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Baron Eirik

Johno wrote:2 people made comment.

One was meant to be as humorous as yours, imo.

Baron Eirik

Johno wrote:Why do you guys always assume the worst? Hmmmm?

Why did you just now assume 'you guys' when only one person made the comment?

Baron Eirik

Personally, since your friend is the one who believes there HAD to be an early Celtic 2-handed sword, I'd say he's the one that should be researching it.

Baron Eirik

It's just easier for the marshals to not have to make a judgment call as to who the "some guys" are. Bolding mine. Just because it's easier doesn't mean it's the better route. I hate the fact that, as a society, we are now living in fear of making a judgment call. There are no visible clu...

Baron Eirik

it's just easier to use a new stick rather than bending the rules even if only a little and with no malicious intent. ...<snip> ...Rattan sticks are disposable it's just part of the expense of playing this game. True. But by our very nature, most of us try to make that expense last a little longer....

Baron Eirik

With respect, Isn't this sort of missing the point? Why not just test the flex of the sword? You can tell if it's stiff (which is the central issue to the constructuion method argument to begin with) just like you can tell if a thrusting tip is stiff. Marshal (should) develop a feel for the inspect...

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Ok. I am gonna put some glue on some sticks. Then I will squoosh em and we will see what we see. Baron Eirik, You gonna be at Midrelam 40th anniversary Sunday practice? If so bring some sticks. Sorry, the Barony here is a major player in the Fisher's (Ind.) Renaissance Fair which is, sadly, the sam...

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becaue as a marshal I can't tell what type of glue was used or how much. And here is one of the big disconnects between viewpoints. Side one : Marshal asks what kind of glue, fighter answers honestly, marshal gives a yay or nay based on the answer. Side two : Marshal either a) doesn't want to risk ...

Baron Eirik

I'm with ya there. There are places in our rules where we are edging towards the 'zero-tolerance' bullshit that doesn't allow for judgment calls, because we're so afraid of some bozo gaming the rules. Down this path, the whole honor system of our game goes away and we become Nascar inspectors. There...

Baron Eirik

See... its silly shit like this that is rediculous. This is of course, just what I've been told. It was told to me as an excuse as to why I could not impregnate the tip of my sword in wood glue. Blade tip you can't handle tip you can. In one of the best of the hammer there is an article in putting ...

Baron Eirik

Fire's, like, heh heh, cool.

Baron Eirik

I'd chip in some scrap rattan.

Baron Eirik

I used my feet a lot as a kid. I never understood why running instead of fighting 3-7 to 1 odds was considered 'chicken'. Still don't. In this case, the SCA doesn't count. Getting hit, in armor, a couple times when they will stop when I say 'good' and fall down does not equate to getting the crap be...

Baron Eirik

Kinda rolling along with Leo's concept of a warrior..... When I started <mumble> years ago, not only was I a skinny geek of a kid, but I had been socialized heavily by family & school to believe that any kind of 'fighting' was a Bad Thing. This was reinforced strongly by various bully and jock t...

Baron Eirik

So looking at that picture, step two could be done on a table saw, step 4 on a bandsaw, and step 6 on a belt sander, correct? Any other easy ways to do that (don't have a planer/joiner)? I use a drawknife And I don't to a right-angle shoulder. More like a tight S-curve. That spreads the stresses ov...

Baron Eirik

Fascinating! I'm a bit surprised that B took such a set so quick. Not sure what it means, if anything, for our game. But it gets added to the 'interesting factoid' file. The skin on the 'sides' apparently contributes significantly to preventing such bending from being permanent. As well as noticeabl...

Baron Eirik

Interesting. How long were each in the press?

Baron Eirik

Just goin' off the pics: B looks like it flexed a little more than it's unshaved counterpart(A). Which makes sense.

C flexed significantly less. Also expected.

The fun will be the specifics of how much.

Cool stuff!

Thanks!

Baron Eirik

Baron Eirik

It's the constant dilemma of SCA/LH life: Having more authentic stuff generally means hauling MORE STUFF. It is tough finding a balance between really cool authentic gear and being able to take it to events. Then there is (frequently) the additional set-up and take-down time which takes away from ou...

Baron Eirik

The WD in WD40 stands for Water Displacement.

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Thrombosis

I know a couple guys who've dealt with this in their legs. Both wore leg armor, but both have had knee surgery, too. As I understand it, though, their docs are concerned about the longterm repeated impacts to the legs.

Baron Eirik

sha-ul wrote:Who is the knight in the Gothic harness@2:26?

Sir Crispin Bucher of the MidRealm. One of my local buds. He does the CotT as well.

Baron Eirik

I basically wear minimums now, except with the addition of forarms and greaves. i am making thigh armour and chest armour, just becaus i feel i have been lucky for to long. Do you wear any sort of crash pads, or something similar to cover your "unarmored" bits? It seems to me that the pad...

Baron Eirik

I fought in near minimum for about a decade, and really, the only major difference between then and now is a lightweight Ti mail shirt. If you are just starting out in SCA armored combat, I do NOT recommend going with minimums. I'd been fighting for 15 years or so when I went that route and knew wha...

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Lowes, Home Depot or me

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While Nissan is better looking than Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly leBrock .....

waitaminit .... I just found a recent pic of her

Never mind. Nissan looks better.

Baron Eirik

Ah! Then, as Dilan says.

Are you putting them on a 9' spear? or 7.5' (or less) rattan pole for slashing as well as thrusting? If your gonna hit with it, you probably need to pad the striking surfaces. Check with your marshals, though, some kingdoms don't require them to be padded, iirc.

Baron Eirik

Do you mean these : m That I sometimes sell thru By My Hand? If so, then I'm not sure what you by 'Make it legal'. They are 3" x 3" of neoprene. Use your favorite method of attaching foam to the end of a pole I tend to suggest a wrap of a layer of foam sheet (camp foam or such) around the ...

Baron Eirik

I've seen a lot of guys over the years, especially at Pennsic, who wear their 'kidney belt' around their waist. Many times this is their only body armor. And is holding up some ugly plastic leg 'armor'. I gave up trying to fix stupid, at Pennsic particularly.

Baron Eirik

Kilkenny wrote: cut it from the middle and splice it back together

BTW, this method is legal, too.

Baron Eirik

That's how I recommend people do it. It prevents having to do multiple cuts. As long as the finished product meets spec for length, materials and proper resilience in the tip, it doesn't much matter how you get there.

Remember to put a pvc pipe cap under your tip.

Baron Eirik

MJBlazek wrote:How long are fiberglass, or even rattan, spear shafts normally?

Most frequently 9'. By the rules, no longer than 12'. At Pennsic, max 9'.

edited to add: That is the finished length, including the thrusting tip.

Baron Eirik

Agnarr wrote:double sided duct tape will cut down on glancing.

I'm somebody's sig line quote!

Re: Question: How long is a fiberglass spear shaft?