The Armour Archive

Owen

First and foremost, the fighting. Secondly, the social interaction with other insane people that like to swing sticks at their friends.

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Owen
"Death is but a doorway-
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Owen

I wear US military desert boots that have caligae drawn on them. I need the extra ankle support. I need to get the instructions for posting pics from our files yet again, lost the settings when I changed OS. Owen "Death is but a doorway- Here, let me hold that for you" [This message has been edited ...

Owen

I believe "panopoly" was used to refer to a set of armor. I generaly use the terms "gear" or "rig", but I'm not making any claims of it being historically accurate; the proper term for me would be in Latin anyway, and I do not know what it is. ------------------ Owen "Death is but a doorway- Here, l...

Owen

It's not so much a "rule" as a "rule of thumb". And it is supposed to be for small stuff being viewed by non-experts. So, things like the use of cotton instead of linen, machine stitching, etc. I've long viewed the SCA as kind of a "sport scale" version of reenacting. In sport scale R/C flying, you ...

Owen

link?

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

Owen

I can't say as to a thrust to the hand, but I have had a sharp object driven through my foot, twice actually. The one that happened as an adult, I swore and continued walking while my boot filled with blood, not realizing how punctured I had been. Messy. Thought I had come down wrong and twinged a m...

Owen

Please forward any further info on helping out his family.

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

Owen

The only tip I can offer is to get someone else to do it, it's a bitch. Why do you need to do it without welding?

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

Owen

Raise it in one piece like the originals.
http://members.aol.com/gijchar/greeknew.htm
Part way down the page he has some pics.

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

Owen

Samurai went to Europe and became Norsemen?

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

Owen

Well, we can't have an officially pagan event either; it's all religions. I'm not sure this asshole really was anything more than a loony, as opposed to a devout pagan. Among other things, every pagan sect I know of has proscriptions against using magik the way he did; threats, curses, and extortion...

Owen

Isn't a Bat'leth a two-handed madu?

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

Owen

Artos- ALSO from Corpora: "For Society members, most of the world, and all of the centuries prior to the 17 th , can serve as a source for personal research. However, the further you go from the core of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, the less the environment we offer will resemble what someone of ...

Owen

Hush, no one should be trying to stop you from saying grace over your own food; tell them to shut up and go away. The corporate policy says nothing about private observance, and only prohibits public ones where it is implied that the SCA sanctions it. It does need to be tuned some more; as it stands...

Owen

The preservative qualities of hops are dramaticly better than the herbs used in some brews before their common use. Also, many times the herbs didn't so much preserve the ale as mask the flavor as it starts to go off. Hops also allowed brews to be made with much less malt, as a high alcohol content ...

Owen

Yes, the haters are there. Ignore them. The SCA's policy on religion is, in my view, a bad over-reaction to issues caused by an obnoxious pagan back in the day. He would, among other things, cast spells during events and claimed to be responsible for all the good weather at events and threatened to ...

Owen

Seems to me that the right person to ask would be the Society Earl Marshal. No such ruling is mentioned on the SCA website.

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Owen
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Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Animal- nope. You MOSTLY thrust with them, but they were sharp all over. In the SCA, it's often hard to get people to take thrusts anyway.

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

Owen

Sorry, Gavin, I wasn't directing that second part at you, I KNOW you know the risks we face. I also do not think that most, or even many, people are behaving other than honorably, and I try to assume that they are unless it is demonstrate otherwise. I don't think I was using a "broad stroke" or accu...

Owen

I used aluminum roofing nails on my last Brig; worked well, looked like tinned.

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Owen
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Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

The Corinthian was long gone, replaced by the Attic type, which itself was long gone (except for possible specials), by the time the lorica segmentata came into use. Matt's website is a great place to start. I've handled the linothorax, it actually feels like fabric-covered plastic! http://www.armou...

Owen

I want to see a bell-bottomed toga, Quintus!

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Owen
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Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Of course not, That's the real reason they were issued armor; they only had to fight occasionally, but armor meant they had something heavy to carry and keep cleaned and polished!

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Owen
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Owen

The current rendition of the governing documents make it even more clear than ever that non-European personae ARE allowed.

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Owen
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Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Cymri am Byth!

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

Owen

J.K.- I have GOT to get me some of that Roman wine!

There is a winery in Italy, Villa Matilde, that makes Falernian. It is bottled as Falerno del Massico. I know that it is available in NJ and PA.

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Owen
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Here, let me hold that for you"

Owen

Lambic dates back about 500 years, with the first known written record from 1516. I'm not sure what France was doing then or before, but I'd imagine it would be similer. I have lots more on English brewing.

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

Owen

Considering how badly Crichton screwed up, I have no great desire. I can accept major suspension of disbelief in a story, such as the whole "transcription error" thing, but little details bug me. There's a scene in the book where our protagonists are fleeing through a village; a tub of lye is knocke...

Owen

Sir Gavin, I believe there is a world of difference between the normal wear and tear and abuse that all of our equipment sees, and the dekiberate attempts to damage it. It isn't just spears; if someone is deliberately trying to break a shield, or steps on arrows, or any other action specifically to ...

Owen

btw, I forgot to bring this up-

Joke or not, DO NOT "QUOTE" ME AND CHANGE MY WORDS.

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

[This message has been edited by Owen (edited 08-25-2003).]

Owen

Raibeart - the SCA's armor convention is that we are all wearing mail and leather. So, armor that makes it hard to judge a blow properly BY OUR CONVENTIONS is problematical; not necessarily needs to be banned, but the wearer must be aware of the issues involved and be prepared to call blows properly...

Owen

Sorry critter, but I'm going with Bela and Vladimir here. It isn't yours, you don't get to break it. You also don't get to claim that it isn't your fault if it breaks, because I could let go; again, it's mine not yours and you should let go rather than break another person's equipment. -------------...

Owen

I don't have a problem with opponents trying to take my spear from me. What I strongly object to is the tactic of trying to pry it from my hands by bending it around a fixed object or over a shield so that if I don't let go it will break. I have also seen deliberate attempts to remove the thrusting ...

Owen

WMA- you can stop in Philly overnight, let Kaffa put you up, feed you, etc. We funny that way.

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

Owen

I have a hard getting worked up over ugly armor in general; I see too much steel and leather that are nothing short of abominations before the gods and men to worry about plastic. I also despise the self-rightious attitude many have about plastic. Back when I was active in MSR, my SCA rig consisted ...