The Armour Archive

hjalmr

My persona is a 12th century ex-viking, norman crusader and I wear floating soupcan knees (no wings) under my baggy pant's. I wear boots rather then leggings, but the legging wrap would work just as well.

Good luck.

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hjalmr

This all depends if you are going to fight in this chainmail.

If you do, go with 16g. If your just wanting to look pretty, then go with the 18g.

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hjalmr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Prince Of Darkmoor:
DaFoot goes in DaMouth<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hahahahahahahahahah.....
That was good!

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hjalmr

I found this, this morning and thought everyone would enjoy it: http://www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html I am a White Knight! -See, I don't need no stinkin belt. Lol...... ******************************************** Your distinct personality, The White Knight, might be found in most of the thriving...

hjalmr

I would recommend making a 6' Greatsword for now, and look around for a true length sword in the meanwhile. If you deside to change the length in the next week or so -you'll have the experience of using a 6' greatsword and can relate to it.

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hjalmr

Thats how I became an active member in about 30 hours. Lol..

I guess my wife is right -I never shut up...

hjalmr

Yes -I mean 4' weapons overall

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hjalmr

How many people here are 4' weapon fans. What I mean is: Do you enjoy fighting 4' bastard sword, 4' battle axe, or 4'mace -particularly against other 4' weapons?

How period would a 4' weapon tourney be and what rules would be apropriate?

Thanks.

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hjalmr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Pietro da San Tebaldo: Thank you, Munz. That answers my Q. Midrealm's gone to Society-wide standards. so these'll be okay. I really like that pollaxe - maybe on a 6' stave w...

hjalmr

Good question. This is something that I have been wanting to do for a few weeks. My SCA kit weights about 80 lbs (45 lbs just for the chainmail hauberk). I weigh 135 lbs. So my kit is Â¾ my weight. Very bad since I was told by several people that a harness should not weight more then 1/3 your body w...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alcyoneus: In melee around here you are fair game. I get annoyed when a florentine fighter drops a sword and they then call a hold. He is still armed. If he is using basket ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Joaquin: I have always wondered if maille wasn't heavier, on the average, during the period when it was the primary form of protection as opposed to later eras when it was mere...

hjalmr

I've actually had my hand broken fighting in full gauntlets with 1/4" padding (and the gauntlets were ruined in the process), and a few years later while wearing hockey gloves. The most common hand injury I sustained was busting the tips of my fingers. I now have a special pair of hand protection th...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Aidan Cambel: My biggest complaint with this thread is people saying what the SCA is and isn't. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Actually -we should all be happy no-one said the HATE w...

hjalmr

One of the main reasons (IMHO) why rattan does not hit like steel is that rattan flexes -thats why we use it. So I would say that I would prefer to have a sword that swings and manuevers like a real sword. In this reasoning, I could pick up a real sword and swing it just as I do my current rattan. T...

hjalmr

The only problems I see with these split polearms is that they are kinda "whippy" in that they can be blocked and the head still bends down and strikes the target due to the added wieght.

Otherwise I don't really see a problem with them.

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hjalmr

I know exactly what you mean! I got into the SCA because I was (and still am) a big Dungeons and Dragons fanatic (I've been playing it longer then the oldest active SCAer -that I know of)and the thought of armored combat was just too much. Now I realize that the SCA isn't LARP (sorry Otto, but it's ...

hjalmr

Actually I don't really get myself motivated for practice anymore -if I do, no one will probaly show up. When I do get motivated for fighting, I listen to music: Disturbed, Godsmack, Staind, Nickleback, Drowning Pool, etc. Uh,oh. Conrads going to take it up a notch tonight at practice -I better star...

hjalmr

My Barons hauberk weights 40 lbs (5lbs less then mine) and he's 5' 10". My hauberk is so heavy that I am going to have to make another, lighter hauberk, to prevent serious back problems (more serious then what I already have that is.) I am figuring on a 16g, 3/8" split ring hauberk that wieghts in t...

hjalmr

Good luck! I have a helmet that rings like you would not believe -I'll bet it against anything even a real bell. I've tried everything, and the only thing that has worked at all is to wrap electrical tape around some of the bars on the grill. after a few days the electrical tape shrinks and stops th...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Egfroth: No, the armour is not pink. It's very clear, they wear pink *cloaks*, and no armour at all. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> DARN -and my 5year old daughter is begging ...

hjalmr

My chainmail hauberk wieghts $45 lbs and I'm only 5'7" -so your pretty lucky...

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hjalmr

Cool. I heard that the dishing tears up the rawhide hammer, not that it doesn't actually work. I just didn't want to be buying rawhide hammers on a regular basis. However I hate planishing and will gladly use a rawhide hammer if they are that good. Where might I buy a rawhide hammer and how do you r...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kalle Ommer: Sir Roderic of Mandrake uses premade dishing forms. They vary from shwallow (sp?) to deep. He uses them with a rawhide hammer, this leaves no hammer marks and k...

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Hi. Conrad the Mad has a gas cylander bottom as his dishing stump -it works great. You can even use the top half of the cylander to hold a stake ( steel ball welded to the appropriate sized bar.) I wanted something alittle more mobile, so I bought an Amish Wedge Block online for $100(I can track dow...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Watt: Ten Things I Have Learned: 1. Metal is forgiving, but not that forgiving. 2. The first one you make takes 10 hours, the second one 2 hours and the third one 1 hour. 3....

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Most of the time I hear the word "stickjock" from the fencers -who obviosly don't like us...

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hjalmr

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Galileo:
Stainless is the one on the left?

G--<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ditto

hjalmr

I actually have shapped some of my rattan into different weapon styles. By wetting the rattan and placing them in my tree (in the desired bent shape) for about a week -I have created: A Cutlas (slightly backward curved blade) A Scimitar (a really backward curved blade) 2x Khopesh swords (ancient Egy...

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Barony of white waters South Bend Indiana Most of the loaner armor we have left is worthless. I have been trying to replenish it as quickly as possible, with help from Conrad the Madd -thanks Conrad. I would suggest something like brigadine, or scale -something that can fold up and be stored away ea...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Otto von Teich: I always thought of a stick jock as being just a true master of SCA combat.A guy that practices hard and wins many bouts.Could be wearing plastic,or full steel ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Anradan MacEwan: * T-Bob, our baronial champion ran a tourney with a similar format as the ribbons that Rhys is suggesting. Chocolates! Each person was given a handicap base...

hjalmr

WOW -Great topic. This is right up my alley as I win and live by tactic and strategy. I could write a book on this stuff, but Iâ€™ll keep it short. To me TACTICS are what you normally do in just about every fight you get yourself into. Some people are very aggressive and start swinging as soon as â€...

hjalmr

Stick jocks are basically those who care about nothing but the fighting. They show up to fight and do nothing else. They also fight whenever possible -duct taping broken armor, shoelacing helmets, even bandaging fresh wounds. I was a stick jock when I first started out in the SCA. I showed up when t...

hjalmr

I personally do not blame you for not wanting to teach a local person to make armor for personal profit when you are doing that very thing. That would be like McDonalds teaching another up and coming fast food restaurant how to put them out of business.

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What is your medieval occupation? -TEST

4' weapons (SCA Topic)