The Armour Archive

Kilkenny

I would suggest that this is at least equally unsafe with a padded polearm. Mass * velocity, and with that sort of technique the velocity is going to be pretty close to the same. In simply quoting mass x velocity, you are ignoring the ability of the foam to absorb some of the impact. Or to put it d...

Kilkenny

All that should be irrelevant. The whopping great tool doesn't OWN the SCA, or even Meridies. Yes, the correct answer is "Yes, Your Majesty." That doesn't, however, preclude one from concluding that the king is an ass, and six months can't end quickly enough. Effingham Milord: Do you have torches a...

Kilkenny

so nearly all the grip on the calf is at the back not the sides where the calf buldges most? cheers tom I think you might want to look some more at the shape of calves For most people the biggest curve is at the back, as that is where the biggest muscle is and it makes the most dramatic transition ...

Kilkenny

The issue of the weapons being dangerous seems to fall back on control and technique. I had never understood the arguments about these being dangerous until my first pennsic, when I saw people doing things like grabbing the end of the polearm with both hands very close together, holding the pole di...

Kilkenny

hey you guys that are getting all worked into a lynch mob torch carrying frenzy better be damned sure you know what youre getting into before decing to go all vigilante and defend someone. if someone takes the field they assume risks. if someone as small as robyn takes the field they assume much mo...

Kilkenny

hi in the interest of those wishing to have an early persona and wish to use bronze however need the protection of steel, is there a way we can do this? how will plating stand up to SCA combat, is there another alternative? or do you get stuck dreaming your helmet was bronze? I knew a fellow many y...

Kilkenny

This board has been very slow lately so here is some fodder for discussion. And Jehan please just don't post in these as it will iritate me to no end and then I'll go and do something like delete all my posts or something. And it would be very nice if the LH people just let the SCAers speak but if ...

Kilkenny

Very very pretty

Gavin

Kilkenny

Ithe interference when trying to do subtle shield hooks (where I've been known to use my fingers on the other fellow's shield). Then, by the rules, you would be cheating. From the Fighters Handbook: The Use of Weapons and Shields 5. Wrestling with or grappling the opponent, to include grasping the ...

Kilkenny

Wow 15pound spear in markland I have to admit i havent seen one of those and I have been in markland for 10 yrs .. and yes we can use full power face thrusts but its not always that bad because most people will take a good shot but remeber are armour rules are a bit different kinda like the Sca but...

Kilkenny

Nissan Maxima wrote:I too had my initial training from Cariodoc. He showed me that power can be generated even by a short guy hitting you while he is jumping into the air.

(And I sure remember you when you were a big goofy teenager, Gavin)

heh.. we're both grayer and fatter, other than that, not much has changed

Kilkenny

I was hit with a Markland flail once. It was amazing. lol.. Markland gave me my introduction to face thrusts... Fellow took a spear that weighed, oh, I dunno, 15 pounds ? rocked back and popped me in the chops in order to demonstrate how safe it was and insisting that we were being totally unreason...

Kilkenny

Can anyone point me to a site or tell me how to make an SCA legal flail for use in combat? Is this weapon even legal any more? Thanks In my many years in the SCA I've seen one, and only one, flail that was considered acceptable for use in SCA combat. That one was a single handed weapon - not the ty...

Kilkenny

Those thumbs are definately NOT SCA-legal. Why do you say that? How are those thumbs any different than the thumbs on the ever popular 14th century gauntlets? As long as they are padded and the end of the thumb doesn't stick out or around the plates I think they would be fine. Sorry - should have b...

Kilkenny

And a plethora of head wounds, don't forget them; lots of axe hits to the head, and sometimes as many as 3 or 4 arrows driven through their skull while still standing... I would wager that the headwounds came after the lower leg wounds. Fellow lying on the ground makes an easy target for a nice gol...

Kilkenny

One thing that has been touched on, flirted with, but not quite said directly, I think: This game *hurts* to play. It's not fair to the prospective new fighter to overprotect them from this simple fact. How much time and effort should we let a prospective new fighter spend before we show them that i...

Kilkenny

Well, lets just keep in mind that the Wisby COP came off of a corpse so perhaps a little rethinking of the design might not be a bad idea. right. At that level, no historic armor worked. .... Gavin And no thought to the deaths at Wisby were greatly due to lower leg wounds. (Very few if any of the C...

Kilkenny

I'm really jazzed about leather armour Dominic. I want to try making some forms to do bazubands and greaves, using the boiled method. The leather gets extremely pliable at around 180 degrees, in boiling water, acts like rubber. So here is the idea..... make up some backed stainless steel forms for ...

Kilkenny

There is also the tendency of her opponents to really lighten up their calibration when fighting her, though that has disappeared in certain circumstances lately. "Never underestimate the power of the dark side..." Seriously, I NEVER underestimate small fighters, or lady fighters. Or small lady fig...

Kilkenny

i teach students differently depending on their (natural) ability. some just need to be shown once, some need to be moved through every attack/defense like a clay model so they can understand the mechanics. i think pellwork is valuable for the second group. but my usual answer for "how do i improve...

Kilkenny

"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...

Kilkenny

I am 6'0" 230Lbs and I found that Stonekeep Armoury seems to believe that big and tall is a good thing. While they do munitions grade armor, they also will modify there armor if you ask nice. I found that there 5pc reg size elbows were more on the large side. I have also found them very easy to dea...

Kilkenny

Willing Pell wrote:Well, lets just keep in mind that the Wisby COP came off of a corpse so perhaps a little rethinking of the design might not be a bad idea.

right. At that level, no historic armor worked. ....

Gavin

Kilkenny

I am getting ready to make a new shield. I am thinking about trying to find a low profile edging that I can incorporate into a fiberglass covered shield, one that will lend the appearance of having no edging but still have one. Hopefully it will be ready by the end of the week. Alaric I use track s...

Kilkenny

Remember that we are talking about amateurs who do this as a hobby, for fun and who volunteer their time to teach others. The people doing the teaching will vary immensely in skill (and teaching ability), just as the people you run into on the field vary immensely in skill. It's also worth making no...

Kilkenny

Ovular, not what i thought TBH, something shaped liked an oval. I'm going to make a small wager that the reference is to the shape of the *wire* not the ring. Seems to me that the other descriptors are for the wire, so this should be as well. Also seems like a reasonable distinction to make note of...

Kilkenny

Thaddeus wrote:Decent results!

Pheh, all depends on which side of that bloody thing you are on.

Why do you think it's called a "maul" ?

Gavin

Kilkenny

the likelihood that opponents will perceive it as a form of cheating (why are you not acknowledging the blow to the arm? they will ask - even if you are doing an excellent job of not really getting hit with force); the almost inevitable response of an opponent who is not getting acknowledgment is t...

Kilkenny

Thomas H wrote:A barley seed shaped ring would be ovular in shape.

"ovular" ?

Gavin

Kilkenny

Have you actually been smacked in the hand wearing this? How'd it go? I've now been whacked several times on the hand while wearing these, and they protected me fine. I still don't understand the idea of requiring baskets on shields. I strongly dislike them personally for various reasons - don't li...

Kilkenny

Thanks for the info and insight folks, i will go add a strip of padding to the unpadded portion. I had many people tell me no one in the East would likely accept a blow from a padded poll (for what thats worth) so i thought being able to flip it around to the unpadded side would be a nice backup fo...

Kilkenny

Weeellll... Would said technique work if one would intercept the blade not just early but also by the strong (close to hilt end), thereby reducing both distance traveled and tip speed? Just a thought... When I was fighting, I didn't wear glasses or contacts. This made the point of "oh god, it's a s...

Kilkenny

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. Doesn't it generally clash with Wisby Medieval Week ? That was my impression, but I admit being calendar challenged. Gavin

Kilkenny

In particular, what is the best way to protect the thumb and base of thumb, to build the metacarpal plate such that is embraces the base of the thumb? Does the thumb need to articulate a whole lot? I'm building a pair for SCA combat out of hardened leather and I am using this pattern m as my basis ...

Kilkenny

Klaus the Red wrote:Interesting- what's it good for in plumbing? Insulation?

K

I would expect packing joints. Wrap around threads, water hits hemp, hemp swells, joint's sealed.

Gavin

Re: mass x velocity - padding

Re: How to Bronze plate at home?????

Re: Why the SCA.

Re: Legal Flail

Re: Huh?

Re: question about gauntlet construction