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muttman

leows carries it in the five foot lengths. Home depot has been as far as i have found, hit or miss-some do carry it but the ones I have checked (Concord NH, Manchester NH, Tilton NH) do not. Leows seems to stock it pretty regular, at least the ones I called (Danvers MA and another MA location) Good ...

muttman

the sword is a lot more flexible than the rataan I normaly choose and the sword is a tad heavier. As far as performance goes, I`m undecided yet. I`m going to play with it more on Sunday and I can let you know then, but I`m thinking I will use siloflex for practice and rataan for events.
John

muttman

I agree with Adam-I would like to take a look at the Viking helm but I can`t get it to open.
John

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O.K. Dieterick, no need to hijack Thaddeus` thread, you have your own. Others, no need to use this thread to slam Dieterick, he has his own thread for that. Now, seeing as I both live in Stonemarche, and am Thaddeus` deputy knight marshal, I have a pretty vested interest wether as a competitor or as...

muttman

I use an aluminum kite shield. for the record, mine is the same style as Duke Lucan or Duke Hanse` shield, but that is a matter of personal preference- any long, aluminum shield (kite, coffin lid, norman kite,...) would all be used essentialy the same way. "What is most advantagous about this shield...

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Evil Merlin, Now you`ve stepped in it!

muttman

"Unfortuanately this only works if both sides are being aggressive. It's easier for a shield wall to be defensive then it is for one to be offensive, because the offensive shield wall still has the spears/polearms to deal with." This is what your flankers are for. If you have a solid shield wall wit...

muttman

the e-mail came back to me-is the e-mail addy on your profile current?
John

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e-mail sent

muttman

I have to agree with Chazz-that is stunning bronzework! Would you consider making similar bronzework for an SCA helmet that I could give to Adam at White Mountain Armory to build onto a hat for me? If so, we need to talk! I was fixing to spend about two hundred dollars for something similar from Ray...

muttman

hand protection is not required to be covered at this time. one word of caution about these baldar hilts. if you block with your basket make sure that you are turning the hilt so that the block hits the face of the basket and not the sides. i have folded a fairly high number of these over with shots...

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"Are they legal in Atlantia? I've never seen anybody here use one... and if so... do you have to cover it? (as its not armour, but a part of a weapon) How does the new rule handle it? Or was there an old rule already in place?" As far as I understand having read the new rule, the balder cuphilts are...

muttman

Thanks for the input- if anyone has any info on how either could be translated to an SCA singles format, it would be greatly appreciated!
Again, thanks!
John

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We are running a series of small, low key, themed events at peoples houses in my Barony this spring, summer and fall, in which the host picks a theme for the event. The basic gameplan would be tourney, barbeque, bardic circle, and theme related activities. Since a Countess in Barony with much more e...

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"but if you cant get over the hype. may as well bring a cooler to the field so when the fighting is done you can pass out beers...."

check out this guy trolling for free beer!

muttman

Why? obsession What group? SCA I started out in Aethelmarc when it was still a principality Just before Prince Yngvar the first (Barony of Delftwood). I played a wee bit in Meridies, and now I`m in the Northern Army of the East Kingdom.(Barony of Stonemarche) Even when I was in Aethelmarc, I played ...

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"I am not in this game to hurt anyone so please reserve judgement until you have seen a stick as I described in action or tested it yourself." Never said you were in this game to hurt anyone and Personaly I pass no judgement on you. All I said is that the technique as I understand it would not fit i...

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Lord Gunther, While I appreciate the construction suggestions, I have to agree that it sounds like a laminated sword construction to me. What makes rataan flex is that the fibers slide against each other the lenght of the piece through the whole width of the piece- By dowling a split piece together ...

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"If you have a copy of Ospreys "German Medieval Armies 1300-1500" theres an effigy of Burkhardt von Steinberg circa 1379(1397 date in the book is a typo) on page 18 that shows a prety good view of the Germanic style 3 splint greaves. It's also got a good example of the studded arm defenses, as well ...

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Thats actualy not a bad idea. I blast through rataan pretty quick too so using these for practice may help my stiff rataan swords last longer. Plus, having to compensate for the flex will probably improve my technique and followthrough, and the little bit of extra weight at practice couldn`t hurt an...

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I just made myself a siloflex sword. It is actualy heavier than one of my normal rataan swords, and has noticably more flex than one of my rataan swords normaly do. The flex doesn`t suprise me, but how the hell did it wind up heavier than my normal rataan swords? I didn`t add anything unneccisary to...

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I would definitly bid on it but it says it is for up to a 40 in. chest, and I need a 44. Would you be interested in doing one on comision and if so, what would you be looking for in price? If we did one and everything worked out great, I would likely be interested in comisioning you for a few more t...

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"Everyone with a mild helmet always says they'll keep it polished, then they go to Pennsic and after 7 days it is a rustbucket." I have a mild steel White Mountain Armoury spangen helm, and every time Adam sees it he is impressed with how well I keep the finish up. It survived Pennsic with no rust, ...

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Yup, Birka. That IS funny!
John

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While I don`t have one, I have borrowed a shield made with one of the ones you sent to Adam Berry for a while. I had no problem with it whatsoever. Very solid, looked good, no deforming or denting at all, and I used it against some heavy hitters. Definitly a quality boss and well worth the money. BT...

muttman

I agree with Xander on this

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muttman

I agree it would be bad form. Once legged, you don`t get it back. If that means you have to hop, lean, let one of your mate take you out (if its a res. battle) or drop your gaurd so the other side kills you (again only in a res.) or just sit on your sorry ass and wait for someone to engage you, that...

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so lets see the pics!

muttman

It would tick me off, tho I would in all liklyhood kill you and move on without menioning it, discussing it later if I saw you. The way we fight melees I wouldn`t have time to get into a minor squabble with a gimp over something like that. But yes, if I had the time or found you later, we would defi...

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I did the steel over mail thing briefly- a corazzina in fact. I fought that way at two practices and one tourney, almost exactly a year ago-Birka. after Birka I stopped wearing the corazzina and just wore the riveted mail. At Birka, I literaly gave myself tennis elbow trying to overcompensate with a...

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"Matt, damn I keep forgetting about those "wing" plates in the very back..." Your going to want to remember those plates before you take the field in it-I like to throw wraps, and I`ve been working that left! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Are you going to be at Kieths practice Sunday? I...

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the next question appears to be- How many pounds (roughly) should it take to make a not too heavily padded gambeson that will be full length sleeved and about mid to lower thigh lenght on someone about five foot nine and one seventy pounds. The gambeson will have pockets with hard plates hidden insi...

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I have heard here that linen is the best stuff for the padding in a gambeson I believe it was called linen tow? I`m not sure what this is or where to get it, but myself and a friend are going to start gambesons soon and I will be wanting some. I do have a decent source on cheap linen fabric, but not...

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No, not even close. For one thing, Amptgard doesn`t allow head shots. For another they wear little to no armor as a norm. When they do use armor they have a colored weapon to hits a type of armor can absorb system that can be rules lawered around so as to make armor not worth wearing. As to melees, ...

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Once upon a time when I was still making mail, I contemplated buiding a set up that would involve my dogs treamills for the cleaning/ degalvinization of mail (these were slat and carpet mills designed for pit bulldogs, not electric mills for people. I don`t think you could do it with an e-mill) neve...

Holmgang tourney advice?

Siloflex sword

Linen for gambeson