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- Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:29 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Battle of Hastings burial site
- Replies: 9
- Views: 310
Battle of Hastings burial site
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/archaeology/9632922/Are-bodies-of-10000-lost-warriors-from-Battle-of-Hastings-buried-in-this-field.html Are bodies of 10,000 lost warriors from Battle of Hastings buried in this field? Historian believes the 10,000 victims of the Battle of Hastings may be...
- Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:19 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Calontir Crown...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 530
Re: Calontir Crown...
So that is how you do it, you just pick the first two names in the list, and in order!
Now, how do I get to the top of the list....
Now, how do I get to the top of the list....
- Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:14 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Sheet Metal Gauge Sized - Wikipedia editor in the house?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 274
Re: Sheet Metal Gauge Sized - Wikipedia editor in the house?
Aluminum tends to be measured by the number of thousandths per inch. 0.032"", 0.050", 0.063", etc. Steel tends to go by gage, from when sheet metal manufacture wasn't quite as accurate, so there was more variation, and it was given in a range, say 0.056-0.063" for 16 gauge. But many places will give...
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:27 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Calontir Crown...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 530
Re: Calontir Crown...
Sometimes you're the chopper.
- Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: What Colour Is Swarovski Crystal Topaz?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 482
Re: What Colour Is Swarovski Crystal Topaz?
So why are we still looking at this, and why are people posting and bumping it to the top? 
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:05 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: What manuscript is this from
- Replies: 3
- Views: 149
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:02 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Elbow idea
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1057
Re: Elbow idea
Sure, have fun!
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:53 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 974
Re: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
There you go again, Luca...quoting the rules... :D As was explained to me, the ban an fighting from the ground in C&T (came about (over the summer?) came about because a high ranked fighter that was new to C&T hit a guy on his knees hard enough to give him a concussion. Instead of determining that i...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:55 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 974
Re: Please G*d, No knee fighting in C&T.
That is SCA wide.Saritor wrote:None here in the Outlands. If you didn't get hit in the arm, it's a 'kill'.mackenzie wrote:This is just a personal request but me reasons are:
- Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:40 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: metal cutwork
- Replies: 36
- Views: 819
- Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:35 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Helm Covers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 294
Re: Helm Covers
There is a surviving helmet cover from...Egypt? Maybe in the Met?
- Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:31 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: USFCA Historical Weaponry Certification
- Replies: 8
- Views: 368
Re: USFCA Historical Weaponry Certification
I wonder if there is any real benefit to HEMA by certifying instructors, or if it is primarily revenue generating.
Will they be testing/certifying instructors in I.33, Capo Ferro, Lichtnauer, Fiore, etc?
Will they be testing/certifying instructors in I.33, Capo Ferro, Lichtnauer, Fiore, etc?
- Thu Oct 25, 2012 10:38 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Opinions on legality for fencing
- Replies: 26
- Views: 619
Re: Opinions on legality for fencing
If you don't want an advantage, why strike at a leg or arm?
- Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:48 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: X post- Where are all the armourers on the west coast?!
- Replies: 99
- Views: 1885
Re: X post- Where are all the armourers on the west coast?!
Peter Fuller is either not good enough, or doesn't count because he's Canadian, eh?
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- Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:38 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Chin coverage in rapier/C&T helmets
- Replies: 7
- Views: 159
Re: Chin coverage in rapier/C&T helmets
A hood is probably the simplest fix.
- Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:53 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Opinions on legality for fencing
- Replies: 26
- Views: 619
Re: Opinions on legality for fencing
I took a picture of that particular shield when I was in Vienna last month. The gauntlet is an integral part of the shield, so technically the whole thing is controlled by the hand ( and arm) just like any number of round shields I've used in the past. No, it is controlled by the forearm, the hand ...
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:41 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Fencing and Heavy armor/protection minimums
- Replies: 36
- Views: 679
Re: Fencing and Heavy armor/protection minimums
And it is the reason that we can't fight from our knees in C&T, or so my 3rd+? hand source tells me. Some new crossover fighter (a Duke, IIRC) hit someone on the ground too hard and cut or concussed him through his mask. Instead of saying "That was way to f**king hard, don't do that!", they decided ...
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:35 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Opinions on legality for fencing
- Replies: 26
- Views: 619
Re: Opinions on legality for fencing
If the gauntlet is attached to the shield, that would make the two be one item. Thus the shield would be controlled by the hand....and as long as he doesn't hold anything in his shield hand, would you still consider it to be 'not controlled by the hand'? Now if he tried to hold a blade or other wea...
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:32 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Opinions on legality for fencing
- Replies: 26
- Views: 619
- Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:26 am
- Forum: Armour - I want to be a...
- Topic: Sicilian Saracen Foot Auxilliary, 1266
- Replies: 7
- Views: 436
Re: Italian "Saracens"
It isn't my area, so I don't have a lot to contribute, but there were Arab/Moorish colonies in Southern Italy and Sicily. But you probably already know that, so I haven't contributed very much.
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:38 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: What can you just not buy?
- Replies: 123
- Views: 2059
Re: What can you just not buy?
So: items that are illegal on today's market like rhino horns, ivory vs items that are difficult/dangerous/expensive to find like fire gilding or Negroli level medium carbon steel repousse work. If you want a hand spun hand woven garment made to extreme levels of accuracy they can be sourced but ma...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:33 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Bokalo's 430A Clamshells vs Egg armor Plastic.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 486
Re: Bokalo's 430A Clamshells vs Egg armor Plastic.
jammer397 wrote:It looks are I can build a set of 14-15ga T-6 Aluminum for next to nothing. They be very basic but very protective. I want to make sure that will be SCA legal. I know it's 16ga for steel, but not sure on the gauge for T-6 Aluminum.
That should be okay. .080" would be long lasting.
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:58 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Holes in the side of 16th century breastplates?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 441
Re: Holes in the side of 16th century breastplates?
The kids these days... When I was young we had to catch the balls from trebuchet in our teeth, and they're bitching about how much shot proof armor weighs...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:36 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Shoulders & Weapons Forms
- Replies: 9
- Views: 399
Re: Shoulders & Weapons Forms
It would be better than S&S, but would still be rather dumb. Blocking still requires accepting impact, and that could cause more damage setting you back further than January. My shoulders were screwed up, and I couldn't even lift a 2# buckler at one point, so I switched to 2H forms for a bit that we...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:32 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Opinions on legality for fencing
- Replies: 26
- Views: 619
Re: Opinions on legality for fencing
Here in Calontir, it would be considered armor, rather than a shield because it is not directly controlled by the hand. So it would be a bad idea, because if you armor is hit a sufficient blow, you lose that appendage, and you've just made the target so much larger. I don't think that it has been br...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:16 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Holes in the side of 16th century breastplates?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 441
Re: Holes in the side of 16th century breastplates?
X, You are on the right track. There are a few of surviving examples of separate saddle shaped oval plates which are intended to cover the gaps in the waist. They are mounted on the belt that holds the breast and back together. Scalini shows pics of three pairs in his Churburg book. ---one pair in ...
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:49 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: X post- Where are all the armourers on the west coast?!
- Replies: 99
- Views: 1885
Re: X post- Where are all the armourers on the west coast?!
I asked a simple question on the article posted on his FB page.
"Who are the other two armorers?"
Someone else posted "Mac and Wasson?"
Both comments have been deleted.
"Who are the other two armorers?"
Someone else posted "Mac and Wasson?"
Both comments have been deleted.
- Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:01 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: New find -- the 5th helmet from Anglo-Saxon England
- Replies: 1
- Views: 240
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:34 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Hokey SCA Blazon question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 612
Re: Hokey SCA Blazon question
Something like: Gules, an eagle displayed black, surmounted with a crescent or.
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:26 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Medieval footwear?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 706
Re: Medieval footwear?
This should be in History or Interpretation rather than armor. While there are plenty of people that do more than one thing in this expansive hobby of ours, you might get better, or more answers in the right section of the archive.
- Sat Oct 20, 2012 2:12 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Barbuta question
- Replies: 23
- Views: 624
Re: Barbuta question
Just think of it as being halfway between a bascinet and a barbute. It doesn't have a visor, so you add a little to the cheeks for protection. You are also getting away from things like camails.
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:05 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Leather gloves for fencing/rapier
- Replies: 6
- Views: 186
Re: Leather gloves for fencing/rapier
Roping gloves are very good, they are made with deer or elk. But as was mentioned, cuffs are relatively easy to add, but on a commercially available glove you might thing about adding the cuff to the outside edge of the glove, or it might make it hard to put your hand inside.
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:21 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Any clue what is under this closed visor armet in the Met?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 878
Re: Any clue what is under this closed visor armet in the Me
It is etched, Sean.
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:38 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Leather armor at Goodwill
- Replies: 11
- Views: 756
Re: Leather armor at Goodwill
I've passed it on to someone nearby, so they may be able to identify it.
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:34 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Holes in the side of 16th century breastplates?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 441
Re: Holes in the side of 16th century breastplates?
It would be awful uncomfortable to stick your hand through such a small hole. Sword belts, and other accessories, would be on the outside. If anything went through there, or was kept underneath, it would affect how the armor rides on your body, reducing flexibility, etc. And the point of the Holbein...