The Armour Archive

Baron Eirik

I still love Gothic armor. i just don't want to fight in it, I'm too lazy.

I just rarely see a love for history be the thing that brings people into SCA or reenacting (there are exceptions, of course). But I do see learning to enjoy history be one of the things that keep them. YMMV

Baron Eirik

Mord wrote: Suffice to say, that mail should only be used by folks for whom their specific persona it applied to. Using mail is result, not a beginning point. I strongly disagree. I think that a person can backtrack from mail. If you are seriously a fan of mail, you center your persona on that, and...

Baron Eirik

If memory serves, $20 for the hard foam axe form and the leather piece used to attach it to the haft.

Baron Eirik

BMHD 10th c. Danish Axe in use http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv92/mastereirik/ArmourArchive/sca_2008_045_std.jpg http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv92/mastereirik/ArmourArchive/sca_2008_048_std.jpg I don't think I have any full profile shots of the axe currently. I'll try to remember to take ...

Baron Eirik

Would it be legal to cover the striking edges of a shaved sword with silo-flex? Taking the silo-flex tube and cutting it in half, giving you a C and then taping that on the striking surface? I would ask that of your KEM. It seems to me that it would be a matter of interpretation. Most kingdoms allo...

Baron Eirik

Two words describe the issue fully imo.

Volunteer

Bureaucracy

Baron Eirik

meh. if a shot hits me with sufficiant force, I'll take it. if it doesn't, i won't. Not too complicated. if I hit someone and they don't take it I have to hit them harder, where there is no armor, or both. Also not compicated. There have been several times (twice in one tourney I won)I hit someone ...

Baron Eirik

Or upgrade your tent stakes

Baron Eirik

THORNtheUNLIKEABLE wrote:You could also search mga/two dogs yarn shop ( believe it or not ) they sell ratan

Link is in my sig line

Baron Eirik

Gun wrote:Could someone please tell me the point of changing the tip if you are going to also change the calibration?

Aesthetics and ease of construction come to mind. And it's not so much a change of calibration (force of the impact) as much as less effort to achieve that force.

Baron Eirik

The UPS.com shipping calculator came up with $21.33 From Odenton MD to Dallas TX. USPS was $66.33. I did not factor in insurance, etc.

Baron Eirik

Thorstenn wrote:A butt spike on a great sword makes baby Jesus cry.....

Thor.

Not seeing a problem with that.

Baron Eirik

There are also demos we've done where we were essentially entertainment. I don't worry to much about SCA-isms at those.

Baron Eirik

A long time ago, yeah, we let that happen here. It's taken work and commitment to do better. For our local Ren Faire, we actually do a pretty good living history level presentation, involving 40-50 participants. And, yes, there have been some who grumble about excluding members who don't want to do ...

Baron Eirik

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Thanks!

Baron Eirik

This isn't a peeve about a re-un-accuracy, per se, but a peeve about the SCA. The SCA should not be doing educational demos. The SCA should be doing recruitment-only demos. And in that case, if John Q Public isn't into silly games, we've not misinformed him about history, just told him about the SC...

Baron Eirik

I'm in.

Baron Eirik

Well, Master or Mistress X may or may not know diddly squat about the apocryphal turnip twaddlers, but they are far more likely to know who does than the average person. So, ya know, I got no problem with walking said information-seeker over to a friendly Laurel, introducing them, and asking about ...

Baron Eirik

Well, Master or Mistress X may or may not know diddly squat about the apocryphal turnip twaddlers, but they are far more likely to know who does than the average person. So, ya know, I got no problem with walking said information-seeker over to a friendly Laurel, introducing them, and asking about t...

Baron Eirik

K - different pet pieve: SCA - "aprentices" who are learning a different craft than their "masters". This used to confuse me to no end -- before I came to SCA I was aprenticed to an armorer -- no role-playing aspect to the relationship (except when we were playing a little to a ...

Baron Eirik

Baron Eirik

I'm kinda thinking the whole peerage aspect of the SCA has been flogged enough in other threads that we really don't need to go there too much here.

Baron Eirik

http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv92/mastereirik/ArmourArchive/sca_2008_045_std.jpg http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv92/mastereirik/ArmourArchive/sca_2008_048_std.jpg Contruction: 51" piece of rattan, By My Hand Designs 10th Axe, tape & foam for edge and peen.

Baron Eirik

azure d'or wrote:... to Hawaiian print tunic...

Now waitaminit! I only wear that Tunic on the last Saturday of Pennsic as I'm closing my shop.

Baron Eirik

I'll try to remember to take a pic and weigh the one I have (and have yet to decide how to put on my helm

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Baron Eirik

Norman wrote:Batton = rattan

And the contrarian in me can't resist pointing out that 'baton' is just a French word for a stick (which is a good Anglo-Saxon word). And the root of the word 'bat' as used in 'hats & bats'.

Baron Eirik

Eirik, your sword makes me drool It will be thoroughly appreciated if you gave me a detailed overview of how you made it. Save for maybe a shorter handle, this is how I visualise a bastard sword EDIT: btw, baron, from the rest of your kit I'm guessing your persona is Norse or at least early Germani...

Baron Eirik

A couple of me using my bastard sword http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/dweorg/Me/FRF07/sat_350_std.jpg [img]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/dweorg/Me/9956_std.jpg[/img] And just retaped this evening with a new low-profile tip [img]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/dweorg/Me/P105022...

Baron Eirik

The vast majority of SCA combatants, Armored and Rapier, are doing it as a hobby, not to be seriously competitive at a sport. From my perspective, we, as a group, are in no better or worse shape than the average softball league. One main difference, though, between us and most hobby leagues, is that...

Baron Eirik

Sir Mathghamhain MacAlpin wrote:
Baron Eirik wrote:Simply view this thread as good-natured venting, getting it out of the system. Thus we can be better at showing the positive example you suggest.

I undersatnd completely with venting!! I just wish I spoke Klingon...

Mathghamahin

KlingonTranslator.com

Baron Eirik

Simply view this thread as good-natured venting, getting it out of the system. Thus we can be better at showing the positive example you suggest.

Baron Eirik

[quote="Chris Gilman"]Under this heading I would include: Sunglasses ("Oh but I need them, my eyes are sensitive" Well, thank god sunglasses have been invented otherwise youâ€™d be screwed!) Combat boots Mail over bare skin Most belly dance outfits Most belly dancing Modern leath...

Baron Eirik

"Heater Shield". Blatant modernism. I believe the more correct term is escutcheon, but I'm willing to be educated on this one. I try to use 'mail', but at most of our demos, the audience is only familiar with 'chain mail'. I try to gently educate them. Rings on belts. My best guess is some...

Baron Eirik

26" strapped round, domed aluminum.

26" was MK standard for generations. It's now hardwired into muscle memory. I can and have fought with other types, but this will probably always be my default.

Baron Eirik

Among the kingdoms that existed back then, it's possible that not all of these were legal in all the kingdoms. For example, I think the Middle never allowed hardwood spear shafts. They were briefly. Big controversy one year. Oak, Ash & hickory were specifically allowed, then banned shortly ther...