The Armour Archive

Morgan

This has been a really interesting topic. Jonathan.... there is a difference between "send to the hospital" and "put in the hospital." I know that sounds funny...but in GOOD armour, people can still get broken bones, or "sent" to the hospital. It'd be a bit tougher to hit someone hard enough that th...

Morgan

Auction ended early, no bidders.

Morgan

I actually think that jokes like that serve a purose. They threw the actions into the light before they happen, so when they do happen, our hind brains are tickled as something we've heard before, then we harken back to the "joke" and are able to say, "I KNOW you didn't just say you're not taking th...

Morgan

Make one and play with it. You'll figure out pretty quickly that there are some things you can do that work right... IE transfer force of the head onto the target. Everything else you try is wrong. You either don't transfer force to anything, or you hit yourself. LOL

Morgan

Do a search on the name Waldryk. You'll get nearly 200 threads with his name in them. m I asked a similar question just a few months ago, and it woulnd't seem that ordering anything from him is a good idea. NOt that he won't deliever, but that there's simply no way of knowing. As Gundo says, it's be...

Morgan

I wasn't replying to you, Rev. I was replying to Johnathon More. That's why I didn't quote anything, I was replying to the most recent post, just above mine, where Johnathon More said, "thats only because no one in the sca would know what it means. (well, maybe a few would, ok, most assuredly a few ...

Morgan

Were you planning on PLAYING with the ball or giving it as a gift? Sheesh, what an inane, pejorative, unprovable, ad hominem statement. I'm curious if you've taken a scientific poll. Because I'd be interested in the results. Of course, your statement is such that you're not saying simply, "I bet the...

Morgan

CathalFinnObriain wrote:Ill be there ... someone has to cover Miguel's butt while hes yellin orders.

He's not likely to get shot THERE when he's yelling orders..... But hey, you're his squire, you would know what's best, I suppose.....

Morgan

Ah I see the point you were getting at. Glad you got an answer, otherwise I'd have to go off on my "spirit of the law" rant.

Morgan

http://www.craftycelts.com/belts/celtic_links.html

For anyone who is interested in what Ice is talking about....

www.wintertreecrafts.com

Wintertree Crafts...nice too! Thanks for the replies. Feel free to keep on with the links (no pun intended) if you have them.

Morgan

Well sure... just like I don't HAVE to wear my arms, I MAY...but my arms are reserved for me, and the plain white belt is reserved for knights. But nobody is holding a gun to my head making me wear a "plain white belt"... I hope not at least, as I have a really cool white belt with awesome brass fix...

Morgan

It doesn't say "reserved" anywhere but the section i cited, so if we pretend that section isn't there, it just says "regalia." Now, I could walk out of my house right now wearing a coronet with strawberry leaves, or the badge of the Order of the Garter. All speakers of English would agree that said...

Morgan

Amuse me, please. Let's say the phrase isn't in there. How is "regalia reserved for the order" not sufficient? Because it doesn't say individuals IN the order may use it? I'm really curious about your logic, from a purely academic standpoint. I'm not much of a book herald, yet (I recently applied fo...

Morgan

Cool...I'm good with it either way, even tho I'm personally against squires wearing unadorned chains. I think squires wearing chains adorned by their knights badges are cool as hell, btw. So, Mr. Devil's Advocate, please elucidate... How is "unadorned chain and white belt are reserved regalia" ambig...

Morgan

Does anyone know of any cool merchant sites that sell various knights chanins? Woven maille links, other stuff.... I'd like to get a couple chains for various reasons, for myself on the field, as gifts, whatever. Any help would be appreciated.

Morgan

Lemme get this straight. You think that because the O&A doesn't DEFINE "regalia" that means that "regalia" doesn't necessarily mean what it means everywhere else? Because the O&A doesn't define ANY word. It doesn't define what "white" is either... so that means that someone can wear a white belt and...

Morgan

Neassa wrote:I'll be there! That's spring break for me this year. I'll probably arrive around Tuesday, unless I get talked into going sooner.

And I'll make us a sign!

Neassa

Get someone else to hold it up so they can see it! LMAO

Morgan

What other rule are you looking for? It's right there on that page.... caps are mine. # The following REGALIA associated with this name was registered in October of 1998 (via Laurel): (Fieldless) A white belt. for the Order of Knighthood # The following REGALIA associated with this name was register...

Morgan

Yeah, I've used glue to fix sticks for a little extra life, and glued the tip of new rattan to get a bit longer life out of them, never had a problem. As Ceddie says, I'm careful to not significantly reduce the flexability. a little glue makes $6-8 in rattan last a little longer, that's cool. The re...

Morgan

Why should any man at arms share their strategy? John Jehan de Pelham, esquire and servant of Sir Vitus www.mron.org By teaching people how to beat us, we make ourselves advance and develop new strategies, sharpen skills, and learn more about ourselves. By teaching people how to beat us, we make ou...

Morgan

Murdock wrote:Rain

hail

flash floods

low teens

upper 80's

ya never know

Basically prepare for humidity... whether that humidity hangs in the air or falls out of it is a matter of discussion, but there will be wet involved in the equation. LOL

Morgan

Yeah, I always hear our Dons say "If we got to fight with Northshield, it'd be a slaughter" because the NS rapier fighters are so darn organized. A sight to behold.

I'll be there, 99% chance.

Morgan

In my time in Northshield, it was the Pyxis I admired first of all the awards, other than knighthood which I had some understanding of coming in.

Congratulations!

Morgan

I'd KILL for a combo that works 90% of the time!

Morgan

At my company, a large international company with literally hundreds of offices all over the place, our CEO doens't know a damn thing about IT. The VP in charge of IT works under the CEO. What's the big deal? Most of the time the fencing marshallate is given their own hand in dealing with their issu...

Morgan

Just so you know, btw, there is NO SUCH THING as an "sca approved" helm. There are armourers who will guarantee that the helm they make you will pass inspection, for example, but there is no such thing as an "sca approval" for equipment. Just equipment made to pass SCA standards or the occasionally ...

Morgan

Terrific idea. I've also thought about running a fighting "league" at fighter practice. You can fight whomever you want all day, but each week, you're able to fight a 2 out of 3 with anyone else in the league, and the results are recorded. You can do your league for a month or a quarter or whatever ...

Morgan

Anyone who posts reviews sans pics should be flogged.

Morgan

What is the physical address you have him at right now? I wouldn't say I KNOW him, but I sure know him by site. I know he shows up at events around Dallas, and I think he might live in my barony. I know as recently as a few months ago he's run charity auctions to benefit some locals who had house fi...

Morgan

Cool vids, thanks JP!

Morgan

Sunday practice in Carrollton is good and there is a Wednesday night practice not too far from where you'll be as well. Please fire me an email and we'll figure it out.

Sir Morgan

Morgan

Regardless of his current "business" practices, doing business with someone so lacking in ethics would make my skin crawl. Of course, I'm just someone he burned almost 8 years ago, and I put up with excuses for 6 + years before my stomach couldn't take it anymore. And yeah, every time this comes up,...

Morgan

Not to be TOO picky, but has the video person ever heard of ZOOM? LOL Thanks for sharing!

Morgan

OH... LOL I read that too fast.

Yes, it is a terrific story, btw, and you most certainly should include it in your heraldry.

Morgan

My collection was alpha/beta through...er...hell, I don't recall...Alliances, I guess.

UPS bought my collection for $17,000 when they lost it, insured.

"knight's chains"