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mordreth wrote:Freiman

If you run heavy woolen army blankets through the washer with soap, and dry them a couple of times you have felt

I am assuming that you are talking about a power tumble dryer. If I do that, the tunic becomes Robyn sized.

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OK, I'm on it.

I promised it a month ago, but I have gotten busy.

give me a couple of hours, and I will edit that dang tutorial.

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I've got felt and lots of it, which was what I was planning on using. I'll keep on with the plan, then, and just make sure it's on the thinnish side rather than the 1.5" thick monsters I donated to the group in Budapest. I was thinking, too, if you'll allow me the tangent, Freiman, that the wa...

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And I will match Mongrel's Knife Fighting Challenge.

I will make two seaxes of one foot length.

Meet me with matched daggers, everybody, if you dare.

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Ya know, there's a reason I keep misreading this thread's title as "ALL RIGHT YOU NELLIES, GET SOME SHTICK!" Cunian, I have steered clear of you and Sir Roisin for fairly obvious reasons. Call it charity if you like. You apparently want in. OK, so you're in. To be honest, I am not sure th...

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Russ, I fight in mail over a very heavy wool tunic in all kinds of weather. That means Bavaria at 35.6C (below) or Oxford Mississippi at 109F and 90% humidity. The tunic was made from wool army blankets, and works great. I like it. The answer seems to be in the fact that the wool is a natural fabric...

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Dang, I am hard of thinking, but this is worse than usual. For some reason, I thought that I was sending a private message to Eirik. Who knows why I thought that. I apologize to Eirik, Violens, and to all the folks who have had this particular thread derail. I would say that I will try to be more ca...

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Hey, Awesome! This thread FINALLY got the Mandatory Tuchux posting. Rock on. I am still waiting for Alejandro and Luis de Leon to show up challenging each other.... and the smack-talk thread will be complete... Rowan You see, that's the point. Almost exactly. It may be the case with the rest of you...

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Why just one?

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My Ipod right now is loaded as follows. Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen) It's about how I am training to wring all of you out and throw you away like a soiled dishrag. f Ah! a warrior's song.... I fear both Phobos and Deimos freezing my veins and my heart shrinks at the mere thought of that mighty tune.....

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Hey Eirik, Just a short note. You're making a typical Meridian mistake in your posts. It ain't bad, but I thought that I would be "Less than a friend" if I didn't turn you on to it. "Pennsic" is singular. I came up in Meridies (back when Glean Abhain was still part of the kingdom...

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It's about how I am training to wring all of you out and throw you away like a soiled dishrag. f "yawn". I can see that Your Grace is sleepy. Don't worry. You still have time for a nap. Rest your old bones for a little while. You don't have to meet me for 188 days and 20 or so hours. I, o...

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My Ipod right now is loaded as follows. Land of a Thousand Dances (Wilson Pickett) Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen) Thunderstruck (AC/DC) I want it all (Queen) The Trooper (Iron Maiden) Stand Up for the Champions (Right Said Fred) Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf) Thirty minutes of my wife's favorite techno T...

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Wait, apparently Deftwood handed off fighter practice to their canton, which is in Auburn New York, and Heavy weapons practice is not available in the Canton at this time . So, I have tried, but I can't help you. And, I might add, using kingdom web pages to find fighter practice is a little frustrat...

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Anyone know of the chapter in Kingston ON?(Canada) I am sure that somebody will correct me if I am wrong, but a quick google search seems to indicate that your nearest practice is in the Shire of the Northern Outpost, in Pottsdam, New York, about fifty miles or so from you. Their website is down. A...

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Russ, I think I wanna have your baby. This may be my favorite post I have ever read here. I tried to develop a technical practice for years. I am not a bad trainer, but I found it to be (probably) impossible at my skill level. I worried about it for years, and finally came to a shocking epiphany. Vi...

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BigJon,

What day of the week is the SGB practice, and where is it?

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Hi Violin, The link for Lost Forest is down for the kingdom webpage, but it works from the Forgotten Sea web page. The website looks OK, and there is a pretty girl in armor on the first page, which is always a win. Other than that, it does not appear to have been updated since February of last year,...

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Seeing Freiman on a fairly regular basis, I have been wondering where this was going. I think I understand what is going on in His head. (Well maybe not, it is Freiman after all ) It is going to be an interesting Winter and Spring in "the Barn" as we both work on different things. I am lo...

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Rowan, I appreciate it. Truth to tell, getting my head right is one of the biggest hurdles I have in my way. Calibration and a true desire to be a victor are also on the list of hurdles. It is strange. On the one hand, excellence in our game requires an absolute commitment to living in reality, as s...

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Well, I have been sick for the last five days or so, forcing me to drastically cut my practice and training schedule short. This means that I have mostly missed five days of training. Not entirely, of course, but then again it doesn't take a lot of strength for slow work. Agnarr, Domnall, and Paul, ...

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Nebelwald, Drachenwald. Oberbibrach, Bavaria. Seven PM on Tuesdays at the barn at Dancerhaus, Vorbacherstr. 11, Oberbibrach, Bavaria. The second Tuesday of the month is currently fencing practice. This may change. Turnout varies between 2 and nine, featuring (sporadically) two knights, one earl, an...

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Losthelm,

I want Nomads, if the price isn't insane.

Are the books collector's condition? Have they been kept in sleeves?

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Beautiful work, as always.

I would be in the market except the one I bought from your five years ago is still going strong. You would actually sell more if they were less durable.

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Damn,

I really want to possess some Knut mail.

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I just read in Der Spiegel that it was actually 34.6 degrees below zero. I know that many places get colder, but that's still cold.

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The helmet is sold pending payment.

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Guys, A few years ago my friend sold me this bascinet to put onto a lady fighter. He had bought it for his wife. Shortly after he bought it for her, she divorced him. So, he sold it to me to put on a lady fighter in my shire. That lady fighter refused to pay me for it (she wanted a bar grill), so I ...

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One other thing.

Normally, seahorses and very timid and non-offensive.

Beware of the ones with the horns. They bite.

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Bob, I have fought Atlantians, but only at non-atlantian events (pennsic, gulf wars, border raids, ect) and I have found their calibration reputation to be vastly overstated. I think that they encourage it, for whatever reason. The secret is this. If you hit them soundly with the stick, they drop ev...

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Paul, Thank you for committing. I invite you to place your own stories about training, and your own declarations of intent to this thread. I have been hoping that somebody other than me would do it. Several people have responded to my thread, and challenged me to meet them. Several have said that th...

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And now I have a bad cold. I missed my scheduled three and a half mile run today, because I was pushing fluids and criminally soiling handkerchiefs.

Twenty below sucks.

But I am convinced that I will be fine for practice next Tuesday.

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The thing about using concealed metal knees is that we knee fight. If you grind cloth energetically between metal (even aluminum) and concrete, or even just grass, the cloth is going to lose. This isn't a huge problem when you are wearing and old pair of sweats at practice, but when you go all out t...

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This came up at practice for the last two weeks. I have a nasty head cold, and I am drinking robitussen, so check this with your trainer. I am still working this out. I think I almost have it. There are four elements to defense. These are ranked by effectiveness. 1) Don't let him attack you effectiv...

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mordreth wrote:At certain levels of participation you can use the words dedicated, and moronic interchangably

I mentioned this to my wife, and she said "A fighter understands. I am surprised and impressed".

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You're doing a Meridian thing

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