The Armour Archive

Baron Eirik

Barring the unforeseen, I'm in for the Saxons.

Me on the right:

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Welcome to party!

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Sir Wilhelm vonOstenbruke wrote:1: Unless you are seven feet tall, there is no need to bend down when throwing a leg shot.

Agreed. This is the most common error I see, whether throwing it as a snap or a wrap. Leaning for it does two wrong things: makes it go low and tells your opponent what you're doing.

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Thorstenn wrote:ludacris

is a rapper

"ludicrous" is believe is the word you want

(Sorry, spelling geek attack)

eta: Of course, I could be wrong and you could have meant the rapper

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I start packing the shop for War Camp tonight. I've got a fresh batch of flat-sided sticks being cut too.

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As many times I have tried, I am finding it fairly impossible to get the balance point on my swords to just above my hilt. What methods do you guys use to achieve this? do you even bother? I am looking for a practical idea to counterbalance my swords that doesnt require me attaching a bunch of wash...

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I'll be at Aethelmarc War Practice for the first time next week. It'll be a new experience to be there and it not be Pennsic

The last time I was there for a Thursday to Sunday event was in the 80's.

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On the other side, there is almost no such thing as 'a little flat'. If your edge hits a little bit (like 10-15 degrees) off from true, it will have a tendency to roll the rest of the way to completely flat. Blade orientation is a LOT more important.

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It keeps me from procrastinating and forgetting

Both of which I am prone to doing.

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Saw the order this morning (last night was fighter practice). Should go out tomorrow.

Thanks!

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You may well find even less difference in weight & balance after you hilt it. But you will need to pay attention to your blow force, since there is less flex in the rattan, a little more force is imparted to your opponent.

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Seconding a thought nested in Count Johnathon's post: Just about every fighter I know can clearly remember the first tournament bout they won. Whether it was last week or 30 years ago.

It is a landmark worthy of remembering and celebrating.

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Packed and loaded for Baron Wars. Taking off from work at noon, heading out tomorrow afternoon.

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Did that once, long before half-swording was experimentally allowed. I was practicing bastard sword with another guy. In one of those odd, stuff-happens sequences, my left hand got knocked off my hilt, and seemed to move of it's own volition out to meet his follow-up blow at my head. Took it flat ac...

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One - I'm headed up to Baron Wars this weekend. Look forward to seeing a bunch of you there. Two - I've got the 160 psi siloflex back in, but the cost has more than doubled. Empty pipe (42") has to go $10 each. I about broke my jaw on the floor when I got the invoice. Which takes the price of p...

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Vitus von Atzinger wrote:1 1/2" shaved sticks would literally make my life WAYYYY easier, but I don't want to give my money to HH Perkins- I want to give it to my pals.

New shipment coming in. I might have the 1.5" shaved at Baron Wars.

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In the early 80's the Mid had Brother Luvaducky who, among other things, sold indulgences as well. All in good fun. I believe he was from Calontir, while it was still a Principality. Don't remember seeing him much after the late 80s.

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If I didn't still owe the mechanic for rebuilding the throttle body on my daughters truck .....

Sweet helm at a sweet price.

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The first summer after I authorized, I went over to fight at the Olde English Faire at Jubilee (IL state park). Saturday morning I realized that the only footwear I had brought were the open-toed leather sandals I'd worn for the drive. I chose not to fight. Instead I wore Thomas Mailer's (now Master...

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AlvarGuerrero wrote:Ordered two lengths, believe 42", any word and when these will ship out?

Thanks in advance.

Did you order them just now? or when?

eta: PM sent

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Not so much a packing oops, but a walking out onto the field oops. Last Estrella on Saturday I went out onto the field and fought the first field battle without realizing I wasn't wearing my gorget. The leather drape of my helmet completely hides it so nobody in my unit realized I didn't have it on...

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If you fight long enough, you will forget your cup or related item at some point.

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"This tunic is yours, the armor is loaner. If you can come up with your own armor within a years time, you can keep the tunic to cover it if you need to cover it." I like this. It's a good balance that doesn't break the bank. I may blatantly steal it for use here Go right ahead... there i...

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MJBlazek wrote:"This tunic is yours, the armor is loaner. If you can come up with your own armor within a years time, you can keep the tunic to cover it if you need to cover it."

I like this. It's a good balance that doesn't break the bank.

I may blatantly steal it for use here

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Didn't mean to attack Pieter's effort, I thought it was well worth doing. Just noting that it was imperfect and highlighting the nature of the flaw. I don't recall ever seeing any statistics from it, but I find it interesting and rather reassuring that the distribution was as you describe. Didn't t...

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Pieter was well aware of the limitations of his experiment. He wanted it to be a starting place to do more research. One of the more interesting side notes out of it was that, with fairly large data set, he did not get a classic bell curve. Fighters were very evenly distributed within the general 'a...

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Plastic prices have gone up too, as a consequence of the cost of petroleum for both the raw material and energy. I haven't priced the yellow pipe (as opposed to black siloflex), but my cost on siloflex doubled since last year.

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Thanks!

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That's some good news, okay, well, less bad anyway.

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David had just gotten back out on the lists this spring after several years off for real life stuff. This has gotta hurt bad, the cost of replacement of stuff aside.

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Jon Givens is David DeClermont. Do we know which event they were at?

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ohboy

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pm sent

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I've heard this several times, but I haven't actually looked for docs on it.

It would work, though. Most fleas demonstrably prefer dogs and cats to humans.

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I'd be happy to send a bale out. Just let me know and I'll get a shipping quote.

Re: Melees and Mayhem/ an observation on calibration

Re: Trouble Counter Balancing

Master Eirik Update (w/ upcoming events)