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I am not a Peer, Royal or otherwise. You most certainly are. It is a shame that you have been bounced around land to land for work. Someone.....please elevate this man! We need noble Knights like this in our society. I second this post. Gentlemen: I am absolutely humbled by the sentiment, particula...

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The thing that I find most funny about this line of thought is a kill shot is still a kill shot. No matter how tacky, or "cheap" the fake dead guys thinks it is. I've been told I'm a 9 or 10 level fighter. Does that mean my shots are "cheap" when I stab my sword through their ey...

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[BTW when a Jew does it, it's not complaining. It's kvetching. Which is a sacred right, not an annoyance. Just ask Nana. Ivan, clearly you forgot to read the fine print. Your sacred right to kvetch ONLY extends to kvetching to your Mother. You only have the right to give her Tsuras. With anyone els...

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DukeAlaric (George S.) wrote:Figure out what sort of job you want the unit to do on the field. Build around that, not a shield type.

The large rounds, though, I think are not the best.

g-

100% Spot-on.

Max Von Halstern

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Thanks, Max. They look good, but they need a better name, IMHO. Ursus We're not a household, we're a military unit -- and thus have appropriate designation for such. On our helms you might have spotted the blue CDIV stickers perhaps displaying our designation more to your liking. Clearly, however, ...

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I think the best way to reconcile the thrusting issue is to yes, allow them, yes, train them, but require that a face thrust be stout. It requires skill to land a good hard face thrust, much more so than to flick the tip out there and hope it makes incidental contact. Dietrich: I'm still a bit conf...

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@ Max: your writing would be a lot cleaner if you stopped using the words "however" and "while". Sheesh. Everybody's a critic. Ain't like I'm in your class, prof... Besides. While I might not be the most eloquent author on the planet, I believe most people get my gist and some e...

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Ursus:

This is the 404.

Max Von Halstern

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The day we assume that a man called Duke or Knight is noble and chivalrous, then honor and chivalry are truly die, because we've reduced them to inanimate objects - a white belt, a crown of gold. Nobility and chivalry are done, not worn. I am not a Peer, Royal or otherwise. Yet I fully expect all w...

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Reposted from the other thread (and excluding my CotT rig):

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Some thrusts do upset me, but I am not bothered about them in general. What I don't like to see is someone with a 4 out of 10 talent level rely on them, and occasionally get a quick kill in a tourney over a top fighter. It's part of why I quit tourney fighting and do pick-ups. If you thrust me once...

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@ Max, I disagree with you slightly on the interkingdom issue. I am not sure I can speak to the travel issue, but I do think that the SCA has more interaction between kingdoms. I believe that the internet and the rise in importance of the major wars has diluted kingdom culture in favor of an SCA wi...

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Here's mine. Often used in my swordbelt as a secondary when I fight polearm or spear. I believe it is the hard By-My-Hand flanged mace foam (with supplemental softer closed-cell foam as was required at one time). Max Von Halstern http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6105091620_7138391738.jpg http://f...

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Max: true. But I think the even bigger picture is that we're about , oh, only sixty years behind the same forces in RL. In the early-to-mid-1900's you didn't have much to worry about because everybody knew everybody and you might not travel more than five or ten miles from your house your entire li...

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Though it's not just a matter of visibility, but of breatheability.

Max VH

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Club Seal? Has somebody resurrected Club Seal?

Max Von Halstern
Co-Founder and Commander of Club Seal (1991-1997)

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Sorry, Max, as Cet says, I don't come here very often these days. It takes us a lot longer to get home from Pennsic than you East Coast folks, and the clean up takes forever. Just starting to work through all the emails and get caught up, and we have to get ready to go to WMAW in 2 weeks, so we're ...

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Flieg will be seen as a martyr to political correctness, to the words of dishonorable sophists, and to all that has gone wrong with the SCA in most corners of the known world, no matter what they say or do. That is the way of the world. They have the rules on their side but the other side has rock-...

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MacFinn:

Patience is a virtue. Unless you're in Caid. Then she's a hot chick dancing on a brass pole, and "chill" is a virtue.

Max Von Halstern

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Sent a few emails/PMs over the past couple've weeks, but no response.

Anyone know if it's just post-Pennsic burnout or something else?

Thanks!

Max Von Halstern

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James B. wrote:English Knights in the 14th and 15th century rode horses too it is just they used dismounted tactics often in that time frame.

Exactly. Which is what I was trying to get at by stating that it is associated with horsemanship if not actual combat on horseback.

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Nissan Maxima wrote:I can almost see you smiling through your faceplate.

Nissan, my friend... you know me so well!

Just like this, in fact!:

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Just from an etymological perspective, I believe the English term Knight is premised on a root word for servant, implying more of the vassalage/fealty nature of the role. However, the French and German terms (Chevalier and Ritter) as well as the root Latin (Caballus), all referred to roles that were...

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Payn: Just so. Given the quality assembled before me, I did question the judgement of the complimenter. I'm not overly humble by any stretch, but as it was my first CotT, I just didn't see it and felt a little uncomfortable from it. Not meant to demean Gilebert and his outstanding character in any w...

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Though I vastly prefer being inspired by and inspiring others through the quality of fighting, behavior, words, and deeds both on and off the field... I have been advised that the image below is inspiring. So I submit it for your consideration. In service, Max Von Halstern http://www.bogpages.com/SC...

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Gilebert wrote:I would put this pic right next to the one of Sir WIlliam Edwards (Leo Medii) from a few years ago!

This is a really nice picture!

Wow. Thanks. Really. Really-Really. Since I consider that picture iconic, and consider Leo one of my great friends and inspirations.

Max Von Halstern

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Im just going to add that whomever had the 3 big boxes of popcicles waiting for us on the way out of the woods battle really had it right. I am pretty sure that was Atlantia providing *many* boxes of freezie-pops. Her Majesty Seonaid is rather famous for her freezie-pops (and having attended a numb...

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Remember this, I did NOT know who you were (by name or appearance) prior to this last CotT. There was no influence, in my mind, as to who to give this gift to. You *must* stop verbalizing your doubt about this and accept the gift for what it was. A gift acknowledging your whole-hearted love of our ...

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Freiman:

Do you know of any examples? Is her email address the same Yahoo email that is on the Drachenwald site?

Max VH

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Irish:

No hurry whatsoever. Ideally less than ten months or so.

Thanks!

Max Von Halstern

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MacTavish:

I am WELL aware with the amazing artistry of the amazing Isabella... but her recent post implied she was "out of commission" for at least a bit with work overload (excuse the pun).

Thanks!

Max

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InsaneIrish: I was thinking perhaps a scenic depiction of the Deed as per the historic ones below -- though perhaps with some license taken to portray some of us modern combatants specifically (e.g., myself and a few suggested others) in our armour rather than just generic folks... though I'm always...

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After the Combat of the Thirty at Pennsic, Gilebert presented me with an awesome Vitus-built unfinished heater shield that he had announced (prior to the combat) that he would be giving to the person selected as best representing the spirit of the Deed (or somesuch... I'm a tad confused on the matte...

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After the Combat of the Thirty at Pennsic, Gilebert presented me with an awesome Vitus-built unfinished heater shield that he had announced (prior to the combat) that he would be giving to the person selected as best representing the spirit of the Deed (or somesuch... I'm a tad confused on the matte...

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Just to clarify the Pennsic attendance discussion with some *actual* data... (from the Pennsic forecast thread of 2009)

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