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Adriano

Sir Angus, I thought I'd bump this, in case somebody who'd be interested may have missed it.

Looking forward to meeting you at Pennsic.

Adriano

I'll be there, and will do my best.

Adriano

Nifty gambeson. I will assuredly look for you, and hope to add my name to your book of bouts.

Adriano

It'd be an honor, Baccus. Do you have a picture up, or your device, to help us find you?

Adriano

Women are more likely to empty the clip into the poor, deserving mother****** and then go look for more bullets, even if the burglar has already bled out.

That's my girlfriend. She's little, but she's mean.

Adriano

Oswyn: Hey Adriano, did Sir Artos or Sir Shaltar ban them? If it was Sir Artos, you could ask Sir Shaltar if he will consider them on a temporary/test basis again. It was Sir Artos; I never did hear the exact reason for the ban. I'll ask Sir Shaltar about it next time I see him. My new mace (the on...

Adriano

I ended up using the beehive-shaped Kong toy instead. Loved it, but the mean Earl Marshall of Meridies said I couldn't use it no more.

Adriano

Congrats! I'm glad your marshal decided to get creative.

Will you be at Pennsic, Matt? There are two or three greatsword tourneys scheduled (not to mention Sir Angus's challenge). I'll be bringing mine.

Adriano

And remember -- there's nobody you can't beat, so don't be shy. I really don't feel any different facing Duke Humongous than facing Giuseppe Six-Pack. I may kick white-belted ass, or I may be whupped by a total newbie. Anything can happen out there.

Adriano

It does seem strange that there's no Bridge Battle as such, although the Castle Battle includes three bridges. Archery in the Woods Battle sounds like a lot of lost arrows to me.

Immediately following the Castle Battle is the Allied Battle. What is that exactly?

I'll just be happy to be there.

Adriano

I'll be fighting pickups only at this, my first Pennsic. My right wrist is still recovering from a cartilage tear, so I'll be the guy in a green brat fighting single-sword offhanded! See y'all there. Lorccan -- I'd be honored to do a little single-sword fighting with you. (In honesty, I should tell...

Adriano

Sir Angus, Well spoken, and I look forward to meeting you in friendship. Although lacking a white or red belt, I do strive to behave as would befit a knight. I will definitely participate in the longsword tournament on Tuesday; however, the one on Monday is at the same time as Sir TJ's 30th Annivers...

Adriano

Sweet Patootie, I forgot about pick-up fights! After going through the Pennsic Schedule and highlighting all the battles and tourneys I want to participate in, I was just hoping that my 45-year-old body will hold up long enough for all the official fighting, let alone challenging random strangers! (...

Adriano

As it happened, I just now made a buckler, which is drying from the spray paint. Carbon steel wok, about 12" across. Should ring nicely when struck. Little toy to use at Pennsic.

Adriano

I have, in a bridge battle, using two swords, charged in alone, taken out two enemy spearmen simultaneously and gotten back alive to my own line. Once. Every other time, I just get repeatedly killed. Can't use a shield because of a shoulder problem. Don't like using a spear; compromised with a big p...

Adriano

Angusm0628: The rules of Pennsic state that there is no such thing as a "flat" during melee combat...I kinda think it's cheesy but can see where it tries to stop the "it was flat...NO it was good....No it was flat" arguments during the battles...Having said that I know of too many people that rely ...

Adriano

I'm tempted to quote Private Carr in Ulysses : "I'll wring the neck of any fucker says a word against my fucking king!" In fact, though, I don't swear fealty, certainly have no regard for the idea of royalty in the real world, and. . . well, I've heard some things. Fortunately, as noted, Meridian re...

Adriano

Interesting stuff. I remember that Lady Marion of Winterchase used to (and perhaps still does) use armour made from hundreds of Mardi Gras tokens riveted under leather.

Adriano

Actually, about fifty cents so far. I just made a very simple coat of plates: the "St. Maurice" design, essentially a tabard combined with a girdle, with plates riveted into the girdle. I used two layers of sturdy canvas, standard nail plates, and 6d nails for rivets. I used #6 washers on the nails,...

Adriano

Robyn -- I know you can take care of yourself, but it's good to have friends too. Also, big battles like you have at Pennsic are a great place to work with a unit of three or more fighters; say, two shields and a spear, or something else that combines different specialties.

Adriano

I'm about to make a new surcoat myself, and was planning to just put my device in an escutcheon on the chest. Mine doesn't have a bordure, but it could.

Adriano

I never knew Kane and Muirgen, but would be honored to take part.

Adriano

Has anybody ever proven exactly what the curie was? The pictures I've seen look like basically a tabard of stiff leather, tied together at the sides.

Adriano

Linen (or a linen blend) should work fine. I think the cross would usually be sewn on as an applique, though embroidery would look great.

Adriano

I just thought of Ionka (I think that's how it's spelled) here in South Downs. Small, but wicked with a glaive. Not sure if she's going to Pennsic, though.

Adriano

Robyn -- water-hardened leather is also lighter (wax-hardening permantently saturates the leather with wax, which actually adds a little weight). Please note that we're not criticizing you; it's just that there are always alternative ways to do things, and we love to talk about them. Many of us have...

Adriano

I'd love to see your version of the MRL "Sempach Hand-and-a-Half" that I lost in the divorce. Really miss that sword.

Adriano

How about the Iron Rose Tourney? (Female fighters only.) I've known some little (but good) female fighters, but -- 4' 3"? Wow; do you suppose she's the shortest fighter in the SCA? If she's at all successful, people will start calling her Giantkiller. She's obviously got plenty of spirit.

Adriano

Now that my cock is painted on it its even more hypnotic

God, I hope you're talking about a rooster.

Adriano

I loved my Kong mace. When the haft broke, I was about to transfer the head to another stick when I got the news about the ban (in Meridies). Baron Borgar, the South Downs marshal, tells me the ban's still in effect. I really don't know why; my mace hit with authority, but nobody said it hit too har...

Adriano

Pretty helmet! I hate to ask, but does it meet the regs? The eyeslot looks like it might be a little big in the middle; might need to rivet on a nasal.

Adriano

I don't have any experience with boffer-using LARP groups, but I gather that in some, you're given "experience points" like you were playing D&D. An essential difference, then, at least when it comes to fighting, is that in the SCA any experience you gain as a fighter is just that, actual experience...

Adriano

I've never done much role-playing in the SCA; I'm just me in a cool medieval outfit. But obviously there's a lot of overlap between SCA and the various groups commonly called LARP, and no reason for any group to make fun of another group; we're all playing the game we enjoy. Y'know what I think is g...

Adriano

Draco, if you're planning to get riveted mail in the future, the good news about that is that riveted is typically lighter than butted. This is because, with the rings riveted shut, you can use thinner wire.

Adriano

It occurs to me that I misspelled the word "dyeing" in the thread title. Now I must eat crow for all the times I've cursed at the Armour Archive, crying aloud "For the love of God, why can't these people learn to spell?" Mea culpa.

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