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by Kenwrec Wulfe
Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:17 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fighting with a smaller shield.
Replies: 50
Views: 1677

I moved from a 24x34 to a 18x24 about 18 months ago. HUGE difference. I just moved my defense theory to more of a buckler defence than a shield defense. While I am still working on it, that change seems to have been the biggest help to my overall performance with it.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:56 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Which foot do you put forward when you fight?
Replies: 86
Views: 2110

Now days, I mostly fight sword foot forward, but there are times when I will switch to a shield foot forward stance. I find that I do it most often fighting lefties.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:27 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: 14th Cent Legs, Final pics , and question for those who know
Replies: 36
Views: 1184

Very nice lines on the cuisses
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:05 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: (SCA) How many helms?
Replies: 74
Views: 1625

I had six at one point last year, not including the 5 loaners, but have managed to wittle myself down to 2. Once my shop is setup again, I will be adding at least one more, if not 4 or 5.....
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Question from the SEM
Replies: 934
Views: 18033

and so long as folks continue to accept such silly statements (this is my attempt at......) it will continue. people are often afraid to tell someone when they are being vapid. its like the guy who says "yeah i hit her, sometimes a woman needs a beating". we all know the statement is a pl...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:50 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Question from the SEM
Replies: 934
Views: 18033

I agree with you 100%, Your Grace...but I believe that the issue lies in the phrasing of the rule and how widely it can be interpreted. Anyone may attend Society events provided he or she wears an attempt at pre-17th century clothing, Some feel that an attemnpt is just throwing a T tunic over jeans ...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:12 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Question from the SEM
Replies: 934
Views: 18033

Less visible plastic is good.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Fri Oct 15, 2010 8:48 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Midrealm Fall Crown Tourney List
Replies: 59
Views: 3303

I would love to see this Crown. I have to root for my knight, Sir Guerric. I would also love to see Sir Sabah (in his lovely new helm :D) and Sir Killian at the end.

The draw of the list is going to have a strong effect on the final four.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:32 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Is this unorthodox maneuver against the rules of the list?
Replies: 44
Views: 1654

you could hold your own sword by the hilt and the blade and smash someon in the face wth the part of the sword between your hands. It seems like maybe Nissan has done this before... And it might not have been nice, but I bet he looked great doing it! What Nissan refers to is called halfswording and...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:21 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: DEMIN IS PERIOD!! (no really...)
Replies: 8
Views: 882

If you could not figure it out, my post was merely meat for humor..... :shock: :D :shock: :D 8)
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:15 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Men... we are an odd bunch.
Replies: 11
Views: 859

While not cheap, they will go through it.... try tungsten/cobalt drill bits.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:44 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Men... we are an odd bunch.
Replies: 11
Views: 859

Spring steel IS really cool! :D :D :D
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:14 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: DEMIN IS PERIOD!! (no really...)
Replies: 8
Views: 882

DEMIN IS PERIOD!! (no really...)

An interesting discovery and read....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100919/lf ... arthistory












*ducks*
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:53 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Who is interested in riveted titanium maille?
Replies: 214
Views: 8877

I would be interested as well, and interested in seeing/handling a sample.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:05 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Heat Treating warpage
Replies: 10
Views: 385

Something that I have discovered in all of the heat treating that I have done is that the more you have had to move the metal, the more likely it is that it could warp. Steel has a natural tendency to want to move back to its original shape. If you hammer and twist and bend and dish and raise the me...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:54 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Question on Hourglass Gauntlet Decorations
Replies: 7
Views: 321

I believe the generic term for them is a "stop rib" , and since they are similar to the stob rib on a breast plate and serve a similar protective purpose (turning a blade aside)....
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:50 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Spring steel grades?
Replies: 5
Views: 247

in medium carbon steel - 1050 or 1065 is all the carbon you want for armour.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:33 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: The Official "I'm interested in barter" thread
Replies: 164
Views: 15632

Kenwrec MAKES:
1050 medium carbon steel armour, or selective pieces of 410 stainless armour - custom work
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... highlight=
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

Kenwrec WANTS:
Matching flat wedge riveted mail aventail, hauberk and chausses
Custom made Late 14th century pavilion
Custom Late 14th century plaque belt
Silk Banners
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:51 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Who else likes Sword and Buckler? (Rattan)
Replies: 72
Views: 1940

Sword and Buckler is excellent!

Also love single sword!
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:55 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

brewer wrote:It's Sex Bomb In A Bucket Of Astroglide.

Bob



Awww...I started reading that and was hopin you were talkin about me.... :( :shock:
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:48 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

Hrolfr wrote:Nice hat! When is Sabah's elevation? It might give me a chance to see it in person ;)


His Elevation, as I understand it, is at the Ayreton Investiture on Sept 11th.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:23 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

Baron Logan wrote:Looks awesome.

I'm happy you didn't deliver it earlier in the week.


I wholeheartedly agree.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:01 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

Thanks all! No, I have not yet had a chance to get pics of him in the helm. It was given to him the night of his vigiling (Thurs war week) at Pennsic and he didnt fight on Friday. I have assurances that I will be getting pics of him as soon as he is wearing it and I will be sure to post them here.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 16, 2010 3:04 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

Thank you all for the comments and compliments.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 16, 2010 3:03 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

Kenrec is the bottom picture you? If so, I think we gravitated towards the same circles but never actually met, did we? Amazing. The etching really makes the helm shine. Yes, thats me at the bottom in my "Holy Mother of Hell is it HOT out!" 14th century soft kit.... I dont know that we di...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:03 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat of the Thirty?
Replies: 251
Views: 11371

I would love to see if someone caught my backwards somersault on film...would be curious if it looked as clumsy as I felt....
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:24 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Pointing vambraces to elbows
Replies: 13
Views: 595

I have been pointing my vambrace to my couter for years. There has been no loss of mobility that I have noticed. I have also played with the couter pointed to both the vambrace and rerbrace and as long as the couter has sufficient depth, there is no mobility issue. If the couter is really shallow (w...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:35 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....
Replies: 25
Views: 1254

Helm finally finished....at Pennsic....

After many moons....and it seems just in time (finished Tuesday and he was put on vigil for knighthood Thurs), I finised Sabah's helm... http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs319.snc4/41294_423623547230_717392230_5301467_255942_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs253.snc4/399...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:38 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat of the Thirty?
Replies: 251
Views: 11371

Hands down, best experience in the SCA!!
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:23 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: When do fully enclosed articulated elbows first appear?
Replies: 9
Views: 405

Are you refering to the one that utilized compression articulation for the inner elbow?
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:17 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New Kit - Progression pics, completion pics
Replies: 19
Views: 1114

Thanks for all the compliments all! I will have pics at Pennsic and try to get them uploaded from my phone there, if the connection works. Kenwrec, I am *so* looking forward to sitting down with you and picking your brain. (I have a fine white wine that goes well with brains... ) I want to pick your...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:35 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New Kit - Progression pics, completion pics
Replies: 19
Views: 1114

I will have the end results AT Pennsic. I ran out of buckles and will not be able to get them until I get there, so I have 12 buckles to add once I get there. But I will have pics once I am there. :)

Thank you for the compliments.
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:28 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New Kit - Progression pics, completion pics
Replies: 19
Views: 1114

Looking good Kenwrec. What gauge/type of metal are you using? How did you get the golden finish? Uric 18ga for the knees and elbows, 21ga for the splints. All hardened and tempered. Gold finished achieved with heat....approx 485 degrees in the over for 30 minutes, after having been throroughly clea...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:28 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New Kit - Progression pics, completion pics
Replies: 19
Views: 1114

Jestyr wrote:I don't want to alarm off, but I think the headless duct tape man stole your beer.


He has a pole up his ass, I thought he deserved one...
by Kenwrec Wulfe
Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:14 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New Kit - Progression pics, completion pics
Replies: 19
Views: 1114

New Kit - Progression pics, completion pics

All pics taken with my phone, so pardon the clarity. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs237.snc4/39189_419055677230_717392230_5168098_3165871_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs210.snc4/38849_419058287230_717392230_5168114_5003728_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...

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