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by Count Johnathan
Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:24 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

How in the world do you keep the handles from snapping off with that shape?

Good stuff Nissan thanks for putting your time into this.
by Count Johnathan
Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:21 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Underwhelming Gratitude
Replies: 195
Views: 3404

WWJD Read this thread with interest and find himself content that there are some intelligent answers from both sides regarding the acceptable risk and unacceptable risk from some of the bad ideas (within SCA context) and then go about his business ignoring Maeryks attempt to douche up an interestin...
by Count Johnathan
Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:53 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Very cool stuff Nissan. I wonder how wimpy 1-1/4" stock is comparatively.

What was the load on the sticks there?
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Leaf blade sword for a mutant celt
Replies: 59
Views: 2468

I wonder if the clear tape at the bottom of the list here is worthy for this kind of application. m Sounds good anyway. These 6-mil thick adhesive vinyl tapes are available in 17 colors in 36-yard long (108') rolls (on 3-in. cores). Sold individually or in 24-roll cartons, these tapes are for design...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:51 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Leaf blade sword for a mutant celt
Replies: 59
Views: 2468

So if the point of shaving these things into shapes is to make them look like "period" or medieval weapons why not use the cool metalic duct tape? At least then it would be shiny right? Seems like a lot of effort to still have it look like a taped up stick. The metallic look tape looks go...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:43 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Leaf blade sword for a mutant celt
Replies: 59
Views: 2468

Johno - "Destroying the Society" has now become a running gag on AA. In my local group too.... . We've started using the saying "Stop Angering the Johno" Heh. You have made a name for yourself. Eh I've always been known as Johno so that's nothing new. Name is just spreading out ...
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:15 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Leaf blade sword for a mutant celt
Replies: 59
Views: 2468

You got a problem with me Baron Alejandro?

I don't relly see the need for your comment.
by Count Johnathan
Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:35 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Leaf blade sword for a mutant celt
Replies: 59
Views: 2468

So if the point of shaving these things into shapes is to make them look like "period" or medieval weapons why not use the cool metalic duct tape? At least then it would be shiny right? Seems like a lot of effort to still have it look like a taped up stick.
by Count Johnathan
Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:14 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Yeah. Small world huh?
by Count Johnathan
Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:03 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Image


In 1990 he was a squire fighting rattan in Caid.

Don't know who his knight was (is?)
by Count Johnathan
Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:24 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Behind Armor Blunt Trauma (BABT)
Replies: 46
Views: 1079

I saw a guy get hit in the cervicals, right above his gorget underneath the helmet. Didnt feel right, he had to crawl off the field, but in the end he was OK. Beer saw to that. And I heard a guy died on the field at Estrella a couple years back, heart attack. Yeah I was standing about ten feet away...
by Count Johnathan
Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:39 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Ebonwoulfe Armory is now live **SPEARS ARE IN**
Replies: 66
Views: 2461

You going to get into making helms and such or looking to be more of a distributer?

Just curious :D
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:28 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Hmm that might actually cover the cost of that cup of coffee depending on where you get it.

One Café mocha with a twist of eternal damnation coming right up! That will be 30 pieces of silver for the Café mocha. With tax that comes to a total of 32 pieces of silver.

Damn :evil:
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Dante della Luna wrote:Of course I knew that... was just playing devils advocate. :D


the devils advocate is still working for the devil bro. :twisted:
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:29 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Talking about fighting
Replies: 8
Views: 441

Yeah thinking about fighting mechanics does help in general understanding and can keep the mind sharper but writing down fighting technique is extremely difficult. It's even more difficult to read and understand if you are looking at written fighting instruction with no background knowledge of fight...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:22 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Dante della Luna wrote:The behind the shield elbow cop... which, for me, turns into a behind the shield triceps cop after about 20 seconds after the marshal inspects my gear.


Nope not a rule change. All three points always needed to be covered according to the rules. Thanks for playing. :wink:
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:01 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Well I don't know how well they would be received from me. I'm a bit of a rabble rouser. What I am curious about is why they felt it necessary to make alterations to rules that we had in place for a long time that needed no adjustment. Why omit a portion of the rules for any reason in a re-write? P...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Well I don't know how well they would be received from me. I'm a bit of a rabble rouser. What I am curious about is why they felt it necessary to make alterations to rules that we had in place for a long time that needed no adjustment. Why omit a portion of the rules for any reason in a re-write?
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:56 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

I take back the comment about being a rules lawyer - now you sound like the guy who thinks that a cup of coffee should say "Hot" on it Will Pre fab weaponry is a whole other monster. There are many reasons why it is a good idea and at the same time a bad idea. I am sure you can think of t...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Even funnier in the book in regards to 2 handed weapons... 2. The weapon shall not be excessively flexible. And as a side experiment somebody should ask Omarad if we can use shovel handles on spears again since that rule was removed from the book. I hate it when the SCAEMs change the book without th...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Dante della Luna wrote:How can you tell how thick they are when looking at them from the side like that?

This is a very impressive skill.

:D



"...but from the view you show it's hard to tell...." :D
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:12 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Baron Conal wrote:
DukeAvery wrote:
Baron Eirik wrote:
DukeAvery wrote:You must be very popular with your marshallate. Didn't I rule 6 you once?
Who? me?


I'm sure you are not that guy. :D

Regards,

Avery


Rule 6?


LOL rules of the list. Rule six - chivalry. :D
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:11 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

This is what I believe these weapons bring to our game. Edward Wow ok those do look awesome but they do look like wedges which wouldn't be allowed. If the striking edge is over 1 1/4" they would be acceptable but from the view you show it's hard to tell. They look under that to me though. Hone...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:55 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

I think he's talkin to Nissan.
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:23 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

yeah but your sword weighs 1 and 3/4 lbs. I wonder how much the sword B. Amos made weighs? Weight and shape of the rattan are almost completely unrelated. The initial density of the rattan, the way and amount it's taped and the hilt furniture all affect the finished weight at least as much as wheth...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:50 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

yeah but your sword weighs 1 and 3/4 lbs.

I wonder how much the sword B. Amos made weighs?
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:47 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

I don't get the big deal. Fighters have to adjust calibration based on a number of things regularly. It's one of the first things we're taught when we learn to fight. Using a shaped weapon is no different. If it's stiff, you adjust. If I understand him correctly Johno is more concerned about what m...
by Count Johnathan
Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:36 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

I don't get the big deal. Fighters have to adjust calibration based on a number of things regularly. It's one of the first things we're taught when we learn to fight. Using a shaped weapon is no different. If it's stiff, you adjust. If I understand him correctly Johno is more concerned about what m...
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:12 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

I want to face the peril. It's sort of why I put on my armour and fight people with sticks. If live steel were an option, I'd play that too. My armour is appropriate for it, because i arm myself as a proper man-at-arms should. A kidney belt is not armour. It's minimal sports safety equipment, desig...
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

edit removed content - Double post....
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:30 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

You left out the winky. Not sure what you are after at this point. Realize that 99.9% of the rest of the SCA is not on this board and when I ask my friends who agree with me (even ones who are on the AA but don't post) why they don't say what they think on this forum they tell me it's because it is ...
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:23 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

When you say "rapier is alright," does that mean that you think rapier fighters can be trusted to safely use a potentially dangerous weapon? If you do, why are rapier fighters more trustworthy in that regard than your fellow rattan fighters when they're using shaped swords? No it means wh...
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:17 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

CA, C&T and shaped rattan swords aren't everything in the SCA man. Heck CA as used in some places like Calontir is done safely and with the consideration of all participants in mind. I think rigid narrow shafted ammo is the bad stuff. C&T is a variation on rapier. Rapier is alright C&T ...
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:07 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

CA, C&T and shaped rattan swords aren't everything in the SCA man. Heck CA as used in some places like Calontir is done safely and with the consideration of all participants in mind. I think rigid narrow shafted ammo is the bad stuff. C&T is a variation on rapier. Rapier is alright C&T i...
by Count Johnathan
Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:03 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Hmmm pole weaponry can be gnarly no doubt. Spears while fun are always suspect. Gotta be careful with them because they are easy to strike too hard with. longer swords flex more though. I dunno maybe we should just ban everything and sit at home covered in bubble wrap and packing peanuts. Wouldn't w...

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