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Apollonian wrote:Bryce,

Rolled up newspaper and a firm hand stopped my dog from doing this to my couch.

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Sir Bryce does not use rolled up newspapers.
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Does this have anything to do with why Alejandro wanted me to shave my head and put on his armour for a fighting event?

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That is a great looking crew, and the banners add a lot to the atsmophere. I gotta get me one. Not that we need more rules... but it would be kind of cool if we established a set of sumptuary "suggestions" that would guide how people displayed thier banner based on rank. Certian size shape reguatio...

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My shield is a 34 inch long oval, non center grip. I rather like it. Plus it is more to my personal then a heater. (I am going to eventually switch to the scutum style for my warshield though)

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And those are the "small pics" cut down from 2800 by 2100 pix.
Here are a few crown inspired motivational posters. His Highness provided some really great photo ops.
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/freelancer ... lness.html

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I am still wading through my lot of pictures. But here are a few of my faves. Heat of the Battle <img src ="http://home.armourarchive.org/members/winter/hastings06/stab.jpg" height = 400 width = 427> No quarter <img src ="http://home.armourarchive.org/members/winter/hastings06/bash.jpg" height = 400...

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ok- good point. I should have stated that it is not as prominant in later period texts. I do think there is something there though, with the style of hilt affecting they style used. If its a simple cross, arming style hilt, then its more I.33-ish. If there is more of a complex hilt present, then yo...

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I do disagree that the techniques are the same. PRINCIPLES are same in all combat. Principles of distance and timing, etc. But the method of covering your hand with your buckler and the 'stabknocks' present in every aspect of I.33 combat is not present in 16th century sword and buckler styles. This...

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So, If I understand everyone correctly, the belt itself followed the curve of the breastplate. The buckle David showed would be at the point of the breastplate. On the sword side they used attachements or hangers that actually connected to the scabbard itself. Do I have it right? Since the peascod ...

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The Cut & Thrust rule set is for using a sword to both cut (forward percussive styles and back slicing styles) and to thrust with the point. There is nothing in there that says it must be a rapier blade. Nor that it must be only 16th century style of combat. This is why I differentiate cut&thrust wo...

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thanks for clearing up my misconceptions. I would be terrified to see how awful the fighting would be if "flexible" two handers were used. Im sure it would just turn into whippy sword tag as any committed two handed strike would certainly be deemed "too hard". But then again...the regular rapier is...

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Looks good. I see you have not been slacking since you got back.

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While it was a shame that I could not participate (life stuff) I did enjoy watching the event on Sunday. I could not get in because they had some 20,000 plus people attending and the health service closed the doors. But Sunday my wife and I got some really great pictures from two different direction...

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For me the day started on the *ugh* side. We had been getting rain for two days prior to the event and I was really expecting it to be a literal wash out and that there would be nothing more than maybe bear pits or something, like last year. So I took my time and arrived about an hour or so later th...

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Nope. You are not the only one. I am going to be at Hastings this Weekend and if it had not conflicted I wanted to see the Corwn Tourney as well.

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My wife and I will be at the twon Friday and will be visiting the site on Saturday.

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Doh!

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My wife and I will be there visiting. We will be in the town of Battle by Friday and will be watching the event on Saturday.
Anyone else from here going? Anyone want to meet at a pub on Friday night?

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And don't forget that this is a mere five years after the start of the SCA. I wonder how long kidney protection was in the "experiment phase" before it was approved by the Society Marshal?

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I had not increased the size of the hole, as I did not know I needed to do so. How would you go about drilling a hole in rubber with a hole of size (3/4" to 1") already there? We used a a 1 1/4 inch hole saw. I have would block with the out line of the hammer head on it to keep the hole lined up. W...

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This explains alot. Move out of the house. Well, I do feel for you; my own mother is only interested in me failing out of college, or dropping out; she really hates any notion of success I get; hell I had a job offer for something on the local military base, and she suggested I give up that 16USD/ho...

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Specifically ones heraldic colors. How compelled do folks feel to wear their heraldic colors in tournaments? Hmm. All the time really. But I have many hats so different times calls for different tabards: There is my househould tabard that I wear on the field as a squire fighting for or with my knig...

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Kevin wrote:
It's all in the weight of the leather and what you do to it, Jonah. My cuisses are heavy leather, and waxed until they won't absorb any more wax. They do a fine job of protecting me.

Actually I thought it was your shield work that did a fine job of protecting you.

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Sir Thomas and his squires are.
Ponte Alto as well.

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Hmm. That is a tuffy. I have been on the other side of a spear line against Duke Kelson of the East, so I would pick him. I would also choose Duke Michael of Bedford, but also add Sir Corby and Sir Vlad, and Vlad's squire Robert Wardog, all from Atlantia. Unfortunately I never caught the name of one...

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Murdock wrote:greaves Winterfell?

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These are mine.
They are HE spring steel legs, pointed to distibute weight on the front and the sides, following the muscle bands.
Front view:
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Side view:
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Back view:
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I second that.
I am going to be in England/Wales in the middle of October and I don't think there is going to be a single event during my time there.

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So will you be fighting at Crusades? Because I was warned about you. "Oh that is Sir Mord. He is a librarian, and everyone knows it is the quiet ones you have to watch out for."

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It was during the finals, that marshal started to wonder if Logan really did sell his soul to the devil for his fighting skills.

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Sir Andrew Grey fights in that style pretty much to the letter.

More pictures of it can be found here. Thanks to the magic that is Ursus:
http://ursus.smugmug.com/gallery/1523241/4/73212566

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(oooh... and if you watch the video link, you can witness that "cheating bastard" Duke Logan shove an unengaged opponent into me!) It looks like it went something along the lines of this: "Hey Kevin you okay sitting there?" "mumble mumbe" "What I can't hear you." "I said, 'Duke Logan is right behin...

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Working on your John Falstaff impression?

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The tabard looks interesting. Is there a cape on the back or is it an elongated back end of the tabard?

Battle of Hastings UK whose going?