The Armour Archive

Jean Paul de Sens

JP, in the pictures you link to you are not in the stance Caspian is talking about (sword low, shield high).... Plus, it's not even you in those pictures. It's that other guy. Aw schnikey! You're right... I only looked at degrassi's shield location and said "Hey that looks like my stance"... I've s...

Jean Paul de Sens

jester wrote:I would move to Wisconsin so that I could work with Bob Charron.

Ditto. Woman would kill me though... too cold.

Am currently investigating kidnap plans... Muhammed->Mountain? Mountain->Muhammed

Jean Paul de Sens

Well... I have just recently completed (in the past couple of months.) a Pembridge style greathelm that I have worn for testing that is hardened and tempered 16ga 1050. Given most helms are 14ga or thicker, the weight of this helm is quite a bit less (about 9 pounds). It was padded with the needed ...

Jean Paul de Sens

JP, thanks! You've inspired me. I'll be doing something like this soon. A couple more newbie questions, though. Hopefully I'm not getting on your nerves. How are you heating your pieces to orange? I'm thinking a propane weed burner might do the trick. What do you use? Are you using your kitchen ove...

Jean Paul de Sens

Wow. 21 gauge. That's gotta be a joy to work. Mind a few more newbie questions? Where do you find the high carbon .032 you guys are using? 4130 Sheet Steel from AED Motorsports. These guys are awesome. Make sure you order annealed, not normalized. m What's your heat treating process? Anything like ...

Jean Paul de Sens

I used to fight this style.... I found there to be a lot of disadvantages, that prevented me from starting in this stance....I use this stance as a transition stance, and as a lefty counter, but that's really about the extent of it. http://www.cchipman.com/combat/Events/2003_05_23_Steppes_Warlord_XX...

Jean Paul de Sens

Gel stain. Looks the best, applies the quickest... One can of gel stain, and one latex glove... apply let dry.

Makes your weapons look good.

Jean Paul de Sens

One of the "secrets" that JP's holding out on is that because the armour is hardened & tempered high carbon steel, it's *very* thin, which makes forming a dream & why it's so light. If it's the .032 that we typically use, that's approximately *21 GAUGE*. You can almost form it with your hands when ...

Jean Paul de Sens

ROC wrote:Very nice work can.t wait to see them in person.One thing they look kind of short in the pics are they for a youth fighter

I'm willing to take the beating
ROC

LOL as long as your willing

Jean Paul de Sens

Beautiful work! I'm thinking about making a pair of legs sometime soon myself, and those are inspiring. Could I trouble you with a few newbie questions? Where didja find the pattern you used? The dishing on the cops is fantastic. What's your technique/process? I'm currently banging around trying to...

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Looking good. Aren't Clecos the best thing since sliced bread!?!? Chris Oh yeah!!! I really can't image working without them... well I can, but its a dark and dismal situation... I've still got a lot of work before I would feel happy with this design.... the top peice especially is a bit, ahem, ben...

Jean Paul de Sens

Well, I just finished the polish on my new legs (made from a modified pattern from Sir Alexis), so I thought I'd share a pic of them in their highly polished state before I put the Boeshield on them. Click on the thumbnail to go to my site and see the full size image... http://www.cchipman.com/image...

Jean Paul de Sens

Colette, Yeah, people overlook me all the time. Apprently, I blend in on the field............. Sir Asoph, It was my honor to follow your directions on the field. "Attack the Unit on the left!!" AAAAARRRRRGGHHHHH I have it on video, it was awesome. REALLY? I'd love to see it sometime... JP

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Hrogn, you take paypal?

Jean Paul de Sens

re: the whole "how hard to hit" thing... Does anybody have an instrument capable of measuring pounds of force delivered? Here's what I'm thinking... take this instrument and put it under somebody's leg armor, or tape it to somebody's head, and have somebody else throw shots at it, and record the re...

Jean Paul de Sens

Sounds interesting and fun. But how did you get around the SCA grappling prohibitions? I thought the SEM had ruled pretty strongly against anything remotely approaching what you are describing. Richard Blackmoore East Kingdom KSCA Well, there was no intentional grappling. I believe Sir Asoph grabbe...

Jean Paul de Sens

If you want it only about an inch deep. Just pound one out of a tree stump with a sledge hammer. Sand to finish and wala! You should be able to get a decent 1 inch depression in a hard wood with a sledge hammer. Eh, there's issues of uniformity of results involved With metal forms, although I have ...

Jean Paul de Sens

The War of 3 Kings is an awesome melee event sponsored every fall by the shire of Rosenfeld in Ansteorra, and is always a theme event with three sides. This year we did the Rebellion of 1173 with Eleanor, Henry II, and Louis the VII. Your truly got to be Louis The super cool medeival moment was when...

Jean Paul de Sens

I'm looking for a dishing form suitable for breastplates, etc... things like 1" deep with 10" diameter is the kind of thing I'm looking for. Does anyone have one or have a suggestion?

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Hrogn, how much does each one weigh? I'm just curious.

Jean Paul de Sens

Gundo, I can host for you, and I would probably be willing to take some tools in exchange for my gauntlets...

Let me know. e-mail is in my profile.

Jean Paul de Sens

Yep, I've done it. I'm going to try to get it back online. I used a program called Webquiz pro.

Btw, its a lot of work to do a quiz in cgi.... wait'll you start doing it.

Jean Paul de Sens

When I first started in the SCA (I can hear my dentures creaking now at 35) I was regulary getting pummeled. Oh, I had Dukes, Barons, Knights and Squires giving me advice on where to put this and where to put that and I took every word from their mouth like scripture from the heavens. BUT when I st...

Jean Paul de Sens

IMO, having recently switched from a gorgeous Coventy Sallet to an open face salada, it does make a difference. For singles, the difference is neglible, and can be overcome by proper eye positioning, and small head movements. However, for melees, the close face helms cut out a lot of peripherial unl...

Jean Paul de Sens

In Ansteorra, we do swiss 5 tournaments a bit different. The de-facto methodology is this: ⋅ 5 rounds. ⋅ Everyone fights in every round. Typical modifiers: ⋅ Every round is a different weapon style. or ⋅ 5 weapons styles allowed, and fighter can pick each styl...

Jean Paul de Sens

Mines easier

The more I fight, the more I get to eat. I *LIKE* to eat...

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

If you are in a cutting position (say high guard) but I'm in a blocking position, a step close can put me into a position where the butt can be properly applied to your face or body before a cut can be delivered. why would you be in high guard if you don't have a sheildman in front of you? I bet th...

Jean Paul de Sens

Something else that no one has spoken on is poor Technique. If you continuously get your polearm in a position to push/haft/shove/pull the opponent in the neck, then how come you havn't been killed repeatedly? The LAST place I would want my polearm in grapple is horizontal at shoulder level. That m...

Jean Paul de Sens

Thank you for the advice and updates. It was very frustrating being in the clinch, having the quite possible, quite period correct technique available...and having to extricate myself out of the clinch and go back into range. There has GOT to be something I can do in the clinch with a polearm. I'm ...

Jean Paul de Sens

From CalonNet: Let me be the first to congratulate the new Calon Heirs, Their Royal Highnesses Tristram and Katrine! (Master Tristram of Lindesfarne and Lady Katrine Thorroffsdottir) I do not have a full report of the fighting but I do know that His Highness bested Master Kirk Fitzdavid, who was cha...

Jean Paul de Sens

Yes, oh freaking hell yes. And more to boot.

I can't put into words how much stamina you'll gain when you lose weight. Its just amazing.

JP

Jean Paul de Sens

Sorry, but that is rules lawyering to the nth degree. Thrusting? not by any measure. Thrusting is pretty well defined AND understood to mean "to move the line of force along the long axis of the weapon". Cross checking is not that. Your right Thrusting isn't cross checking, and I'm not trying to sa...

Jean Paul de Sens

[quote="Ulrich"]I would submit we are not discussing and accidental hafting of our opponent, but as Jester mentioned intentionally cross-checking them. Which I would define as; Hitting an opponent with the haft of the weapon while both hands are on the weapon and no part of the striking su...

Jean Paul de Sens

A) It could matter how "cross check" is defined. If we define it as hockey does, where there is outward movement in a strike, then I think it should probably be illegal. B) Illegal or not, a striking cross check to the face should still bring up a court of chivalry. Why? Because of intent. This is ...

Jean Paul de Sens

Plus the water does affect their brains... HA, you are mis informed my small weighted friend for we in Calontir do not quinch our thirst of a long days battle with mere water! We have many a keg a brew and cider to drown the tears of our fellows lost and sing the praises of our battle won! Small We...

Completed Hardened Steel Leg Armour

Re: weapon force / blow power / etc

Something awesome at 3 Kings this weekend..

Looking for very shallow very wide dish...

Re: New ( or old ) Training Aid- camcorder