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- Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:41 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Video search
- Replies: 4
- Views: 198
Re: Video search
Good stuff. I'm amazed I live so close and have never met him. I need to get out more.
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:58 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
Outside. Always err on the side of safety.
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:56 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
Samuel wrote:... I look at a shaped stick its shape is pretty much lost on me when tape is applied
Like this?
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:42 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: BLOCKING! Its GOT to go....
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1311
Re: BLOCKING! Its GOT to go....
The original post was making fun of "I don't like X, so X should be discouraged/outlawed". After that first post, we have just had fun with it.
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:30 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
Id rather have that telling full legal edge for those moments when " it can ENTER a GRILL" debates pop up. Heh. I've been emailing to Polar Bear Forge just last week and we have been discussing a modified version of his gauge that can test that rule. He said I'm the first person to ask ab...
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:48 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Armor Cloaks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 508
Re: Armor Cloaks
Baron Alcyoneus wrote:I can't think of the specific name for the "cloak" worn belted on the front, with the back hanging loose.
Surcoat?
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:30 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
mine are cut 1 1/4 rectangles in cross section.. leaving the skin on.. cant cut more than that bro:P Yes, you can. I use a 3/4" wide striking surface. Here's some pictures of an older draft that might give you a better impression of what I am talking about: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/...
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:06 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
Md02geist wrote:Nice, I want one
I charge $100 each or six for $450. This is for a complete sword, taped, etc, with thrusting tip. Eirik may be carrying some of my gladii, but won't be offering the bulk price (I'm giving him a discount so that he can also sell them for $100).
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:59 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
A short, thick carriage bolt for balance will also make the blade more responsive (my sample at Gulf Wars didn't have this).
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:45 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
I'd leave the length and cut the blade down more. Here's a pattern for the hilt end of my gladius. The 1 1/2" portion below tapers to 1 1/4" toward the tip (a distal taper). The weight drops dramatically when you make those final, angled cuts. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5590973126...
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:22 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 792
Re: baron eriks badass rattan ( gladius)
How long are they? The biggest problem I have had with rattan in the lathe has been longer (over 36") pieces.
- Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:46 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Armor Cloaks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 508
Armor Cloaks
… the jupon was discarded during the third decade of the 15th century, but throughout the remainder of our period [1410 – 1500] loose robes, cloaks, and heraldic tabards are not infrequently worn over armor. In Italy in particular it was the fashion to wear a short cloak attached to the shoulders a...
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: "Viking" sword dimensions, hilts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 128
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:14 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Armor Primer wanted
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1089
Re:
wcallen wrote:Start simple.
Read the Primer -
Blair, Claude, European Armour c. 1066 to c. 1700. HSMO: London. 1958.
Took a while to straiten out things with interlibrary loan, but awsome book. Thanks.
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:49 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Midrealm's newest boffer fighter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 242
Re: Midrealm's newest boffer fighter
Congrats to him.
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:50 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The cluture of no arm hunting
- Replies: 111
- Views: 2084
Re: The cluture of no arm hunting
Thomas MacFinn wrote: ... We am fortunate locally ...
"We are fortunate locally" (grumble ... grumble ... disabled edit function ... grumble)
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:47 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The cluture of no arm hunting
- Replies: 111
- Views: 2084
Re: The cluture of no arm hunting
So, I guess my question as an An Tiran would be, if it's something people don't like, and our top guy in the Kingdom Sir Daniel thinks it's silly, why does it continue to be drilled into new fighters to the point where like me, they'll avoid the arm at all cost regardless of if it's legal? I can't ...
- Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:03 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Show us your best lookng SCA weapons
- Replies: 689
- Views: 67589
Re: Show us your best lookng SCA weapons
How wide is that blade, Denewulf? It looks wide enough for you to give yourself a bit of a point on the end.
- Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:23 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Armed to the teeth (SCA).
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1121
Re: Armed to the teeth (SCA).
So the only thing I can find in the Society rules that comes close is this section: ... So somebody show me where in the rules it says that weapons worn shall be considered as armour. Note: I do get your point about asshats, but as I have stated in my opinion that is just asshattery but in general ...
- Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:56 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Cuirie
- Replies: 32
- Views: 388
Re: Cuirie
I was hoping that somebody had escavated a cuirie between 1959 and today. From what I am reading here, no such luck.
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:37 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Opinions on a Strapped Shield hand being used....
- Replies: 78
- Views: 1323
Re: Opinions on a Strapped Shield hand being used....
Where does 'cool' factor play in this? In that, when it is done to you, you go "Wow that was Cool! Dunno if it was legal, but it was damn cool!'. -Ivan That would be my response. If a guy could get his shield between me and my polearm without hitting me with the shield, and could grab my polea...
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:47 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Cuirie
- Replies: 32
- Views: 388
Cuirie
In his book European Armor: circa 1066 to circa 1700 (1959), Claude Blair theorized that a "cuirie" was a cuir-bouilli breastplate worn over chain. Has anybody proven or disproven this?
- Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:30 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Carved sword with basket hilt (work in progress)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 548
Re: Carved sword with basket hilt (work in progress)
@David: Please post pics if you do. Shiavona is one of the prettiest swords ever made IMO, and a well done SCA version would be keen. While I agree whole heartily, I believe that the basket is Darkwoods Scottish Claymore not their Shiavona. A little red velvet would also help with the illusion. Ple...
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:19 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: BLOCKING! Its GOT to go....
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1311
Re: BLOCKING! Its GOT to go....
Cedric wrote:I will gladly stop blocking, as soon as people stop swinging sticks at me.
We call those people "spectators".
- Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:16 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Carved sword with basket hilt (work in progress)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 548
Re: Carved sword with basket hilt (work in progress)
Robert of Canterbury wrote:Looks fabulous, but it's going to sting if you ever hit anyone flat....
The edge has considerably more sting than the flat.
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:37 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Need sources: shield durability
- Replies: 49
- Views: 696
Re: Need sources: shield durability
Not a primary source, but worth watching, if for nothing more than gathering a list of people to seek out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7o5ltQZb2g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeUaQ01bzi0&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uRezqaEy9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkkx4PzorgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7o5ltQZb2g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeUaQ01bzi0&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uRezqaEy9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkkx4PzorgY
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:22 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Aggression on the field.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1086
Re: Aggression on the field.
Raito, I read what you posted, but couldn't find any disagreement with what I said. Are you saying you agree that an authorizing fighter should be throwing blows even if his usual style is to counterstrike, but not my reasoning behind it?
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The cluture of no arm hunting
- Replies: 111
- Views: 2084
Re: The cluture of no arm hunting
At practice, I just say, "Keep the arm", but that doesn't stop me from hitting it again. Improving is the point of practice.
At tourney, I've seen fighters offer to allow their oppenents to switch arms (fighting with the "injured" arm and letting the shield dangle instead).
At tourney, I've seen fighters offer to allow their oppenents to switch arms (fighting with the "injured" arm and letting the shield dangle instead).
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:05 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Aggression on the field.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1086
Re: Aggression on the field.
I don't know if this is true everywhere, but it has been my advice that one place where you want to be as aggressive as possible is at your authorization. In general: 1) Your opponent will be a lot better than you. 2) He will wait and slow his pace down to yours. 3) If you keep him waiting too long,...
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:33 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Newbie questions
- Replies: 40
- Views: 647
Re: Newbie questions
I have seen a few new fighters that concentrate on rotating their hips so much that their hips move independently of their shoulders. Their hips rotate all the way forward (and in some cases bounce back a bit) before their upper body starts the swing. Don't do that. Don't over-think it too much. If ...
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:22 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Newbie questions
- Replies: 40
- Views: 647
Re: Newbie questions
So the video posted, is that wrong or right? I would say right on the big things, but I wouldn't take every detail as gospel. Overall, not bad for a guy with a boffer sword. I'm not a fan of his comment about training with an iron bar, as that strikes me as bad on the joints. He says something abou...
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:02 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: BLOCKING! Its GOT to go....
- Replies: 49
- Views: 1311
Re: BLOCKING! Its GOT to go....
Didn't you know "We will Rock You" was a cover of a 16th century tune?
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:44 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: The cluture of no arm hunting
- Replies: 111
- Views: 2084
Re: The cluture of no arm hunting
My attitude is that I am not sufficently skilled to pass on legal target areas. If somebody sticks their arm out, I take it.
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:39 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Newbie questions
- Replies: 40
- Views: 647
Re: Newbie questions
For what it is worth, Isabella, I'm male and have no problems cocking my right hip back for a blow when my right foot is forward. This thread reminds me of this video: m I used to fight shield foot forward to such an extent that I walked a bit like a crab. Now I switch back and forth more. When I'm ...
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:08 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Back-up dagger
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1453
Re: Back-up dagger
Adriano, if you wear it, practice drawing it and using it. If you don't practice using it, don't bother to carry it.