The Armour Archive

Vebrand

I am actually quite glad to hear this . I am curious, would you say this holds true among the upper tier so to speak of fighters, or pretty much acros the board? Tim It is pretty much a given that the upper tier guys are on the same level. I think several people on this board have said the upper le...

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Look up Duke Odo when you get to Trimaris. I hear tell he is a little fellow that doesn't hit too hard

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Ducking for cover

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Adric,
Did the fighter ever say you were hitting him to hard? If not then maybe you were not and that's the level he plays at. Just food for thought.

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I have to say it; the standard is fairly close across all Kingdoms. I have fought in West, An Tir, Atlantia, Meridies, Drachenwald, and others. I have also fought guys from all over. A good shot is a good shot. Yes, Meridies calls a little lighter than most so you get a few victories on shots that s...

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Murdock wrote:Looks to me like the eye slots are to far apart, but they did fix the visor gap at the chin.

Glad to see ya finally got a _medieval_ helmet

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Which eye slots? Those on the helm or those inside Magnus's head

Vebrand
Nice helm

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Let me ask? What does Sir Shaltar say or have you talked to him. As a local Knight who has traveled to several interkingdom events he should be one to know the level. I do believe he is one of those "Hit like a truck" boys Vitus is talking about. I know how hard him and some of his boys can hit and ...

Vebrand

Marvin and Vitus cover everything very well. Since I don't live in Meridies anymore I really don't have a say in this. You should take this up with a lot of your local guys. This is a Meridies issue and really should be settled there. No matter how wise or well anything anyone here states something ...

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Greenshield NAILS it! Perfect early period helm treatment. Could not hardly be better. Who are you Sir Knight? As for mine, I love the Anshelm bascinet shape. Sir Luther manages to make a welded bascinet with just the right arch. I then take gold ink and write IHS (Iesus Humanitas Sanctus) in uncia...

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War crown was not nullified and the rules were followed carefully. The only people who could play in the Sunday fighting had to also fight in the Saturday tourney. As for as the tourney went there were a few problems but over all most felt it was fun. Understand there were well over 100 people in th...

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Lord Magnus the Black wrote:[img]http://baron-marketing.co.nz/images/flying_pig.jpg[/img]

ROFLMAO

Vebrand

That seems to me very true. But the kicker here seems to be that significant portions of the Chivalry now define armored combat as the only type of combat. Where much (most?) of the rattan community seems to be concentrating on refining the existing rules, other folks are pushing in other ways. The...

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Nope.

I might react to certian people who I know throw or block the same way over and over but on average I don't do this. I just take what openings I see or make and fire over and over at them

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Actually, fencing's been around since the beginning: m (They mention fencing swords as being apart of the first tourney) combat activities is the Chivalry. So, yeah, we're in agreement that perhaps the best idea is to make another peerage. Illadore Yes and no. As Duke Fredrick of Holland put it (he...

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When I mentioned this to another friend of mine, a Pelican, she commented, "No, it was the Knighthood that originally messed things up. You can do many different kinds of arts or sciences to get a Laurel, you can do many different kinds of service to get a Pelican, but you can only do one kind of c...

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Yes, I wear one. Yes, it works to keep sweat out of my eyes. Yes, it looks ugly, but it is easy to have around. Yes, in that aspect I am lazy.

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Guys, the copy of the rules everyone saw that banned siloflex (and did some other things) was a PROPOSAL. It was sent out to get FEEDBACK from people. And the SEM has apparently LISTENED to this FEEDBACK and acted as a steward of our hobby (leaving his personal opinions out of it). I.E. The system ...

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greenshield wrote:I've been fighting in my Knut aventail for going on 4 years now. I love it and would not fight in anything else. I keep meaning to purchase a shirt but we keep missing each other.

Cam

Yea but you are such a pretty boy...errr..I mean well dressed fighter anyway

Vebrand
who is jealous

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I honestly hope that doesn't succede I prefer as little rules entanglements as possible. It would pretty much also make a rotating weapons list a real PIA to run. But Magnus that would mean no more double elim, wounds retained, rotating weapon lists . Which to me is a good thing Vebrand Who fought ...

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For the most part I agree with everyone. It is not the weapon it's self that dangerous but who and how it is used. However (knew it was coming, eh) I do believe there are a few weapons that are dangerous. One of the things I have read several times on the Kong mace thread is that people add extra la...

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Brian de Lorne wrote:I'll definitely be there. Plain blue tabard with a single pip die on the chest.

That is what happens when you are the king's squire

I won't be there. Can't really travel far right now.

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My parents were firm believers in Hot Wheel Track Justice as well. My brother and I used to secretly throw the tracks away whenever we would get them for presents. Now parents would probably be charged with child abuse for using them, but I learned a lot of important lessons on the wrong end of a H...

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Odo wrote:This is a terrible argument. So I will jump right in.

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Odo I am to please

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Vebrand

After reading through the thread on the Kong mace heads it got me thinking (I know scary thought). When is a weapon considered dangerous? To what level do allow weapons heads or constructions? What I mean by that is I can pick up most any weapon look at the head and mass and know either right away o...

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So if I use this logic... then we should ban unpadded polearms because somone hit me with one and gave me a concussion at Pennsic... sound stupid? yeah...I thought so... but it happened. Do I blame the weapon? No. Punish the guy who threw the excesive shot...dont knee jerk ban things. Thats what th...

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I have no problem with "R" or "S" and respect them both. I would also have no problem with "Z"--the person who tries to do both. Finally, I would like to point out that anybody, regardless of what they wear or thier ideas, who enters the list deserves respect. This is why fighting in the SCA is a "...

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For SCA fighting. Duke Trelon of the Woods would have to be my first choice. I have seen his tactics and they are great when he decides to lead. Next would be whoever comes up with the Ansteorreon (sp I'm tired) tatics for the ravine battle at Gulf Wars. They seem to be all over it year after year. ...

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I like the write up on both these guys. Different approaches but hey within the SCA nothing really wrong. As Logan often says SCA fighting is a sport. Now one must remember historical fighting and Deeds of Arms was also a sport and armor was developed to gain advantages in it. If you really want to ...

Vebrand

2 SCA generations from now, those folks won't be known, and those words won't echo in the minds of the readers with the true voices of those who wrote them. Their words will be there forever. I stand by my statement. Maybe it's me today (I just got through tell my 1st Sergeant he is being to nit pi...

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Ok we disagree. I don't see it that way and maybe I don't see people suing over what he wrote, but hey someone sued McDonald's over a cup of coffee. By your argument then making any joke or poking fun in any group in any SCA newsletter would open people up to a lawsuit if I understand you. I would h...

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2) The kingdom newsletter, in a missive about the banning of a weapon from the field, while mentioning an incident of INJURY on the field, is NOT the time to be making jokes, as you suggest. Furthermore, his statement looks to me more like hyperbole, not humor. There's no room for that in the fairl...

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@Vebrand: There's a simple reason why I care: When I presented my new mace to a couple of marshals in the region fir a number of them it was the first time they saw a weapon like that. I had fought my local friends with it before and they were fine (one even said I'd hit harder with my regular swor...

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My question here is why are the people here responding the way they are??? I have never made a Kong mace and probably never will (not much of a mace fighter) but it's a Meridian law so it is does not affect me. So personally I don't care. I just can't fathom why others do. It has seemed lately that ...

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An Tir is the big Kingdom that does not target arms. When the big thread ran a couple of months ago it was about An Tir as they have a passage in their fighting laws that to the effect says targeting the arm in chivalrous. Vebrand Not all of An Tir feels that way. The I-5 corridor (kingdom "Core") ...

When is a weapon dangerous?