The Armour Archive

DukeAvery

... You can embrace your ways while respecting others. Well said. Whatever is decided, I feel it is very kind of Sir Omarad to discuss these matters with us here, and that there have been some very thoughtful posts made. Civility is a precious mantle which should not be cast aside lightly. I should...

DukeAvery

Here is another I find worth my time, although I don't use this style myself. I hope to do a video of this quality of my methods one day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzTZVsaKhrY

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Avery

DukeAvery

http://www.bellatrix.org/school/

The CD, if you can get a copy, has more videos than are online I believe.

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Avery

DukeAvery

I enjoy training, drilling, and getting fit more and more with each passing day. It wasn't that way for awhile with me, but the life of sca arms is a far better life. Being fit greatly increases quality of life and you can't get that from a sedentary game.

Knock on rattan.

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Avery

DukeAvery

Senseless. I had a honda prelude stolen in the 80s that had my armor bag in it. The car was recovered without armor. The guys were caught, but wouldn't say where it went. I lost a nice roman helmet, which I had won a couple tournaments in. To this day I won't leave armor in my car if I can possibly ...

DukeAvery

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DukeAvery

Very reasonable, thanks. Given how metal can fragment, I'd want perforated steel over my eyes as well. Do we know if that is cool with the organizers? Ice Falcon 6 mm blackened rivited Hauberk 800 ish Ice Falcon 9 mm blackend rivited chausses 400 ish Windrose Helmet with stainless aventail (which I ...

DukeAvery

Welcome to the 'had an arm bone broken in the sca club'. It sucks. One of the things about wraps, is that they have a long 'flight time' compared to other blows and while thrown the arm is acting as THE brace for the fulcrum of the blow. When I'm throwing a wrap, my shield's number one job is to pro...

DukeAvery

Traditionally, the marshallate exists because it is the will of the Sovereign (Yes, I know it is a really a position in a volunteer club). However, the marshallate's authenticity mandate isn't the same as the safety mandate. One is much older, and undoubtedly has royal support and sanction from the ...

DukeAvery

I have talked to some of these guys. They do not practice with steel. They use fiberglass covered steel for practice and save the steel for real events. Saves on armour wear and tear. Good to know, that makes sense. ... Are you asking what this suit cost to put together? Yes, for all the plate, gau...

DukeAvery

Deitrich I've thought about this some, and I think my personal rule has evolved to - 'don't shoot deliberately at not-target body areas, ever'. I've noticed over the years that in my experience when I've seen this happen, very occasionally someone will become very very offended and be strangely dis-...

DukeAvery

I submit, for your consideration, that terms such as 'oppose', 'problem', or 'ban' may create an unnecessary sense of ill will or shame on the part of those labeled so. The Crown, however, can push a softer line that will be far smoother on the ears and tempers and yet achieve the same effect.

DukeAvery

You guys are truly crazed - allow me to express my admiration. Once what works best is figured out, I do have some interest in getting a similarly protective suit. I noticed most of the BoN guys seem to be wearing more mail around the lower bicept than you seem to have. What weight is your suit? Wha...

DukeAvery

I support the removal of blue or otherwise obviously modern plastics preferably with a grace period and help as needed getting stuff covered. Most of the kingdoms I've played in have been doing this for years and covering stuff is not hard and is even fun in a crafty way with enough warning. An easy...

DukeAvery

This looks interesting - I wish I were closer.

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DukeAvery

Good morning, SCA!

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DukeAvery

I too am not a fan of combat archery, and I share some of Johnathan's concerns, and yet I am determined to work with its practitioners in good fellowship at finding middle ground. I do not feel that this conversation is appropriate to this thread however, and that no one benefits when insults fly. W...

DukeAvery

Glad to hear it. I'm not accusing anyone, I just thought that since we're in this section of the rules and communicating with our KEMs there's no harm in being un-equivocal about it (I submit). We had a problem with them briefly at Estrella years ago and I prefer the rule in. Regards Avery

DukeAvery

I like Alden format Wars. I also like the way Pennsic is being done, because there is plenty of time for our loved ones to get up close and experience the thrill of big sca battles against the backdrop of an insane number of venues to choose from. I don't like to see more than one ambulance a day at...

DukeAvery

I can't find a society level ruling against them, nor can I find any prohibition in the Middle and East Kingdom's marshal's handbook. My apologies if I've just missed it, I used the search terms "cross", "shovel", and "grip". I do find the prohibitions against cross-gri...

DukeAvery

Greetings When providing feedback to your KEMs, please consider suggesting that shovel grips on all weapons, especially fiberglass spears, be banned at this time at the society level. The efficiency of the force transfer is not to believed and far too easy to (unintentionally) deliver concussive blo...

DukeAvery

I wasn't able to make it, sadly. GWW is a good war to do combat archery at - did they stay with the Alden War format?

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Avery

DukeAvery

The one in front, carrying the attack to the 'foe'?

Nice dress.

InsaneIrish wrote:If you see me at Lilies (or other event) make sure to say hi!

I look like this:

(I'm the fat guy in the purple dress.)

DukeAvery

Good Squire Your words move me. I wronged the archive(everyone) by bringing things here that did not belong. It was not done with malice, but it did end badly. I wronged Merlin and Uther, for letting the past color the present. And I rebuked Sir Sigifrith undeservedly. Still, matters of principle ch...

DukeAvery

I think it is kind of Sir Omarad to communicate with the knowne world this way - I recommend we follow his request, consider the changes, talk about them with others, and provide feedback thru the appropriate kingdom mechanisms.

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Avery

DukeAvery

It's all these +5/+5 weapons against royal peers out there these days....

DukeAvery

Spare a hit point bro?

DukeAvery

My read is that there are 'cutting' polearms, which have different limitations than 'mass' crushing/punching polearms. Halbards are cutting/crushing/punching polearms, however, so that would fall to the local KEM to clarify the ruling, if not in a kingdom that doesn't allow over 6' polearms at all. ...

DukeAvery

Wow nice - thanks! Those are some pretty winged spears!

I shall have to figure how to get that effect...not to mention they look like fun to sport fight with.

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Avery

DukeAvery

No worries. I would hope to be able to stop by such a WMA/SCA gathering at Estrella - it seems worthy of its own thread at some point is all. I enjoy my discussions with Marc Arundel, for example. I stopped training with long sword (rattan simulated), but I'm back at it. Just carved a new one. These...

DukeAvery

There are some interesting thoughts here but way off topic from stances, even considering the OP references the SCA. We might start another thread.

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Avery

DukeAvery

My read (and my opinion is no more valid than anyone else's, being not with the the marshallate), is that this is legal based based on gross physical characteristics. If it were 6'2" (instead of 5'2"), or had smashing surfaces on both ends, it would be illegal. Long halberds (over 6') seem...

DukeAvery

My garage is my primary domain now, the house willingly being given over to the needs of my little gentlemen (one 5, one 9). My 9 yr old, however, has been bugging me to go out to the garage to explore all my old piles of sca stuff. He found an old sca combat crossbow from the 90s that uses shafted ...

DukeAvery

The impersonal portion of such an intricate and passionate technical discussion seems to me a credit to the archive in that other readers may test their knowledge of the material and encourages broader exposure. Even getting such antique information accessible to the modern mind is a huge undertakin...

DukeAvery

I mounted the head with a few windings of strap tape. I wanted to see how the head would fail after increasingly heavy strikes to my pell. It did vey well thru even 'hard' hits, but failed on the second excessive. I'm pretty happy with that, because I don't throw in the excessive category out there....