The Armour Archive

Diglach Mac Cein

Wish I had the cash. Super Beetles have a bettere suspension system than the earlier years (Mc Phearson strut system). Some were fuel injected (a system they shared with the Porche 914). The other thing you should tell folks about is any rust in the wheel wells, floor pan or the battery pans. An eas...

Diglach Mac Cein

Check out car transport carriers. I know someone who had a car trucked door to door from California to NC for about $600.

ESPECIALLY going south to north or west to east, you can find a reasonable price (lots of use cars bought on auction and moved).

Diglach Mac Cein

In My Opinion - Barring the freak accident, armor failure, etc.... If you hit someone wearing the average level of SCA armor with enough force that they are not able to continue fighting within short order (they do the "owie dance", rub some dirt on it and get back on the field), you need ...

Diglach Mac Cein

If you have an opponent you can always beat hands down, he never lays a stick on you, etc...

Teach him how to beat you. Sometimes you learn a lot by teaching someone else.

And remember, there is a difference between being humble, and being HUMBLED.

Diglach Mac Cein

In my opinion, anger has no place on the list field. Determination? Of course. Agression? Absolutely. Intensity? Yep. Focus? Yeah. Intimidation? Sure, why not? But anger? Nope. If you really get angry - pissed off, gonna-beat-the-crap-out-of-the-other-guy-becuase-he-is-my-blood-ENEMY mad - stay off ...

Diglach Mac Cein

This is just my opinion... There is always the opportunity to learn from everyone, and in every circumstance. Now, it is far more likely that the 10 year knight with 4 crown wins going to be able to show you something you are able to use, but sometimes, the novice sees things more experienced fighte...

Diglach Mac Cein

Depends on the Kingdom, too - niether of the laminated (rattan taped to rattan for the head) types would be leagal in the Midrealm.

Diglach Mac Cein

That border is mid thigh - well below the waist.

I could only see that bottom edge being mistaken for a belt if you were portraying a hip-hop or rap performer...

Sir Mix-a-Lot, MAYBE.....

(That would look cool on the field, BTW).

Diglach Mac Cein

Randy - ThE MKArmory guys are local to you, and do very good work. I haven't seen Marco do ANYTHING (wood, leather, cloth or metal) that wasn't pretty outstanding. He's that kid of person. He is also more than willing to work with you, and has taught numerous classes on the things he makes. First ra...

Diglach Mac Cein

LOL!!!!

That was totally unintentional...

Tulane's mascot is a Pelican....

Diglach Mac Cein

Well, there are knights, knights, knights, and then there are KNIGHTS.

Duke are a whole 'nother deal...

Diglach Mac Cein

As am I - I don't see a problem.

But in part, it is all in your attitude. Both as the person asking, and in the way you respond.

Sometimes it is about courtesy, even if those you have to deal with aren't being courteous.

Diglach Mac Cein

Not in the way of sports, IMO. Tradition maybe, but not sports. Though based on this post I would say your attitude toward SCA tradition might be a greater impediment. I wear a red belt with my armour when I fight sca. I couldn't give a damn if anyone complains about thinking I'm a squire. Nearly ev...

Diglach Mac Cein

On your design for the CoP, it the bottom edge right at your waist? Most of the ones I've seen are much lower, IIRC.

Seem a little over the top if someone questions it, either way...

Diglach Mac Cein

That;s kind of neat! Very nice looking.

Diglach Mac Cein

I'm a good fighter becuase of the people I fight.

Diglach Mac Cein

But that would lessen the number of people "gaming" the system by dieing and then either leaving in a manner that disrupts the ENEMY - some doing so deliberately. The exception I could see being the guy who charges 4 or 5 ranks through the enemy before falling - he could go out the back, s...

Diglach Mac Cein

Let me ask - What if, especially for limited front battles such as a bridge, the rule was that if you died and did not fall down, you HAD to retreat THROUGH YOUR OWN RANKS. Not to the side (seen a lot of guys "sweep enemy spears" that way), not forward. Straight back. The only unit and fig...

Diglach Mac Cein

My understanding that especially if the core is skin off rattant, the longer the silo-sword, the more it flexes, and doesn't feel as hard when hitting hard protection like a helm or steel legs.

Diglach Mac Cein

Off the top of my head... Weight training: LOW weights. For our sport, a 300 pound bench press or 800 pound squat just isn't necessary. Low weights, high reps. Lots of variation in lifts - don't do the same workout twice in a row, keep the muscles challenged! Keep the "down time" between s...

Diglach Mac Cein

Theodric - I'm very lucky. My doc spends 1/2 his time as a staff physician for the Ohio State University Medical department. Sometimes getting an appointment is tough, but the guy really went out of his way to understand what we do and works with me. When I messed pu my shoulder, he brought in the P...

Diglach Mac Cein

That's the big issue - people don't do a complete program. Lifting by itself won't do it. Running, yoga, medication, etc..... None of it is a complete fix by itself. And going to a doctor only when something is very wrong is like only going to a mechanic only when the car won't work. A little preven...

Diglach Mac Cein

Not according ot the Mayo Clinic, and the National Institutes of Health. The NIH performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, study on over 1,500 osteoarthritis sufferers through 13 different universites. And according to that study, glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM WERE measureably mor...

Diglach Mac Cein

No kidding. They added some fantastic elements. That never happened in any other period of history. So, we can't possibly derive any elements of the story that might have been true, right? I mean, CuCulhain had a magic spear, so ALL instances of spears had to be false right? To the original poster -...

Diglach Mac Cein

I think that might be in a seperate part of the saga.

I think.

Like I said, I never claimed mine was documentable.

Diglach Mac Cein

Again, I'm away from my books, but I'm pretty sure at least once instance is written in the Cattle Raid of Cooley .... I think (not certain) it appears again in one of sagas of Conn of the Hundred Battles. Like I said, it is my interpretation on how it might have worked... Not claiming it to be docu...

Diglach Mac Cein

Man, don't tempt me....

If I buy a helm like that, it better have a bathroom, becauseI would need to live in it when my wife throws me out....

Ambrogio wrote:Well, that can be arranged..

Diglach Mac Cein

Yup, I made a leather lorica segmentata - I don't claim it is historically accurate, but I treat it as an "experiment": (OK, I'm at work, and don't have hte materials at hand, so this is from memory...) There are a couple of mentions in Irish sagas of warriors who protected their bodies in...

Diglach Mac Cein

Wow.

I hate you. Unless you make one for me...

Diglach Mac Cein

That was the rule at one time, for certain. Problem was people started swatting bolts out of the air, or blocking them with their hafts - which falls in the same realm as baskethilt blocking spear thrusts to the face, IMO... There is no excuse for a ballista bolt hitting a spear tip taking out a fig...

Diglach Mac Cein

My favorite - When William of Fairhaven was EM at Pennsic, someone turned in a rock... Spray painted duct tape grey, the EXACT size of a polearm thrust tip, with bits of duct tape stuck to it, including the edge marking. Other "atrocities" include prone fighters hitting guys as they walk b...

Diglach Mac Cein

I don't know where you got " 6" x 3" side indentification stickers" from; that's certainly absurdly larger than I've even seen, at least intentionally. IMO 2 or 3 2" squares (one front, one back, or one front, one left back, one left right, if you want to make sure) should ...

Diglach Mac Cein

Evildoers will do evil regardless of ruleset. Ah, but does the number of "evildoers" change with the ease that the "evil" can be gotten away with? Inspection stickers aside, who says that the "side identification" has to be a 6" long, 3" wide piece of tape? M...

Diglach Mac Cein

If that worked, would this thread be happening? Despite the opinions of some people, not every rule / policy in SCA combat is unwarranted. All this bullshit to prevent a few people from doing asshole things in what is supposed to be honorable combat. Can't we just snatch people off the field and tar...

Diglach Mac Cein

Easy to switch up. Pennsic War Criminal gets yanked by the marshal - decides to go back on the field anyway, has a friend who decides ont to fight, so he takes that guy's ribbon. Or he takes off the ribbon and gets re-inspected. Yes it is possible to do with a sticker, but takes a lot more effort. P...