The Armour Archive

dukelogan

hmmm let me try this way: winning is your purpose when you take the field. it is assumed that you are a man of honor, character, and good heart. you must never give up on that purpose until your opponant has shown you that he, indeed, is the better man. only you can decide when he has gifted you in ...

dukelogan

i dont understand why there is ever a separation between winning and honor. it often seems to me that some people allow complacency to prevent them from getting better and then fall on a "i dont care about winning, only being honorable" as a crutch. to me honor should never be a question. it is supp...

dukelogan

sounds interesting. can you expound on two things you listed so that i may better understand your meaning please? they are: --What is chivalrous behavior? and --Winning vs. Honor regards logan ps working with three brand new to the sca fighters currently and might try this as a loose guideline. Want...

dukelogan

just wanting to make sure i understand completely. are you saying you think its a good rule because in period warfare it would happen? or because you think there are simple sca fighters that will do it regardless? or both? thanks! logan all fights are fought to be won. if you do not intend to fight ...

dukelogan

yeah i disagree too and im a duke. i dont get snuck up on as i am never in one place for too long. mine is a very mobile unit. i still think it sucks.

just another opinion
logan

dukelogan

in my expirence at large melees like pennsic and crusades (and gulf wars come to think of it) i have never been clubbed from behind or smacked hard unaware of my opponent. and i have never once had problems getting someone to acknowledge me if i get behind them. sounds to me that there are some issu...

dukelogan

manly combat = combat in which two fighters engage in a contest to best one another on equal ground "combat" that isnt manly = seige missiles hitting men, arrows, rocks, stepping over a line (well, usually), being called 'dead' by someone that didnt hit you, death from behind, etc im not saying that...

dukelogan

all fights are fought to be won. if you do not intend to fight to win you only cause dis-service to your opponent. melees are also tests of skill. skill at command and discipline. skill at being able to read your opponent. skill at being able to play the chess game on a much bigger field with many m...

dukelogan

welcome to the club! we can try and try but the sca allows too many people to do as they wish without a second thought (coleman chairs, tennis shoes, blue jeans, bumper stickers on helms, etc). if you suggest that people actually put forth a little effort you will be labeled an eletist and have to s...

dukelogan

its funny to me how this whole thing works. when someone tries to bring up what is and what is not historically feasible or accurate there are those that scream about how the sca is not reality or not a historic practice or whatever. then, i see many of these same people come back and use the same "...

dukelogan

x-box the children are too busy with their x-box i have dealt with children though in the past. when you expect them to behave as adults and you pressure them with things adults can handle (like responsibility et al) they break and whine. so its probably better to leave them to grow up before they c...

dukelogan

where do these people live that people refuse to turn around to face them and fight?

not very manly behaviour for a sport where people hit each other with sticks.

i have never run into that, never seen it, never heard of it happening.

logan

dukelogan

we dont have it in atlantia and i hope it never comes this way. it takes no courage nor skill to do it and it adds nothing to the sport of sca combat. for the past decade one of my jobs in large melees has been to run flanks and get in the back field. ive done it many times and i have lead many men ...

dukelogan

its more a question of rules that govern the actions of men in cote than one of historical influence. we all know the sca sadly lacks any embrace of history as an influence on its membership in totality.

intriguing question nonetheless.

regards
logan

dukelogan

i had a bunch on the spit next to me but i was limited to 4mb so i had to crop it down. the bars were added later but it was my real mug shot. i put it up more as an inside joke amongst some friends that were around for the stupidity that had happened. but hell, ive been accused of some really stupi...

dukelogan

thanks, although effingham gets all the credit for that one.

regards
logan

Odawara Torou Yoshinobu wrote:Duke Logan,
Nice new avatar Your grace.

dukelogan

combined they are about 10 mb. the first one is 3.9 and the second 6.74. i saved target on both and they both dl'd ok but neither will play. regards logan Odd, I just checked and they files seem fine. they are both roughly 10 mb a pop. Did you try save target as? im getting read errors trying to vie...

dukelogan

im getting read errors trying to view them with (quicktime 6.5) on both the first (3.9mb) and the second (6.74mb).

anyone else having problems viewing them?

regards
logan

dukelogan

my 1917 (opps i was wrong on the year) has bottom clasps. meaning, there are metal toggles in place for the strap. my 1945 has two cutwork slots in the holster for a strap. one under the stock and one near the tip. the '45 is an officers model and the '17 is an infantry mans model. regards logan The...

dukelogan

clearly not a mosin. nice rifle (berth) though. is that one an 8mm, 7.55mm or 6.5mm? do you find it to be front light? i fired two and both were a bit wimpy in the front to me (well they are french). lovely gun overall. i have two mosins one is german from 1915 and the other is russian from 1935. th...

dukelogan

tuesday of the first week (land grab week) is great. you guys feel free to stop by any time for a meal and some beers. we are in n22. from the field take the north entrance (the one on the way to the woods battle) and take the immediate left once you go through. we are on the right. ask anyone or ju...

dukelogan

oh i know, im just being bithcy having been a boxer and dabbled in some grappling and martial arts i have never found slow motion stuff to be useful beyond simply showing someone how to do something. im sure thats all these guys were doing. now, if they later get together and do it for real, in full...

dukelogan

like a jackie chan flick. looks nice but far from anything real. i have better fake fighting saved then that.... regards logan if you look at the main site they are the higgins sword group. they study the fighting styles etc. form and function rather than hack n slash. thought it looked cool.

dukelogan

pretend fighting has been, as always, funny to me since chinese action theater on saturday mornings.

yawn....

logan

dukelogan

maybe i am not understanding you alfred. are you suggesting that it is the fighters responsibility to know his opponents armor is up to snuff? i, for one, want uther to hit me hard. i want anyone i fight to hit me hard. that is the point of this game. if people want to play tag they can go play with...

dukelogan

still nursing my shoulder surgery so im all there with ya! ive been told the same song and dance at gulf wars too and just lost any desire to go get lectured in the hot sun. my guys are also getting to that point. i think it will change though. its a good site and has potential. ive never had a prob...

dukelogan

anything i can do to help. logan Logan, stop making me feel guilty about not having any decent chairs right now!!! Because of YOU I have just ordered three new Kragon-type chairs, and I am going to paint them up so bad ass, deck them out with so much velvet and gold leaf that you will burst with jea...

dukelogan

hardly directors chairs. directors chairs are tall, high back, and wide. those posted are little more than stools. unless i am missing something?

regards
logan

dukelogan

your majesty, there have been many, similar, problems with the culture and the marshalling at gulf wars uther. yours is not an isolated case. i have witnessed dozens and have been involved in several. little has changed since i went to my first gulf wars (III) and last year was the first one i have ...

dukelogan

ive never seen a "backless" directors chair. the ones i referred to however, did indeed have backs. not on the same scale as how horrendous coleman chairs look but overall pretty bad. can you shoot me a link to an image of one of these chairs? i have a few friends that do eastern personas that lack ...

dukelogan

you did read the avatar story right? once i get off my duff and get some stuff to effingham i too will have a world class avatar and can drop the silly one. regards logan Thanks alot Logan. I have passed your picture on so that he can find you. Not the avatar either! Odo well that sucks. i was hopin...

dukelogan

can someone get the name(s) of the guys in northern florida that have these type shoes to animal?? kurn knows the two that i met at the demo i helped out with while i was down there not too long ago (the weekend of the shuttle explosion). im horrid with names but they were wearing very nice leather ...

dukelogan

you pretty much have the feeling down christian. it was a steady decline in the appearance of those participating on the field (a totally voluntary part of sca participation and the one that gets, by far, the major spotlight and attention at sca events). when i started everyone was in those horrid d...

dukelogan

well that sucks. i was hoping to visit with you at pennsic. just have him come see me as he checks in and i will take care of it. you could always come up for the day, its a short drive and it its cheap.. regards logan YG, I will not be at Pennsic (I may but the chances are very slim right now) and ...

dukelogan

actually it would not be the sea stag as that is an order for teaching the art of combat and has ntohing to do with how well the member actually fights. the company of st adien is probably closer to fitting the spirit of this tourney but its really hard to say what that order actually is as it is se...

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