolerate it doesn't make it good or appropriate. OT, but we actually changed the rule in the West to say that intentional targeting of the groin is ILLEGAL, in violation of rule 6. Of course, if you get h...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

people make mistakes. Even marshalls. Appeal to his boss, failing that the king. Oh, and I guess bring a back up spear!

Sigifrith Hauknefr

A chin strap will keep the helm from coming off your head. Its the key. I know you are just being funny, but... This is a vast understatement. A good chin strap should hold your helm TIGHTLY on your head so that when you are hit HARD or thrust to the face HARD the helm doesn't jump, rattle, bottom ...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

So, every year I fly my self out to Pennsic and end up not getting all the pick ups in I want in the first week. War week is more straight forward, since I am on the field at 10 or so every day anyway, and stay until I am done. I know that most of us have camp and set up duties during the week, but ...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

why are the resurrections mostly Ca and the single death non CA? Good question. I guess because if it was the reverse, the side with the CA would always win the single death scenarios, unless the the field was open enough to allow full manuvering (i.,e only open field battles, which often become st...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Show me the last time a shieldman leapt across the spear-duel no-man's-land in order to gack a spear, and I'll show you a dead shieldman who's going to get a well-deserved arse-chewing for deserting his post. Uh, we do this all the time. It's called a pulse charge. Helps if you have some training a...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Were there any serious losses of temper, or very harsh words exchanged? These are the events that do lasting damage to the social fabric of the sca. A few of these we can certainly absorb, but when you have a few every war for decades you have the problem we have today. Nah. West and An Tir lurve e...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I'll take the 2x66.

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Awesome work. I will put out a plea for 13th Century effigy "anecdotes". There are two questions one can look at here - statistically when did different forms of armor become common, but another question is "what is the EARLIEST" appearance of armor bit X. This is helpful for us ...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

This would create a confusing double standard. It's not confusing. The maille standard is just de jure anyway. Everyone takes just as hard as they like when hit with rattan (where "like" may entail the amount of social grief and loss of renown they suffer). One of the reason Plate is proo...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

West / An Tir War archery report. (I did not Marshall, so this is all off the record). We had a war. Two days. Maybe 16 battles? Some of them had archery - perhaps a little more than 1/2. We did more scenarios "with" then "without". There were probably 5-6 archers on a side -- ma...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

] I am not sure this is true...it seems more logical that change of angular momentum to linear, or the reverse, along with changes of angular momentum supply a great deal of 'power'(ie. force). The latter is particularly good, IMO...think of a spinning figure skater pulling his/her extended arms in...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

one of the best ways to increase power is to move your body's center of mass. It does not have to be at all in the direction of the shot. It can be linear or rotational (relative to a straight line from your neck to your crotch). It can be counter rotational, or backwards (there is a classic offside...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

ya i had this idea to cept i was only going to target crowns and belts in fact i was going to hunt them because crowns change rules most crowns are belts, but i did not want to sink to the terrible depths that CAers are at. So let me get this straight... You planned on organizing a group of fighter...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

A guy with gauntlets blocks with his hand? Boo! Target substitution! Only if the hand is not on the weapon, Raito. And in fact, I think that it should only be called if there was some intent on the blocker to interceed his hand in the way of a shot. Same effect as baskets, really (hurts more though...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Wow. First, I never tried to be, implied that I was or should be, nor do I want to be, the final arbiter of other peoples' fun. First, sorry, my tone might have been over the top; I intended no malice or insult. In response to this and to the fact that this is a "what would you change" th...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I don't think you correctly grasped what Freiman is trying to say, which IMO is not "I think X, Y and Z should have gotten A, B and C awards" (though he may think that under the current system those people do deserve those awards), but that the awards system as a whole should be done away...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

2 PiP is used in the west kingdom not at estrella if it was CAid would have kittens...again. Doesn't it depend on the the treaty? I thought that at "SOME" estrellas (within the last 5 years) we have had "SOME" battles with PIP. But perhaps my memory is faulty, or I was cheating.

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I would have fewer bruises?
But more carpal tunnel (or other RSI?)

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Do away with the Award System. I am not sure that counts as changing SCA combat, but rather a deeply fundamental change in the SCA itself. Agreed. It is clumsy at best, horrible at worst. Did it ever occur to you that other people might like it? That you are not the final arbiter of other peoples f...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

question for archers and commanders (although I guess it's the intertubez, anyone can pipe in). Do archers have a big effect in resurrection battles? Does it matter if the battle has fixed objectives? (Note that it is not lost on me that a resurrection battle without fixed objectives or counted deat...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

This, in my opinion, would drastically change the dynamic of the fight for the better, and we would have to change very little in the rules. our knees are already armored.They get bashed all the time. Heck, we get hit in the lower leg just fine. I don't really have a problem with getting hit in the...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Boy, all these goals seem kind of attainable. What are you going to do when you get there?

My goal is to never again be bested in single combat.
To fight every fight perfectly.

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Estrella and other "west of the mississip" wars have used "Plate is Proof" for years. The current (most common) rule is: METAL plate, either 4" square or overlapping blocks all arrow fire. So this includes space metals like Titanium and Aluminum but never leather or plastic....

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I agree with Gavin. Although it would be cool to have a such a device.

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Earnst - when is that artwork from? You mentioned spain...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

I like the animal rule.

Here is my rule:
Full force thrusts, no distinction between face and side for any helmet for either point or blade.

Sigifrith Hauknefr

Just in case the chef confused anyone, I just learned that an Umbo is what we would call a "shield boss", although in the context I heard it was one with a little protrusion or nipple on it. Also to add to Vitas list - I thought that the large Roman oval preceeded the rectangular scuta. Yo...

Sigifrith Hauknefr

What goes BUMP in the night? 7 year old threads getting ressurected.

Anyone else have any new data? Particuarly, what did 11th-13th century kites and transitional heaters weigh?

Has anyone ever dug up a Norman kite?

Rules, Conventions, and Groin Targeting

Re: Size of center grip ovals? Shape? Where to put the boss?

Pennsic 2009 Week 1