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freiman the minstrel

Guys, There is a lady in the my area that is interested in fighting SCA. She is a soldier in the US Army. She is coming to fighter practice with me tomorrow, and I asked if she wanted to try to get some sort of gear together today. You know, try to make the stuff fit a little better, so she could co...

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We have a fellow with a sheet steel buckler with a rolled edge that I feel tears up my swords. It bothers me to fight against it. No padding, just rolled steel.

Marshals seem to have no problem with it, so I'm (mostly) keeping my mouth shut. They have a hard enough time already.

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I have one of Sebastian's Weapons. I have never had a boffer weapon before, but I knew I had to have one of these. Mine is a long one hander with a grippable pommel, so I guess you might call it a "Bastard Sword". It's amazing. It works just fine for extended use against metal armor. I attended a "B...

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Brandr,

You so totally rock! I can't make it, but give ole Zark a squeeze for me!

That looks so cool!

Is it a wooden weapon? Is it a blade in a scabbard?

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I sure would. All I get is a box with an x in it

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I think I am confused. I am hearing that there is little evidence that Thrusting was frowned upon in a period tourney. I do hear some very smart people telling new fighters all the time that knights in period would never thrust in tourney because it was a base and villainous thing to do. The obvious...

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You know, this thread (and all the "best of" threads I have seen) has a huge "hit" level. I kept checking to see if anybody posted that I was a good trainer.

I vote for Cheval. I have attended two of his sessions, and he is the best trainer I have personally seen.

freiman

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Hit the other guy with the stick. I know that that sounds idiotic. that is really all there is to it. concentrate on that. Ignore everything else while you are fighting.

Hit the other guy with the stick.

freiman

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Gosh, I bet that I am all alone in that I am checking this thread and looking to see if I am mentioned. Everybody else is so self assured...

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dukelogan wrote:let me see if i understand....

(Heavily snipped by freiman)

bad fighters get no cookie
bad dukes get no doughnuts

is that right?

D. Sebastian wrote:This thread is not going as I had planned.

Well, Your Grace, has anybody given you a doughnut lately?

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Fighters often pass into a period of fighting at about a year where they find out that they are calling a little light. This leads them to start to rhino a little. The worst behavior I can recall seeing was from me. The first time I did it, I was at Sir John Bearkiller's Birthday party, and I failed...

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I have never been to a marshal's court, and I don't think I personally know anyone that has been involved with one. I believe that a marshal's court is the SCA's attempt to make a greivance procedure that is as fair and unbiased as possible. I think the reason for this is to make sure that when the ...

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Wyrm,

I don't know if it will help, but when I was wrapping the grips of my SCA swords, I used to wrap them in really fine hemp or sissal cord, Secured with white glue. This gives a non-slip and absorbant grip. You have to replace it every few months however.

good luck,
freiman

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so are you asking about thrusting in sca sport combat or historically in the real world. i ask only because the topic asks one question and your post seems to be asking a different one. just looking for clarity. regards logan Guys, I have heard from several folks that thrusting was simply not a thi...

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Guys, I have heard from several folks that thrusting was simply not a thing that a decent knight did in Tourney. I am not disputing this. Thrusting SEEMS to me to be a technique with a pretty lethal intent, but I haven't ever seen any sort of documentation on it. It seems right, but I would really l...

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I would second the fibre tape idea. I used to use hose clamps, but I kept having them break on me. The fibre tape lasts a whole lot longer, and it doesn't have that ugly bump from the hardware. On a different note, I have never met anybody who had an icefalcon Ducal grade basket that didn't reccomen...

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Whoops, sorry, I just re-read your post, and it's an aluminum sheild.

I'm an idiot too.

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i don't think i said anything that you listed Rev. George. Plus i'm sure i notice that my shield isn't the best, which i believe i had said. I looks like a pretty good sheild, if a little heavy. The combat worthiness of your sheild differs depending on the type of combat you wish to use it in. For ...

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Hi all, I've got a good source for rattan in town (yep, harbour towns are great places to live in) while strapping tape is a scarce ressource (yep, living outside the US can make weapon construction by SCA standards a hard thing). So I rather replace than re-tape or repair ... You know William, The...

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No, because there will always be many times that you won't get the boss there dead-on, and that's what the rest of the shield is for. So in that case, to restate my original question, how does one prevent the shield from swinging to one side or the other around the axis of the grip when it is struc...

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You can't get DUCT TAPE in Europe? My God, what kind of backwards civilization are they running over there? I mean, I could understand insignificant things like food and fresh water, but DUCT TAPE? Oh the horror. Well, the truth is, you can get duck tape, but it is a whole lot more expensive. Fibre...

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It can be done. I once saw John Bearkiller use a really short, really curved weapon that was made from a piece of papasan chair. I didn't ask him about it, but everybody called it a "Scythian Steaknife". I think he had made it for a limited weapon length melee calld a "Tavern Brawl". No idea how wel...

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Alexander, I agree with you. I get about four months out of my sticks, and it would have to last a lot longer than four months for me to want to shell out more than the price of a basket hilt. I do, however, wonder how our answers might be different if the recipe above were possible with things that...

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Wrong board. This should be on Combat and Weapons to get the best response. The two big groups that come to mind are the SCA and ARMA (I think that the Association of Rennaissance Martial Arts - I am probably wrong.) They are apparantly radically different in scope and focus. I think the SCA uses Ra...

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I do have a little bit of a war story. On Wednesday of war week, I was about to take my evening rest (in my PJ's and everything) when I heard a lot of Giggling from just outside my tent. Knowing that this is never a good sign, I quickly girded myself and hustled outside to see one of my company memb...

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I remember a series of fights I had during some pick ups with a delightful lady that would not back down no matter how how hard I pressed her. I may have hit her more often the she hit me but she, with out a doubt bested me with her spirit. Bryan killian Atlantia. Yeah, I think I fought her too. f

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Dante, I will answer your question, but I don't really know anything. I am not an authority. Any of these facts may be wrong. Linseed oil is a by-product of Flax production. Flax is used in the production of linen. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that linseed oil would be available in parts of Euro...

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The worst was a 3 gallon white plastic bucket that was strapped onto a fellow's back via a chest harness. The arrows bristled from the bucket like porcupine quills in what seemed to me to be a Japanese style. But what was offensive was the fact that the bucket still bore labelling all over it of a ...

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I had only three real interactions with combat archery at war this year. First, During the third field battle, I remember thinking (as the first volley of balista bolts were fired) "This is so cool!". The visual effect of watching the bolts arc up together was amazing. I remeber thinking just a seco...

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Wow! That is probably the worst reveiw I have seen here except the armourworks thread. Even King's Lance seems to get better reviews.

Do we have any other folks who have dealt with manning imperial? Is this level of disservice typical? One bad reveiw does not count as a trend, but, wow.

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Frieman - Gleann Abhann Coronet List is the weekend of July 31st at the Gulf Wars site in Lumberton. Don't know if any of the Memphis crowd will be there or whether folks will show up at practice on Sunday, but there you are. We were waffling on whether or not to go to Coronet, but if you are going...

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The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. It produces Earth Shattering kabooms. The truth is that as far as hand weapons are concerned, there isn't a "most effective weapon". Any weapon is extremely effective in the hands of somebody who is skilled in it. It's not the weapon, it's the user. It's ...

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Hey guys, Some stuff for the Gleanne Abhaine folks. On Wednesday I am getting on a plane for the 'States. I am performing at a wedding on the 24th, so I will be pretty busy up until that Monday (the 26th). Between then and Pennsic I will be free. I thought I might come to Audovon Park on Sunday the ...

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Good gentles, I have seen some references (mostly here) to combatants arriving at a Pas de Arms with minstrels, tumblers, musicians, and trained animals. I haven't ever seen anything that might be called a "Source" yet, just folkson the archive talking about it. Just what exactly does a minstrel act...

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I love the way they describe their "knee high boot".

This boot isn't represented well in my sources but they are very popular.

I love that.

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Re: OK, Why don't some SCA fighters like thrusting?

OK, Why don't some SCA fighters like thrusting?

Re: Ugly CA Quivers at Pennsic

one day in Grey Niche makes a hard man humble...

What does a minstrel do at a Pas?