The Armour Archive

adamstjohn

thats silly though. It's not my favourite compromise either. Let's work with it and see what we can make of it. At least it is clear that A, B and C are possible, even if D is still foggy. Previously A through Z was in the grey zone. (Though I see no problem at all with pushing back once contact ha...

adamstjohn

I wouldn't describe myself as a prospect, as I am a member of the Swan and Cross here in Drachenwald. However, I would be most grateful for the opportunity to listen in on your conversations, and perhaps contribute a word when opportune. Perhaps it might be beneficial to both groups, in the spirit o...

adamstjohn

so, as long as you don't -hit- someone with your shield/haft, shield/body contact is now allowed? this was always a no-no or grey area in AE. Koredono, any comments/observations? Precisely, this was a grey area. A lot of the work that went into this revision was targetted at such points. So yes, yo...

adamstjohn

Asmodei wrote:First: no one wants hit anyone

Asmodei,

I think you are confusing "hit" (strike, touch hard) with "hurt" (injure, wound, cause pain).

I think most combat sport people want to hit, but do not want to hurt.

English is a terrible language...

adamstjohn

I'm trying to get to typical, Randal. I would die for a set of the spiffy finger gaunts some guys have, but they are way out of my price class...

Maybe next year.

adamstjohn

Yes, I think it is great that so many finger gauntlets are turning up on the field, but until I can afford them it is nice to know I am being atypical rather than impossible when I wear mittens.

What about George's skirt? How would you go about recreating that? And does my bum look big in this?

adamstjohn

IV. THE USE OF WEAPONS AND SHIELDS A. Weapons shall be used in accordance with their design. For example, spears may only be used for thrusting, axes for striking along the edge of the blade, etc.). Does this prevent someone from using the head of an axe to bind an opponent's weapon or shield? That...

adamstjohn

Mord,

I'd meet you too, if you'd have me. We had a few problems with Norse in my home town. I'd have some insults ready.

Yours,

Athestan of Wortham, East Angle

(I'd be up for Badon too. We'd win, this time.)

adamstjohn

I nearly fell off my chair laughing! I think I might actually write this on a helmet Thanks. If you do put it on a helm, perhaps you want to get it right. I made that up. Ascean is not conjugated properly, there is no J in O.E., and no idea how to say the F-word... Can anyone here do it right? PS D...

adamstjohn

The 1390-1400 mitten gauntlets though, I thought those would have got more press. I considered it a pretty significant find as it seems they're poo-pooed by the 14th Century Mafia. Bah, wait till I get the high-res macro pics up. Then we'll start a thread "14th century mafia proved wrong and genera...

adamstjohn

Tasha McG wrote: Me. Unshirted. It's criminal.

As a concept, I'm in favour.

Ow! Bad boy! Sorry... back to normal now.

adamstjohn

if one gets rid of everyone who does not fall into the definition of "looking like a knight" the SCA will be down to about 10% Guys, the rule asks people to pay attention to appearance and try to maintain a medieval atmosphere. That is all. No one is anywhere near requiring LH standards. These are ...

adamstjohn

...THEN we can put on our absolutely safe helmets and , providing we can still move, we can fight. Right? I don't understand what you are getting at here. The new handbook increases armour requirements a tiny bit in one or two places, and decreases them by about the same amount in others. (The root...

adamstjohn

FYI, The first cervical vertabrae is located at the base of the skull. Someone at a practice one time argued with me that it was the large projection that is at the upper level of the back. I think you were both right, and both wrong. Certainly, the first cervical vertebra is right up under the sku...

adamstjohn

Bertus! Excellent point, but I have to disagree. If you look at the white/red boundary against the grey background, the front edge of the white part stands out a good couple of centimentres more than the red. So, either the red part is padded much more thinly (possible, I suppose, but odd), or it is...

adamstjohn

It would have been better to make a general statement like this and then follow it up with some specifics and examples. Something along the lines of what Atlantia did would have been better or at least been a good start. Believe me, this was discussed at great length. All the rules are a compromise...

adamstjohn

I can help you out there.

Its says:

Foec! Ic eom god! Jeost ascath me!

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adamstjohn

Cet wrote:The mittens on St George please! his helmet as well.

My pleasure. I will take a flashlight and monopod (ie a stick) this time, if they let me.

Expect them some time this week.

adamstjohn

Dear all, I have posted some pics from the new GNM exhibt which you can reach via this thread. m They show another, better picture of a hinged historical bargrill which seems unfamiliar to most folks, and some very clear 1390-1400 mitten gauntlets previously mentioned by Jehan in another thread. Che...

adamstjohn

AH! Will that alone be enough to bounce an armor? I should say so, though personally I will always respect someone's best efforts, no matter how poor. Certainly it would make it very clear that we need not tolerate "sillinesses" like YIELD shields, smiley faces, pink fur... "Cover it up, call me in...

adamstjohn

Cameras with macro focus work wonders. These are macro-focussed. It was more a motion problem. It is pretty gloomy in the exhibit, and they obviously allow no flash. These were long exposures, and handheld. Whenever there was a column to lean on, they kind of worked. But the freestanding exhibits w...

adamstjohn

I hope you all enjoy this one:

ARMOUR REQUIREMENTS:
Special attention to appearance should be paid and the atmosphere of a medieval event should be maintained.

A small step, but a step nonetheless.

adamstjohn

What are the effects that this will have on Drachenwald's rules? That's a discussion we will have on the Drachenwald forum, starting next week. As for the weapons heads quite a few of them have acute angles. How acute does it need to be before it is considered sharp? Good point, and a hard one to d...

adamstjohn

I want to live in the world you live in... you get to eat cake at every meal and never get fat don't you? I wish. But it saddens me that you have such difficult marshals. Have you thought of telling their bosses? Here's an idea. Right now, at a keyboard near you, your KEM is slaving over your Kingd...

adamstjohn

OK, so I've got a gorget (with an extension that covers the vertibrae), a quilted gambeson that actually covers the gorget, and an aventail. Am I covered? Ask your kingdom's marshalate. OK, speaking for myself: tt's hard to say without seeing it, but from your description, I would pass you. I would...

adamstjohn

That is a fine thing you and your family are doing for the lady. Perhaps she will find some inspiration there.

adamstjohn

Can we set a date, like sometime in 2008... an official "no more rule's changes after this point" date? To be fair, this was not really a rules change - it was a clarification. As I wrote above, many (I think most) kingdoms already interpretted the old rule to mean that all neck protection must inc...

adamstjohn

Yes, you need padding. Officially.

adamstjohn

Hold! None of this will affect any of you until your local KEM tells you it does. Many of the rules may be adapted for your kingdom. There will presumably be periods of grace for changing anything. C'pn Jamie, I suggest you read further, as you are quoting stuff there out of its larger context. For...

adamstjohn

I do wonder though, if I'm wearing a padded coif on the outside which drapes well past my collar bone, do I need padding inside the gorget? Nope, as long as the padding is sufficient. Here is the rule: D. Neck Armor: The neck, including the larynx, cervical vertebrae, and first thoracic vertebra mu...

adamstjohn

This is being discussed over here:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

Glad you like the shield contact rule. I can claim some small part in that one. It is one of several rules allowing a little more physicality in our combat.

adamstjohn

8oz of leather 16 ga steel and a quilted collar under an aventail. Not real wooried about neck shots. Erm, if you have a quilted collar your gorget is already (equivalent to) padded... Anyway, the old rule was: (2000 Rules:) 3. Neck Armor a. The neck (larynx and cervical vertebrae) must be covered ...

adamstjohn

Again, if you want better pics just say of what.

And you are ALL welcome to visit. Really.

adamstjohn

I have seen a late 14th century statue of Saint George and the Dragon which features hourglass gauntlets with "clamshell style lames." Not just one hand, but both, unmistakble. It was in the Germanisches National Museum. I have put some pictures of this guy up at m He's on the second page. My apolo...

adamstjohn

The bar should be set high, but should still be attainable. I agree with the original Adam. Seems to me that the top league of commerically available stuff (HE, Revivial, etc) or equivalent would be a good level to mandate. Anything more that that is a bonus. This is a "top level SCA and upwards" e...

Shock! Horror! 2nd historical bargrill, 1390s mittens /Xpost