The Armour Archive

Dauyd

Now it's priorities? So the fact that he can respond to new order inquiries immediately, but doesn't respond to waiting customers is because of "priorities"? Did you miss the bit about "autoresponder"? How can I say that more clearly? Please help me here. An auto responder gives...

Dauyd

Well, added protection above Society Rapier armour standards are: Elbow and Knee pads rigid protection for the back of the head My original post was directed specifically to the "armour" question. C&T does not have armour requirements above Society Rapier requirements. The bulk of 'ar...

Dauyd

Now it's priorities? So the fact that he can respond to new order inquiries immediately, but doesn't respond to waiting customers is because of "priorities"? Then he needs to get his priorities straight. Was it "priorities" that caused him to outright LIE to customers? Is floodin...

Dauyd

My serious concern is the abrupt, overnight drop in quality. Whether true or not, this has the appearance of being a single high quality run to gain interest, and then once orders start rolling in, a slapdash hackjob to fill all the orders. Or...... It could be someone that had much more business t...

Dauyd

There are two styles of bye, destructive and non-destructive. Both have been used. Non-destructive ones are just, as you said, rest inhibitors. Destructive ones could be riggable just as you stated. I was in a rapier tournament once that had 2 people there to fight the destructive bye fights. One w...

Dauyd

Nope, that wouldn't be right.

The picture doesn't show it very well. Basically, it is a 10' square on the top with a peaked roof, tapering down on the walls to a 20' square withe the corners cut off so that the footprint is more of an octagon shape.

Dauyd

Made this for an upcoming event. I didn't have any particular design in mind, I started just trying to make a cover for a pop up sunshade, and it kind of morphed into this. In the end, I think it looks cool, but is there any documentation for this kind of style? http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-a...

Dauyd

Get hold of itex in Colorado. I think their website is called Banwear. The e-mail that I have is Bshaver (at) banwear.com They manufacture the sunforger marine boatshrunk canvas that is the gold standard for SCA tent making. Pre-shrunk, waterproofed, mold and mildew treated. Most places on the net s...

Dauyd

Ah! Now I see where you are coming from. It should be pointed out, however, that the blade in the OP is a rapier blade, not a two-hander. My impression is that a flamberge <i>is</i> a two handed sword. Am I wrong? m 1. quoting from your link: The term flamberge, meaning "flame blade", is ...

Dauyd

Ah! Now I see where you are coming from.

It should be pointed out, however, that the blade in the OP is a rapier blade, not a two-hander.

Dauyd

Baron Alejandro wrote:And a dead right opinion, in my opinion.

Do you feel the same way about their other blades?

I've never noticed any difference, myself.

Is you "meh" with the specific blade, or with Darkwoods blades in General (IIRC, you are a Zen fan?)

Dauyd

Baron Alejandro wrote:I don't believe that those simulators behave enough like the weapons they're meant to be behaving like. At all.

In what way?

Other than the funky feel when sliding an edge against another blade, I don't notice any difference from my Darkwood bated blades.

Dauyd

One of our Northshield White Scarves has a pair of them. I've been hit by them PLENTY of times.

I've handled them a little, and they flex and handle just like Darkwoods regular blades. The only difference is that it feels a little weird doing a thrust while sliding along the opponent's blade.

Dauyd

OK, Thanks for all the help, my friend appreciates it. Here is what I came up with (rough draft, of course): http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/docapi/skarp.jpg I think it turned out pretty nice. Of course, now there are a couple of others that want to do devices, and somehow I've turned into th...

Dauyd

I'm pretty sure the first one is garden hose sewn into a tunic, but I could be wrong.

Come to think of it, the second one might be the same thing.

Dauyd

OK, after talking with him again, he has made some revisions. First choice, per pale sable and gules, (in cheif? bigger overall ones) 2 WINGED lions combatant or. (I missed the winged part when I talked to him before) He really likes the simplicity of that one, but worries he would not have enough d...

Dauyd

Wouldn't lions combatant be considered a single charge? I know that normally having 2 mirrored charges facing each other is a no-no, but in this case "combatant" specifically describes 2 beast in that posture. Anyways, If I'm understanding correctly, there are 3 options. 1. Put a border ar...

Dauyd

I'm trying to help a friend come up with a device, but I'm stuck on how to blazon it. What we're working on is quarterly black and red, with 2 pairs of rampant lions combatant in gold. One pair on top, and one below. I'm pretty sure it starts out "per quarterly sable and gules", but I'm no...

Dauyd

Giraut- Not sure, but it appears that both links that you give basically add padding to the mask. That wouldn't be legal for SCA Cut and Thrust as you need to have rigid protection in those places. That's the padding under the leather shown in some pics. The ALLSTAR padding is especially made for h...

Dauyd

Giraut-

Not sure, but it appears that both links that you give basically add padding to the mask. That wouldn't be legal for SCA Cut and Thrust as you need to have rigid protection in those places.

Dauyd

I'm speaking to the specific situation which sparked the debate.

Now, if it is an "in game" disagreement, I don't see it as the same problem with resolving it "in game".

Dauyd

Context, your Excellency.

Martial Combat may be the appropriate place for the things you mention- the problem is on the field, so it is taken care of on the field.

That isn't what is being discussed here.

Not sure how the barrier comparison applies at all.

Dauyd

How much Honour is there in putting a beat down on somebody less skilled at martial combat? I guess if you are somebody that thinks your Honour derives from the number of entries in the win column or is based on how "tough" you are, then maybe those things are honourable. Why are people s...

Dauyd

If you are just looking to be legal, and not worried about aesthetics, what I have seen done is to take the face grill off a hockey helmet and attach it to the back of a regular fencing mask.

Ugly, but dirt cheap.

Dauyd

For me, personally, I stand with Sir Vitus, Animal Weretiger, et al. Duels can and *should* be settled on the field of HONOUR. Key word, there. How much Honour is there in putting a beat down on somebody less skilled at martial combat? How much Honour is there in insisting that a disagreement must ...

Dauyd

Well, I can't respond to comments about rapier, since I've never studied it. That's fine, and I by and large agree with you on most of your points. I just wanted to give an example of a system where the blade is placed in such a way as to force the opponent to impale himself. Yup. Stezzo tempo parr...

Dauyd

And no, this is not a dead horse issue. Saddly, it is alive and kicking. My we see its death soon. Ran Pleasant ARMA DFW Unfortunately, as long as we have supposed "scholars" ignoring the very clear and blatant writings of the masters and instead perpetuating the myth, it will never go aw...

Dauyd

The main thing to remember is as stated before, if you are going to a different group to play you play by THEIR rules, and you don't WHINE. When you play at a different group and you do something instinctively that isn't allowed, just apologize and move on. -Ramius/Elias I think the main problem th...

Dauyd

Would have worked just fine. Search U-tube and you'll find videos to show it. Perhaps you could provide a link. The draw cuts I can find are all what would be considered "percussive". And I couldn't find any where people were trying examing the protection of period layering with multiple ...

Dauyd

Especially to me because draw cuts allowed would not have worked through period Elizabethan clothing without some percussion to break through the layers. Would have worked just fine. Search U-tube and you'll find videos to show it. Now, I'll agree with you that some of the rules seem a little odd (...

Dauyd

A stick with flat sides is still a stick. The difference between the 1 1/4" edge and the 1 1/2" flat does not make an edge or flat. Working with blunted steel taught me the truth of edge versus flat. A truth that is irelevent in S.C.A. combat as a bit of tape on a less wide part of a stic...

Dauyd

Capo Ferro: 7) OF THE PARRIES. One parries with the true edge, and, although rarely, with the false edge, in a straight line as in an oblique line; now with the point high, now low, now up, now down; depending on whether one is struck with a thrust or a cut, it is with one or the other of the weapon...

Dauyd

In searching paviolion designs, I have seen several plans that call for finials at the ends of the spokes, such as on http://www.sacoriver.net/~freegate/Pavilion.html Has anybody run across any evidence of something similar being done in period, or is it a purely modern adaptation?

Dauyd

Mooze wrote:Are both G and H SCA legal? Do they have button tips? Can you accept a money order?
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http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/doc ... etypes.pdf

According to that, the flexidagger is legal in Aethelmarc. It isn't legal in several other Kingdoms, though.

The Schlager I couldn't tell you without more info.

Dauyd

If you order online, is there a choice in color, or luck of the draw?

Made a tent- any chance it is "period"?

Blazon question

Re: Sword Edge Blocking