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Die Gedanken Sind Frei (~The thoughts are free) is still sung in some Mennonite churches.

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The current Primitive Archer gives stats similar to these: flight arrows ~850 grains, 250 yd range (roughly 100# bow), war arrows ~1500 grains, 200 yd range. I'd have to find it...

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Sir John Hawkwood was a mercenary.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Winterfell: [BDo you think that knights could not do somersaults in armour? [/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Quite possibly, but I would generally consider that to be an excessive ...

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I've got a large piece of sycamore. Anyone know enough about wood to tell me how suitable it will be? I'm going to use it anyway, just curious.

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Now I do often find my sword in "hanging guard" as I withdraw from a wrap... but usually I will be returning to my "base".

Come to Lilies...

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Book of Five Rings, with Yagyu Munemori's book included. "When the Wind Sweeps Away the Plum Blossoms", a Tai-Chi spear manual.

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OH YEAH?

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Hushgirl: That's really the problem, though. There's a faction that doesn't want to let me. At all. Ever. And I suspect they wouldn't mind if I got hurt trying......

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By the way, I part of the minority voice after last GW when had an unfortunate accident with a combat arrow. I thought things were just fine as they were, and objected to attempts to reduce the abilities of CA. Some folks were complaining about the "super accurate Springfield 03a3" xbows at Estrella...

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Among the Japanese, Mongols, Welsh, Darius's Immortals...et al

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IMO, to say that it was not used for defense as well as offense seems to indicate that if anyone takes a shot at you that you will endeavor to get your sword out of the way rather than block with it. From what I've seen there are limited attacks available with this, and it is used more defensively. ...

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Re: Richard and the xbow/ballista

Why would the ballista (kills multiple foe at once) be considered more "chivalrous" than a xbow and therefor okay?

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Hushgirl: If some of us want to play one way and some of us want to play another, why not have separate fields and do both? If you like CA, show up here at this time. If you...

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Look in GC Stone under madu and adaga (page 1?)

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Hot damn!

Bea Uti Ful!

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From WMA comment on the original thread:

What about the 1/2 pound wiffle bats?

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I think they would have found it useful for defense as well as offense.

Riposte, anyone?

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I've often thought, that in period, an "unchivalrous" weapon was any weapon that allowed a peasant to kill a knight. One of my German A&A books (translated into English) makes the argument that "last generations" peasant weapon becomes the status symbol or symbol of authority for the next. Bishop Od...

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Guns from Crecy on.
Mongols, Japanese and Welsh approved of archery. The Way of the Horse and Bow was before The Way of the Sword.

Henry VIII loved archery and encouraged it.

Maximillian ("The Last Knight") did not approve of guns, although Charles V did.

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The first several pieces you try will probably be "scrap".

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You would think that something that started so close to done would be less labor intensive. Very nice, rock hammers are hard...

It is an admirable job of adapting a modern implement into a period piece.

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Are we arguing "middle ages as it should have been" vs middle ages as they were again? http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif Knights in period (almost as common as horses http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif ), did all sorts of nasty things, as well as noble things. Vitus mentioned the Blac...

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Cheval, all I can say is !!!!!!!!!!

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Lynxicanus: Also remember, the swords were held permendicular to the run of your wrist when stabing, as this insures that you will go through the rib cage, or up through lor...

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Couple new things to try on my friends, this guard has a few more offensive options than I imagined.

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I was looking at a book on Florence the other day, and the armorer's guild opened up to sword makers to increase their political power. The armorer's guild made cuirasses, there were separate guilds for helmets, greaves, gauntlets, etc. Guilds were specialized, at least in Florence.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by cheval: [Except that, as used in period, archery was an indirect fire weapon at ranges far in excess of what you admire. If you want to incorporate archery, shouldn't we strive...

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Ansteorra still allows them, I saw a number of them on single handed swords this weekend.

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It is a sallet, just as Saddam Hussein is a military strategist.

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I feel your pain Cedric.

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Yes, they are both "guaged" by the thickness. Steel is usually rated as 16g, 18g, 14g, etc., while aluminum is usually measured by it's thickness by thousandths (0.063", 0.100" etc.). It probably because when they started measuring steel, the machinery used to make it wasn't as accurate as the stuff...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by SyrRhys: [BIf you were a knight and some peasant (see above) had just killed your several-hundered-crown destrier, how would you feel about him[/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> You ...

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We used to do 'Le Mans Start" grand melee's on occasion in Ansteorra. The difference being, while everyone is in a circle, each person is allowed one weapon, which is placed in a pile in the center. ONE weapon is removed from the circle. At "Lay on!" everyone trys to get a weapon, and you don't have...