The Armour Archive

Samuel

again its not a question of disabling your opponant the focus would become striking your opponant with a blow of force.

Samuel

Hjalmar,

If we went to a counted blows format the armor would become the target since we're not intent on killing and not using that as our grounds for blow acceptance. the focus would change to striking your opponant instead of a " based on possible bodily damage" set that we contend with now.

Samuel

Hobby lobby sometimes has brass in the balsa wood section ( its used on model airplanes )

Samuel

you coming to melee in the woods this weekend?

Samuel

Its things like this that make me think we should evolve to a different rule base on blows. personally Id like to see a babystep of 1" above the knee is all good. and it takes five blows to defeat your opponant. no wounds acted out. an option to yield. etc etc. granted there are problems with this a...

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Woodsende: Samuel, In the west it is basically as you describe as a Headspinner. I tend to call them good, and my opponent usually tells me not to take it. This may be a reg...

Samuel

hey T-bob, Awesome work... wanna share your trade secret on making that scabbard? BTW Mandrakes fittings ROCK... I had his brass Xguard and pommel set and was nervous about etching them. luckly I didnt cause I gave the sword away to a very fine gentle in ansteorra after a fine display of prowess and...

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ulrich: I think the point Samuel is trying to make (and I agree with btw, though I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong) is call all solid shots that hit you in the helm, be...

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Woodsende: Samuel, I'm afraid I still have to disagree. I wasn't speakig of a blow which rakes across the face 1/4 ' deep, but rather, one that doesn't contact the face at a...

Samuel

My comments inserted in plain text... <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by White Mountain Armoury: Well it depends where you are from Samuel, in our area we are quite chatty, we often talk about the nature of spec...

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lu-shan: Perhaps it's good that the Meridian rules of the list clear up this matter: ⋅ 2. In judging "injuries" the fighters are presumed to be fully armored accor...

Samuel

guys, the nature of the average SCA fighter isnt to confront an issue with thier opponant. Its nto that theyre pussy footing panzies its just a matter that they are trusting in your honor on something. in the case of having a helm with protrusions Id say a good 70% of your opponants arent gonna say ...

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jurgen: I think the current interpretation of the rules discourage the use of period mantles, crests, etc outside of a pas where special rules can be made and also discoura...

Samuel

Ive used a buddies plazma cutter and used my own HF turd throatless shears for armor and frankly I cant see spending a grand for a plazma cutter for armoring and having to buy an air compressor. it was awesome for cutting out knife blanks though. if you where going to do more than armor maybe.

Samuel

nothing against having projections so long as they not pose a safety hazard..

welding 16P nails to the skull of your helm would definitly make me raise an eyebrow and bounce your helm for example.

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Heairn: One of my bread-and-butter ripostes is a backhanded snap to the side of the head. If my angle or ranging is off, I can (and do) grab the grill of a helm instead. Jus...

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dmitriy: Are you saying I should take a blow that travels horizontally and only hits the tall spike that's obviously nowhere near my head? -Dmitriy<HR></BLOCKQUOT...

Samuel

well when the rules are not clear ( which most sca rules are not supra defined and leave loopholes) its intended that we fight in a chivalric manner aka following the spirit of the rules. IF one isnt inclined to follow the spirit of the rules be prepared for others to treat you accordingly aka your ...

Samuel

one has merlin... Ive been a marshal in Five kingdoms in over 10 years... your helm IS your head.....besides the fact Im a Knight of the Society and as part of that job Im supposed to enforce the rules of the list... If you stuck a helm on your head and welded barstock to it in such a way to make a ...

Samuel

you could go with basubands of undied leather aka flesh tone..

it would meet the rules and help maintain the look.

Samuel

they are GOOD!!!!! learn to accept em.... IF you cant take the frickin helm off and get a regular one.. ( the rule is helm and all parts of it aka an acceptable blow to the brim equals your norman conical helm just got planted in your head) If I wore a viking helm with horns and got hit on a horn wi...

Samuel

there is no thickness requirement on shield edgeing in the Midrealm anymore. people use everything from regular hose glued on with liquid nails. and car door edgeing which is super thin. Viscountess Kat uses the door edging guard stuff on her shield and fighting her my swords havent become hamburger...

Samuel

David,

you coming to melee in the woods??

Samuel

Dilan,

talke to Adraino... he could probably kick you out some simple metacarple plates and do the fingers/thumb for you and you could make a sweet leather cuff for em..

... safe but not breakin the bank..

Samuel

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Samuel

wanna trade?

Samuel

Ahh the Cpt America round...

Strap it to your arm. take a low stance and be ready to move your feet to get out of leg shots.

just dont paint it red white and blue ( im doing that as soon as I got 50 bucks

Samuel

Samuel

Since your into woodwork. a brad nailer ( stanley brand) would be a good buy for you get one that can shoot 16g brads up to 2" long. these things save major time in making any wood projects since you can glue and shoot instead of clamp it. plus the nails aid in the joint strength greatly. theyre fai...

Samuel

thats the basic shape yes. I suggest welding the back inside first.. then the top inside .. I usually do this with a ball stake near by and peen the halves together as I go where a gap shows. IF you stick both cut chunks together and grind them exactly the same size before you dish youll never get a...

Samuel

my guess would be italy..

Master Goeffrey mac doumhill would be a good person to ask since he lived in Italy for a few years and probably has photos of those very same bascinets.

Samuel

Samuel

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by adamstjohn: Freiman, I'm happy to take half the list. And to make the conversations shorter, just start with "I don't want to keep you long, but...." Samuel, yes I am still ...

Samuel

I tend to do best when im not worked up...

usually Ill have a string of beads in hand during major tourneys while I wait bouts.. these actually relax me and give me an outlet..

Im not a fan of hypeing up before tourney because I begin to think too much. Ive found I work best lukewarm kinda..

Samuel

Id had a planetary ring roller from HF...

it worked rather well for making coils of 1/4 barstock I would snip off sections and weld them to the grill work.. fast and efficient...

Samuel

Chris thats the shape of the leather part of what I used to wear but I sewed the mail to the top like Noe did.. course there wasnt much riveted running around in the SCA 10 years ago either:-)

Samuel

run a cord through the top rings n sew the cord to the gorget... thats how I used to de it when I wore one.