The Armour Archive

Owen

"Ok, here's the plan. Kill all of them before they kill all of us". "Good plan, boss".

I love this game.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Repeatedly boiling it will harden it, not soften it. The heat drives off plasicizers in the rubber.

Try adding a strip of foam to each "edge".

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Vitus- I wear as much as the "Nomadic Tank Harness", which has no metal at all on the legs. I'm also wearing plate, not mail. I have steel on my legs, almost as much as a fighter wearing 1/2 legs. I have been looking into steel bezubands, that would match my greaves. I really need to get new pics up...

Owen

I wear plate (Lorica Segmentata) on my body and steel greaves, but leather on my thighs and arms. Do I get to enter? I have a really spiffy/annoying crest!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Markland uses limited grappling with success.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>It is not possible for a Roman Legionairre to have done so, or an early barbarian, which is where the questions usually start. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's "Legionary". "Legionairre" is a member...

Owen

I'm having a hard time visualizing how the mail could hang away far enough from the body to not hit the body during a "good" shot. However, think of a slightly different situation. My old helm had a very nice camail, very heavy. It was effective enough that I was allowed by the rules to not wear a g...

Owen

Because it would open the door for all sorts of nonsense, like the old "bad geometry" joke.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

I have to agree with many of the others; you ran into the wrong people. The good side is that you can ignore politics. After all, what can they do, take away your birthday? Find a group you like, and run with it.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Had the cops show up at a backyard practice, we'd already quit for the day. Seems a neighbor called because of a "fight".

Years back, UofP cops used to watch us all the time.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Nope. She's annoying either way.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

The rust is relatively recent, and probably from being wet. Older, and the brass rivets would also have corroded.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

On my partner's bacinet, we're using a football type chincup (hard plastic), which will also protect her from the grill in case of the inevitable hard face shots. My Roman helm doesn't actually have one. Well, it does, to meet the rules, but it doesn't actively keep the helm on me, the curve of the ...

Owen

I think that a large part of the concern is that WE are causing the latest upswing, what with ozone depletion and such. It certainly needs to be studied, and not dismissed.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

When I was squired, Knighthood was not a real goal for me. I had (and have) medical issues that prevent my progressing much beyond where I am in fighting, although they are somewhat better thesedays. In any case, my reason were many; to be part of something greater than myself, to have "place", and ...

Owen

I'd think YOU'D better be wearing armor if you try to actually put a cat in it!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

I used aluminum roofing nails to rebuild my old coat of plates; they look like tinned rivets.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

After all, Julius Caesar himself said that the Legions won more battles with shovels than with swords!

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

I just got some dense foam matting, meant for workshop flooring. 1/2 inch thick, very similer to the sole material I saw at Pennsic. I'm making a Signum, shovel and dolabra (pickaxe).

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

I should also mention that, assuming I have enough rubber mat left over from the Signum, I'm also making a list-legal shovel and dolabra(pickaxe), for two weapon fighting (Florence isn't Florence yet, how can I fight florentine?). ------------------ Owen "Death is but a doorway- Here, let me hold th...

Owen

Bedlam- come visit Kaffa- we'll treat as a barbarian warrior should be! (we'll get you drunk and take your land and chattels, welcome to the Empire)

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

When the Legion does shows, it's kind of a combination of "staying in character" and "teaching". Sometimes, me, the legionary, can't adequetly explain things, because I didn't live throught the entire Empire period, or know anything about the history of my armor, etc, so I have to "step out". But it...

Owen

I think we're discussing two different types of hits, and after re-reading the question, I still don't know which was meant. First is a shot that snags the mail with the tip of the sword, like snagging cloth, on it's way by. Second is a shot that is coming straight in, but because of the way the mai...

Owen

Looking in from the outside, I like the idea of Knights having knowledge/skills OUTSIDE of military/martial ones. IIRC, aren't Knights supposed to be able to dance, play chess, etc.? The whole "courtly behaviour" thing. Isn't the whole point that of being a "Knight", not simply a "Good Fighter"? ---...

Owen

I vaguely recall seeing a pic of the Joan helm, and seem to recall that the holes BOTH appeared to be entry holes, ie., both were deformed in. They also seemed to be so evenly spaced, that I thought they might be the mount holes for a visor. It has been a while, though, my recollection might be wron...

Owen

If you mean a blow coming in towards your body, that your armor prevents from actually reaching you because of the force needed to move it in, then yes, you have to take it. Armor isn't a shield; a good shot on the armor is a good shot. For example; my old helm had a camail on it, that didn't allow ...

Owen

That is SO cool!

May I pass that along to myhousehold?

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Many real polearms aren't very heavy. Axes are, but jumped-up spearheads aren't. The biggest advantage unpaddeds have is being 7 1/2 feet long. I think the speed helps make up for the fact that I can't shatter your shield and then you with two blows. Forget bitching about unpadded poles, I want to g...

Owen

It seems to me that the "discretion" implied is that of the marshal of the fight; does the incident require the marshal's intervention?

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Sir Richard- having been vicitmized by a broadly worded contract, I am not comfortable with relying on "reasonable people" to NOT abuse power they have been given. Remember, Ken Starr said that he thought that he, as Special Prosecutor, was given too much power and leeway, but he continued to use it...

Owen

For 21 years, that is precisely the way I and those around me have described the SCA; "The Good Parts Version" of the middle ages. Tournement, feasts, Kings and Knights, Lords and Ladies; without details like plague, no central heat, no running water, etc. That's why we're not reenacting. ----------...

Owen

Sir Richard- I have no trouble with excluding "real" criminals, it's just that, as written, the clause could be used to revoke the membership of someone for being convicted of a moving violation! More importantly for a liberal like myself, I could be excluded for having been arrested in an act of ci...

Owen

A parma is on the list of things I'll get to eventually. On the other hand, I'm not too fond of shield work anyway, that's why I promoted myself to Imunes! Right now, I'm working on making a list-legal signum/polearm. Chef- like my own, your presentation needs work. My impression of you is entirely ...

Owen

That's actually scary- <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Membership in the SCA may be revoked for the following reasons: Conviction of violation of civil or criminal law Actions that endanger the SCA; Violation of the Governing Doc...

Owen

"Lets run this hill, and kill us some Middies!"

"No, let us walk down, and kill all of them"

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"