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Baron Alcyoneus

So how did it go? Brewer said it seemed to have been well received. For my part, that's true. I attended purely from an interest in observing the Calontiri people and their reactions. Having heard nothing but horror stories about Calontir's reaction to rapier, I was curious if that was true in real...

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What diameter?

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What diameter?

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Konstantin the Red wrote:Get a polarizing filter for your lens, and enlist an accomplice equipped with either an umbrella or a couple yards of black cloth to step around and block light from glaring on the Lucite.

It worked for Zapruder.

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That would be a pretty big lathe.

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Reading on Khan Uzbek, I found this:
http://textplay.net/pages/0017.htm

Look around, there is all sorts of Russian goodness including things like this:
http://textplay.net/pages/0001.htm

[img]http://textplay.net/img/helmet_0.jpg[/img]

Isn't the current Crown of Monomahk supposed to have been a replacement for an earlier version?

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The splinted arms are on the right.

[img]http://www.medievalhorse.com/images/inspiration/6.jpg[/img]

Dukes of Brittany&Bourbon.

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I don't imagine that it would take that much to break the hyoid bone. m It is theoretically possible to break someone's neck with very strong pressure from forearm - a move which may leave few or no markings - but it would be highly unusual, and all other forms of throttling would leave their mark.

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How can we help determine if it is or isn't, if you don't provide pictures or describe it?

Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy is the most available book you can easily find.

Here are a couple pictures:
http://home.armourarchive.org/members/a ... rmsArmour/

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Couldn't you get a pretty decent plasma cutter for that price?

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So Alcyoneus, how did fighting go in the pourpoint? I'm curious to hear your thoughts. I didn't fight as much as I should have to get a full test. I fought a little S&S, and did not notice any range of motion problems. I fought some single sword, same result. I did a bit of spear, and had no pr...

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So how did it go? Brewer said it seemed to have been well received.

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audax wrote:That would save my life in the Ansteorran summertime. I've passed out before in a tourney. Nothing like waking up stark naked in front of about 200 hundred strangers. Whee!

Thanks for starting the revel.

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I think you need a mission statement for fighters before proceeding.

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I find it a little strange that none of the heraldry in the painting is the Malatesta arms. Otherwise, it's a pretty compelling explanation. Mac Here's a bit I've found: http://www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk/contents/media/RI54-07-Sigismondo-Pandolfo.jpg m The heraldry of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta...

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I'll talk about it later, but it got rave reviews!

There were even a couple gals who know you from your livejournal (MN or MI)? that asked if I was the one...

Yes. Yes I am.

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It was primarily an Italian fashion.

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Richard, isn't it? I have the Wilton book, but I'm away from home.

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On Friday at Lilies, Glendour was made a Huscarl of Calontir, several hours later he was asked to join the Order of Chivalry. He accepted and will be Knighted at The Tournament of Valor (Wichita, KS) on Labor Day Weekend. As far as I'm concerned, both are well overdue, and I'm glad they finally happ...

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I've made one out of aluminum, but haven't finished it. Mine was made from a left-over piece, so it is about 6" at the top&bottom, and 12" in the center, 36" or more long.

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He's at Lilies.

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A sketch of the drawings can be seen here: m Better pictures are available here: The Bibliotheque Nationale in France, which owns several copies of the tournament book (including the copy made for King RenÃ© himself), has digitized the images from two manuscripts. To view the images, Go to m In the...

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3. A mail or heavy leather camail or aventail that hangs or drapes to absorb the force of a blow. If the camail or aventail lays in contact with the larynx, cervical vertebrae, or first thoracic vertebra, that section must be padded with a minimum of .25in (6mm) of close cell foam or equivalent.&qu...

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chef de chambre wrote:THat is close, but a close helmet, so no cigar.

I'm sure they completely reinvented the wheel when the close helmet came about.

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When I look at the pictures, I see metal splints attached to leather, possibly sewn or riveted. The other one I see as cour bouli leather with the lacing as decoration, I don't see any evidence of splints inside of it. Maybe you could post the pics so we could look again?

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It was considered to be fashionable to possess your own arms and practice in a school of fence. Young men (that's me!) were also noted for carrying a sword and buckler for brawling with some frequency. There are also records of people from all strata in society carrying arms in the streets- even Sh...

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[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/alcyon/Armet%20lining.JPG[/img]

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The Leather Factory/Tandy Leather has rawhide strips that are about 2x36 for about $4 or a bit more.

If I understand your intent, I don't think it is sturdy enough to hold up in fighting(or at least give blunt force trauma protection) for the body of the arm.

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I find it interesting that according to the vase paintings, the thing is strapped so that (to our mind) the cutouts are top and bottom -- but according to the design on the front of the shield in the upper vase image, the cut outs are on the *sides* of the shield. Interesting. I wonder what that sa...

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I copied the info out of a book the other day, and if I can remember which of my books it was in... , I can try to get it to a scanner. Here's another source (w/o photo) m Already during Sigismondo's lifetime the church of San Francesco aroused discussion, and in the centuries that followed it elici...

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Maybe its Sino-Korean.

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And post it on the weapons page, not the armor page.

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Kilkenny wrote:However, I believe the marshalate has already spoken on the subject and there is a ban on firearm simulators for the SCA battlefield.

Check with the officials before you spend any real effort figuring out how to do it.

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Sigismondo Malatesta combined his first initial with that of his mistress Isotta Degli Atti to make a 'dollar sign'. This is prominently displayed in the chapel in his Tempio Malatertiano in Rimini, Italy. m The bodies of some Malatesta's ancestors are housed in the Cappella della PietÃ , with two s...

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Suzerain wrote:all too easy for someone not to hear, after all, particularly in helmets

Which is one reason why you are *supposed* to go to your knees when you hear a hold called during a melee. It is a obvious visual sign that you are supposed to stop fighting.

Master Glendour, KSCA has such a ring to it...

Re: Gorget question SCA