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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Egfroth: [As I see it, either we do this seriously, or it doesn't matter *what* we do, so why bother trying to get *anything* right? [/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Because the ne...

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Looks okay.

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I finally got around to looking up the Xenophon reference (Xeonophon and the Persian campaign or something like that). It clearly stated that the Carducians were armed with bows and slings. Xenophon and the rest of the group were fighting a rear-guard action, and fell behind the rest of the army, th...

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Ninjas used them.

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From Vesey Norman's "Arms & Armor: Pleasures and Treasures" p.51: "The Emperor Maximilian's tournament book "Freydal", however, shows glaives, maes, falchions, boar spear and buckler, war-hammers, throwing hammers and even flails in use. The number of blows was often limited and they were delivered ...

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The Japanese armor has some very high quality pictures, they are worth saving.

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I'd much rather have the second suit, if I had a pile of money laying about... "Fred's" suit doesnt' look too bad, at least compared to much of the stuff on ebay/mr/noble/et al, as Chef said. Needs more dishing on the left pauldron, it's very similar to what I'm wearing. Both of my pauldrons match, ...

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They were still used in the Civil War, I saw some Confederate examples that had collapsable/retractable blades for marching. (At the Smithsonian in '91) Imagine trying to get over a wall or fence, or coming around a corner in a town or fort. You find yourself face to pike-point with a foe out of bay...

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Repousee is done from the back side of the material, and chasing is done from the front. Often both techniques are used on the same piece, athough chasing can be limited to decorative stamping. Once you have done the repousse from the back side, you would often chase it from the front to get the det...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rorik Galbraith: By the way, I successfully fought Tuesday night. This is the first time since my surgury on the wrist. It seams to be fully healed, though weak See you at ...

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Very cool indeed! Mine didn't have a full view.

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The proof that he was involved was that he didn't include some of the pieces he had authenticated in his books.

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By the way, Avicenna was an admitted athiest.

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Added a couple more addys.

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That's the strangest looking brigandine I've ever seen, J.

Can't wait to see it finished.

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As a wise man once told me, of course god is on my side, you're to fat for there to be room on yours.

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by chef de chambre: [b]no one suspected at the time that somebody would make a duplicate while restoring the original , everybody involved you see, was a gentleman. [/B]<HR...

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I'm looking in Norman Vesey's "A&A: Pleasures and Treasures" (p24)and it shows a couple pages from te Maciejowski Bible (1250) and it shows a couple pole axes, a glaive like pole weapon, and one odd thing. Not sure what you'd call it and hard to describe. Held vertically, one edge is straight until ...

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If we are going to be re-enactors instead of "the middle ages as they should have been", aren't we going to need a lot more peasants? Don't we need all three estates? A friend (now dead) taught me that there were essentially three skill levels. 1. Shit happens, and a telling blow lands. You don't kn...

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What is it that Tom is making you J?

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Damn, I can't find my link or email to the bowling ball on a post calibration method.

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Any craft or skill can take as much time as you are willing to commit to it. The more time and effort you put into it, the better you may become. Just like fighting, if you can only put an hour a month into it, you are not going to progress as quickly as if you can put 4 hours a week into it. We hav...

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I don't have pictures of exactly how the pin is constructed, I've wondered about that myself. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Generally, from my books, the pin would be mounted on one side of a hinge, with the other side mounted to the gorget, but relatively loosely. You would want the hi...

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I might be able to take the books to a friends and scan/email them to you. I have a scanner, but I don't know how to transport the pictures to yahoo mail. Cut & paste doesn't seem to work. OE isn't set up right now to send mail on my computer, only receive.

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I couldn't afford an original Masamune if I was dreaming.

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I'm with Brodir. 1 1/2" for single handed (and sometimes bastards) planed to 1 1/4" works great for me. I like thicker for 2 handers. The husk is hard on my electric planers blades so I use the preshaved stuff (1 3/4" is about as thick as I can get of shaved).

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Fafrnugn: Erm...perhaps you should review Corpora before making reference to it. [i]F. Policy on Religion No one shall perform any religious or magical ceremony at a Societ...

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by AngusGunn: I do have a tendancy to pray before entering the list or joining a battle, for the safety and enjoyment of my commrades on the field. Personally, as a secular gro...

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Yes they had tournaments. Single elimination, survivor take whatever was left.

Eiji Yoshikawa wrote Musashi! Which is a very good book about his life. It is a novel, but very good.

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http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/eek.gif ! I'd be bouncing it as well. Since our game is a little different than the one they played, we need to modify some things. Our helms need to be a bit longer, but this of course makes them look different. I would go with a two piece wrapper, you don't have m...

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The Wallace collection has at least one earlier example that has three knuckle bars similar to the one pictured (A553, a little fancier, however), which they date as 16th C. A few bastard swords have some fancy knuckle dusters as well (A483-mid 16C, A716-16C?) In the examples I mentioned earlier, th...

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http://www.bhi.co.uk/hints/rust2.htm

This guy says the tannins/tannic acid in tea works.

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Some torcs are hollow. Some have posts that stick out at ends, and have another piece that fits over both ends and is held in place by spring action and the pins (makes complete circle this way).

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I found a couple examples that have most of the characteristics of the one you show, and they are both from about 1600.

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If it's 3 weapon rated, it passes, doesn't it? $300 would keep it on the shelf, for me.

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