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- Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:41 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Shying away from the hit (rapier) and transitioning from hea
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kevin the Hound: <B>Yup. That's why I bring that up. As for me, well I've been an SCA Marshal of one form or another for 22 years. I have no compunctions or embarassment in dis...
- Mon Mar 10, 2003 7:38 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA - The reasons for such close-range fighting?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 40
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Irish: <B>Lyonnete - You're also a darn sight shorter than most of your opponents - for you "in range" is liable to be their "up close"! Must be a local thing in my neck of the...
- Mon Mar 10, 2003 10:29 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Is steel safer than plastic?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 118
Disected with replies... <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dark Victory Armory: <B>Sorry I bowed out for a while. It's cold and flu season in New England. I'm sorry that you and the others don't get it. "Realit...
- Sun Mar 09, 2003 4:39 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA - The reasons for such close-range fighting?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 40
- Sun Mar 09, 2003 12:00 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Need advice on lining a klappvisor bascinet.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9
tough call.. Brian Price and a few others use horse hair only aspadding in thier helms. from what they say it works fine BUT our rules state you have to have 1/2 foam padding.. no "or equivilant" on that one... What I did was make a standard 1/2 foam cap of sorts using the basic line of the bascinet...
- Sat Mar 08, 2003 12:15 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Overcoming Belt and Coronet "fear"
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by muttman: <B>"but if you cant get over the hype. may as well bring a cooler to the field so when the fighting is done you can pass out beers...." check out this guy trolling for...
- Sat Mar 08, 2003 12:08 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Is steel safer than plastic?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 118
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by chef de chambre: <B>To add to Tom's point - Given that hardened leather armour can be made by a person in an apartment, with in essence the *exact same* technology as usd in ma...
- Tue Mar 04, 2003 8:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: simple ornamental border for armour
- Replies: 7
- Views: 20
Hey Theo! Id check with Cadwallen.. ive seen him do some of this very stuff before on his work. punch work would be more in line with gothic german armor maybe some later period suits would be a god place to start looking. there are some examples of cuffs on gauntlets in the 14th cent with cutworked...
- Fri Feb 28, 2003 5:20 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: (woodworking) - Dovetail joinery
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8
- Fri Feb 28, 2003 5:51 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: the importance of agressiveness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27
Gregor, One of the benifits about being left handed is you can catch people off guard a lot if your just balls out on em like a tornado throwing shots like mad... trust me on this .. I won a few tourneys as a new fighter doing just exactly that........ I tell everyone I work with, the time to size y...
- Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:50 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Is steel safer than plastic?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 118
- Wed Feb 26, 2003 4:03 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The Booke of Chivalry of Melvin de Charney
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16
what about geoffreys southern cousin William Robert de Charney.. famed throughout for his final words before scaling the walls of chinon in full armor.... " here hold my ale tankard.... and gaze in awe at this feat"..... before falling to his death. Sad his monumental brass didnt get the correct usa...
- Mon Feb 24, 2003 11:59 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Melees!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10
IM a fan of shield men being passive til the opponant gets inside the spear range.. THEN the shieldman is a murder!!!! IM for offensive manuevers. being defensive often becomes a detrement to the outcome of wining.... aka you can only hole up and hide for so long before someone finds a way to smoke ...
- Sun Feb 23, 2003 3:52 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: the importance of agressiveness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27
but of course... we even went as far as to point out specific ways for them to come smoke us like school girls selling cookies... they just didnt get fired up about doing it.. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ...
- Sun Feb 23, 2003 4:04 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Sweat pants, jeans, hose, leggings, etc...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 34
- Sat Feb 22, 2003 10:34 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: [SCA] some armour and fighting pictures
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8
- Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:23 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Plastic and Japanese personas
- Replies: 133
- Views: 104
- Fri Feb 21, 2003 5:05 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Greatsword for Melees...comments
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33
to learn the shots and how to throw them IMO its best to face matched weapons.. this gives the novice a fair chance to mimic his opponant if anything.... as for this technique in melee... you have to know a variety of shots to be effective with anyhting in melee... even spearmen have got to know how...
- Thu Feb 20, 2003 9:08 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: split rattan swords *SCA*
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20
Id be concerned with the sections between the spacers breaking over a helm... granted it looks cool but with our calibartion as is I would wonder how long it will last without some sort of continual backing along the split sides.... the other thing would be chipping off on those edges.... say its a ...
- Thu Feb 20, 2003 9:01 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Greatsword for Melees...comments
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33
christoffer, granted vermin said " Gs is a really stupid chioce for melee" and then went on to say " Utter hogwash. The people who say this simply don't take the right approach, or don't care to expend the effort necessary to use one effectively." in reply to me stating my opinion that I dont think ...
- Wed Feb 19, 2003 8:00 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Under thy Gambeson?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 17
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by lyonnete: <B>Iain, I've actually tried to make a 'fighting kirtle' My pattern was based on the work of Robin Netherton, but with a knee-length skirt. Bad news: without the weig...
- Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:34 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Under thy Gambeson?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 17
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by lyonnete: <B>When I started out, I wore plain cotton T-shirts under my gambeson. Then my sister sewed me a linen fighting tunic. AH! Worlds better! I cannot express enough the ...
- Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:18 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Greatsword for Melees...comments
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33
bouts with matched weapons.... what better way to learn how to throw correct shots and gain an arsenal than by getting hit with the weapon your using.... ok vermin.. suit up FIVE 1 year and under fighters with greatswords " O' Doom" and Ill find 3 guys with swords/sheilds and exp... where are you go...
- Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:11 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Overcoming Belt and Coronet "fear"
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20
- Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:57 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Agincourt armour
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 11:06 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: the importance of agressiveness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Rainald: <B>"GOA level fighters" vs AOA level fighters??? Can someone please explain the concept to me? I guess I'm kinda slow today but I don't get it.</B></font><HR></BLOCKQU...
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 11:03 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Greatsword for Melees...comments
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Alcyoneus: I AM your huckleberry! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif </font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>ROFL.. have we fought alcy?? cause I say that on occasion with pals after ge...
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:07 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Overcoming Belt and Coronet "fear"
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20
sounds like you need to talk with more hats and peers... once you see we're all real people and really cant teleport etc etc...you may relax a bit more.... but if you cant get over the hype. may as well bring a cooler to the field so when the fighting is done you can pass out beers.... once you see ...
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:10 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Greatsword for Melees...comments
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33
IMO a greatsword isnt a versitile as a pole or 2 sword fighter in melee.... aka once im past thier effective range there isnt much they can do but clinch up thier butts and get ready for the wrap.... Im much more in favor of pole arms, spears and 2 weapon fighters in the backfield opposed to a guy w...
- Tue Feb 18, 2003 1:07 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Barrier tourneys-Calibration
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13
- Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:31 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: round table disscussions on chat?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4
round table disscussions on chat?
I was thinking about the recent string of topics and figured Id put up the offer for a round table chat on the mental aspects of fighting and if there is interest enough ( its hard to talk concepts on-line) Chivalry... those that are interested; what time of the week can you log on to chat ?? what d...
- Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:15 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: the importance of agressiveness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27
Cheval, I totally relate to that senario.. I cant count the time when I underestimate my opponant. especially those whom I fight and train on a regular basis.. the most embarrasing to date happend a couple years ago fighting w matched pole ax... my opponant had never used a pole ax but was just rece...
- Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:03 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: the importance of agressiveness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Jean Paul de Sens: <B> Samuel, I'm enjoying this conversation, so hope you don't feel like I'm responding too much. </B> there isnt such a thing in my book...<B> To start, I fu...
- Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:06 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: the importance of agressiveness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27
JP et al, your right with those odds we should have had our asses handed to us irregardless of skill but I think the Major reasoning was we 3 had a full grasp of these odds and took into account the desperation of the measure instead of lolly gagging around on the field. ( we kept very mobile within...
- Sun Feb 16, 2003 3:17 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: the importance of agressiveness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 27
the importance of agressiveness
yesterday was a beautiful texas day... ( slightly overcast temp around 60 degrees) I went to a local event and after the tourney proper we held melees with on average 6 guys vs 3.. ( most of the time it was 6-9 vs 3) and after a good dozen engagements the three had held the field. in well over half ...