The Armour Archive

Morgan

I've never heard of the SCA having any metal thickness requirement for any armour except the helm. Since we're allowed to wear a leather body belt, it'd be pretty silly to require 18 gauge for a breastplate. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Of course, if you're using tin foil, it WILL get ...

Morgan

Since I can't see in the picture TOO well, I'm really curious about the bar grill that sticks up from the crossbar. It looks in the picture like it would be relatively easy to bend, and it could get bend into the inside of the helm and poke you, probably in the nose. That'd be my first question as a...

Morgan

Then I'll appologize for over-reacting. Your initial post of "no", due to its terseness (is that a word?) I interpreted as being a rude brush-off. Your characterization of Duke Palymar, a person I've never met, I'm unable to dispute for that very reason. Unfortunately he's not here to defend himself...

Morgan

Hey Bascot: For someone who was totally uninterested in this thread (to quote your first reply "NO") you've sure come back to crap on it. Anything more I'd say on this would doubtless be subject to censorship, so I'll leave it at that. I'd second Duke Rorik of AnTir. Trelon would be cool. Hell, to m...

Morgan

I wanted to respond to something that Bartel said with a few observations and philosophies of my own. Statement: Most people don't "train" or "practice" at fighter practice. They engage in 3 activities. 1) Talking about fighting, 2) talking about other stuff and 3) fighting a bit. In that order. Fig...

Morgan

I've had contacts since the 3rd grade...that was, hmmmm.....1977. 24 years. Wow. Anyway, yeah, I get dust in them from time to time. Owen: 20/2000? I've never heard of number ratings above a certain point. I've been told that most numbers over 20/400 are meaningless, and the only true measure in tha...

Morgan

The Middle is big. There are a lot of people to meet, faces to remember. It's easier to be REMEMBERED in other kingdoms, so it's maybe easier to get knighted. But I know that people in the middle of nowhere in the Middle Kingdom get knighted because they deserve it and it doesn't necessarily take fo...

Morgan

Well, we HAVE an "excessive force" rule in Ansteorra. Sure, perhaps it takes a little while and a few complaints befor anything gets done. We have a few knights who will talk to ANYONE as soon as they hear the first report of excessive force just to head it off at the pass. It takes a confident mars...

Morgan

Timo said it before I could. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif I've been hit from 180 degrees and thought it was light. I've been hit from 50 degrees and thought it was too hard. "Excessive force" covers it like "90 degree" never can. road kill buzzard...I'm still laughing about that, Timo....

Morgan

Both pic and link work for me. Nice.

Morgan

Is it "An Tir's New War Tourney Format" or is it "The format that An Tir used in the last crown because that particular King wanted it that way"? I think it's the latter, not the former. I could be wrong.

Morgan

Funny it comes without a helm but he tells you what head size it's set up for.

Morgan

I don't see how one can get broken in a straight tug-of-war. However, over crenulations or even over shields, I can see it.

Morgan

Perhaps individual manufacturers use different colors for their thicknesses and when you go to a different region for example, black is the "thick color" there insted of the "thin color." Just a guess. Ld. Ondart de Clermont said: Well, I look at it like this. Unless you are still *very* new to SCA ...

Morgan

I work a few miles from one. It's nice.

Morgan

LOVE 'EM! I hope we have more here in Ansteorra. Our current king had one the day after coronation, and I think everyone loved the heck out of it. I hope people remember how awesome it was and attempt to plan more in the future.

Morgan

Well, I'll give you $5. More if someone offers more!

Morgan

It's on my auction-watch page...I gotta see if someone BUYS it.

Morgan

Boffer Rule #1. Thou shalt not make thy boffers from lead pipes, for it displeaseth me.

Morgan

Knyaz: The Adrian Empire is a live steel group, similar to the SCA, but different. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif http://www.adrianempire.org/ I won't say anything more since the website tells you more about them than I know. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Enjoy.

Morgan

Or Stirling Bridge for that matter.

[This message has been edited by Morgan (edited 10-23-2001).]

Morgan

If you go to the first link there's a nice message that tells you they re-did the site.

I just went to the new site and did a search. Take care.

Morgan

Is this it?

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzim_4a.html

Morgan

He puts those comments in because he has a "basic auction" set up for all helms and just keeps plugging new items into it. He makes very few changes and sells all of his helms with the same format. it's way faster for a big "power seller" like him. And I think he's being very reasonable in putting t...

Morgan

Aparently the "new knight" glow hadn't worn off yet.

Congrats to the Middle on their new heirs!

Morgan

Sherridan IS from Arkansas. But he lives in Kansas now, for work and such.

Morgan

Is this your site?

http://www.charlesfleming-sca.com

Nice stuff. If it's NOT your site, maybe that'd be a good place to ask too.

But I assume it's yours.

Morgan

I believe that Sir Sherridan and Huscarl Illya both live in Overland Park, KS. There should be a decent group of fighters there. I'll fire off an email if I can find an address and see what the local practice schedule is like and try to post it.

Morgan

I think that such a small % of folks WANT to do Japanese and because it's less common it's harder to just stumble over "something that's good enough" so it's harder to slide by. If you want to do Japanese, you have more work cut out for you, and since you're doing the work, you might as well do it w...

Morgan

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the tabbard thing, it's simply too common for units to have their own and so on. Now, in Ansteorra, most units have their own with their kingdom's arms on the shoulders and the like. Personally I like the idea of the ribbon or cloth tied on the arm better than tape on the helm...

Morgan

Rev! You da man! http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Great idea. Personally, I also ALWAYS make sure I get my helm on the ground, because I invariable get someone stepping on my head...or falling on me and LANDING on my head. If the helm is on the ground, it hurts thier ass a lot more than yo...

Morgan

I met Waldryk this weekend at Calontir Coronation and handled some of his stuff...very impressive toys. Wish I'd brought my checkbook.

Morgan

You don't swear fealty to the person, you swear it to the crown. It's important to understand the difference. Would I play at a marriage vow? Sure. If my persona wanted to marry another persona but we weren't going to be married in real life, why the heck not? I know a crusader type who won't watch ...

Morgan

I find it interesting, Vermin, that you make what to *me* are COMPLETELY contradictory statements but seem to think it's logical. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif Allow me to explain. No, that would take too long. Let me sum it up. http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif A) We play a ga...

Morgan

Jasper didn't say that Meridies didn't have an award for fighting prowess. He stated they DO have such an award. What he said they did NOT have was an award for "being just a stick jock." Knighthood is NOT an award. The peerages aren't awards as such. So, you have guys in your mercenary group who've...