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Gaston de Clermont

I just kegged a batch last night. It's too yummy to last a few months though. I'll need to start another for you soon.

Gaston de Clermont

I'm used to the dead walking. Live folks can't move in a hold unless the marshal tells them to.
I've seen corpses used tactically in some parts. They'll decline to clear during a hold to provide an obstacle.

Gaston de Clermont

Master Peter and I will be teaching a class on dishing, and planishing this weekend at King's College in Bjornsborg http://207.58.163.190/greatambience/bjornsborg/KC-2009/bkc2009.htm . If we have time and there's enough interest we'll get on to articulation. There are a lot of great classes includin...

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I know Master Iolo, who runs Crossbows.net, and I see him occasionally. I don't know much about crossbows, but his stuff looks nice to me.

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I just finished reading "Outliers." Interesting book. One of the things he notes is that the issue with hockey player birthdays isn't repeated in basketball. The ice time is hard for young players to get. Time on a basketball court isn't tough to find, so the birthday correlation disappear...

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Yes, Audax (Martel) lives in Austin. I've found this to be one of the friendliest places I've ever lived.

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There should be a shot or two in "Shiny Shapes"
http://www.amazon.com/Shiny-Shapes-Armo ... 465&sr=8-1
No?

Gaston de Clermont

There's an SCAMusicians yahoo group which could be a good place to start to finding musicians around you. I've played with a couple from the Mid who were quite good. I lead my baronial music guild and I'm my kingdom's A&S minister's deputy for music and dance. My training is in trumpet too, but ...

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Seeing all the Maciejowski bible helms together was fantastic.

Christophe- what's stopping you from running an event like this?

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http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/renehome.html

Gaston de Clermont

It depends largely on how you intend to use it. If you're going to use it one handed a lot, I'd make it shorter, like 4ft. If you'll use it two handed you can go longer. Beyond 5ft or so I wouldn't call it a bastard sword anymore unless you're unusually tall. I suspect your game is pretty quick, and...

Gaston de Clermont

Make the change Ingelri. You won't regret it.

Gaston de Clermont

I've cut the weight of my armour in half by switching to spring steel. The process takes longer than stuff you don't toss in the forge because of the clean up and potential for warping. Really thin steel can be like working tin foil sometimes- it's not hard to get it to the shape you want, but doing...

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Halbrust- where are you located? Maybe visiting the shop of someone near you could help you down this path?
You've gotten good advice from good folks here, but you may learn far faster in person.

Gaston de Clermont

I've been working in it. Love it.

Gaston de Clermont

audax wrote:
Cadfael_Mynnydd wrote:In Ansteorra:
Liondragon Guard
House wolfstar

You left out Rhoadd and the Bryn Gwlad War Company.

and The Company of St. Mark

Gaston de Clermont

I'm OK with face planting occasionally to avoid tearing an ACL. Turn shoes can also reduce the strain on your ankles since your foot is closer to the ground, and its limited ability to resist lateral force means it will slip before you snap.

Gaston de Clermont

I'd switch to a steel hammer with a spherical face. A radius around an inch should get you some good results. What are you dishing into?

Gaston de Clermont

Have you checked Talbot's good work out here? m The 30 happened in 1351, so that should help you focus your kit statistically. I suspect that English and French fashions in armour were already starting to diverge a bit by this point. By later in the century you're more likely to see more exposed ste...

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Jovian didn't say he thought the Norse didn't have archers. They had them, and they helped turn the tide of history. They aren't as famous as the Welsh longbowmen, or Mongol archers, Genoese crossbowmen, the mounted bowmen the Turks used, or those in eastern Europe or even Spain's jenettes. When fol...

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Pennsic is a Celt who was abducted by ninja-gypsy-pirates who took it off to live with the Tuchux. It has alternate personae in the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, some of which are pretty darn good. It's just so many different things to different people. West-An Tir war has a flavor like the ...

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I'm with Ingelri- I don't see steel toes being necessary. I've fought in turn shoes- they're pretty much like slippers in terms of protection- and never had a problem. If you want more protection sabatons are the way to go.

Gaston de Clermont

Good eye! Master Jovian took the plunge into the 14th century, built a new leg harness with greaves, donned a houpleand and my old pig face.

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Another one from a slightly different angle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gacZxAr ... re=related

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I wouldn't want my noggin to be where that coconut was. Looks like the dude was swinging like he meant it.

Gaston de Clermont

Pennsic is kind of buffet of the strange and wondrous. Have a little taste of everything if you can, then go back for more of what you like. See a concert, catch a play, take a class, go to a party, fight a battle, browse the merchants, go to a court, really there's a ton of stuff to do. There are s...

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The lames are longer (in the direction of the length of the wearer's arm) than what you'd typically see in original pieces. This keeps the articulation closer to the wearer's joint. The articulation would benefit from a bit of a belly in the lames toward the center of the cop so they'd follow the co...

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Nice work! And great for Erich. He's had a positive impact of armour in many kingdoms.

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Chris Gilman wrote: Oh now you've done it! Your gonna make The Ugo mad.

I think the Ugo can handle a little madness.

Many great artists have some inner demons to work out, and I suspect we'd all like to see what Ugo's demons look like.

Gaston de Clermont

The bones of it aren't bad. You got decent depth in the cop, a nice roll at the wrist, and you made some solid hinges. There are a lot of details we could improve to make it a more pleasing piece. I'm having an open armouring shop tonight. You're welcome to come over and use some of my tools to do s...

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Thaden's done some outstanding stuff, but does he count any more? I thought he was out of the business. Mac's stuff is stellar- I'd put him as the reigning champ, but I'm not sure when his last creation was released. It would be dishonest not to rank Jeff Hedgecock and Will West with them. If Ugo's ...

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Our local art museum has a pretty decent collection of early art including a number of Durer prints. Chatting with them is a good idea. But what on earth is "soul butter?"

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Mac, you have a point I've considered and it does dampen my enthusiasm for such a gift. The page I have probably isn't interesting enough for even the smallest museum to display. It is a shame for the greater value it may have had in context for folks doing research on this era, or psalters, or litu...

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Vladimir wrote:Where, oh where did he find that axe head? I like it.

It is nice. I like his finger gauntlets too. Dunno where he got either one though.

Gaston de Clermont

My wife bought me a very nice present while she was in Paris last week- it's a page from a psalter from around 1350. It's in good shape and I'd like to keep it that way, while still being able to see both sides of the page, and maybe even translate it. The question I have is how to do that? Can I ju...

Ansteorra King's College armouring class

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