The Armour Archive

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this is cool! I agree with deBlakstan, it is a modified manica. If you want the specific "jargon" involved in making the order, then you want a roman manica vanbrace modified to include a two lame half gauntlet. I am assuming that you want this for costume use. There is a considerable range of movem...

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Gentles, I am bound for Pennsic in a few weeks and I will be playing around the camp this year. For the past few years I have been hanging out in the coffee house and letting folks come to me, and I feel like I am in a rut. I would like to go back to wandering down the roads and playing for whoever ...

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I have a smallish tire attached to a piece of rope that I take to our wednesday beginners practice, and I hang it from a basketball hoop at our practice site. When we're done, I take it down and it goes in the car trunk with the armor. works pretty well for the application. hope that helps freiman

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That helmet is absolutely wonderful.

I need a helmet like that, and you need to be attacked by twenty women with feather dusters.

We'd both be tickled.

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The Pennsic.net video files have been disabled by Alexander (the website owner).

damn!

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Many of these different suggestions might be paraphrased in the sentence "Do not allow him to control the fight". Don't physically be in a spot where he can use the lightning shot he has been getting you with. In other words, move, and get him while he is returning to his sweet spot. Don't allow him...

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Eff, I have been fighting for fifteen years, and at pennsic last year I was without legs (articulation failure). I was given Red Falcon's leather legs, and when I used them, I immediately went back and bought a gambeson, leather arms, a basket hilt, and a gorget. I told the guy who was watching my g...

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I would try Red Falcon Armory. They are the best bang for the buck in the low end price range. Solid stainless steel armor. Thanks your grace! I had completely forgotten about Red Falcon. Just about my entire rig is made by Red Falcon, save my helm and gaunts. Really, his quality is so good that I ...

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Broadway,

I realized the other day that I am wanting for nothing this week. Can you give me a size on your supply of nothing? Is nothing currently in stock?

Most of my friends actually have nothing, and I am feeling quite jealous.

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I will use my patented method for getting excellent advice for armorers. I will tell you my impression, and someone who actually knows something (I don't really know very much) will come along almost instantly and correct my foul-ups. I don't know why this particular method seems to work so well, bu...

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When I use IE I don't get a pic of the gaunts. I note that you have one pair in stock however. I have had a pair of AB gaunts for fifteen years, and would buy a pair of in stock AB gaunts sight unseen with modern thumbs in a hearbeat. Please fix whatever is wrong with the pic. thanks freiman the min...

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My husband and I have the same tent (different dagging details). We swear by it. We have never spent a wet or uncomfortable night in our Panther Marquis, and with practice two people really can set one up. They are well worth it, particularly at that low price. To give potential buyers some idea of...

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you know, I hesitate to post anything to this board because I know very little history. It seems like posting to this board is like swimming in the deep end. I may not be ready for it. But Verse three of the Song of Roland (from the online medieval and classical library at Berkley) starts Blancandri...

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I have never ordered anything from King's lance, but my impression is that his stock quality is getting better relativly quickly. His stuff is really, really cheap, and you get what you pay for. But it seems to get better all the time. I don't see anything wrong with those gaunts at first glance. If...

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I want to second the ashcraft baker reccomendation, at the very least for their helmets. They are among the best values for anything anywhere. Another good source is trueheart armouries, but they sometimes have a waiting list. splurge on the helmet, economize on the rest. You will trade the helmet u...

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Your grace,

I have already mentioned your "love 'em and leave 'em" pavillion habits to a member of my house, and he is very interested. If it has not sold by War, then I would love to bring him by to see it.

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Created Knight on Saturday, June 20, by King John Peregrine of Drachenwald.

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IN a tourney, the fighter is generally given the time to change weapons. This often happens in melee situations as well. It is permissable to continue a combo after you have taken an opponent's arm. After that particular combo is over, most people stop attacking, and allow the fighter to change hand...

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Guys, Many of you have put up with me whining a lot about how little fun I was having fighting in the SCA. Well, I had a really, really good practice on Saturday, and I feel so good I could jump for joy. It has been a long while since I felt this good about fighting, and the feeling seems to be ling...

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losthelm wrote:recived a from the offending party

have not heard any thing yeat from the regional.
even though he was at pratice last night.

Received a what? A rasberry? A dozen roses? in this particular instance, the noun would be useful.

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This is tough. I have known a ton of ladies in fifteen years. Many of them are amazing. Only a few really, really stick in my head. I think I would say my wife first. I know, some of you might say that that is a cop out, but those who actually know my wife would probably disagree with them. Her name...

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Guys, Recently, a friend of mine gave me an Iraqi Jambiya (a tradtional arab knife) that was found in a bombed out bunker in Iraq when American Soldiers took over a base. It is about ten inches long, with the traditional curved blade with a lateral rib. It has (I believe) a buffalo horn handle. At o...

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Studbuckle, Just about every group at Pennsic is constantly on the lookout for new folks that fit their particular mold. Even the groups that generally NEVER recruit at pennsic (like, for instance, the tuchux) notice the folks that are like them in spirit and interest. They will spot you. you need t...

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I am interested. How much weear is there on it? Merchants put hard wear on their stuff. My personal colors are blue and white, but my household colors are red and black. The 14 x 18 marqee is a standard size for panther with rectangular marqee, but not for the oval, so I am assuming that this is a r...

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Such things come gradually and slowly, but we tend to realize they are happening in great rushes. One of the first signs that you are in the process of working toward a "step" is frustration. The mind has figured out that you are doing something wrong, but the body hasn't caught up yet. If you feel ...

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I don't know, But I will take a guess. It's not what we do. Our entire system is designed around fighting with sticks. All our marshals (referees, sort of) are trained to work with rattan. All our fighting rules are designed with rattan in mind. All our equipment is designed with rattan in mind. We ...

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It is something of a sour note, but I would not really view it that way. Because you missed pre registration, you are in a position where you may have to camp with strangers. Since you are new to the debateable lands, you would have had to camp with folks who were relatively new to you anyway. You h...

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Rev, I don't know if there is actually much evidence of Dragons being used as a raw material for armor. Seems you would want to have the armor already before you tried to harvest the scales from the dragon. I don't know a lot about it, but it seems that there are two different things that are called...

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Morgan wrote:Are we still talking the weekend of June 25-27?

Dangit!

My brother will be getting married that weekend, in Mississippi. I am pretty sure that my Dad has something to do that's more important than armouring. But I am sure that he would have enjoyed it.

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I hope that this is not completely out of line, but I would like to tell my dad about it. He lives in central Texas in Whittney. He isn't an armourer, but he is an engineer with an interest in the middle ages. I don't think he has ever had access to any armorers. I am pretty sure that he would enjoy...

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I think its very funny when people say that a certain type of armor or equipment was never in use when less than 0.01% of the peices used in whatever time period actually lasted to present day. Then there are writtings and artwork that show again probably only 0.01% of the types of equipment used. ...

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you *can* do somthing to half-repair it, so it may be used. i have heard of people using a campfire to heat a piece(put it in the embers, do not stand down wind!) then quench it while it is still red hot in water or oil (water is the far better choice)..... You probably know this already, but if yo...

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Animal,

You're evil through natural inclination, not because you "Cheat". I believe that in this instance, there is distinction.

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Don't believe other people's sour grapes. If they legitimately had a beef, it is easy to bring the matter up with the marshals. Character assassination is easy too. Next time, ask "Have you talked to a marshal about it?" if they say no, then reply "Then keep your mouth shut." I would find it forgiva...

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That's the point of authorization, isn't it? After you authorize, you are a fighter. Just the same as Sir Sweatsox or His Grace Duke Hitzaton. The point behind authorization is that you are safe to be on the field. After that, it's your own business. Fight in crown, fight at Pennsic, whatever. Some ...

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