The Armour Archive

adamstjohn

Sebastian!

There's a video with some SCA-style barrier fighting here:

http://www.baker-miles.com/v1/videos/fo ... 006sml.mov

adamstjohn

I only wish I'd ... Had a few Glorious Victories, to accompany my magnificent and Splendid Defeats You did, old pal: You certainly clobbered me more than I clobbered you. I just promised sexual favours to the film editor to make sure your moments of glory ended on the cutting room floor. Old Hollyw...

adamstjohn

I prefer gauntlets, but it can be argued that a basket lets you hold the sword in a more medieval way....

adamstjohn

Despite Freiman's kind words, I am not a very good pole arm. In the days when I did have a somewhat deserved reputation, it was based on one technique - a very accurate, extremely fast, maximum-range thrust, often combined with a step like a spearfighter would use). I won a lot of bouts - and the oc...

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Good pole fighters to ask are Tamiki (who I think lives in the outlands now) a fellow in Texas named Inman, and Adamstjohn from the archive (who is currently KEM of Drachenwald). My dear pal Freiman has promoted me waaaaay out of my league there..... but I'll try and come up with some ideas for you...

adamstjohn

Have I not seen Hundred Years War imagery depicting knights fighting a tourney during a break in a siege? I seem to remember them fighting over a barrier at a postern gate.

Can't find the picture...

Cheers

adamstjohn

LR of E wrote:What's the music?

The credits say it is called "Live by the Sword", by "Vega".

I don't know any more, I'm afraid.

Cheers

adamstjohn

Spiffilicious!

adamstjohn

What a crowd you guys had! How did you organize such an event? Ah, we cannot claim the credit there. We were guests of the local reenactment society, the Company of the Duke's Leopards. They had taken on the task of running the "medieval corner" at the Island's agricultural fair. We just turned up ...

adamstjohn

Logan!

Thanks! Actually my kit is cheap and cheesy compared to the other stuff out there - especially Giles' and Robert's. It just happened to be shiny that day.....

adamstjohn

robyn wrote: how long lasts shipping to europe?

Robyn,

If the post is being sent to one of our military friends, it is hard to say. I have had armour arrive after four days, or six weeks later. About two weeks seems typical, but it just depends how busy the postal service is.

PS get off my leg!

adamstjohn

Dear all, The Company of the Duke's Leopards on Jersey hosted three members of Drachenwald's Company of the Swan and Cross and our good friend Robert of Canterbury. The Talented filmmaker Andrew Baker-Miles made this wonderful movie: m You'll recognise three regular archivers: Giles of Redheugh (kla...

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Spiff! Thanks.

adamstjohn

I was spelling Der Weisskunig wrong (though on page 70 they spell it yet another way, Der Weisskuenig. Sigh...). Just for info, WeisskÃƒÂ¼nig and Weisskuenig are the same thing. In German, you can write the "Umlaut" signs either as two dots over the vowel (ÃƒÂ¤, ÃƒÂ¶, ÃƒÂ¼) or as an "e" following (...

adamstjohn

Pic? Pic? Pic? Adam want a piccy.

adamstjohn

"Details suck. Man up and hit him." Also " Focusing the spirit should be first. Details can come later." Actually, I think such advice is very good - for certain students - and disasterous for others. It depends on the student, the way they learn and their current position on their learning path. I...

adamstjohn

Erm, me too?

adamstjohn

Talbot, gentleman that he is, wrote: Let me know how many you broke and I'll replace them. I'm also working on stainless ones that should be virtually indestructable. Thanks, but that wasn't what I was fishing for. I am completely happy with your product and service, I just feel I may have subjected...

adamstjohn

Here's a shot of me in the helm which shows what I mean. Look how much the helmet bulges out over my ears (looks cool, I think), but see how little room I have over the brow. This is after leaping up and down on the helm to get more front-to-back room... This is why I think you should not rely on an...

adamstjohn

Doesn't it generally clash with Wisby Medieval Week ? That was my impression, but I admit being calendar challenged. Well, it depends how you define "Pennsic". If you think of Pennsic just being the last "battle" week, it's usually possible to do both Wisby and Pennsic. A few folks do boh most years.

adamstjohn

I bought just this offer. It's a decent helm, and just amazing value for the price. Mine is also too tight (Van Sussen gives fair warning of that in his ad). The shape is unusual - the helm is wider from ear to ear than it is from nose to back. This looks spiffy but makes it interesting to pad - dee...

adamstjohn

Hmm, this might make it easier for us transatlantics. Those flights in August are horribly expensive - this shift might help.

Going to clash with Wisby though, I guess.

adamstjohn

I bought a set of Talbot's smaller ones (great service, terrific price) but I must say I broke five or six setting them, and six more broke in the first hour of fighting.

I guess with my thuggy friends I need something stronger...

Cheers

adamstjohn

If I allowed my opponent to hit my arm in order to get a clean shot at his face: Would this be his point as his blow landed first? Or would it be mine because I lost an arm whereas he lost his life? It depends which arm you mean. If it is the arm holding your weapon, then the above applies. In othe...

adamstjohn

Some quarterstaff chaps told me the thing should be "as long as you can reach your hand over your head, plus four inches". They also sharpened the ends, which was new to me. But then I know nothing about quarterstaff...

adamstjohn

Shields?

Horrible things. However, I'm happy to use yours to hide behind...

adamstjohn

These guys do.

Freiman, Thorvaldr and in the background Cadogan, although he only wears his occasionally. But like many of us, he wears a camail.

adamstjohn

That sounds like a Kingdom rule, or marshal confusion. The society regs do not require padding if the gauntlets transfer the blow (ie "bridge" the hand). It's a dang good idea, but it's not required. Photocopy the rule and carry it with you. That should do it. Cheers Aeth Big Cheese Marshal (TM)

adamstjohn

I also have several pairs of Andrew Ward gauntlets. He is one of my heroes too, for producing so many pairs at basically cost price: I am sure he has saved us hundreds of hand injuries. Recently, I tried on a pair of Windrose gauntlets. They were just startlingly good. A different price class altoge...

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Leo looks great on the field, whatever he is wearing. The first time I saw him, I just noticed him as a guy who would go out on the field and just stand medievally... I don't know what it is - posture, carriage, special insoles, but it looks fantastic. Add the spiffy armour, and the picture is perfe...

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Konstantin the Red wrote:T, that Greek square-comma fret that looks like a bunch of fat capital Ls.

'Tis called a "meander", I believe.

adamstjohn

I have a five-person ecclesiastical household, and might be interested in such things if they were demonstrably appropriate for Franciscan/Klarissan portrayals.

Cheers,

adamstjohn

And some cracking good videos (including a couple of drills) from here in Europe:

www.vitaporten.se

Keep up the good work!

Aeth

adamstjohn

Great!

We did something similar in Poland. The guys build a bunch of "buildings" with lots of straw roofs and stuff, set them on fire at night and had a 200-man battle among - and through, and in - the flames. It was rather splendid.

Sometimes I hate being subject to US liability laws....

adamstjohn

Unfortunately, I think there are far fewer archivers in France than in Germany. A bunch of the guys (not all) who chipped in to help Jehan were SCA folks, and they are few and far between to the left of the Rhine. There is a small group in Paris - why don't you try m They might have some contacts in...

Video of Swan and Cross fighting on Jersey

Re: Huh?

Re: Basic question after first ratan fight