The Armour Archive

Kilkenny

IE: You can "smack" with the head only, and poke with the tail only.. no whippy whippy dodge parry block TWANG stuff.. basically to keep you (or this was the theory when it was written) from accelerating an arm, say, down with the head of the weapon and then rapidly ending it's downward movement wi...

Kilkenny

I am intrigued.... I fight 7' Pollaxe (I'm 6'2") mostly with a que lead, (ie Butspike forward) both thumbs to centre, right hand back choked up to the axe/mallet, axe forward in line with my right hand knuckles.. (Jeu de la hache) I often thrust with the que, step in and throw a right cross with th...

Kilkenny

Have you ever seen this happen? I have seen it quite a few times. A guy is fighting well over a period of time and gets knighted. Within the year following, his fighting jumps a notch. All of a sudden, he is winning bigger tourneys than before, matching top knights that he used to lose to, or domin...

Kilkenny

Wasn't sure wether to post here or on off-topics. This is from a Ukrainian Armoury's forum and is babel-fished, so I'm not sure what's what, but it appears that this is re-enactment related. Not going to post here but here's the thread link (WARNING - GRAPHIC INJURY PICTURE!!) http://babelfish.alta...

Kilkenny

I don't think you're quite understanding, Caspar. There are many combattants who compete for Crowns who are highly skilled at this game. When they compete in Crown tournaments (or whatever tournament it may be that gets their full focus and attention) they bring their top game. This doesn't just me...

Kilkenny

If someone enters Crown, and is blatantly cheating, it is within the Crown's right to throw them out on the spot (actually they can throw anyone out for anything they like pretty much). And yet, I've never heard of this being done, let alone seen it done; perhaps banning them in future Crowns, but ...

Kilkenny

<snip> I think one of the things that must be kept in mind, when discussing active marshalling, especially when it's "all on the line" like Crown, is that people are going to be a LOT more picky about what they do or don't take. Something that would have been "Yeah.. I'll take that" in practice, or...

Kilkenny

I use neats foot oil on my leather straps. It seals out sweat and gives it a nice dark patina. I sort of feel sorry, for all the little neats though, hobbling around with out any feet. Hal Neats foot oil is good stuff. Great for straps, not exactly what you want for the armor piece though, as part ...

Kilkenny

Ok, this is getting interesting, if more sinister- So, as king, I could, at the last minute toss out a person who had made it to the finals? just on my whim and word? Cool... So I get to pick my successor! (Nota bene- I'm NOT accusing this si what happened in the afforementioned case, only that it ...

Kilkenny

The most effective thing to prevent the rhino from continuing his bad habits is to shun that person. It's very effective. How can that person rhino when they cannot find someone to fight? Odo Your Grace, Are you saying you would do this in a list, maybe a Crown list. What would be the repercussions...

Kilkenny

I love semantic arguments. Liable is the LEGAL term for "written slander" but make no mistake, liable is "slanderous." Since Logan wasn't speaking of LEGALITY but of the nature of a statement, it's entirely apropos to call it slander, rather than liable. Furthermore, to prove liable, you must prove...

Kilkenny

Kings will throw combattants out of Crown. In Caid, Duke Edward and Duke Avery were having such an atrocious final round that King Dietrich threw them both out of Crown, and crowned the third place entrant, Brion Thornbird as his successor. Alaric Alaric, were you there? Brion told me that what hap...

Kilkenny

One of two things happens: 1. They get hit harder and harder until they are injured. 2. Someone puts a crown on their head. A tad oversimplified, because there are a couple of other options. I recall one fellow who really had a serious acknowledgment problem (I hit him with a shot I apologized for ...

Kilkenny

Whatever you decide, remember that there are a lot of people with small hands playing this game! Finding affordable gauntlets for my lady was tough , and her hands are not tiny. Good Luck! This caught my attention, as I have run into the opposite problem. I have large hands, but not outrageously so...

Kilkenny

That means if the shot bounced off my shield then my basket then my opponent's shield then hit me squarely in the face with sufficient force, it was good. I'm glad you feel this way. It makes me happy. I don't care if a shot kills 3 guys ahead of me. If it hits me good it hits me good. If it skips ...

Kilkenny

Diomedes, I think you are missing the ultimate goal here. At least in my mind the idea of determining what energy goes into a blow is academically entertaining. I would also like to see an overlay of average calibration with range bars set on top of a world map to see where the heavy hitters really...

Kilkenny

Well, then what about the "H" factor? Lets say that we all agree world wide that a given amount of force was considered "good" and tought all the new fighters this. Now put that fighter into a situation where the whole Tuchx clan is bearing down on him/her. What the fighter perceives is a "propper ...

Kilkenny

How many of you have a pre-set reaction shot based upon the movement of your opponent. In my case, I'm lefty, so whenever I see my right-handed opponent shift their shoulder to throw an offside, I immediately push my roundshield up toward their shoulder, step around, and commence throwing wraps unt...

Kilkenny

The top of the BP would probably be the best place to begin resizing, but the problem there is the location of the rivets. I would have to work around those or I could end up with half a hole at the top of the shoulder. I may not have enough room to adjust it there. I'm beginning to wonder if I wil...

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[quote="D. Sebastian"][quote="Aaron"]Howdy,
Could a Ã¢â‚¬Å“good shotÃ¢â‚¬Â

Kilkenny

DarkApprentice wrote:I trust my sources, so yes, you are!

DA

chuckle. On this count, your sources are wrong.

Happens that I hate hockey gloves, precisely because they restrict wrist action.

I also find that full gauntlets have similar problems for single sword.

Gavin

Kilkenny

"Hockey Gloves" style refers to fighters who use hockey gloves and not something more mobile like half gauntlets or regular full gauntlets. Generally, hockey gloves users don't get the same terminal snap that users of half gauntlets or regular full gauntlets use. The hockey gloves, although allowin...

Kilkenny

Without a more official list, I'll just make a few comments and stick to my "I think Lucan will win" statement. I would bet that Duke Gavin has many of the same issues that Bailin has, being that he fights a lot of two sword. Also, the hockey gloves style is no longer at the top of the technology w...

Kilkenny

Sir Gaufred Kelson wrote:My money is on Duke Gregor. He's been training rather furiously at my expense

My picks for the finals:

Gregor vs. Lucan

Gregor beat Lucan the last time they finaled.

Kelson

Gregor has been looking very sharp

Gavin

Kilkenny

sarnac wrote:I think wether he wins or not depends on if Darius will be entered....

Darius has been the perennial spoiler for Andreas in the past and has taken him out fo the last few Crowns.

Including the Last crown - ie, darius isn't eligible for this tournament

Gavin

Kilkenny

Does anyone know who is fighting in the East Kingdom Crown list? A full list would be best but confirmed rumors are good too. As far as I know the East never publishes the list in advance of the tournament. And it sounds like it will be a challenging list, if the various names tossed about so far a...

Kilkenny

One last note: stitch the mail into the camail strap with the mail compressed enough to fit tidily into the strap's length, not pulled out to full stretch. However, one portion of the camail that may be more stretched out than this is the bit of it that crosses your jaw and chin area; that can be p...

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Hi all, I've obtained my copy of the Wagner/Hand book on I.33. I also now call a DVD on Liechtenauer published by a German WMA group my own. Parts for the respective equipment are ordered (longsword fittings) or in the process of construction (concave wooden bucklers). I've built a new pell and fou...

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Frightening salad bowl story, and not suprised realy, how about a breast plate with no rolled edges worn over a bare chest resulting in a near severed nipple lol.. I know, personally, of *two* people with that particular experience. Piercing is one thing, shearing something else altogether. Gavin

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So the questions to try to quantify is: 1. How much force does it take to 'disable/render ineffective' a body part. 2. How much additional force in would be needed if it is armored with riveted mail and padding. Those are the numbers to get. Respectfully, -Finn But this experiment is not relevant t...

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I wish we could ban the Knowne World Handbook. What a total piece of outdated garabage. Two new guys showed up last night with strapped rounds and CARPET ARMOUR!!!! Baby...bathwater...baby....bathwater. KWH is, undeniably, badly out of date. So update it. The very fact that people are showing up ha...

Kilkenny

There is no such thing as a dangerous weapon, only dangerous people. That being said its one of the reasons I am pushing for GA to go to a weapon form auth format. Yeah it will be a pain in the butt for established fighters, including myself but it makes so much sense! Ever see a new fighter buy a ...

Kilkenny

So if I use this logic... then we should ban unpadded polearms because somone hit me with one and gave me a concussion at Pennsic... sound stupid? yeah...I thought so... but it happened. Do I blame the weapon? No. Punish the guy who threw the excesive shot...dont knee jerk ban things. Thats what th...

Kilkenny

To answer your question we'd need to see it on you. The grill of the helmet needs to extend down enough past your chin so that, in combination with your gorget, it is unlikely (or impossible depending on how anal the inspecting marshal is) for a thrust to get in under it. I am unfamiliar with this ...

Kilkenny

("Bunches of things that can go wrong, if they're not done right. Not a whole lot of marshalls who are actually knowledgable enough to critically evaluate construction and make a call about whether or not this weld is good, or this faceplate is safe as it is mounted") This is largely my point, if s...

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