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SyrRhys

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winterfell: Rhys, Suggestions on how the SCA could enforce even the bare miminum requirements?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> It's just going to take time. Unfortuantely, the S...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Stoffel: I see no reason not to wear a plackart by itself over padding. If I were on a line with a pole arm, I would have side of my body facing the enemy, so my upper arm prot...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Kerrigan: Hello, I am looking to make some authentic armour of the 14th - 15th century from Ireland. If anyone has anything to add, it would be most appreciative. What I am ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Cet: Hugh, your description of Mac's technique is especially interesting. It sounds like he is quenching at just below critical temperature- in effect doing a form of slack que...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Irish: Rhys - What is the definition of a LARP? How about a LH Group? Just curious - <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Simple, a LH group is one trying to recreate (note I don't ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winterfell: Rhys, Thanks. I kinda was heading in that direction too. He makes some interesting statements, and I plan to do some research to check them out. (So even bad exa...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Olaf Skalle Krossar: SyrRhys, It's been a couple of years since I looked at his web site (we had a long thread discussing Mr. Blankenshield's supposed merits), but if I reca...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Abaddon: ... Let he who is without an ugly piece of armor cast the first stone.... . Maybe this guy simply has different tastes? I have seen some period museum pieces that w...

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I'm not much a fan of the fifteenth century, but recently I read somewhere that plackards weren't actually worn over brigs, but rather over solid breastplates that were covered in velvet and studded with rivets to look like brigs. I don't remember the exact argument, but it had to do with the shape ...

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Sorry, but I refuse to settle for the watered-down version of the organization you call for. This is *not* a LARP. It's a poorly-run LH organization that needs to improve, and defeatism such as what you wrote is something that needs to be eradicated. Tolerance must be seen as a dirty word. If we tel...

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I banned some inauthentic items from the crown I held. Unfortuantely, it was difficult to do all that I wanted here in the People's Democratic Republic of the East. Oh, and contrary to what some folks have been saying on the archive, I got the most resistance not from the nobility, but from the rank...

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I'm sorry, but I've seen this guy's work before, and, like many SCA armorers, he makes claims about authenticity that simply aren't true. All you have to do is look at the heavy, clunky shapes to know they're wrong, you don't even need to really compare them with the elegant grace of real medieval a...

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Be careful of the Stone, it's rife with errors. He's much better with the oriental stuff than he is with the Western stuff, I'm told.

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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"

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by machinegun65: Im going to an event in a few weeks, and was thinking am going to need a period hat? Something to keep the sun off my face. In 14c if that hepls. Would some fo...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by pdepamiers: I have been asking myself what portrayal my current armour and clothing would allow me to pursue. I went to the following web page and it gave me a great mental ...

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I almost forgot one of *the* most important books you can get if you're interested in this kind of endeavor: _Daily Life in chaucer's England_, edited by Singman and McLean. I'm pretty sure it's available from Amazon or one of those on-line places. This book isn't specifically about a routier impres...

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Hi Jareth, That looks like the right dimensions. The only thing I'd say is that the links of mail look *much* too heavy for an haubergeon. Haubergeons were typically made of lighter mail (and several different sizes of links, apparently) since they were reinforced by other body defenses. The shape l...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Edmund Greyfox: Rhys, just a thought. Wouldn't a mail hauberk be acceptable in place of plate for a Knight at this time period? Im assuming that a knight would probably stil...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Gwen: Many thanks to Hugh for his endorsements and no, we DON'T pay him to say all those nice things about us! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif <HR></BLOCKQU...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Russ Mitchell: May I put in a secondary/followup question to this? I've only been to a couple of SCA fighters' practices, and was actually quite impressed with the level of ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jacob: Here's another potential problem with globosse breastplates in general: If a non-globosse person is wearing a globosse breastplate, wont most of the force from any sh...

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I know that when Mac does it he takes pieces to bright orange, then holds them out of the quench for just a split second (almost literally) until the just barely begin to be magnetic before pushing them *rapidly* into the quench. We tested the magnetic property by holding a magnet on a stick close t...

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I had that exact same concern, so I had Mac do my Chartres cuisses with a more standard (to our way of thinking) articulation (not because I want to be able to kneel in them, these legs aren't for that). One person I know who did it this way said that it limited your ability to go to your knees; his...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Murdock: Lets worry bout a name later. Thats not all that big a deal to me.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I quite agree. <BLOCKQUOTE>q...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by IainMcClennan: My theory on the grip in Talhoffer (1467 at least) is that when you see someone about to swing or finishing a swing (tour de bras) they have an over/under grip. ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jean Paul de Sens: Edmund, while almost all of the suggestions listed above work depending on the situation, I feel that they ignore a tenet of fighting that your opponent i...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Griffin: Can I show a medieval justification for that opinion? Of course not, but in the middle ages, war was a matter of life or death. In a hard time, you had to be harde...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jean Richard Malcolmson: Rhys, I know of no medieval justification for the opinion that it is cowardly or base, so I will word my OPINION in more modern terms. Killing from...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ulfr of Wulf Den: Our "Wars" are different, because in my eyes a righteous engagement is the most important thing. Killing from behind is cowardly and base. <HR></BLOCKQ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by IainMcClennan: I think the standard front-facing sword and shield style stance works best. You want to be able to bring either end of the weapon quickly into the fight. I m...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Bran Mac Scandlan: Rhys, All I was saying is the material, BY ITSELF wouldn't be a problem. I also stated that anyone who would say anything about it would do so because th...

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Brqan implied that anyone that questioned leather armor is a jerk... well, I have been called such many times, and doubtless will be again. Making armor of leather in places where medieval people used leather or in circumstances where it is adequately covered (to include shape: it's not enough to co...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by pdepamiers: I think that the formation of a LH group for the 14th century is a great thing. I could see regional groups getting together for larger events. I have a couple o...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by AaronJ: Hmmm....I think I started sounding preachy so I'll shut up. Okay how about colors? I'd like to get to work on making my garb. Any ideas on company colors or livery? </f...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by IainMcClennan: Hugh, Sorry for the late reply, I was on vacation... My theory on the grip in Talhoffer (1467 at least) is that when you see someone about to swing or finish...