The Armour Archive

Aaron

the kids are great...tell the wee ones I say hi and give em hugs from me. is your lady still fighting too? how is your practice out there?is there someone who can help ya with the calibration issues? crit Maureen isn't fighting until her Samurai kit is finished -- we're shooting for the last week i...

Aaron

Drat. I've got parts for body armour like that on order with Vulcan Forge, but an opportunity like that doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t come up that often. I was going to buy the rig, and use the parts from Vulcan Forge to make armour for a local KSCA whoÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s just getting back in after a twenty year hiatus. It ...

Aaron

9 hours to go...waiting...with baited breath. Or is that breath that smells like bait? More sushi!!

-Aaron

Aaron

Closer....

Aaron

Very, very slowly, we're approaching Saturday at high noon....

It's the day AFTER payday, I'm ready and waiting...

Aaron

Waiting patiently...like a salivating, starving dog in front of a well seasoned, cooked rare T-bone steak.

Now to make a device with "Protect My Postieror From the Peerage" around it.

-Aaron

Aaron

Howdy Brian, Vitus and others who own this wonder,

How much does it weigh?

How well does it hold up to the dirt, grime and sweat of tourney life?

Can my wife, two kids and I...and four sets of armour...fit in the tent?

Thanks!

-Aaron

PS: Looks great!

Aaron

don't worry aaron you wil figue it out. just keep at it and ask lots of questions to who your fighting.you might have some luck switching out those bells on your gauntlets as I remember. critter Thanks Crit. How are your little ones? The kids asked about coming back just to see you. I'll be adjusti...

Aaron

Is it possible to to get homesick if it's no longer your home? Yes. I fear leaving here. Steel rules the roost here, and Avalon is leading the local SCA down the path of steel. It's epidemic. Our Baronial Tourney looked like a high-end Pas de Arms. I'm overarmoured for the SCA (by a WIDE margin), a...

Aaron

Maeryk wrote:2) Sound.. very important..learn what a good shot _SOUNDS_ like so you can differentiate between "hey.. that twinge was me moving" and "hey, that twinge was me getting hit!"

When I did it by sound, I got giggles because I sometimes accepted the shot of the person NEXT to me...

-Aaron

Aaron

1) Do you wear padding, and if so, can you lessen it? It sounds like you really dont need much, if any. I have a padded gambeson from Revival Clothing, and some light closed cell foam glued to the inside of my elbow cop so a Marshal doesn't freak (and I'm legal...). I wear a standard plastic cup. I...

Aaron

I know my forearms and completely numb. I asked several times for very skilled fighters like Lord Noe to fire shots at my forearms while I stood there...I felt a twinge, sort of like the same feeling I get when I move my arm in the vambrace. If I was fighting, I doubt I would notice it at all. Two ...

Aaron

It's PAYDAY!! ...it's the 13th in Japan...

-Aaron

Aaron

If multiple people are telling you that you are not acknowledging blows, then I'd take the advice gratefully-there are probably many more that are not giving you the courtesy of talking to you about it-but will talk to others behind your back. Yep, that's it. It's been more than one. -Aaron Realist...

Aaron

For http://www.sca.org/ti/articles/1994/iss ... Calib.html would a batting tee (like for kids) work?

-Aaron

Aaron

Aaaron.. any chance theres a numb spot on your armor? One of our guys many years ago got a severe dressing down from a Knight for being "numb" after the knight hit him in the kidney area several times with no acknoledgement. [/quote] That may be most of my armour then. I'm nearly cap-a-pie and on m...

Aaron

If multiple people are telling you that you are not acknowledging blows, then I'd take the advice gratefully-there are probably many more that are not giving you the courtesy of talking to you about it-but will talk to others behind your back. Yep, that's it. It's been more than one. -Aaron

Aaron

Howdy, I've all but been accused of rhino-hiding because I don't accept shots that I can't feel at all. The shots I throw arenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t hard enough for some, unless I fire a step-in roundhouse with the polearm to the grill and move them a couple of feet -- and then I'm borderline excessive. I've kno...

Aaron

*laughing* Hi everyone, sorry for the slow update - today is my birthday and it was a little hectic day. The "top 5 qualified buyer" queue for the armour on the AA is as follows: J. McC: (wants BP, arms, legs, pauldrons) until Saturday 12:00 PM Aaron: (wants BP, arms, pauldrons ((yeah I can wait ))...

Aaron

Karl, Be very, very careful... I want parts of your armour (as do apparently 22 other people), Samuel wants your tent, and some people have even been scoping out the coverings on your furniture!... If you keep this up, you'll have a lot of money, but no possessions! WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re a greedy lot, arenÃ¢...

Aaron

One more of the Bridge Battle Crush!

Aaron

The Crush (I'm there somewhere)

Aaron

Rockettes in steel

Aaron

Try this link for the play-by-play of Vails Charge. View in "Slide Show"!

It's worth it:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/miaullis/ ... 5c&.src=ph

Aaron

Vail's Charge -- 100 pounds of steel plate and mail hitting three noble opponents like a 18 wheeler hits three mopeds on the Tomei Expressway. Go from the bottom to the top on this one, for some reason.

Aaron

Thomas james hayman wrote:I think aaron wnats the arms

I'm not very good at being subtle.

But the body armour is by far the highest on my "mine, mine, mine!" list. It's perfect for my time, and protects my tender hindquarters!

-Aaron

Aaron

Karl,

Today is the 12th here in Japan...ONE more day!

One more day and the funds will be in my hands...then about six days and it will be in yours!

-Aaron

Aaron

No kidding!

-Aaron

Aaron

Just because I'm still salivating!!

LOVE to have the entire kit, but I can only afford the body armour, shoulders and arms.

-Aaron

Aaron

I've got the video done, and I've even recorded the bit with the "armoured follies" on the "web-site" setting.

Can I send you the CD by mail?

-Aaron

Aaron

Karl,

I would like to buy the body armour, shoulders and arms from you.

Please wait two more days, and I can mail you a money order.

House of Wolf Leather and Ice Falcon Armoury can vouch for my trustworthyness.

-Aaron

Aaron

Yep, I need those spaulders. From the video I've got of Black Hole this weekend (and just the feeling), I got hit in the shoulders a lot with thrusts. My current spaulder set hangs back a bit, and Lord Noe got some nice thrusts in there...and everyone else saw the opprotunity... But, I know my hindq...

Aaron

BlackRain wrote:I don't know.... I want those spaulders.... need them pretty badly to boot.

Do you have any spaulders?

Having spaulders that hang down like that is period correct...and would protect my armpits some.

-Aaron

Aaron

meaddrinker wrote:C'mon Karl help this guy out, surely you can wait three days?

Thanks Meaddrinker!

I'll need a mailing address, please, Karl!

-Aaron

PS: Why is your web-site listed in Germany?

Aaron

Sounds like Aaron has dibs on the whole kit Just the body armour if he replies today...and if he's OK with waiting until the 16th (that's only six short days.... .... HANG ON A SECOND, or only three days !!) If the 15th falls on a weekend, we get paid on that Friday...and we've got a four day weeke...

[SCA] What is a "good shot"?

Protect my Posterior from the Peerage!!

The Crush

I've got better photos on my yahoo website.

Re: Spaulders

Thanks Meaddrinker!

THREE DAYS!!!