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Diglach Mac Cein

Crap. I have a fighter looking for a sallet - if the other fall through, let me know!

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Diglach Mac Cein

Let me try when I get home....

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Diglach Mac Cein

I got a set of fingers from Gruber - the pinky, index finger and thumb ground. The others do not. Seems to be the best of both worlds.

No problems so far!

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Diglach Mac Cein

Ah Grim... Making friends all over, huh?

(Yes, I find the way communication runs through the Archive as funny).
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Diglach Mac Cein

Go Leif!

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Diglach Mac Cein

I've heard (not tried, myself) that using roofing nails and "tacking" the rawhide down is better than sewing it through a series of holes.

Someone did post a how-to here not too long ago. Might be in the "making it" threads.

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Diglach Mac Cein

I've cupped a couple guys with their own swords when they try the "between the legs" thrust.

Shield skip their tip up, then cross shot their blade back into them. Pin their weapon in position.

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Diglach Mac Cein

I use finger gauntlets. After a small adjustment period, never had a problem. doesn't seem to limit my fighting in the least.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Don't use the Bronze/etc heavy stuff. Aluminium, stacked leather, other options exist for crosshilts, etc....

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Diglach Mac Cein

I hope so, his helm rang like a bell...

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Diglach Mac Cein

Someone reminded me this past weekend of a melee a few years ago where an opponent was doing the "look through the basket hilt" block, and I was popping the hilt into his grill - not hard, but probably 8 or 10 times in succession. He got fed up (not angry, I knew the guy), started to charg...

Diglach Mac Cein

Yup! Agree on all counts!

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Diglach Mac Cein

If a thrust tip is a crutch to a new fighter, blame their teacher.

Same if the crutch is a wrap shot, some fancy off-side or any other attack they rely on too heavily.

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Diglach Mac Cein

In this case, it's Royal Perogative. TRM can require all fighters to use shields of 'x' size, or not use specific colors of duct tape, or hide all modern looking gear, or wear 3 purple ostrich feathers on your helm in all tournaments and melees. Such is the power of The Crown If you can't abide the ...

Diglach Mac Cein

A lot of people who stick their hilt in front of the face hang the arm. Hit that. Heck, pop the forearm with a spear shot and the hilt goes into their face ANYWAY. Now granted, about 75% of the time I have to remind them the arm is a good target for a spear, or hit them multiple times before they ta...

Diglach Mac Cein

Don't fight with a round stick. A weapon with actual flat sides will tell you in a hurry if you are hitting flat. And if the Crown wants the Marshals to be more cognizant of flat shots, and they feel that cross-hilts will make it easier to do so, then that is their perogitive. Frankly, I'm betting m...

Diglach Mac Cein

I won't be entering any tourneys anyway so I guess thrusting isnt going to be an issue for me.

Um... so you think you won't get thrust in melee? Heh.

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Diglach Mac Cein

The "5 Step Charge" rule changes nearly every year at Pennsic - ranged from 3 steps to 5 step to "No full speed charges". None horribly enforcable, and frankly more people inadvertently / unintentionally break this rule than not. Goes back to the two rules 1) Don't break your fri...

Diglach Mac Cein

There's always a trade off - keep the hilt in front of your face, you do give up some offense, and possibly create some other defensive problems.

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Diglach Mac Cein

In the Midrealm, it's thrown hard enough that you know it was an intended shot. We're not turning people into pez dispensers, but it isn't "light touch" either. If a thrust tip slows a new fighter's development - blame the trainer. All my squires have one, all learn to use it without relyi...

Diglach Mac Cein

The point of my example is that if I lose to a thrust, my opponent will generally see that it was because I made a mistake they took advantage of, and once I up my game, then those holes aren't there, and the thrust was a hollow win. If the hole wasn't there, the thrust wouldn't have gotten to you....

Diglach Mac Cein

Good points Baron A

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Diglach Mac Cein

This thread has gone waaaaay down the rabbit hole......

Seriously.

(Oh - and when I'm HG Flieg's age, I plan on fighting. And if you want my sword, you get the same response the Spartans gave.)

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Diglach Mac Cein

If that's what the opponent leaves open, that's the shot I'll throw.

But I agree that over-reliance on ANY shot is not a good practice.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Purty. My preciousss...my preciousssss...

Diglach wantsss yesss he doessssss....

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Diglach Mac Cein

When I take my car to anyone other than my regular mechanic, I get "What the HELL is that?" - especially if the guy is under 30 years old.

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Diglach Mac Cein

And it isn't like you're NOT getting informed, or waiting YEARS - like people have with other vendors. V is up front, delivers, and his product quality NEVER wavers from being awesome, functional art.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Can you post a price list?

Diglach Mac Cein

Why does this need to change? Not many venues used in the Midrealm at least would be suitable for a hunt, anyway. Kind of like brewing and vinting - the majority of sites are dry. Doesn't stop people from doing research and brewing outside of those events. . It might not be common, even if permissi...

Diglach Mac Cein

In other words - pretty consistent.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Uh huh.

Other than death from behind and death on the ground, what's so different?

(I find both of these concepts odd, BTW.)

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Diglach Mac Cein

Yes, we trust our opponents but occasionally, through error or intent, that trust is broken. Very rarely, but it does happen.

The marshalls court is how we choose to deal with these rare instances.

The vast majority of the time, it works.

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Diglach Mac Cein

OK, it strikes you as "odd". I'm sure there are cultural things out there that strike folks out there as odd. That's not the issue. There have always been some real cultural differences between kingdoms (heck between REGIONS in the Midrealm, back in the day). It's the attitude you've prese...

Diglach Mac Cein

Why does this need to change? Not many venues used in the Midrealm at least would be suitable for a hunt, anyway.
Kind of like brewing and vinting - the majority of sites are dry. Doesn't stop people from doing research and brewing outside of those events.

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Diglach Mac Cein

Never said the whole world thinks one way or the other. You're the one who seems to have a real problem with differences between kingdom cultures.

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