The Armour Archive

Winterfell

And here is where there is the problems. Parlan, you fight with honor, others do not. The others are the ones that ruin it for everyone else. Can anyone name any combat sport other than this one where only the participants make the judgement calls based on an "honor system" I am not talking about sp...

Winterfell

thanks, my main concern is even with my head imobile my nose presses against the front part. I am afraid a face shot might be bad. My previous helm was a nice sallet but I could not breath in it at all. So I am looking for a helm that looks nice (ie I do not want a bascinet, spagenhelm, or barrelhel...

Winterfell

I have a new helm but my problem is that I am afraid it is too close to my nose and the last thing I want is a bloody nose from a face shot.
Has anyone ever used this type of helm before?
http://www.knightsedge.com/armor/heavy-armor-spangenhelm.htm

Winterfell

Ok, Not a big gun fan. shoot me. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif bad use there. what I was trying to point out was that the argument of ap arrows depends on the bow and the armour. It still is logical that armour and weapons upgrading goes hand in hand. As armour became heavier, someone de...

Winterfell

Don't you folks have better things to do then spend all day on boards like this getting into arguments about.... oh wait, me too, never mind.
hehehe

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

Okay so if arrows were totally ineffective against full plate armour, then why were archers still used and why did they have long needle like armour peircing bodkins? Can anyone explain why they had them if soldiers "knew" they were not going to work. Are you going to bring that supersoaker 5000 to ...

Winterfell

By and large one of the main reasons I hear from people who have come to disregard the SCA is the arrogance in the way a lot of them act.(In everything) On the flip side I have met more people in the SCA who prefer to remain real people even when they are playing this game, then not. When I visited ...

Winterfell

Ack White Knight. So I fall into the likes of a guy who was delussional and attacked buildings. Some insecure yahoo who hid behind a mask, never had a meaningful relationship, and called his partner "stupid" in Spanish all the time. And of course the pyschotic female who heard voices in her head and...

Winterfell

I tend to lean towards the consent by general populace based on skills (non martial) Unfortunately a group that I work with never adequetely set up regulations and expectations for monarchies and as a result there is currently a dictatorship style to the monarchies. (Although one can say how authent...

Winterfell

Not all heriditary kings were good kings. Case in point. Richard the Lion Heart and his brother John Lackland. Richard spent what 10, maybe 11 months on English soil while he was king? And his brother! Can we say "The Baron's War" boys and girls. For the most part kings come and kings go, but the re...

Winterfell

Ok couple of things: One. Does banding the edge with metal do more damage to an rattan sword? Two. While I really like Rhys' method (will do that with my next one. Thanks Rhys!) How does one metal band a shield. Lets say I go to Home Depot, what am I looking for? Thanks guys this has been a big help...

Winterfell

Hey folks this question is for everyone. What would you consider to be the best way to edge a shield and still make it look authentic? I am not talking about within period, and I sure am not talking about shield size, although I saw a lovely photo of a guy with a dinner table strapped to his arm. ht...

Winterfell

http://www.math.harvard.edu/~schuldy/scatanic.html
I do not know how many of you all have seen this. I have always found it funny. But then again I like a good laugh.

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

Hush,
Well my Porsche would be doing just fine if you would stop shooting arrows into it.
lol

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

AHHH my Porshe!

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

Through many egagements during the middle ages knights fought dismounted. There are tons of references of King Whosie Whatzuz had this many groups of dismounted knights led by Lord So Andso. Most believe that a knight on horseback was well nigh invincible. Then someone came up with the schiltron, th...

Winterfell

First off, I knew I was dropping a hand grenade when I posted the original question the way I did. I just did not realize I dropped an H-bomb. Now then in all of this I do not think I actually voiced my thoughts about archers and knightly combat. My thoughts are this: When an archer went into battle...

Winterfell

Flonzy,
Was that the same smart ass that did not take his gear off for two hours during the tourney, and then called out "Medic!" before passing out?

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

I have heard of this a few times but I have never seen this. Are folks trying to shape the rattan sword into something more realistic looking? Has anyone tried this themselves? I am not really conserned about SCA legality but this does sound very interesting. If any Scadians have experience with it ...

Winterfell

I have handled the Sting and I like it, though it is not my taste. Glamdring is way blade heavy and just a pain to lug around. The Witchking sword. ahhhhh. Yeah it is a wall hanger, but I like to think of it as a nice ceromonial sword. It is vary nice. ------------------ "As long as there are fanati...

Winterfell

So where does one get it? Home Depot? or online?

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

So what are the advantages and disadvantages to it?

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

Rhys, Stay away from the Clements rapier book. Bad book, bad. I started reading it and got about a quarter of the way through and was thinking, WTF? I do like his medieval book a bit better only because it shows basics, and it is good for a beginner, but as you and others have said, the student shou...

Winterfell

What exactly is Siloflex? I found a website that uses it in aputty form for making dental impressions. How would you make a sword with this?
Very interested to know.

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

Is there any one here who belongs to a historical re-enactment group? Not a recreation group such as the SCA, but a living history group. If so do you do combat? What do you use and how much of it is staged and how much of it is free style? I am really interested in how the various groups view re-en...

Winterfell

Rhys, You asked why people misunderstand your posts, that was my answer. In the future I will just make sure that if I ask a question that has nothing to do with the SCA I will say so. That should avoid any misunderstandings. How about that? ------------------ "As long as there are fanatics there wi...

Winterfell

"Damn, why do you folks go out of your way to misunderstand what I write????????" I think because your posts usually have something along the lines of, SCA combat is tournament only and that anything else is not relevant or worthless (not a direct quote there). Grant you on your tournements statemen...

Winterfell

Rys, SCA combat is not historical combat. We all know that. Some manuals I have seen have men in full armor, others in skintight clothes and others still in full nakedness. I am not going to infer that from just the pretty pictures those soldiers went out on the field wearing just their underwear. Y...

Winterfell

Bascot,
All I have to say is "Dag! Well put."

------------------
"As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics

Winterfell

Just want to add a little something here. After spending a number of years in the SCA I left for quite a few reasons (non of them had anything to do with knights or CA). I am in a newer smaller group and we have a small number of knights of whom I am one. All of our knights belong to one Order or an...

Winterfell

In your personal experiences, which manual or manuals do you prefer to study from in order to learn more about historical combat? And why? This includes all types fencing, pole arm, longsword, etc. The second question is do you actually have a good translation of said favored manual or are you just ...

Winterfell

A hanging guard is when you hold your sword above your head with the blade pointing down. One of the advatages is that you can cover your head and upper body with the forte of the blade. It is one of the techniques one uses with a backsword or a sabre. You can cut up with it, or for more powerful bl...

Winterfell

"One of the prime tenents of the SCA is that "all combatants shall fight in a chivalrous and knightly fashion". Show me where it was normal for western European knights of the middle ages to shoot bows in war." So does this mean that I get to take your armour from you if you lose at the end of the d...

Winterfell

Rorik,
It sounds like you were using a modern bow that has a draw weight of half of what a period long bow was.

Winterfell

Okay so what is the armour 'standard" for SCA I have heard lots of folks here say full plate but I have also heard SCA standard of "presumed mail, boiled leather limb armour and open-faced helmet", Which is it and is there any specific documentation that supports it? Unfortunately I do not keep my S...

fighting helmet

Sheilds how do you make yours?

Combat Archery from the guy who started this.

Rattan sword shaping

Combat in Historical Re-enactment Groups

Combat Manuals