The Armour Archive

Morgan

Now that Cut and Thrust is past the experimental phase, I'm really excited about it. The White Scarves in Ansteorra who are in charge of it are by and large good friends and they're trying to sucker, er, convince me to get into it. It DOES look like fun. I don't know about the notion of limiting it ...

Morgan

Yeah, Germany just isn't as big as it used to be! LMAO

Morgan

Sadly.

But we're working on that!

Morgan

Nice!

Morgan

LOL... I was just thinking "I don't think *I* could lift 'em! " But I'm pretty wimpy all in all. I didn't notice the fact that they were more narrow, so that makes sense that they wouldn't weigh significatnly more in that case. Very cool.

Morgan

What's happening that you have that look in your eyes?

Wait.

Don't answer that.

Morgan

I'd HEARD that Brian still does stuff, you just have to find him. Very cool to hear he's still using a hammer, he was too good to just quit.

Morgan

I have a 12 pack of Meridian Squires, can I get more than a starter helm for them? LMAO!!!!!

Morgan

aren't they awfully heavy? I mean, yeah, they'd do the job...and hey, I've had my arm broken in an unsplinted vam....but TEN? I'm using a fluted 16 gauge stainless splint now. Seems sufficient.

Morgan

I know.

I've met William. Nice fellow, not really sure how he fell in with such bad company, actually.

But no, I was obtuse enough to not get the "get rid of the squire" joke.

So CAW CAW from me was all about a nice new helm. LOL

Morgan

Oh that's the SIDE! I thought it was Deepka Jedi Training helm or something.

Morgan

I'm with Bryce there... I was like "ermm....PM me the list, please." LOL

CAW CAW sing the circling vultures!

Morgan

IM and PM sent a while back.

Morgan

hehehe... pretty funny tho.

Morgan

Glendour is Talon Armoury. Eagle's Talon was in Colorado, different guy.

Morgan

If there's a sadness in the world, it's in part due to the fact that this guy isn't making armour for commission anymore. He is GOOD.

Morgan

freiman the minstrel wrote:It's fun to hit.

It's also fun to get hit and not go to the hospital.

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Odd...I prefer to just be in situations where I MIGHT get hit and find it MORE fun to manage to avoid it...unless I'm teaching someone to do so. LOL

Morgan

I think that it's entirely possible that some folks took things a little more harsly than was intended in this thread, overall. I doubt anyone would really dislike each other talking over hammers and beers. Let's all try to remember that. Mike, I wasn't actually talking about the obviously dished po...

Morgan

It's always an interesting trade off of course. To some people, something like this isn't worth $10 an hour because for $10 an hour they'll learn to do it themselves. For others, it's worth more than $25 an hour, because they make more than 25 an hour, they dont' WANT to learn to do it, and they may...

Morgan

I sent these auctions to our local fighter practice email list.

Morgan

Interestingly, I will say that while a press may may the work go faster, I don't believe you turn out a superior product because of it. I've watched how Brian Price and Patrick Thaden hammer things, and I've seen historical armour on display, and you just don't see FLAT surfaces like you see in stuf...

Morgan

Ah, I think I see the heart of the issue. You're new here. So you're judging "most" by what you see ***RIGHT NOW*** on the sub. Well RIGHT NOW on the classified, Stonekeep and Infinity are selling a bunch of stuff. This is a VERY Unusual circumstance. Those of us who've been on the archive for years...

Morgan

Infinity Arms... are you talking about "InfinitySteel"? The person in this thread?

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... inity+arms

I'd say that there are certainly people who exist that use machinery to punch out pieces, but it's by far and away not the norm, nor at all even common.

Morgan

Greetings my friends! This is all sort of the advice I gave my dear friend Rixende, but directed her here as well to get a broader spectrum of answers. All good advice! Let me try to be a bit more specific and try to stear you toward an answer that might be more clear for her. The above banner is mi...

Morgan

My personal cliche is 90% of the training is done by 10% of the fighters. If you want to be in the top 20% guaranteed, all you have to do is be one of those 10% who does most of the training. There will always be someone who is better than some of the most ardent trainees on pure physical talent. Bu...

Morgan

I see the same type of disclaimer ALL THE TIME on armour even now. Some guys flat out say, "While this armour meets SCA standards, it is sold as costume armour and we don't warrent it for protection in combat" or some such. Frankly if i were selling armour, I'd say the same thing.

Morgan

Thorstenn wrote:
Hard to believe this started because some one posted a cool video.

It didn't. It started because some people can't resist pissing on what they don't like.

Morgan

Wait... you lived in Japan and you're complaining about home ownership prices?

Man do I envy you. Yesterday we had an ungodly HOT day. It was 107 in some parts of town, and I rode 200+ miles on my motorcycle in the a.m. from Kings Round Table prior to going to practice... I was sapped! Woof.

Morgan

I think that if we got to a point where we could test this, a side-by-side test of durattan and siloflex covered durattan would be most interesting. But frankly, this stuff isn't radically more expensive than rattan. If it's twice as expensive and lasts 4 times as long, that's WAY freaking cool to m...

Morgan

Keep us posted. I want one.

Morgan

http://www.irvansmith.com/catalog2/part ... hear.shtml

These folks sell the shear cheaper and the stand a TON cheaper.

Morgan

I saw this thread and thought "What does Live Steel fighting have to do with Grand Theft Auto?"

Morgan

I believe the item in question is a pair of soft latigo vambraces reinforced with 3 aluminum splints each, with attached aluminum wingless elbows. I agree, Ice's stuff is expensive, and you are paying for his reputation as an ABSOLUTELY reliable armorer. But still....195 is steep for this. I know *...

Morgan

Did you get it off of an eBay auction or just order direct? I see they have a very high eBay feedback rating.

Morgan

I don't think anyone would ever suggest that Ice Falcon is inexpensive. But he stands behind his product and has customer service that isn't surpassed. Depending on what you're looking for in the market, this may be worth it. I'm sure it is to somem. (Mind you, I have no horse in this race...I don't...