The Armour Archive

Thomas MacFinn

Baron Eirik wrote:The flat-sided blanks still have the skin on the edges, as do the Type 10s, and I'm pretty sure, the Gladii.

Some early experiments were skin-on, but currently the gladii are skin-off in order to have straiter edges.

Thomas MacFinn

... unless Sir Omarad says otherwise.

Thomas MacFinn

Eidelon, I suggest you read the rules for yourself. Lots of other people read the rules, see "sword" where the rules say "single handed weapon" and see "mace" where the rules say "mass weapon" and then pass along what they remember reading a month (or a year o...

Thomas MacFinn

http://www.wga.hu/art/h/hals/frans/04-1633/43meagr.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/g/gentiles/artemisi/condotti.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/d/dyck_van/1portrai/hamilton.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/h/hals/frans/07-1648/67famil.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/k/keyser/thomas/huygens.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/k/keyser/thomas/schout.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/k/kick/simon/youngman.jpg

Thomas MacFinn

I have never seen this type of elbow armor before. Can I get some more information?

http://www.wga.hu/art/d/dyck_van/1portrai/balbi.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/d/dyck_van/1portrai/charllou.jpg

http://www.wga.hu/art/g/gonzalez/gentlema.jpg

Was this style common? Has anybody here made elbows like this?

Thomas MacFinn

... 1.25" to 1.5" diameter ...

Thomas MacFinn

Let me rephrase this a different way:

Is there any rule reason, anywhere, that would prohibit this: a mace with an uncarved 2" piece of rattan for a head. padding on the rattan and half-cylinder 1.5" to 1.5" diameter rattan pieces atop the padding as clackers.

Thomas MacFinn

I don't think anyone is saying that shaping a sword would decrease its flex. Wouldn't it actually reduce the flex of the rattan overall? I mean starting with a 2" piece and shaving it down would reduce it in some areas not increase it, right? Its rigidity would, however, be more than that of a...

Thomas MacFinn

I interpreted the original post to say, in effect, "Hey guys, please remember there are two rules regarding the shape of rattan not just one. Some people are remembering one rule and forgetting the other." Everything else since then (including Count Johnathan's objections), has been a repe...

Thomas MacFinn

Good Baron, is it possible that people are taking your type 15s, and your other pre-shaped rattan blades, and taping them up so that their striking edge is not, in fact, that flat surface, but instead that sharp angle? Possible but highly unlikely. The waster with the sharp linear taper in my first...

Thomas MacFinn

Before we change the rules can we verify these blades are breaking the existing ones? I don't know anybody with a shaped sword that is a 1 1/4" square. A wider sword, cut into a true diamond cross section, would fail existing rules. We just need to get more gauges out there that can test this.

Thomas MacFinn

Baron Eirik wrote:Been thru this discussion before: Shaped Rattan Weapons

Good thread. I dug through it again just to find those pics of Nissan crushing rattan on page 6.

Thomas MacFinn

In an era of armor, I cannot imagine any situation where a thrown knife would be a tactic of choice.

Tackle my opponent and jab a knife in their eyeslot? Yes.
Throw something that is lightweight and only sharp on one end? No.

Thomas MacFinn

Sir Omarad wrote:what I am talking about is swords that are being diamond shaped.

Could we get a picture of one of these failures? I'd be glad to repost the picture as a "do not do this" everywhere I have been advocating carved wasters.

Thomas MacFinn

By the way, Polar Bear Forge is currently making come new marshal's gauges that have a 1" wide by 1/2" deep slot in the side.

Thomas MacFinn

On my website, I have a carved waster that I list as Patterned after the Oakshott Type XV sword (in general usage from 1290 - 1415 A.D.), this design features a modified diamond cross section and a linear taper running the length of the blade. Standard size is 35" overall length with a 7" ...

Thomas MacFinn

I own one and don't like them. They are huge and not as light as expected. But if you want one, Windrose has a good reputation for fast delivery.

http://www.windrosearmoury.com/zc/index ... cts_id=294

Does Duke Baldar still sell them?

http://houseasgard.com/BaldarBlunts/#order

Thomas MacFinn

Here's what I found for the Midrealm: B 2. Clicker mace and axe Clicker mace and axe striking surfaces may use split rattan, heater hose, or strips of rubber or leather as clickers. A minimum of ½ inch of closed cell foam must separate the haft rattan and the clicker. The clicker must start at least...

Thomas MacFinn

I don't know why, but in my head I imagined a clacker as a thin rattan slat. It just occured to me that other shapes may be possible. Do any kingdoms have any construction limitations for clackers on maces?

Thomas MacFinn

shinyhalo wrote:I'd get rid of the leather thighs. I don't think leather protects against bludgeoning at all unless it is very hardened like some bazubands are. People love to target thighs.

From the rivits, I believe the leather may be covering something else.

Thomas MacFinn

Bring a friend. Fight half the time and sit out and watch half the time.

Thomas MacFinn

I would ditto what Brewer said. If you ask around you can generally break merchants down into 4 groups: 1) bad reputation, 2) good reputation for years, 3) good reputation so far, 4) good reputation with caveats (such as "does great work but always estimates he will be done faster than he does ...

Thomas MacFinn

I believe that during the Crusades the cavalry charge was so effective that even the Persians started adopting it against the crusaders (although they had limited success with that tactic due to a shortage of ash and similar hardwoods). Thrown weapons do not combine well with a couched lance.

Thomas MacFinn

I took several years off (bankruptcy, remarriage, and the rest of the grocry list) and am only now coming back. I am still not nearly as active as I was once upon a time. My old helmet still fits though, and I don't regret holding on to it.

Thomas MacFinn

Stahlgrim, have you seen this video?

http://www.midrealm.org/kith/kith/grappling.wmv

I don't know anything about you, so I'm not certain if you know how much is already allowed in the SCA rules.

Thomas MacFinn

Thomas MacFinn

Bashing(I wish there was a better word for it) would be to use the flat front of the shield to strike the opponent with,pretty much a backhand. ... Bashing (still don't like the word) would in my opinion impart far less force. Shield bashing, as the term is used in other combat sports, is driving y...

Thomas MacFinn

Wasn't something like this done with a bowling ball on a post?

Thomas MacFinn

I had a broken ankle from a shield bash (another sport). It isn't the shield itself that was the problem. It is the bashing: manipulating somebody else's body in a way it doesn't want to move. The SCA does not allow grappling either.

Thomas MacFinn

Nothing special, but here you go:

You can see the top of the cuisse in the bruise if you look close enough.

Thomas MacFinn

Care to shoot another pic with your gorget and gambison on? In my case, my gambison makes a big difference on the fit of the rest of my kit (pulls the breastplate apart in a bad way, but raises my gorget up so that it is legal).

Thomas MacFinn

http://www.youtube.com/user/swash001#p/u/45/dkJLZP5Rm0Q

The plan was to toss the javelin and rush him while he was dealing with it. You can see how well that went (if you can get past the poor video quality).

Thomas MacFinn

If your rattan is thick enough to allow it, don't be afraid to take a file to the inside of the crossguard. A perfectly round hole is possibly the worst shape for keeping a crossguard in place.

Thomas MacFinn

I'm due a late period pollaxe, but no hurry if this batch is spoken for.

Thomas MacFinn

Out of that list, weather is a surprisingly small factor. When a group from the (then) incipient Stronghold of Raven's Cove went to our first war (Atlantia vs Trimaris), the heavy we all wore mostly black tabards with a little shield on the chest because "Nobody from Florida would fight in blac...

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