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SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Raymund: I'd like to call Lord Lutrells helm a visored Sugerloaf, and thats about 1340... He also has some plate to go with that, couters, polyens, greaves and gauntlets. Th...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Anradan MacEwan: Rhys, someone asked this in another thread and I replied with much the same comment as "only very early". I was then asked where I got my documentation http://...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Fearghus: Ok, thanks, Syr Rhys. So it wouldhave to be more like a Pembridge style great helm to go with transitional armour then? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, that's right... ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Fearghus: Ok, since the Truehearth helm was a bust, what about Sinric's? http://www.eskimo.com/~cwn/sugar_loaf2.html and if it's a good helm, what armour would go with it? S...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alcyoneus: Looks good, is it a 7" grip w or w/o the pommel? What is the weight and where does it balance? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The blade is 33.5", the grip is 9.5" (includi...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Amalric Unomen: Is it a sharp, or a sparring blade? What will you be using it for? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No, it's not sharp. I will be using it for fechtbucher practice. ---...

SyrRhys

I'm often known as a pretty critical customer when it comes to weapons and armor, but when I saw a copy of this sword that a friend of mine had I knew it was exactly what I'd been looking for, so I ordered it. It came today, and I must say I'm impressed. Cristopher Poor is the master at Arms and Arm...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Irish: As a fellow Knight of the Society, I am deeply embarrased and offended by this remark.[This message has been edited by Irish (edited 04-29-2002).] <HR></BLOCKQUOT...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by corbin skarlocke: "Well, Steve, I will *happily* fight you using war rules. When would you like to meet to try it out? I don't think you'll enjoy it." And the scale goes fro...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ninja: In short Rhys is almost always wrong. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> How would you know? ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey'...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Steve -SoFC-: [BWell, SyrRhys, that assumes that I want to make SCA "War" look and feel like a real war. I don't. I, like many others, see SCA melee combat as a game where we p...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Irish: BTW - congrats on the new belt Vitus! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> New belt? ------------------ Hugh Knight "Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt har...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Steve -SoFC-: "Well, Steve, I will *happily* fight you using war rules. When would you like to meet to try it out? I don't think you'll enjoy it." What does that mean? My "...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Noe: Crap. I was just reading down the messages, and I was just going to respond to say that I greatly admired your first post on the use of one handed weapons. You're refer...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by hjalmr: The reasoning for this is simple. If you were to reach out and grab my sword blade -I would twist, turn, push, and pull on it until I sliced off most of your hand (...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Steve -SoFC-: "Finally, let's remember what we're doing: We're fighting tournaments." Just chiming in - I still don't subscribe to that interpretation - many others do not ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: Are you telling me that in the SCA I cannot use a thrusting tip on a greatsword? That kills 60% of the historical use of a greatsword. I am reading that correctly?</...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: On the other hand, if plastic is intentionaly being worn when the item of kit would normaly be made of metal, even if it is hidden from view, and it is not an ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jester: We don't do it in the kingdoms because it is forbidden at the Society level. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I don't believe that's true. In fact, half-swording is now legal i...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Androu: Same image, different question. Obviously Sir Miles is shown without a visor, otherwise you couldn't see his face (duh). But what sort of visor (if any) would be typica...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Yes, but then again the SCA is patently not living history. It is a Medievaly themed social club with no enforced minimum standard, and thousands of people pur...

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Hell yes! That would be a blast.

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Hugh Knight
"Welcome to the Church of the Open Field, let us 'prey': Hunt hard, kill swiftly, waste nothing, make no apologies"

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Liebaart: Actually, it IS quite realistic IF you discard the maille and don't make the nose so pointy. Apart from those two points, I love it. Maybe also change the breathing h...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winterfell: What I am curious about, is how Rhys handles people in person. Do you, Rhys, give people as much a hard time in person as you do on a electronic board? <HR><...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Fearghus: what body armour would go with that style helm? What time period does that helm fall in? I'm thinking late 13th early 14th. Does it slide into transitional? I'd look ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Try "Le Jeu de la Hachette" - it is a system entirely devoted to the pollaxe. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> True, but most of La Jeu is devoted to thrusts with the ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: Talhoffer is a series of pictoral and written notations for a memory aid by Hans Talhoffers advanced students - not a complete "how to" manual. I stroingly ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ScottC: Sir Rhys said, "For example, if folks look at the skirt of the brig, they will see that it's shown here to be composed of wide, vertical plates." I'm confused. Isn't...

SyrRhys

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Anradan MacEwan: [B]Ok, Here is the deal. Valentine has a set of greaves on his special page. $30 strapped. The measurement I was given was 13". I am 6'0 tall and I don't think they are going to fit. (I know Rhys, they aren't accurate for me anyhow right? http://www.armou...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winther: Ok since I currently do not have access to any pics of the effigy, could I reasonably use this for reference in building my kit, keeping in mind the obvious difference...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by David deKunstenaar: I am sorry, I did not mean to exclude maille. I was just wondering if and what evidence is out there to support the statements that "whale" bone was ever...

SyrRhys

You argue that arming swords had no effect on men in full plate, and we should therefore institute a rule rendering plate as proof against one-handed swords. (I assume when you say this that attacks to body parts which aren't covered by plate should still be vulnerable to one-handed swords, especial...

SyrRhys

Two obvious mistakes leap to my mind: First, the breastplate should come to a slight point along the bottom edge, whereas this one is straight across, and the breastplate should have a pronounced ridge down the center. Second, the effigy seems to suggest closed leather greaves. If you look on p. 76 ...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ringlancer: While I now appreciate the asthetic qualities of greaves, and will be acquiring some, I don't beleive, as Rhys does, that "Chicks dig 'em!" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>...

SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by losthelm: that depends on how your knees look how far down do the lames go? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No, the extent to which his lames extend down his shin isn't really a facto...

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