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There is a statue of St. George in Barcelona from 1430 that shows a plackart. It is smaller that the style that Icefalcon sells., maybe a quarter of the height. As the 15th century continued the plackart continued to rise higher until it was no longer neccessary. The styles that Ice Falcon have are ...

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Mike Loads has a production company called "Running Wolf Productions" So far I have only found a FX company in my search. I am still looking to see what I can find.....

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Not to derail this thread, but I do not agree, (except maybe the snapping of the crest thing.) The battles of Bannock Burn, Stirling Bridge, Veinour (sp), and Barnet to name a few, are replete with tales of "dirty tactics"

DukeAlaric wrote:Kniggit-

In many battles they did not do that sort of stuff.

Alaric

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I recorded the broadcast. I can't find them any where commercially. You can probably find Paris Hilton's sexcapades on DVD by now, but an educational program that is at least worth watching? Nooooo.

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Yup. I have all five of the shows on tape. The high speed camera segments was really great.

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Looks great.
Keep it up and Jonah may end up getting a full rig from you.

Are you going to Thomas' this Thursday?

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Have it published in a spiral bound format, and then create the "Fiore translation of the month club."

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If it were successful I would buy stock in Alchemy Armory.
<img src ="http://www.alchemyarmory.com/dale2.jpg">
(note aside from the fact his stuff is plastic, I think it is pretty neat looking.)

Audiences would get bored.
That being said....
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... 889#495889

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Great book. The author definetly has done his homework, specifically mentions what are assumptions and what are facts and why . I thought it was a novel at first, silly me, but as Gwydion says a real page turner. I read it in a couple of days. This is one of the last cases where trial by combat beca...

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I will take the measurements later tonight and send them to you.

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For sale: a gothic cuirass, with fluting, faulds, and sliding rivets for greater mobility. The cuirass will fit a 44 inch chest easily. Currently selling for $430.00 I will accept checks, money orders, and paypal. If you have any questions feel free to email me at connorsinclair@yahoo.com <img src="...

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How about Brian Price or Bob Charron.

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Well this is a step in the right direction. The Society Marshal instructed the Society Rapier Marshal to shut down the sidesword experiment for a complete rewrite of the rules, training, etc. He feels the experiment had entered an unsafe mode; parties interpreted the rules so differently and usage w...

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I saw both of the shows. The Weapons that made Britain show how some of the arrows could penetrate at certain distances, but that a padded gambeson and mail hauberk underneath were still fine. Mike Loades also pointed out that it was the horse that got most of the damage, stopping charges and messin...

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I have heard of the technique being referred to as the "Iron penis". You can find it in Frano de Liberi's "Flos de Denti". (Franco was was Fiore's younger smarter brother.) Hell if we're going for cheese - When you have your opponent legged, get in tight and give him a hard thrust to the face/chest/...

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hmmmm I would certainly buy a fully loaded one, with rattan et al. I've sent some pics via e-mail to Paul and if he could post them that would be great. The basic style, which is what the pics show, would run about $40. I will be doing up a run of them with fancier lobed rondels in the future but I ...

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Alphonse wrote:Here is a pic of Ironlance at Pennsic XXX...even though I was not there this is who I fight with......

Alphonse,
For some reason I remember you guys as being, um..., taller, at Pennsic.

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I have heard of this before, so I do not think it is a new theory, but interesting anyways. m Key points Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ New theory says Gladiators were pampered stars not abused slaves Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Gladiators earned so much from sport that Emperor capped their salaries Ã¢â‚¬Â¢ Study of 158 images of combat show...

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As far the guy on fire is concerned, I thought I had a tough time blackening my mail hauberk. As far as SCA combat rules and Marshall regulations go, it normally follows what I call the "Most Common Idiot Factor". Just because James B. and I can go full speed with steel, move to disarm and grappling...

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These pics have been great, in that it helps to identify some of the units that I have seen on the field.

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I have one of the heart shaped basket hilts, and for the most part I have liked them, but they are heavier and and I can not adjust my grip easily. I tried using a cross hilt, but with the full gauntlets I was not getting a good grip, so it would mess up my throwing. Currently I am using one of the ...

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Winterfell wrote: *Ahem*The six on the right, three in the back and three in the front, are from Sir Thomas' household. James B. wrote: My household fought for our barony last year. Here is about half of the barony, the last 3 people on each row are in my household me being the last on the back row...

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Robert of Canterbury wrote:Good My Lords..

Pray tell me, how may I gain insight into the philosophy of Chivalry from this Thread?

It is, I am Sure a fine topic in its own right, but a little out of place here..

Robert of Canterbury

A knight should be strong enough to face any advesary, regardless of out come.

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*Ahem*The six on the right, three in the back and three in the front, are from Sir Thomas' household. Dude wear your glasses!! My household fought for our barony last year. Here is about half of the barony, the last 3 people on each row are in my household me being the last on the back row: [img]htt...

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m 2) Because Sidesword uses metal weapons and "everybody knows" that metal weapons are more dangerous than wooden clubs, the years of evidence from Regia Anglorum, the Vikings, and various WMA schools/clubs not counting for anything. Cool! Which of these groups does full force, full speed unscripted...

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James, could you at least shrink the image down a hair.

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This is my kit from saphire.
<img src="http://home.armourarchive.org/members/flonzy/images/SCASapphireJoust2004/full/Image33.jpg">
Not pictured are my new legs from HE.

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If that is the general point of it, then I would be even more interested in side sword, if it comes back. As that is something I have done before. Winterfall - I think you have a basic misunderstanding of bouting under the sidesword experiment. It is not ever intended to be a "match" per se, or a co...

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Well something along the lines of potted soil and a mini castle on it:
http://purefantasy.centramedia.com/chicagocastle.html
That would be actually a nice little schtick.

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Just my two cents into the ring as well. As much as I had high hopes for the side sword experimentation I did not have high expectations of it going very far. First you have the Most Common Idiot Factor. Essentially the SCA has never had any uniform training and authorization standards. As such, the...

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That's why I have the TimeMachinetm

tancred wrote:Are we sure Talhoffer is how it was really done? I am not so sure.

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I too was impressed by the showing of the Talhoffer drills, more so with showing some of the horse work from the manuals, something rarely if ever seen.
Over all it was great watching all five shows and and experiements in them.
Much better than "Conquest!"

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Brian, The two inch models would look something like this? <img src="http://home.armourarchive.org/members/winter/images/spike.JPG"> compared to this <img src="http://www.revival.us/ProductImages/armour/WMA02_fulllength_web.gif"> If so the two inch would not too clunky and given the flexibility of t...

Gothic Cuirass for sale

Gladiator combat not to the death