The Armour Archive

dukelogan

i have no issue with them yielding and no desire to strike them. i find no joy or pride in striking someone who cant fight back. i can understand the desire most have to strike them though. lets see...... youve been shot at without the ability to strike back all while entering our contest with those...

dukelogan

there is no compromise. ca folks want to continue to do their thing and the fighting community will not be happy with it so long as thing remain as they are. nobody will be willing to be the "bad guy" who says that its unfair and unbalanced and do away with ca. nor will they change it to m...

dukelogan

wrong. those are called events. but you would have to be on the field at one to understand that gorm. logan Oh you mean guys who desire a safe, fair, chivalrous contest? What kind of miserable bastards would want something like that? You've got dozens of those every weekend. They're called "Tou...

dukelogan

i was 145 in junior high..... i think.

arent you nearly a buck sixity now my old fat friend?

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logan

DukeAlaric (George S.) wrote:I was 6'1" 145 or 150 or so when I started.

g-

dukelogan

whats to fix? is the point not valid? i know ive heard this a shit ton of times. ca is fine because back in them there days folks shot arrows at folks. its a terrible argument when people discuss their concerns about safety and about the imbalance ca, as it is practiced today, is. seems like a perfe...

dukelogan

i would use fire. have fun with your club mr man!! but if we are fighting against padded maille a sword would be as good, if not better, than a club. regards logan...... fire fighter Isn't this a historical concern? The knight cost a lot in armour, upkeep and training. The crossbowman was cheap, bas...

dukelogan

effective against footmen, sure. those lightly armoured folk far outnumbered the nobles on the field who were usually properly armoured. the sca claims us to all be nobles with our blow strength reflecting this. otherwise we would accept blows a bit above the c&t guys but well below what we thro...

dukelogan

let me try o explain itfor you. first, i never said hand drawn missiles were useless did i? against unarmoured men, horses, support persons (also not in armour), they would be effective. and, to use your brilliant deduction, if armour were useless they wouldnt have worn it. right? the battle between...

dukelogan

the problem here is that the suggstion that hand drawn missiles defeated armour is silly. its more silly that any contact from a hand drawn missile would be destructive to the extent the sca allows (and it seems the "other games" you mention accept). there is nothing to support this in his...

dukelogan

more accurate? how can you suggest that earlier "pre-plate" displays are less accurate? im confused. regards logan If you get hit by an arrow, take it. It doesn't need to be as hard as other blows because it's never going to be. If we are going to be ok with using bows we must be willing t...

dukelogan

swords dont always "kill" with a single stroke. in most kingdoms only hard blows count the armour standard isnt plate is there any evidence that shields didnt work in period? lots of folks used them...... knee fighting is how we punish someone who has taken a supposedly damaging blow to th...

dukelogan

i am 6" 1" and have reigned several times around the 220lb mark, my last crown i was 200lbs and the one prior to that i was 250lbs (but dropped to 187 during that reign). so, at times, i fall/fell into that catagory. my normal weight is 220.

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logan

dukelogan

sale ends today at 10pm.

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logan

dukelogan

interspersed and preceeded by >>>>>LOGAN So you would throw out all the current rules for appearance then, OK....... Yes, I would, as they are NOT AT ALL RESPONSIBLE for the increase in quality on the field in the past 10 years. >>>>>LOGAN sure it has, at least in atlantia (and perhaps the 7 other k...

dukelogan

if you want to pay by phone let me know the phone number you will be calling from as i often will not answer a call i dont recognize (due to work). or, just make sure to leave a message so i can call you right back.

regards
logan

dukelogan

the bills for our impatient daughters surprise birth last week are coming in and we thought we had eight more weeks to finish getting everything together. so, to spur on some business, we will eat the shipping cost (to the lower 48) on both our aluminum and stainless cup hilts for the next couple of...

dukelogan

i think you are confusing an official event and an official function/activity. fighter practices would fall under the latter. as such they need only to be published in the official newsletter or on the recognized website. no contract is required. posting it on an email list does not meet that criter...

dukelogan

ive had a couple of folks ask me about this thread and its long and ive been kinda busy. i will try to catch up as my skimming of it seems to indicate healthy discussion. i read a quote that suggested practices were official sca functions. this is entirely untrue. sure, some are but not all. i dont ...

dukelogan

looks like we are set for tonight (wed) at 7pm.

looking forward to it
logan

dukelogan

well bdeb is a C cup if that helps. logan ps sorry, i just wanted to be the first to say it....... you all thought it, i just did so outloud On a less serious note... I did not see any size listings on EGG armour's website (nor did I even see their female breast plates.) Up to what size waist and mo...

dukelogan

i just threw up in my mouth a little.....

regards
logan

dukelogan

still waiting on word from the pennsic folks on that. my clan brother sir theron will be in charge of it this year as esa and i are not able to make pennsic due to our daughters supposed due date of aug 5th. being impatient, like her father, she decided it was time to come this tuesday around 10am. ...

dukelogan

what about this weekend in wpb? anyone want to do that?

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logan

dukelogan

"11. Rattan shall not be treated in any way that will substantially reduce its flexibility (e.g., treated with wax, resin, fiberglass, etc.). 12. No weapon shall exceed 6 lbs (2.73 kg)." another silly rule, sort of. heres why: this rule implies that rattan must be flexible. yet i can buy 3...

dukelogan

i was just thinking that given that its a bit humid right now. but my place is on the coast and we always have a breeze so that helps.

regards
logan

Ezarc wrote:Have you got gills Aaron? You might need them to breath our air.

dukelogan

no no no! we are all set and will fight. those guys down in sangre will make the very very short drive to come up and get some practice in. surely they dont expect me to leave my sweet little 3lb 12oz baby girl because they arent willing to come up here to meet a guy traveling across the country to ...

dukelogan

you need to consider letting me get that sl8 from you!!

regards
logan

ps consider this a free bump

but seriously..... the sl8......

Randy W wrote:bump ... I'd consider eating shipping

dukelogan

atlantia doesnt allow a grace period for new authorizations (again, sometimes this is ignored but is being addressed). folks that move into the kingdom are allowed a short period of time to correct their failings although most kingdoms are pretty close to adherance anyway. the notion of "easing...

dukelogan

it starts as soon as they begin training since they are required to meet the appearance standards when they authorize. we have had a scant few failings on enforcement but they are very rare and work is being done to better educate the marshallate. when the appearance law was put in place almost 9 ye...

dukelogan

right. it is, and always has been, poor equipment being worn by guys who dont mind and inspected by those who dont know. not, at all, by the actions of stout blows. my helm weighs 18 lbs and is fitted to my head and has a solid means of securing it to said melon. you can hit it, at any angle, in any...

dukelogan

generally yes. tourneys are hard on the stick because the force levels stay high, practices see a lot more blows thrown with less power. so they both wear the rattan out pretty equally. regards logan but a sword rarely lasts more than a few practices and/or two tourneys. Am I reading this correct? Y...

dukelogan

ive fought, for years, with just duct tape "rope" and never has a problem. sure the tape will, after use, cut along the edge of the tangs but a sword rarely lasts more than a few practices and/or two tourneys.

regards
logan

dukelogan

meaning? logan [quote="Thorstenn"]On this we are in complete agreement! Thor- [quote="dukelogan"]unfortunatly the marshal(s) failed to do their jobs (as did you). if a fighter does not understand, and abide by, the rules he cannot authorize. one of those rules in atlantia (and te...

dukelogan

unfortunatly the marshal(s) failed to do their jobs (as did you). if a fighter does not understand, and abide by, the rules he cannot authorize. one of those rules in atlantia (and technically every kingdom since they are pretty simple in coropora that to attend an event one must wear something that...

dukelogan

the wording needs to be changed in corpora. i hate the usage. regards logan The problem with this whole discussion is that we refer to "death" when we refer to besting our opponents. No one dies. No one would probably ever die from 1 blow int he armor that we are supposedly wearing from th...

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