The Armour Archive

Jean Paul de Sens

You chased me down with your brute squad in the meanest mother melee Since my wife was frequently behind the camera, I'm in quite a few I'm the one with the round shield in P6150148, and the series from P6130005-P6130022 are some of my fights in the Rose tourney... Right on!!! I know which one you ...

Jean Paul de Sens

I enjoyed meeting people from the archive at Lilies this year Met JP, Justus, and I'm sure a few others... Is it time for Lilies again? I'm ready to go back. Kolfinna To help tide you over, here are some photos that my wife and I took this year - Sorry Halv, no pics of the Fyrdraca, I was too busy ...

Jean Paul de Sens

A fighter with two swords kind of knows that if you have a spear, that's where you are going, so if he's good, you are not getting that thrust, he has a cross-block prepped and ready. Feel out which arm is most likely to move, fake thrust to center, hook around to the blocking arm that is now movin...

Jean Paul de Sens

Irish, Cool, you made a good call. I can respect your right to not like the unpadded pole arms. I really don't like the power needed to get people to call the MUSH of the padded heads. Just so you know, I made a padded bill hook so I can fight with it for a while to better understend the mechanics ...

Jean Paul de Sens

I only wish I'd ... Had a few Glorious Victories, to accompany my magnificent and Splendid Defeats You did, old pal: You certainly clobbered me more than I clobbered you. I just promised sexual favours to the film editor to make sure your moments of glory ended on the cutting room floor. Old Hollyw...

Jean Paul de Sens

Uuic, That's easy, if it hit you it wasn't a spear shaft. You can't strike with a spear. Does not make any less the fact that I have been hit by the haft of a spear. Yah, cause you know, an ash or oak wood shaft of a spear would have absolutely no effect to man in armour regardless of how hard it h...

Jean Paul de Sens

Guys, This is getting even more embarassing. I couldn't sleep the night before my wife went into the hospital, and posted a stupid post. I paniced. This has turned into a full fledged discussion, and I would really be thankful if it could just drop off the bottom end of the board. Now, if the purpo...

Jean Paul de Sens

I would be interested to see how you would armor your arm pit such that you would not worry about taking a shot there - while still being able to move. I would bet it would be cheaper and faster for you to get a new helm that was 2 gages thicker. Armpit? where's the danger there? I never worry abou...

Jean Paul de Sens

And our swords don't look like sword. Our swords may not look like a sword exactly, but they do not get confused with other types of weapons based on their shape either. That's because we've all been trained that "this is a representation of a sword". Not because they look anything like a real broa...

Jean Paul de Sens

--snip-- Moral of the first story Ã¢â‚¬â€œ I think the unpadded pole weapon is more dangerous to joints, and probably my fore arm bones as well. I realize I am more likely to take a concussion from a heavier weapon, but I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t think that probability is greater than the chance of a broken bo...

Jean Paul de Sens

Josh Warren wrote:Unpadded polearms are just silly. Honestly, who thought they were a good idea? They don't even look like polearms.

Dude, our swords don't look like swords either.

Come on, you can come up with a better post than that.

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Morgan wrote:Personally, I never want to hear you say, "I'll never be a knight" ever again. You're YOUNG. You have YEARS to perfect technique. Power generation is the least of your problems at this point, I assure you. You can fix that.

word. True dat.

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Corby, you forgot your "rant" label for this one, but I guess its' kinda of obvious Ok, I've mentioned this opinion in several threads, but no one has risen to the bait. Tonight, the perfect storm of laptop in my lap and wine in me has come together at a time when I recall my contention: UNPADDED PO...

Jean Paul de Sens

Irish, here's what I've done over the last year: 1 hour fight till you drop. Number of fights going at one time is equal to the number of non-puking fighters divided by 2. 15 minute "what I saw" circle. All of our fighters get in a circle and point out in a sentence or less what they saw about the o...

Jean Paul de Sens

My opinions: #1) Polearm is the second most effective weapon style in the SCA. A polearm fighter of good skill level should best all other weapons styles apart from sword and shield. Florentine, great sword, and bastard sword should all fall to you. #2) A polearm should have all 4 parts, or it's cri...

Jean Paul de Sens

Corby, there are even easier answers than that. Go to a used sporting goods store. Buy a used batting helmet. Cut off the brim, and cut the remainder in half. Rivet leather tabs onto it and then rivet those to the shield. You now have TWO (count em) TWO light plastic hand protections (which you can ...

Jean Paul de Sens

Noe, I really sympathize. I always feel that the energy spent screaming could be of more use hitting the other guy.

But eh, what do I know?

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

honest opinion time Well, your chest and waist measurements are bang on for a Medium, so you're fine there. You're a bit shorter than the average I built these for (5'8"-5'10"), but we can make a Short as easily as the Long, so that's no problem. You have a tiny pooch at the waist, but it shouldn't...

Jean Paul de Sens

I understand you better now and agree. This challange aside Vitus has touched on things which have been troubling me for some time. I agree, it troubles me as well. My prowess is lacking due to my injuries, but the opertunity to take part in something more grand is to sweet to resist. I am so bored...

Jean Paul de Sens

Don't fight it give into your fine sense of high fashion and make the purchase, if you don't the price will only go up as time goes on, think of it as an investment! This is how I justify all my purchases. Gwen, honest opinion time. I'm a short broad shoulder man (5'6", 26" inseam). I've got a 42" ...

Jean Paul de Sens

-- snip-- Already, some folks have "averaged" all the shield dimensions together, in what seem to be an attempt at "unified shield theory." I am very wary of this idea. About the only consistant conclusion I would find is the shape (triangular) of the shield. I would be more interested in making sh...

Jean Paul de Sens

well, looking at the statistics, average size of that selection was 25"x20", with a 4" standard deviation for both height and width. So you could definitely say that 68% of them were between a 29"x24" and a 21"x16" shield. Really, that's only about 75% of our stand 36"x24" size... I get different r...

Jean Paul de Sens

1 foot equals 30.5 cm so most of these shields are close to the standard 2' x 3' shields used in sca sport combat. regards logan well, looking at the statistics, average size of that selection was 25"x20", with a 4" standard deviation for both height and width. So you could definitely say that 68% ...

Jean Paul de Sens

Popping it into Excel, and running descriptive statistics... Medians: Height -> 25.45" with a 3.9 inch standard deviation Width -> 20.2" with a 4.1 inch standard deviation Thickenss -> .44" with a .124" std deviation Pretty dang thick eh? However, plugging in some density for several different woods...

Jean Paul de Sens

Hrogn Too much info for me to comment on without holding a sword. Later. Belts aside, you are still my squire brother. Other than Gunther there is no one else I have fought as much. So I will take your comments to heart. More later. Strange comment that... Btw, how about just knocking him on his bu...

Jean Paul de Sens

Upon thinking about it, and seeing the othewr post about the Kane memorial tourney, I think the neatest gifts would have been the ones that the person the tourney is being done in honoe of would find significant.

Jean Paul de Sens

Things I noticed in m * appears that weight is sitting predominantly on your back leg * you lift your leg before your shot to his head->telegraphing it I think * a nice J-shot combined with a passing step with left foot across his line of motion might have exploited his movements. * alternatively a ...

Jean Paul de Sens

Sorry, did I miss the post where the picture of the gauntlets were at?

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

BdeB wrote:Aradd is of course, orginally from Ansterroa.

Yes, Liam is a valient and able squire. He aquitted himself well and represented your kingdom with honor. You should be proud.

I didn't know that Aradd was from Ansteorra... That's cool!

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

I'm pretty much in agreement with everyone else on this thread, although my initial response might have rhymed more with "Duck you" than anything else. Encouraging a fighter to reach beyond themselves is on thing. Saying "suck it up" to a good friend whom you have an existing relationship is another...

Jean Paul de Sens

Wow, Sir Aradd Ffestiniog was tearin stuff up!!

I'm happy to see one of Ansteorra's boys, Centurion Liam on the list. I'll forward that to our mailing lists.

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Josh, why don't you try to set up a weekend to come down to my house, and I'll make you a pair of hardened steel ones. I've done this set: m and a set based off the armour archive pattern m mixed with that pattern or we could try: m Regardless, they'll weigh a whole lot less, and I'll charge you ma...

Jean Paul de Sens

I was the MiC, what would you like to know? Details, pairings, whatever Very cool for Martin. I met him this year at Gulf Wars and really enjoyed the time I got to spend with him. Ceddie, if you could PM me his email address to that'd be great, as I'd love to send him a congratulatory note. JP

Jean Paul de Sens

:( Hold you're ire good Sir Vitus, quite a few of us took his metlle on Saturday. I met him in the first round of our tournament, and although I proved the victor, he left his marks upon me. Due to problems beyond his or other's control, Morgan's knighting was delayed by over two hours, and the tim...

Jean Paul de Sens

You want to talk about attitudes and frustrating? I have had a promising mid level fighter commit to hardcore pel work and slow work and drill. For about 8 weeks I have seen REAL dedication and improvement from said fighter. In ONE practice, a senior fighter beat them so bad mentally and physically...

Re: Unpadded Polearms Suck