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Owen

From the remains of shield edging found, a typical Roman scutum was around 1/4" thick plywood. Light enough to carry, strong enough to last a fight or two. FrauHirsch, do you have a citation for that ruling? I generally fight pole or two-hander, and I have been known to use a well-time body check to...

Owen

If the Indian shops are making crap, it's because that's what sells. I look at the ROman helmets available these days; instead of just the crappy "trooper" helmet that Mus.Rep. popularize, now we can get a wide variety of styles and sizes. Plus, these helmets are not the works of art that the top of...

Owen

Sawe a street-sign barn door shield on the Bridge at Pennsic once; "Prepare To Stop".

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Owen
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Owen

check here-
http://www.larp.com/hoplite/index.html

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Owen
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Owen

I loved the Pennsic Peasent's Battle. I got nailed by rocks several time, but it was cool. Lots of people came out to watch because they could participate, and they had a good time. That's a good thing in my book. One of the times I got rocked, I had just "herded" a bunch of rocks back over to "our"...

Owen

I hate the style where my opponant says, "OW! Light."

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Owen
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Owen

Must be an echo in here.

Get a new ladder.

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Owen
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Owen

You don't keep track of everything. You learn to assess your immediate surroundings, working your way out. When you have time, you look further out.

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Owen
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Owen

Pfft. You've obviously never heard that eyewitnesses have seen katanas go through engine blocks and machine gun barrels! Yeah, but how often do you run across a guy armed with an engine block. ------------------ Owen "Death is but a doorway- Here, let me...

Owen

DukeAlaric- exactly.

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Owen
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Owen

My scutum has a carrying strap, and it carries in about the same position you are carrying yours, perhaps slightly further back; "back" was definately the wrong word to use. The hand stays on the grip, but the weight is on the strap. In combat demos, the best way we've worked out to use a scutum is ...

Owen

Scythius- However, the Roman scuta had horizantal grips prior to the legionaries becoming their own "mules". Also, the scutum would likely have been carried slung over the back; Marius cut down the older oval so that the bottm edge didn't hit the back of the legs when it was caried on the march inst...

Owen

Roman, stationed in Britania. Born there, too. Close enough? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif http://home.armourarchive.org/members/owenbrau/Kit1.jpg http://home.armourarchive.org/members/owenbrau/Kit3.jpg ------------------ Owen "Death is but a doorway- Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Ok, here goes. The Scutum was held fairly low and close to the body, so the grip is actually far more comfortable, manueverable, and less tiring than a vertical grip. The gladius is very easy to draw from the right side. You grip the sword wih your hand turned down, and draw forward. It works even w...

Owen

lorenzo- even that effect has not been seen in other studies. The original study that described it was badly flawed, and could not say whether what they described as a cause was actually an effect. Moot point, because such build up of aluminum in the brain has not been reproduced, and appears to hav...

Owen

Are the patterns for that project available? My household makes noises every so often about having some loaner gear, and it sounds like a great plan.

Also, where are they getting some of the other parts, such as helms?

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Owen

Hint on keeping loaner gear from disappearing; don't let them take it home, at least not at first. Means you have to schlep more stuff, but you know where it is and you don't have to worry about the guy that has it not being able to make to some practice where someone else wants to use it. Now to be...

Owen

I rather doubt it was a rifle or musket ball that caused that damage. The hole shows only slight deformation around it, although the picture quality makes it hard to tell; there is some visual evidence that the whole thing was caved in and pounded back out (creases and rippled metal).Also, a large a...

Owen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>My cup. Need I say more Vebrand<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> What, no pics? [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif[/img] ------------------ Owen "Death is but a doorway- Here, let me hold th...

Owen

Wil- you have to practice and take the tip drop into account when aiming, much like leading your target or accounting for range with a rifle. I haven't noticed any drop off in power, except at extreme range when the weapon is slowing down. To the contrary, as I drop the leading hand and start to ful...

Owen

They also reduce the weapon's effective range, as you must keep both hands on the spear to use one. This also tends to reduce the available power to the shot; because you can't let go of the slider, you can't get full extension. I've never seen them to be a great help; if you think you need one to t...

Owen

http://ferncanyonpress.com/pirates/library/prymer.shtml
http://www.daktari.plus.com/redflag/
http://www.noquartergiven.net/

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Owen
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Owen

Rev.- however, in the real world, nuetralizing an acid simply by adding a base is often a bad idea. If you add a strong base, such as lye, to a strong acid, the reaction is frequently rather vigorous. It is better to either use a fairly weak base, or dilute it first. ------------------ Owen "Death i...

Owen

Vitamin I, Fighter Candy!

Prophylactic doses are used because by the time it hits your system, you hurt.

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Owen
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Owen

bleach is sodium hypochlorite, an acid salt err...a salt is what you get when you mix an acid and a base; all salts are "acid salts" in that they are named from the acid they are formed from. Bleach a salt of hypochlorous acid, HClO. Mix it and muriatic ...

Owen

Devil's advocate time. I am a member of the Legio XX. When I first joined up, our sources for helmets generally ran around $600+ and a one year wait for a Imp-Gallic G. Then we got involved with a project to improve the helmets coming from India, sending better information several authentic copies f...

Owen

I use McMaster-Carr; they are local for me and if I orde before 3 I usually get stuff the next day for no extra.

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Owen

Pretty!

I'd love some of that, but musculata really shouldn't be worn by those of us built for comfort, not for speed!

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[This message has been edited by Owen (edited 11-15-2003).]

Owen

Crest block is 4 layers of leather glued and riveted with the horsehair in between; fairly flexible and gives on a shot hitting front-to-back. It does tend to deaden straight down shots, so I generally call just about anything that hits that way to avoid making a mistake. The mount is brass stock at...

Owen

basic cops from Ron Simmons (I bought them from Ivar) laced to rollerblade kneepads with the plastic removed. I am going to switch to a roller hockey girdle, and point the cops to that.

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Owen
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Owen

See the pics of my gear on the pteruges thread; I wear a cop under my knee-greaves.

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Owen
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Owen

You need to have them online somewhere; mine are in an archive members space. You can get space by going to the FAQ and following the directions.

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Owen
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Owen

Look at it this way; you showed how easy it is to start a fire with flint and steel!

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Owen
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Owen

Unfortunately, the largest size they come in is "large"; as you can see, I'm a big boy!

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Owen
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Owen

Not an armoror, but relevent- I am a Master Brewer. That is my rank within the EK Brewer's Guild. I have had apprentices, and see nothing wrong with that. Outside, I will tell people not to call me that. I am a Brewer. In some ways, the industry is much like the SCA; Masters are not so much created ...