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Rev,
Look for these books:
Swords through the Centuries by Alfred Hutton
and the Book of the Tournament by Brian Price

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Who is going to Hastings at Marrietta Mansion this year?

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"I don't have time for a persona, I am just here to fight."

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That does seem odd to go through that much minute detail and then specifically goof off on a standout item like buttons. When I ask a question about clothing, armour or what have you, and the answer is "No, you need to do it this way." I usually get frustrated. Not at who tells me, unless the answer...

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In hindsight maybe it was a bad idea to eat Flonzy's chili before getting armoured up.
<img src= "http://home.armourarchive.org/members/wolf/images/mtt/mtt49.JPG" height=410 width=350 >

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Oh look at me I can stand at attention. <img src= "http://amiperiodornot.com/images/264.jpg"> Hey Bob, Where are your hands? And why are you smiling? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/tongue.gif ------------------ "As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics" m

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Paper mache would be one way. What I have seen in the past has been 2 dimensional cut outs.

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Well if you going to do a AMIPERIODORNOT snipe then you have to have the full the gamut. This is my old fencing outfit for a Farbi group that I used to be in. Note the celtic dew rag, cotton damask sleeves, cotton jerkin, poly cotton silly pants, and my East German officer boots. Don't forget my per...

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Replying to Kass, Jeff, and Flonzy offline about that.

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Ok now i am going to go push that issue since I am bored and have not stirred up any trouble in a while.

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"Since (most) of your clothes and harness are lovely representations of 1470's examples, I should hope so. There is plenty going on in 1470 and 71, plus reasons for a Burgundian presence -" Burgundians? Hey I can wear my black doublet and hosen then!! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif -----...

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Oh man 1461 again? Aren't we trying to go further up the timescale?

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Kass, Jeff,
What is the story with March of next year?

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Kass, Thanks! Printing that one out as well. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif But now this means I can't wear my polycotton t tunic to Hastings now. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/frown.gif ------------------ "As long as there are fanatics there will always be heretics" m

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The various LH vs SCA, Authenticity Nazi vs Farb, and the WMA vs sport fighting flame wars that not only prevail here but in general conversations amongst the SCA and other Medieval folks gets pretty wearing after awhile. Well while I was just skimming through the SCA.org site I found a link to this...

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Well just to add a little fuel to this fire. When handgonnes were first introduced into Europeon warfare, they did not just fire little pellets o' lead. They also fired arrows. Now granted this is a more later period common thing, ie pre 16th century but it was still done. So if such a weapon were a...

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So long as the armour does not look like the michelin man or mad max, I really don't have a problem. Most of the tourneys that I have seen, are pretty much straight up elimination affairs anyways, bear pit, round robin, etc. So I am not to bothered by the eclectic mix of armour at a non timeframe sp...

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I so wanted that sword, until my Lutel rebated blade showed up last night.
hmmmmm Lutel swords.

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Oh joy second insipid arguement of the day! More period versus FARBI! SCA is not a focused Living History Group, you have to allow for two things: 1.) That some 1 thousand years of history is a lot to cover for a group so not everyone likes being 15th cent. Burgundian. Some like being 9th century Ga...

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Geez not this insipid arguement again. [img]http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/rolleyes.gif[/img] As is, there is a hell of a lot that is not known about sword and shield combat techniques used in the middle ages. What is known is gleened from small sections of translated manuscripts and the odd illum...

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My vote: No acted out wounds or kneeling. I hate it, in both rapier and heavy. Lower leg shots. Short sword only, not great sword, spear or pole arm. Also if you remove the kneeling then you remove most of the daisy cutter shots anyways. Now then in rapier it is full target, but those that have trie...

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" Some of my qualms are based on the "We should be rewarded for looking better than..." theory. " Not hijacking the thread...but my answer is two fold; 1.) If this is supposed to be a Medieaval Group, than you should at least <u>look</u> medieaval. To that end the rules of appearence that Atlantia w...

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For a good idea of tourneys and personal combat I would recomend the Sword and the Centuries by Alfred Hutton, it is an excellant read full of first and second hand sources. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/185367513X/qid=1062509051/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-9251335-7868113?v=glance&s=books...

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Eric, Can you send me an email about the sidesword listserv? I am very interested in that. Thanks Concerning the grappling/historical techniques issue here: " The SCA live in cultural denial that this can be done safely. In the end it is a matter of training and the willingness to do it. " I agree w...

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And you had no problems with it being a small axe head? I am wondering if I should pad below the axe as well just incase.

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Thanks Captain!
I did not find any restrictions on the polearms in Atlantia other than they have to be less then 7 1/2 feet, which is fine by me.

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The french poleaxe version.
I am curious if I will need to pad any of the rattan shaft below the head since it is a smaller head than the swiss axe.

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Does anyone have any recomendations on the construction of a Poleaxe for Atlantia. I have an axe head from By My Hand Designs, that I picked up at Pennsic, and I want to put one together pretty soon.
Thanks

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Sweet.
Many thanks.

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At the woods battle there was a fighter from the Baronny of Storvik, in Atlantia, who had a camera attached to his helm. As I recall it was a video camera, not a digital still camera. Is this going to be on a website? If not, is there anyway I can see the video. Does anyone else also have any helmet...

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Wonder where I could fine the code to create something like that.
Flonzy you for helping out with a Rate My Armour project?

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Here are pics of my first kit, which I stared about ten years ago: http://www.angelfire.com/va3/crossedswords/armour/arms.html My original helmet was a sallet with attached bevor from Baron Hienrich up in the Barony of Bright Hills in Atlantia, but I don't have a pic of it. The coat of plates are st...

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Tanc,
Come on man! We'll have fun.
I'm not in Markland, not planning to be in Markland. But we can have lots o' fun anyways.
F'em we will have fun anyways.
Remainder of the post will be off line.

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I still find this to be completely insane.
What exactly is the goal? What's next? Cars?
Nope they cause too many deaths can't allow people to drive cars.

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I just got back today from Pennsic XXXII and had an absolute blast. Sorry that I missed the Archive meeting but pregnant wife wanted to go back to the hotel so who was I to argue. But anyways. How was your Pennsic? Did you enjoy yourself? Did you get a chance to do the things you wanted to do? Was t...

MD Hastings Roll call

Arguements for authenticity (or why we do this in the first

Poleaxe construction (SCA)

Storvik Combat Cam?

How was your Pennsic?