The Armour Archive

Aaron

What we DON'T need is yet ANOTHER watering down of the rules because fighters are too dumb to run with scissors. Ouch! I'd quit and take up needle-point on the side-lines before I'm the cause of THAT! I'd rather be R&D then add a rule with my name on it! That shame is eternal! I'll get back to bein...

Aaron

Would you trust your goret enough to calibrate on it?

I wish I could get this one as a poll.

I'm not being insulting (I hope), I'm just curious.

Do you trust your throat protection?

For a light blow?

For a reasonable blow?

For a push?

For an excessive blow?

-Aaron

Aaron

sliding a haft down the neck until the slide includes the blade is not a killing blow. no matter how sharp your blade is you can't saw through mail in a single move. You can hack through it, but you can't place your blade agains mail and slice it like it was silk. . No, you can't slice it like silk...

Aaron

"My problem is that with my haft, I can deliver a leathal blow, given our standard armour, but it's not sporting." If you mean SCA armour standard you can't deliver a lethal blow with the haft since it's not a striking surface. If your in to close to use your pole arm drw your dagger, or steal his,...

Aaron

My problem is that with my haft, I can deliver a leathal blow, given our standard armour, but it's not sporting. My sword and shield opponent can deliver a telling blow, given our armour standard, in the clinch, and it is sporting. Help? Honest, I care deeply about honor as any who have fought me kn...

Aaron

I have found my mentor, my Sensei

There is an old saying:

Ã¢â‚¬Å“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.Ã¢â‚¬Â

Aaron

Thank you for the advice and updates. It was very frustrating being in the clinch, having the quite possible, quite period correct technique available...and having to extricate myself out of the clinch and go back into range. There has GOT to be something I can do in the clinch with a polearm. I'm N...

Aaron

Thank you for biting! My Wife's Kabuto came in, and I'll post a review of it in a bit...and Andre's stuff...etc...procrastination...etc... The shell feels and reacts like spring steel. It bounces when hit! The Korean stuff is just because I was there, and it was fun. The tournament did rock -- it wa...

Aaron

Howdy, Point for my argument: Blows must be delivered with effective technique for the particular type of weapon used, and must strike properly oriented and with sufficient force, to be considered an effective, or good, blow. 1. An effective blow to the head, neck , or torso shall be judged fatal or...

Aaron

Fought most of the weekend, after a Friday PT test. I sweat a lot. I learned a lot from Lord Noe, and I expect that he will be my mentor from here on in. He fights my style (and almost nobody does). He's interested in authenticity. He's 100% non-judgemental, and always encouraging without toning dow...

Aaron

Howdy, Can you hit someone with the haft when in the "clinch"? I've had times recently where I've closed the distance with my glaive, and were now definately in each other's personal space, face-plate to grill so to speak. I know the human body moves quite quickly when you apply force to the distil ...

Aaron

Maybe if I mention politics, children, religion, plastic armour or authenticity somebody would comment?....

-Aaron

Aaron

Try:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/miaullis/ ... /my_photos

Aaron

Drat.

The link doesn't work unless you have Yahoo.

I'll post the pictures to my photo album.

Try this link:

http://photos.yahoo.com/miaullis

and go to the Baronial Tourney section.

The photos are small, but fun.

-Aaron

Aaron

m I couldn't link the photos, but here is the text. Try to go to the link above for photos and text. -Aaron __________________________________________________ Vale de Draco Baronial Tourney The noble island of Japan received a lashing from several powerful typhoons, and the air was crisp, clean and ...

Aaron

I think I have a picture of the Anvil in the air...an Airborne Anvil.

Aaron

I THOUGHT I hafted a good man in a tournament recently, and I insisted we refight the bout because he accepted the blow.

As it turns out later, I viewed the video tape, and my honorable opponent was 100% right, I DID hit him with the blade, and THEN the haft...

-Aaron

Aaron

Howdy, And, we'll be getting a copy of our Baronial Tournament on DVD! It was a great time, and not a HINT of exposed plastic, and three people (at least) were in Cap-a-Pie, Lord Noe (from the Archive here) displayed some truly amazing tricks with a glaive to the shock of his experienced opponent, e...

Aaron

Howdy,

What were Maximillian's Shields made of (1500 AD Germany)?

Hardened leather?

Pure wood?

Help please?

-Aaron

PS: Like this one: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/va ... %26.view=t

Aaron

Steve was a joy to work with, and ranks up there with Ice Falcon for customer service.

For armour, customer service is 90% of the product, and his product filled in the extra 10% nicely.

-Aaron

Aaron

Keep your stuff T-Bob. Just avoid posting here for a couple of months and just enjoy your wife's company. She is quite mentally, physically and socially gifted and perhaps the two of you just need some time alone away from us.

-Aaron

PS: Please do not sell your stuff.

Aaron

Brian, Your statement: I am no longer in the business of making armour for people, so I am looking for suitable references. ...says a lot. Andre is still in business because he gets "good enough" armour to his customers in days (or hours sometime). He charges accordingly. I was the one ripping apart...

Aaron

Brian, I truly appreciate the time you put into the post. It is well written and you got your thoughts across perfectly. Thank you. May I use it when referring inquiries? Inquires to who? As an example of how Andre stands behind his product, of course. Having some git in Japan (me) dictate policy fo...

Aaron

Brian, I'm willing to bet Andre is focusing on those pictures you posted and thinking of ways to improve the armour without reducing his turn-around time and customer service. I'm a satisfied customer of Andre's. 1. Andre cares about his customer, long after the check has cleared. He remembers you, ...

Aaron

Let me go through some books here and see if I can find anything concrete. Effingham By the way, I bought your 0200-1500 AD Samurai (maybe wrong title) off of Amazon and my wife was up until 3:30 AM reading it -- she said that it ranks with the Harry Potter series on readability and interest value....

Aaron

Yes, I was trying for early 15th Century German Import Harness (imported to an Englishman). Thank you for your advice. It's raining cats and dogs today, so we're not authorizing, and I don't have good sunlight to take the nice pictures...and I'm unavailable next week. -Aaron PS: Thank you again, eve...

Aaron

Josh, Thank you. After two years of seaching (and quite a bit of money), it just bummed me out that NOBODY could make the reference to within 100 years or 1,000 miles. That just SCREAMS "Bad Execution" on the armour...that I love. The compliments were wonderful, even if I had to drag them out of you...

Aaron

No comments on wearing sabatons?

Tough crowd!!

-Aaron

Aaron

Also, I enjoy looking good, AND being featured in the news and newspapers...even though I didn't win, I looked good enough one time for the newspaper. The winner wasn't mentioned, but my armour was!

-Aaron

Aaron

Thank you Brian, Part of the reason for stainless is my mild gear was wearing quickly. I've spent 2 years waiting to "get on the field" and more money than I care to mention. I eventually decided that a trustworthy armourer in stainless was better than a flaky one with perfect authenticity. Work can...

Aaron

I'll be toning down the shine after the first couple of serious scratches....but I can't bring myself to ruin the shine until some fighter ruins it for me. Maybe in a month of fighting. Was shine non-period? I know that I've been able to get regular steel to shine that well. I own a Marine's formal ...

Aaron

Christopher wrote:i saw your pics of the used Kabutos... i'm doing a Japanese persona and i was wondering if you had any intention of selling them?

They're not mine.

Aaron

Aarron: Ask someone there if it has too much padding, or fight with it to see if is too squishy or something, and results in alot of hits with non-acceptance. I use a padded pole arm. I split a piece of pipe insulation and taped it on. Then I took another piece and taped it on. If you see Tim of Ai...

Aaron

Josh_Warren wrote:I'm not a big fan of Icefalcon's stuff, but yours is the nicest-looking Icefalcon suit I've seen to date, Aaron.

Thank you.

-Aaron

Aaron

I'll get photographs in the sunlight this weekend.

-Aaron

Would you trust your goret enough to calibrate on it?

I have found my mentor, my Sensei

Can you hit someone with the haft when in the "clinch&q

Essay and photos from our Baronial Tourney

Our Baronial Tournament was featured on Armed Forces Network

What were Maximillian's Shields made of (1500 AD Germany)?