The Armour Archive

Vladimir

Whose an "evil denizen"?

Raise your hand if you are.

(raises hand)

Vladimir

Almost all the blue Walmart foam I've seen has been less than 1/2 inch.

If you can get it thick enough, it is legal.

But the blue foam sucks.

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removed the comma from the link

http://www.lydushkas.com/

Vladimir

archibald wrote:SCA Legal? They do not ground out on rattan.

They don't have to if they are padded properly.

Vladimir

Depends, is it already paid for?

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Pointed

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As far as I know a cap is still required.

Vladimir

Mostly because they don't teach us metric in school.

Vladimir

Hard to say, it says the helm is made from 16 guage, but it may be thinner now. 16 gauge is the minimum, but that will still crumple around your head like tin foil and you will probably need a new helm within a year or so. Also, that type of helmet is supposed to be fitted. The odds of it fitting yo...

Vladimir

There are several good and inexpensive armourers here on this board. Before you and your friends sink a lot of money into it, have you tried SCA combat? The last thing you want is to buy the stuff and find that you don't want to fight after all. Your local group should have some loaner stuff you can...

Vladimir

It helps that so many of us are willing an able to hit you with a stick if you're unreliable.

Vladimir

NICE!

Vladimir

How about aluminum. You can get some aluminum wire from the hardware store and make it a family project. Making it out of butted mail has the added bonus of being easy to expand as your kid gets older.

Vladimir

I love that first tunic. I'll definitely have to pick one up when you start production.

Anyone got a picture of the second? I can't quite get a mental picture of it.

Vladimir

Nissan has posted this instructional picture before: m Yes, I have seen that picture. But that does not mean that this sword was constructed in that manner. The illustration deals with making a type 17. Type 17 m Type XVII characteristics: The blade of this type is long, slender and acutely taperin...

Vladimir

Nice.

Can you elaborate on how you made the handle?

Also, is it shaped rattan. One of the pictures looks like it might be.

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PM sent.

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freiman the minstrel wrote:Well, despite the fact that this thread was dead and buried (and that's a good thing) I need to confess.

(snipped for brevity)

I know that feeling. After so many years the concept of forgiveness feels akin to cutting off a limb. The resentment has become that much a part of who you are.

Vladimir

Most people carve their hilts down though. So, the 1.25 inch for spear or pole, but the steel sword should do well enough for others.

Vladimir

I found the medium to be too small and light. I used a large. No complaints, and I have no fear of being hit with it either.

Vladimir

Yeah, I get paid on the first as well.

Vladimir

You said you still had some stuff in stock. Your website doesn't have an in stock page.

Can you direct us to the items you still have?

Vladimir

My suggestion would be to look up some various styles online and get an idea as to what you want. At least loosely. That is going to be a huge influence on the price. I'm not really familiar with those groups. Does it need to be "functional" as in protecting your body from being damaged, o...

Vladimir

I don't care what we fight with, as long as the book publishes the correct time this year.

It sucked to show up for what the book said was on time and find that I was an hour late.

I was told that there were a lot of errors like that last year.

Vladimir

A single architectural foam lug from an SCA boar spear. Turn it upside down. It will be a little oversized, but that is what you are asking for. Where do you get one? *EDIT*: And what is it/what does it look like? -Ivan I think "by my hands" has them. But I can't find a pic Raymond's Quie...

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For me its is more about what is not there. No telephone poles. No parking lot visible from the event site. No planes flying over our heads. No electric lights, plastic coolers etc. Some of that is out of our control and there is nothing we can do. But some is within our control if people will make ...

Vladimir

A single architectural foam lug from an SCA boar spear. Turn it upside down.

It will be a little oversized, but that is what you are asking for.

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Odd, I've heard of seax and longseax, but never a hadseax.

I had alwasy thought of a seax as a tool first and a weapon second. Your reference seems to be the other way around.

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Too small for me, but they look like they would double as a knee brace. Which would be a bonus for my left.

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Sounds more like people taking a break for the holidays and calibration creeps up from lack of practice than intentional cheating.

That's how I took it.

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Count Johnathan, I meant help from a medical professional.

Not going back to camp for ice.

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I'm picking number 8. SCA minimums should be able to protect a person enough that calling an ambulance is not needed. The minimums leave a lot of the body uncovered. Broken bones can and do happen, I know a lot of people who have had them. Broken bones do usually require medical attention, but rarel...

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The recent discussion on 2 inch spear tips got me wondering. It seems that different people have different expectations of what the minimum SCA armour is supposed to accomplish. Since I donâ€™t know how to create a survey, Iâ€™ll do it this way. Keep in mind, this is for SCA minimums, not your perso...

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Don't

As Sir Corby said, they can cut people, and I've never seen them survive very long as a shield edging.

Unless of course you like replacing things after ever practice and between tourney rounds.

SCA minimums are mean to prevent...