The Armour Archive

Jonny Deuteronomy

this seems to be a decent deal at that price. it will provide minimal padding. authenticity appears to be about 1.5 stars out of 5.

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Fond regards Jeff. Your place at the table is reserved, should you ever care to join us. If this takes off there may be some commerce headed your way if that is beneficial.

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I think what you're doing is great Trystan. And if you can figure out a way to make up to the Pacific Northwest (per the thoughts on the other thread!) - even better! Tasia Thank you. I envision regionalizing it by time zone. Ideally, each zone will have its own local governance, to better accomoda...

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Leo Medii wrote:Will I get phone numbers and panties in my helmet like the old ren faire days?

Yes, even if I have to put them there myself.

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[img]http://freelancers.faire.net/images/shining.knights.2005.jpg[/img] Dear Medieval Martial Arts Community; I am interested in resurrecting the ashes (or the spirit, if you will) of the World Championship Jousting Association, the recently deceased tournament group that brought heavy jousters toge...

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Looks like the Clue Man just showed up.

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The Mrs. and I would be up for some of this. We also have some like minded friends who might enjouy a jaunt across the pond, all are Free Lancer certified heavy combat jousters. (have references) The cheaper the expenses, the more of them who could be interested. We are apt to be travelling with a c...

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There is a lot going on in this picture. This horse is trying to dodge right and I am trying to reign him back towards the tilt rail. Note my hand position seems safe enough. Bosses say its most important to have the horse's head safely out of the target zone than to have some marginal amount of ext...

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Leo Medii wrote:... Getting paid to was just a benefit, and the drunk ass stupid redneck crowds were just an annoyance to me. Sure, I'm not a superstar any more getting phone numbers and panties in my helmet after the joust at home...

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The first surge of adrenalin comes the moment you begin covering your body with heavy chunks of armor. One by one, the pieces carefully are locked in place. Now there is steel covering virtually everything you hold dear: neck, collarbone, shoulders, chest, back, arms, legs, lower abdomen, genitals....

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priceless

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Jester makes Anglesey look good yet again. Good Jester.

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Doesn't anyone else have pictures to share??? Armored horses? Joust or SCA or anything? Come gitcher some PERCHERON POWER! http://ursus.smugmug.com/photos/36198495-L.jpg WOOOHOOO! This agro adrenaline moment brought to you by the incomparable and ubiquitous URSUS! U to the R to the S-U-S baybay!!!

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Trystan, Do they walk around in armor all day? What do they wear when not in combat? Thanks again. 1. Barchan does, Ripper does not. Most of us agree that B. is kinda agro-loco to walk around in 80#+ of armor all day. B. is also one of the fittest late fiftysomethings I've ever met. He plays entire...

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I like it but be be advised I am going to write in some rules for 'heavy' or 'full-contact' jousting on real horses... Yay Trystan!!!!!!! In my perfect world, the WCJA ruleset will hump the heck out of the IJA/Leeds/EJL rulesets and their lovechildren will inbreed to produce the SCA Heavy Jousting ...

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What says "White Knight" to you as soon as you see it? Ripper Moore Free Lance Paladin Knight Captain and Sworn Protector of Small Animals and Children Ripper is the epitome of a White Knight and is known to spontaneously emit sonnets when the muse overtakes him. He never uses foul language. He is ...

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Fire Stryker wrote:For our group, crosses are the horse of choice, they are hardy, have fire when needed, but the general temperment of a cold blood.

I love my Clydesdale/QuarterHorse cross - you described him to a T! He can sprint too!

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I like it but be be advised I am going to write in some rules for 'heavy' or 'full-contact' jousting on real horses...

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And - I knew at some point Trystan would get around to saying what Jeff is doing in Leeds "isn't really tilting". Been there before and was waiting to see how long it would take for him to find an opening to say it. Whatever- Rod Walker used to say the same thing before he got a visit from the Clue...

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Main Entry: tilt Function: verb Etymology: Middle English tulten, tilten to fall over, cause to fall , from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English *tealt unstable, *tealtian to totter transitive verb I submit that by the early renaissance the central list barrier is named for the already...

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the books in my lap right now are the 'Barker/Barber', Tudor and Jacobean Tournaments by Alan Young and Osprey Elite 'Knights at Tournament #17' and on page 56 of the latter there is an interesting scoring cheque p192 of Barker/Barber talks about the highest scores going for: (c1466) 1. unhorsing or...

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...also the fiancee and I watch "That Movie" at night to stay pumped up for multi-day gigs. My favorite lines are Chaucer's naked soliliquy (sp?) about Trudging, which I also find strangely motivational. Plus we get a huge kick out of his (Chaucer's) "Stylings" when he does his intro/announcer/heral...

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2 results for: tilting View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | the Web American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source new! tilt1 (tlt) Pronunciation Key v. tiltÂ·ed, tiltÂ·ing, tilts v. tr. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline: tilt a soup bowl; tilt a chair backward...

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Man Leo not only are you purty - apparently you have ridden in some of the same lists with the same peeps as me... ...here is me partying on some of Roy's Perches. having a good hair day: http://Ursus.smugmug.com/photos/35471680-M.jpg happy to be here: (with Ripper Moore on the right) http://Ursus.s...

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Sorry JH, no offense intended. I'd rather talk shop than snipe please. I guess I was smarting more than I thought about the WWF references. I already admitted that I probably belong in a different forum. Didn't mean Perchs and DWs were the same - I meant that they are some good cases for argiung for...

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For example, I heard of this wild rider from out west that jousts standing up in the stirrups and leaning in front of his saddle plate! WOW! To me that's really exotic and different. I want to cross lances with this self-styled black knight before I get too old. I mean, after all, they make movies ...

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In general, I don't care if I come off as a roob or a goob or a pro wrestler in armor on a plow horse or snub magnet or jackanape or whathaveyou. Greetings Trystan - I like this comment. I took my Percheron to a couple of SCA events and got teased endlessly about the plow-horse bit and lectured on ...

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Well this is all lovely and all...but here is where I am in a nutshell. I'm gettin tired of jousting the same 10 dudes all the time. No offense to them what made me a jouster, Roy and Ripper and Kate, the best joust teachers on earth and all, but I want to see what else there is out there too. I'm l...

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My friends are the ones snuffing the nose-strap guy.

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We are having another tournament in mid-October if anyone wants to apply for an invitation like i heard Mike England might have done yesterday (can you confirm or deny please Mike?) - now is the time to toss your gauntlets into the ring, ladies and gentlemen... Some video of IJA style jousting with ...

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No worries Jeff - I appreciate both your candor and your stance. I personally have a 16hh draft-cross I have heard his ilk referred to as an 'American Warmblood'. Our tournies are invite only as well. I have now competed in 3 WCJA style tournies for cash purses and I agree that it is not the same as...

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Perhaps we should consider the fact that most US joust groups, even professional ones, tend to use closet dowel lances, rather than turned shaped ones, most likely because of the difficulty and expense of producing shaped ones. I am from one of those professional-closet-dowel-using-US joust groups....

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Our troupe gives seminars outside of Nashville twice a year.
http://freelancers.faire.net
I just jousted twice yesterday and its definitely a hoot.

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Our troupe has lances in Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee. Several of us are interested in cross-pollinating -w- you goodly folks.

Should we start a new thread about some of this stuff that does not concern the McPherson harness?

Combat Jousting in North America

Re: Renn Faire White Knight Persona help.