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muttman

Never, ever again should we repeat the stupid "boat battle".

What, You didn't like the Tuchuk ameaba of doom? LOL
I agree fully about the boat battle! That was just silly to have been in!
John

muttman

Damn! That is truly a shame. Thanks for the heads up Thaddeus.
He most certainly will be missed.
John

muttman

I responded early on to this thread, but I have A) watched the spirit of it degrade, and B) had time to think through my feelings with a little more depth, so I feel compelled to speak up again. I have several friends and household members who made both the short list and the long list for the unbel...

muttman

No, thank you for coming! You have some rust, but I reckon it will come back to you quickly eneough.
Glad you enjoyed yourself!
John

muttman

You beat me to it Auto! I will pretty much second what Auto said, but add a couple of things he left out- Very little of what youlearn in other martial arts will translate directly for SCA combat. Where it will translate is in increased fitness, awareness, footwork, and body dynamics-these are thing...

muttman

As usual Adam, quite impressive! Being an owner of one of Adams hats, I find it unlikely I will ever get a helmet from someone else again. I will likely get more helmets in the future (being an aspiring armor whore and all http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ) but I reckon they will definitly ...

muttman

"EDIT: you wouldn't have mistaken such a roll for me losing my balance. It's a very controlled motion." This may be true, but what you are doing here is making yourself an ineligable target while you set up for a shot-ie. I can`t hit you while you are on the ground evn tho we are in the midst of a f...

muttman

Thaddeus is right- give an idea of what you are looking for, budget, how long you`ve been fighting, how much protection you need or are willing to give up for mobility, how long you want to wait...

muttman

Sent you an e-mail

muttman

"Sometimes you people make me want to sell my armour and take up golf."

LOL! Well said Stump!
John

muttman

This is a tough call from my perspective- My goal for next year is to be on the short list for unbelted champions. Its a prestigious and high profile place to be and it would be a good gauge for me to work from as to my progression as a fighter. To that end, I want it to remein as it is. On the othe...

muttman

I plan on starting to video my fights and practice sessions so I can analize them later for improvements. Over the next year I have a lot of work to do to be where I want next Pennsic, and I plan on using every tool I can to help.
John

muttman

Adam, I`m definitly interested in the stainless, maybe the 1050. Left a messege on your machine. It just so happens that earlier today I was looking hard at going to a steel lammelar!
Talk to you later
John

muttman

Was that little bit of input really needed Bascott? You have been around here long enough to know what the SCA is about good and/or bad, and what the excessive force arguments are about. All that was accomplished by your remark was to make you look like a petty little trolling jerk. You hate the SCA...

muttman

Thanks Clay! The lamellar is plastic, but I as I like it and it is transitional until my leather stuff is done, I make no aploogies.I will add that I didn`t make it, My friend Thaddeus did. For plastic armor it is quite nice and I like to give credit where its do. The helmet is my new hat from White...

muttman

If someone can post it I will send a pic from Great Northeastern War.
John

muttman

That is a very valid question Hushgirl-from what i have heard from folks who have done and do this with dogs, it is far from unheard of to have to plant a dog when it has sustained just too much damage to be saved. Folks need to know that before going into the bush. And btw, to echo some of the abov...

muttman

The biggest problem I see with this plan right off is that a fast moving, hard hitting, shock unit would likely break the line apart, or just flank it and roll up the backfield. I don`t think the polearm hafts pressing the shields would be as effective as they would need to be. Yes, the attacking un...

muttman

Its a game, treat it like one. I`m sure all the aryan samuri aren`t losing any sleep over it, why should any one else? If your obviously Greek and you want to be a viking for example, go for it! Don`t bother trying to rationalize, justify, or explain it to anyone if you don`t want to, just do your t...

muttman

Hmm, well that would be one way to do it Dagisd!
Auto, yes, I do know how it is. We`ll talk later.
John

muttman

True Thaddeus, you didn`t look too good at a couple of points during the weekends fighting. Humid, still, pollony air did me in during the woods battle myself.
John

muttman

Dagisd, you are definitly in some of the pics. S am I` Auto, and Kathy. Unfortunatly I don`t see Thaddeus in any of them. Too bad because he has a spiffy looking kit! BTW Dagisd, I may want to pick your brain on how you did your breastplate. I have a side of leather at home that ought to be perfect ...

muttman

Evil Merlin, as of the most recent pikestaff, some of the e-mail addys have changed- Seneschal-iangunn@attbi.com Baron-baronharold@attbi.com Those ought to be a good start. As to getting your kit together for monday, are you lacking something? Or is it just a matter of gathering it all together and ...

muttman

The only documentation I have is from the Osprey book as well. Examples I have seen are as Ron describes tho. That is a really spiff looking style of armor and I would love to see some of it on the field. It is a project a friend and I have rattleing around in our heads for some time in the future. ...

muttman

I don`t know who took or posted these pics as they were fowarded to me, but there are a lot of good pics in here. You can see me a bit but mostly you can see my spear sticking up from behind people, Auto is here a few times as is his wife Kathy, and Dagisd is here a few times. http://zophia.mysitesp...

muttman

O.K. Vermin, up to a point I apologize. I had just finished unloading the trailer from this weekends event in the stifling heat and humidity we have right now and was hot and bitchy. But, the fact still remains that we have some great folks up here and to use Dark Victory armour as a barometer to me...

muttman

Glad you had fun!
I have no idea who the piper was, but I agree that his timing was impeccable. Only complaint would be the short set.
Sounds like we were not camped too far apart either. Too bad we didn`t hook up after the fighting.
Oh well, next time!
John

muttman

"That area is also home to Dark Victory armor production....ugh." "That area" is also home to Sinric and White Mountain Armoury. Need I say more? Well I will; What happened six or seven or twenty years ago is not relevent as to what happens today. I know a lot of us are armchair historians and reena...

muttman

All the above irrelevance aside, I sent you an e-mail with directions to tonights practice Evil-melin. You are welcome to show up and ask for me. CBA, its more than a bit of a haul, but you could always come up and play with us if you like! A little closer to you is Thaddeus` Friday night practice i...

muttman

Saw you there! I had a great time in the wall battle. The woods were not agreeing with me tho and in the field battle we kept getting our line broken and flanked, and I was the first great weapon they went after each time! Kiled lots of folks in the wall battle tho, and the same Duke at least two, m...

muttman

BTW, Jean is right. Most of the Barony will be at GNEW in Hebron this weekend. I will be too, but I will not be camping with the Barony. My SCA name is Iohne MacDhaidh. Ask around for me by that or by John Etherington and someone should be able to point me out.
Hope to see you there.
John

muttman

http://stonemarche.com/ That link should bring you to most of the info you need. We have practices on Monday night in Derry, Thursday night in Deerfield, and Friday night in Keene. Depending on the website you found some of the e-mail addys could be old. This site should have current info on everyo...

muttman

I`m going to be in Phillie next week and I`ll likely have some time to kill. I`ll be there from Wednsday night to Sunday morning.
Should I bring armor? If so, where do I bring it and when?
John

muttman

Iohne MacDhaidh. See you there!

muttman

well, you`ll need a helmet.Basket hilts too since you have demi gaunts. A shield. Some rataan. and maybe some tassets and faulds for the breast and back. And of course, padding and strapping. An arming coat would be a good idea too. You are pretty close tho. Most of the stuff I mentioned can probabl...

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Gonna be in Phillie next week