The Armour Archive

Baron Eirik

The Bad News: I'm not even bringing armor this year.

The Good News: it's because I've lost enough weight it doesn't fit, plus I'm having my helm renovated.

As far as getting ready for GW, the trailer is about 30% loaded, should be 60% loaded after this evening, which is functionally on schedule.

Baron Eirik

Yep. What'cha need?

Baron Eirik

$20 each. I should be picking up the last batch tomorrow evening.

I understand up being tight, gas costs are gonna hurt me both in my truck, and my shipping costs went up 40% over last year.

Baron Eirik

2 more days to pre-order your rattan and get the discount!

Baron Eirik

Baron Eirik

I'll be sure to stop by & say hello. I'm hoping to pick up some patterns for my daughter's costuming business, too.

Baron Eirik

Are you wanting to pick them up at Gulf Wars or would you like them shipped?

Baron Eirik

By My Hand Designs. Master Jamie (Captain Jamie here).

https://www.facebook.com/pages/By-My-Ha ... 6122096372

He'll be at Gulf Wars, if that helps.

Baron Eirik

I'm now tracking 3807 lbs of rattan on its way to Hattiesburg

Baron Eirik

You're right. Closer to 14 inches.

Baron Eirik

Picked these up from Thomas on the way back from Candlemas:

16 inch long flip maces Thomas calls 'Jacks'

Baron Eirik

I'm glad it will work, let me know if it doesn't, I'm getting some more planed for Gulf Wars. But, yeah, we're sometimes limited by the rattan itself.

Baron Eirik

Andrea Ferrara wrote:wow that really isnt a bad price at all. im guessing though that over time they will rip due to fighting in them right?

They are regular clothes, not fighting kit. That's a different set of parameters.

Baron Eirik

$20-$50 for tunics, $25 for pants

http://www.neverlandgarb.com/index.php?pr=Men

Baron Eirik

If you don't have enough when you get there, check out Neverland Designs. Inexpensive basic tunics, shirts & pants

Baron Eirik

Baron Eirik

Mine is abotu the same as Adam's. 22 or so. People seem to take it all right. Except for one guy, that no matter how hard I hit him says "It's like your just dribbling a ball off my helm." he keeps tellign me to make it 4 inches longer to generate more power. I was thinking abotu taking the foam fl...

Baron Eirik

Duke Brannos won. He beat Duke Ragnvaldr in the semis, but I could'nt catch the other names from where I was.

Baron Eirik

Loading up the truck when I get home this evening. See folks down at Candlemas!

Baron Eirik

Mmmm... that looks .....
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Baron Eirik

if your going for a clean look on a norman conical Id suggest putting a band around the INSIDE on the helm and dropping the slats and grill off that frame. then you can tuck the mail up under the outside edge and rivet through the mail into the inside band. ( I just did a helm like this, while it m...

Baron Eirik

I keep waiting for a Bobby Brown/Whitney Houston joke

Baron Eirik

She don't move so fast anymore?

Baron Eirik

I believe what Sir Raito is meaning, and he can correct me if I'm wrong, is that most knights frequently-to-constantly are judging themselves against what they expect of themselves, and never - repeat - NEVER, measure up to what they think they should be. This is not to be confused with what we expe...

Baron Eirik

Neither can I, but honestly, between Gulf Wars & and conference I go to a week later, it may be a couple months ... sigh.

Baron Eirik

Baron Eirik

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:Do the knight reach their peak before, during, or after the ceremony

Depends on the knight. And no one can read that knight's future, not even the Crown.

Baron Eirik

Which is why the Crowns listen to the counsel of the knights local to a candidate, as well as any others that have an opinion. Including the travel of both the candidate and those who have opinions on them. It's very much a discussion, not just a yay/nay vote. We WANT information on up-and-coming fi...

Baron Eirik

[quote="Count Johnathan Well it does work because it is not based on observing a candidate just once. I like to be familiar with a candidate before I offer an opinion on them. If I am active and I don't know of them, they are obviously not impressive enough for me to even consider them to be a peer...

Baron Eirik

I stole it from Matthew the Confused, one of Moonwulf's squires in the 80s.

Baron Eirik

Hm... I find that if I stay fairly still, when my opponent is moving all over the place, they very often make a mistake

Baron Eirik

...the level of prowess they expect .... You have to get them to talk about, and look at, their expectation level. Duke Sir Kong the Hugely Hairy expecting candidates to go 50-50 before supporting them is, imo, an unreasonable expectation. Duke Sir Kong the Hugely Hairy expecting candidates to be a...

Baron Eirik

I think the Windrose foam is EVA foam.

My thrusting tips are neoprene, but I don't carry sheet.

Baron Eirik

Between 10 & noon you'll be getting it right after I've unloaded. You'll have just about all of them to choose from.

Baron Eirik

Swete wrote:Is that top vertical bar popped loose? OoO.

Nah, it was never welded in the first place. The top couple horizontal bars will get some straightening, though.

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