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by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:13 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Waxing the blade
Replies: 14
Views: 332

Personal opinion (read that as my guess):

Your tape would last longer - less friction wear.

Some of your shots would tend to glance off helms more. Harder to make it 'stick' on smooth metal surfaces - less friction.

YMMV.
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:10 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Well I don't know how well they would be received from me. I'm a bit of a rabble rouser. What I am curious about is why they felt it necessary to make alterations to rules that we had in place for a long time that needed no adjustment. Why omit a portion of the rules for any reason in a re-write? Y...
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:06 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Look what happens when I rotate the 1.25" line on the mid point of the rattan. Does this matter? http://home.armourarchive.org/members/broadway/crosssection2.jpg If it fails the 1.25" in that direction, yeah, it matters. Good catch. But kinda off point, in that myself and they guys making...
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

If I'm reading this right, then something shaved down like this (yellow indicate where rattan was removed) cross section would be just fine? http://home.armourarchive.org/members/broadway/crosssection.jpg Yes I do think you are correct And that does not look very "wedge" shaped to me You ...
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:33 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

So... you're saying the very edge of the sword could be 3/4" as long as the middle is more than 1.25 inches and the edge won't pass more than an 1/2 inch into a legal opening? but they do look like wedges which wouldn't be allowed As long as the edges & tip are rounded, it passes the 1.25 ...
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:19 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Johno wrote:but they do look like wedges which wouldn't be allowed
As long as the edges & tip are rounded, it passes the 1.25 inch gauge and doesn't go more than 1/2 inch into a legal opening, they're legal.
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:09 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

MacTavish wrote:This is what I believe these weapons bring to our game.

Edward
Shiny! Image
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

DukeAvery wrote:
Baron Eirik wrote:
DukeAvery wrote:You must be very popular with your marshallate. Didn't I rule 6 you once?
Who? me?


I'm sure you are not that guy. :D

Regards,

Avery
Wasn't sure if you were serious or funnin'. No worries :)
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:53 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

DukeAvery wrote:You must be very popular with your marshallate. Didn't I rule 6 you once?
Who? me?
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:33 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

I wouldn't either, but only because I think the weight would strain my elbow to use for very long. 8)
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Thanks.

Now if we could somehow work in an explosion or something, it'd be like an episode of Mythbusters

:twisted:
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:11 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Samples are cut A= 442 g 1.875 dia B= 351 g 1.875x 1.375 with chamfers C= 442 g2.25 x1.5 with chamfers A and B are contigiuos pieces from the same stick. All pices have skin remaining on the striking edges. Sweet! Just for curiosity, can you weigh the rattan you removed from C? Or have an initial w...
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:07 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

yeah but your sword weighs 1 and 3/4 lbs. I wonder how much the sword B. Amos made weighs? Weight and shape of the rattan are almost completely unrelated. The initial density of the rattan, the way and amount it's taped and the hilt furniture all affect the finished weight at least as much as wheth...
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:25 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Talking about fighting
Replies: 8
Views: 441

Re: Talking about fighting

Does trying to convey the idea of a series of actions in a fight over a non-visual medium (the internet) force you think harder about your fighting? If I get into detail, yep. We do not have a 'standardized' vocabulary for describing our fighting. So trying to find the words & phrases that are ...
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:20 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

And, while I have not made a second sword like mine (yet), I am quite willing to let it be used against me.
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:43 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Didn't slow down my shots. Just don't have to follow through as much. I just took a little off the 'snap' at impact.
by Baron Eirik
Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:46 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

The thing that is both a great strength and a great weakness of the SCA, and particularly armored combat, is the broadness of definition of what we are doing out there. It is a strength in that there is a place for the huge variety of historical men of arms to be represented, as well as guys who jus...
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:10 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Odds are that folks will be seeing more shaped weapons on the field. I sold 80 or 90 staves of rattan at Pennsic of sizes from 45mm to 65mm diameter. Most of the guys wanted to make something specific. Anything from flat bladed, short melee swords to halberds with shaped hafts and solid rattan heads...
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:06 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Thank you, but from my end, I can tell I have. 8)

My stamina sucks and I was 'lazy' fighting the whole time.
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:03 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

"Necessary"? No, it's not necessary. Neither is plate armor. But I think that weapons that more closely approximate their historical counterparts can add to our fun. My 'bladed' rattan sword looks more like a Saxon-era weapon than a round stick. I don't really get the bounce-back advantage...
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:33 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Aaron wrote:One more time because it got ignored on the previous page:

Shaved rattan is legal.
-Omarad


The KEM says they are legal.

-Aaron
Yup, saw it. Thank you. And I don't think it needs reviewed.
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:21 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Height and weight of SCA fighters.
Replies: 317
Views: 7134

Murdock wrote:and would'nt _TOUCH_ Madonna witha 10 meter cattle prod
Actually, I'd enjoy touching her with a cattleprod. I think she's earned it. But I'm a sick bastard that way. :twisted:

5'7"
220-ish lbs.
46
Been fighting since I was 19 and 115 lbs.
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:32 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

It's about 2 1/4 inch edge to edge. The next iteration will be about a pound heavier since I've got one of Master Jamie's welded crosshilts for it. All of that weight will be in my hand. It will bring the balance point back as well. I'm going to try for a better looking point, too, since we only nee...
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:52 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Pictorial evidence of Malcolm & I fighting yesterday :D

[img]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/dweorg/Me/Scottich%20Fest/SDC10211.jpg[/img]

It felt damn good to get into harness after the bronchitis & other crap. Although I'm still not breathing at 100% yet.
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:48 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Weighed the sword. 1 lb 12 oz. about like I remembered.
by Baron Eirik
Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:39 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

sha-ul wrote:Anyone else here glad that the op isn't an engineer?
Just a computer programmer. I let the machines crunch the numbers. 8)
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:01 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Siloflex Swords (SCA)
Replies: 24
Views: 459

What about one of the two handed tent stake drivers? They sell them at Home Depot in the Garden Dept for $20, seems like a better way than a sledge because you allow the weight to do most of the work without having to pay any attention to aim! Will One hand is stabilizing the rattan/siloflex as I p...
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:43 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Siloflex Swords (SCA)
Replies: 24
Views: 459

So can we set a date of Christmas, give or take three months, with an extension for any reason, as long as I'm informed that an extension will happen? -Aaron Sounds good. I hope that it will be sooner than that. Quite honestly, I'd love to work with a skilled welder to make a couple mods to a gadge...
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:34 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Siloflex Swords (SCA)
Replies: 24
Views: 459

Do NOT send me any money until I've made them. I have the materials already in stock, it's just me getting the time and energy. (I'm still paying for that damned bronchitis in a long recovery time. High mold & pollen around here ain't helping my breathing any either)
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:21 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Siloflex Swords (SCA)
Replies: 24
Views: 459

Probably. You may need to remind me occasionally. I sometimes have a memory like a steel sieve. (Not only won't it hold water, but it rusts) :D
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:14 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Siloflex Swords (SCA)
Replies: 24
Views: 459

How much would a completely assembled siloflex sword cost? It might make an easy and lighter sword to travel with. I've got a plastic basket hilt to add to it. With respect, -Aaron When I have them, I sell them for $25. The 42" pipe is $3 by itself. a 9' piece of 1" shaved rattan is $12. ...
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Nissan Maxima wrote:Thanks. I already have a pile of rattan I got from you in my garage.
And I thank you deeply :)
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:06 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Leo Medii wrote:I'm all for realistic looking weapons.

I don't think I can post more without being insulting.
Image Wasn't there an ABS basket hilt in your weapon pile at ToC?
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:05 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

Lets table it till Monday PM . I have set up the tensile tester but oddly enough I do not have any rattan on me right now. Who knew I would need it? I will determine the modulus of elasticity of: 1. An unaltered round. 2. A shaped piece made from this same stick. 3. Another, larger shaped piece tha...
by Baron Eirik
Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shaped rattan weapons (pic heavy)
Replies: 338
Views: 10689

The guys using them were the ones who clearly stated that they hit harder. Ignore that fact conveniently to argue with me some more with the intent of making me out to be a bad guy. Again not interested. Knowing that a weapon hits harder than needed and using it anyway is kind of at odds with the s...

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