The Armour Archive

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Peder At the start of this you wrote "Why should those of us on the outskirts of the SCA who are not invested in the SCA system invest in it. Why should we take time away from our personal pursuits to help better the SCA when many in the SCA aren't willing to invest in it themselves." You'...

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They're a different company then the one who made the punch. Think they'll have dies for it? Also they show punches other then round but when this punch works the punch rotates. How would the oval punches work in this? They're the successor firm case manufacturing = roper whitney = whitney manufact...

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it's sort of hot and humid in Japan, if your armor doesn't work maybe you've strayed a bit from proper design
BTW - the "Hachiman Hole" in a dark helmet will create air movement if your padding system leaves a clear path from the shikoro to the crown of the helm

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I just pm'ed JT with a screen print

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Hi guys - if you get
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go to essay, and then back to discussion and you won't double post
Thought it was just me.

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When I was doing Brigade of the American Revolution my unit commander had gout He was in an encampment with his feet elevated, a tight ace bandage around his foot hidden under linen cloth wraps, a camp visitor asked if he had sprained an ankle, Dick said no I have gout. The guy looked puzzled for a ...

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NOW this is the Law of the Jungleâ€”as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and backâ€” For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the ...

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"As funny as some of these stories are, try to remember when dealing with the public there are no real "dumb" questions. Most are just poorly asked. When someone asks "Is that a real fire?" what they may be intending to ask "Is that fire just for atmosphere, or do you a...

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Go to a beauty supply shop for "Tip off" its a gel designed to take off artifical nails that will dissolve fourty year old packing grease, and damn near anything it comes in contact with.

And my daughters use it on their hands

Women are savages

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Primvs Pavlvs wrote:I have been shooting BP muzzleloaders since I was 12 years old, and I am now 34 so add me to the batch, and we might reach 200 years

Make it two and a quarter.

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I own a heavy 12th century bow by New World Arbalests. I brace the butt on the ground, and pull the bow arms down while my faithful native assistant sets the string. I can ususally take the string off by myself. Because I live on Long Island, and have to travel through NYC to get on the mainland I p...

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Ames made fairly decent swords as well as lodge hangers. The second one looks a lot like one my father in law owns, Dave is a a Mason.

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Now that half swording is legal it has really opened up new possibilities for this form. I leg people and then step in and stabify em while I hold the blade and hilt. Damn pity - I had a chance to study with BH Barry when he was doing a series of stage fight seminars at my college back in the 70's,...

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I wasn't driving Sunday, i was riding with Valerius. OR that had been the plan I drove Saturday the 8 hour round trip. But we went out when i got home and stuff too on Saturday. So being down all day Sunday might have been avoided had i gotten to sleep at a decent time. Still i think it was playing...

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And you couldn't move on Sunday? Figure out why she's p/o'ed - she needs you around, and from what she could see you weren't in great condition to drive Watch Home Improvement and pay attention to Jill - I think Tim Allen did the show so men could figure out how wives will react to what seems perfec...

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Murdock What ya left out How far did you have to drive to get there What time did you leave to get back Any chance your good lady wife was looking at you boneless on Sunday and thanking the creator that you didn't go to sleep on earth at 70 MPH and wake up somewhere else with a room temperature body?

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I dont know many doctors who would approve of anyone being hit with sticks. Except the ones, of course, who are SCA combatants. Baroness Katherine's father was the orthopedist for Penn State Football, she arranged for him to watch SCA fighting to make recommendations on what could be done to make i...

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I'm just curious why someone would choose NOT to fight someone in a chair. Are you afraid of hurting us?............. I'm just asking for a chance to go out, learn how to do the best I can, figure out how to make it work for me and then go out and do what I wanted to do since we signed up two and a...

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Alcyoneus wrote:
mordreth wrote:Thats right he should be holding out for productive farmlands, and villeins in return for his service

Irish farmland?

uhhh - no.

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Personally I say good on ya. If you currently play a sell sword and take payment for services, then play your persona. HRH will either accept your persona or she won't. As a Royalist, I find the idea of conditionalizing your service both wrong and rude. However, you are a merc, and you play your ow...

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If we are taking bets on this ( and I hope we are) I bet its hard to kill that pig. Let me tell you a story... At a long ago Pennsic war people who will not be named decided it would be swell to bring a pig, kill it onsite and cook it. What could possibly go wrong with that? So this real life karat...

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Angus I was seneschal & marshal of Aachental ( sadly a shire long dead) My lady wife was last seneschal of the shire of Thescorre, and first Seneschal of the Barony of Thescorre. I am a member of Clan Yama Kaminari and sworn brother to Daimyo Akira the clans lord. My good steel sword which I hav...

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not quite what you're looking for but Christian v moslem
Galleys at Lepanto

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an oldie but a goodie

BTW Audax - Hubba Hubba (in a comeradely fashion)

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Hitting too hard at a holmgang? I take a couple of years out to take care of family issues and the kingdom gets taken over by a bunch of Kansas City fancy boys? please note - if you are from Kansas City, but are not a fancy boy please do not take offense Come to Kansas City, you will find that our ...

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This is a timely question for me. This weekend I had two fights in an oxhide tourney where I was fighting six-foot pole and was reprimanded for being too "rough and tumble". Both were fights where I hit my opponent hard enough for him to start falling down, but not enough for him to say g...

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This is a timely question for me. This weekend I had two fights in an oxhide tourney where I was fighting six-foot pole and was reprimanded for being too "rough and tumble". Both were fights where I hit my opponent hard enough for him to start falling down, but not enough for him to say g...

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Rhyance Llew ap Llewellyn wrote:Love to. Since it looks like I can't make it to Estrella this year, as we're about lose a pilot...got any good wars coming up?

There's one in Pennsylvania that seems pretty popular

BTW - I will track down Ghost dog this weekend.

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Come east young man, we have good cookies and heavy calibration.

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I like it as is, the one time there was a problem starting with an over armorered guy who loved hitting very hard I took care of it on the field, and we came to an understanding about the local practice.
He grasped the concept of "just because I don't doesn't mean I can't" very readily

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Hi Rowan Keep in mind that heading for Byzantium for a bit was also popular with saxons, so "eastern" equiptment wouldn't be totally unknown. Byzantine infantry used a smaller kite shaped shield more suited for an infantryman than the large norman horsemans kite. So it's not impossible tha...

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Hi Peder, Would this be what you had in mind? Duke are more "powerful" than kings. Grace and Peace, Jovian Dukes of Burgandy / Kings of France - hundred years war Duke Rollo of Normandy / Chales the Bald, king of France I could go on for a bit here, it's not out of the question in various...

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Thanks,...I needed this info, too. I'm working on salvaging this,....it belongs to a friend. And, no. I DID NOT DO THIS! I'm just trying to figure out how to save it. sigh. And yes,..... I want to kick my friends #ss for this sh#t. sigh. I'll let you know if the evapo-rust works. Amaris (edited for...

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The bazubands are spiff - who did the work on them?

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:D Be the example! Dude, I am trying to. been workin on upgrading my kit for a bit now, but still have more to go. Got the greaves I needed. My wife says I can buy a chain haubergeon (Most likely gonna be knut or Ice). Also hoping the kingdom says padded 7.5 poles so I can stick some actual heads o...