The Armour Archive

hrolf

you certainly can, with the restriction irish noted above.

whether or not it's a tactically sound idea given the rules and equipment of sca combat really is more of an open question

hrolf

hmm. the Spirit of the thing, or the Thing itself.

I'd go with the cut-and-resew approach myself, both to get the putative look correct and because if they had blue jeans they would've worn them.

hrolf

for giggles, it is sometimes informative to intentionally do that to a piece of whose composition you are unsure. Score a mark every 1 cm or so on a length of stock. Heat and quench to full hardness. Selectively heat one end and draw a temper along the length, but don't allow it to color past the fi...

hrolf

getting this started off in style...

god i love me some key lime pie.

nom nom nom.

hrolf

D. Sebastian wrote:I'll be there, it's my "SCA B'Day" event!

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we don't need to hear about your strange european bathroom customs, D

hrolf

If you were to tell a newbie who knows nothing about metallurgy what kind of nails to buy at say HD for use as an armoring rivet, what should they look for? I'm writing an article on basic armor repair and when I go to Home Depot to look at the wall o nails all I see is nails. Copper is the obvious...

hrolf

I'm daytripping for the bear pit and a bit of business.

hrolf

I wear a hexpad shirt and a torvaldr kidney belt.

hrolf

Ah, the arrogance of "science": it gives us ALL the answers... except for the ones that matter! What, how to cook the perfect turkey? NOW we can go back on target! the perfect way to cook a turkey is with bacon on top. Anyone who tells you different at a sca event is a damn dirty liar.

hrolf

Yeah, well. One of my friends is "destroying the SCA" by allowing mullets (pagan stars) in heraldry now. Thing is the mullet is period; Christians used it to represent the five wounds of Christ and there is another meaning with the five parts of Catholicism (The father, the son, the holy ...

hrolf

Maeryk wrote:Absolutely, 100% drop dead gorgeous.

But.. what does this mean?

Each element of the presented complete set is madeon Rising.

I suspect whatever you are translating with is making a bad translation.

he's raised each piece, i suspect.

hrolf

What's an "automatic authorization"? Some Kingdoms (not sure it's SCA-wide) grant chivalry authorizations in all weapons, and/or marshal status with the accolade. Oof. Do authorizations "expire" in those kingdoms too? I don't remember what it is here, but if you don't fight for ...

hrolf

not all oily rags are a problem.

linseed oil, specifically, can autoignite. A rag soaked in wd40 for a month won't do a damn thing.

hrolf

Ooo, good one! Last time some friends took me to Medieval Times, I was miffed about the no utensils thing, too. At least give me a spoon for my soup, and let me use my knife on the meat! I had someone tell me straight-faced at an event in NY once that "oh, they didn't use spoons in period"...

hrolf

not period.

hrolf

Meg wrote:Thank you - all. I didn't think what I thought was a simple question would end up being a big thread.

You got the people who know stuff interested.

hrolf

Something that hasn't been mentioned that bugs me is the misuse of the terms "Damascus" and "Pattern welded" as if they were interchangeable. Yeah, that one bugs me. So does the liberal misuse of "wrought iron" by the general public. (multiple times at demos i have had...

hrolf

Does 20 bucks, shipped sound fair? I can do these in other colours, if so desired, and I can also make the "voyageur" style toques. I've been having far too much fun knitting hats. 's a deal, 's a steal, 's the bargain of the fookin' century! i'd be interested in a just-like-jayne's versi...

hrolf

i gotta figure out something new to do with my legs.

shovel greaves are bloody protective, but they aren't a great look.

hrolf

A couple of thoughts. 1. Do we know just how hard a lance hit when delivered from a mounted, knight charging? nope. we could, in theory, do tests with modern competitive jousters. But it'd always be an approximation. Modeling is a bad idea, biomechanics get complicated . 2. The target of the test w...

hrolf

this is because kinetic energy is proportional to mass * (velocity ^2). really small, really fast carries more KE than big, heavy, and slow. momentum is m*v, so big and kind of fast carries more momentum than really small and really fast. then, of course, there's impulse, which is Force applied over...

hrolf

yeah.. your friend should be less of a dumbass, and not fight until he's healed.

i've seen people with collapsed lungs. they were not happy.

hrolf

I'm on the right. I do not know that my kit is particularly badass.

hrolf

i can stand in the middle of the field at pennsic on a swampass kind of day and actually be cold/cool in maille when i would be roasting out of it. Sweaty linen under a giant body sized car radiator works great. my local group has a frostbite tourney in late january - i'm kind of afraid to see how c...

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but those big ones are awesome. my favorite bottle opening tool, aside from the back of a knife.

hrolf

Mord wrote:Why does the Mid and the East have to be the only "major" combatants at Pennsic?

traditioooooooooooooon!!!

hrolf

constant reinfection with no user interaction kind of screams "rootkit" to me, though. At that point, you arguably can't trust your *hardware* anymore...

hrolf

avg is free. can't get much cheaper than that, and it's lightweight and better than nortsymacaffee.

hrolf

lots and lots (and LOTS) of sticktime. Crosstrain, if possible.

getting stuck when someone else does something you've never seen before means you aren't sufficiently fluid and in the moment to react instead of think. The only way i know of to fix that is to fight, fight, fight.

hrolf

sold, pending payment.

PM me for paypal details. I can have this on its way as early as tomorrow morning.

hrolf

what the hell, i'll throw shipping in for free.

hrolf

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2631/ui2ik52f2eb4065viewattt.jpg a Hickory Arms waster up for grabs. Nice balance and form, but i just don't have a use for it, it's cluttering up my house, and it needs to go somewhere where it will be useful. $45 plus shipping. Paypal preferred.

hrolf

buuuump. This is an awesome book! I just don't have time to study it. Lichtenauer's original 14th century text, Ringeck's 15th century commentary and interpretation, and Christian Tobler's commentary on both are presented alongside photographs demonstrating the techniques in soft and hard kit. Topic...

hrolf

in the 8th and 9th centuries, being an outcast, which is the proper term for a northern european without a lord during that time, was usually a not-so-slow death sentence.

Just so you know.

hrolf

losthelm wrote:Keeping gear under the tents on the field at night is not a good idea

like, personal gear? I mean, i guess i could see siege staying out, or something, but... no way, man. i would never be that stupid.

Re: Need some help with an article I'm writing.

Re: A Pennsic Thought

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