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Ezarc wrote:Well done and thanks you Brewer. Nice having everything laid out and idiotproofed.

Trouble is, we keep coming up with better idiots. Kass has stories.

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That is a gorgeous hat. As always, you blow my mind, man.

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Skutai wrote:Almost there...

Dude, you suck so badly.

What I REALLY want to know, though, is how you have been able to keep that lithe little figure of yours.

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Actually, the Army Cheif of Staff has made this week his intention known to restore the Patrol Cap to use with ACUs. The Beret will only be used with the "Blues" or Army Service Uniform. It's always a nice thing (why is it so rare?) when the upper echelon does something regarding the unif...

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benz72 wrote:We are switching to blue camoflage uniforms that will make it impossible to see you if you happen to fall into the ocean or pass out in a smoke filled compartment though. .

Well, that's brilliant. Has no one in the upper echelons though of how stoopid that is? Why do sailors on a ship need CAMO?

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I would be interested in that sort of thing, Halbie, old bean. Now that the house is almost in order, I can start planning to wrec... er, organize the garage into a shop.

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many of the Flemish militiamen put some dirt in their mouths Longbowman mentions English soldiers kneeling, making the sign of the cross in the soil and then kissing it, taking some of the soil into their mouths. I think I've uncovered the secret on why so many European armies were hit by dysentery...

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Don't think of armour as 'pieces'. Think of it as a 'system'. Those pieces are meant to work together. Look at complete suits. Pulling one piece from here and one piece from there means you're going to redneck engineer something, with mixed results. Our ancestors already did all that testing for yo...

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Would it be possible to get a higher res version of this one? I have some evil ideas.

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I wanted to say this the first time with the other thread, but... dammit... You're not TRANSLATING to futhark. Futhark is not a language. It's a writing system. The Latin alphabet is not a language -- it is a writing system. English is a language. Norse is a language. Danish is a language. You don't...

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That bucket makes my pants fit funny....

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Is that a label or a chief embattled?

It's gorgeous, either way.

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Well, Mark, I can't help but think -- that's a lot of people who are "lucky" -- or maybe they're just the people who actually are willing to do the extra time to wash and dry it, so they let their hair grow. In Japan, long hair was the typical thing for women -- when unbound, waist length ...

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For what it's worth: in terms of all of the medieval images we see of men with shoulder-length hair - I was once told by a dermatologist that most people's hair, if left uncut, only grows to their shoulders before it naturally falls out. (Apologies if this info turns out to be incorrect; I'm simply...

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What Jeff said.

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Thank God.

Adam, you scared the poopoo out of me.

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Dude, no! Why?

You're not getting out of the game, surely....

(We need an icon for biting fingernails.)

Effingham · Re: Gleann Abhann Spring Crown List (05/14/11) I feel so happy.

I feel so happy.

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Here's a hint: If you want to sell something, make it easier for the buyers.

A direct URL for the thing, rather than having people have to go to e-bay and then search for it, might be better.

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It was impossible to sit up straight, as my tassets on the cuirass wouldn't fit between the arms of the chair. But I've also noticed I was sitting in the comfy chair while allowing Lidi to sit on a stool. What kind of Gentleman am I? A pretty bad one I guess. If your tassets wouldn't let you sit up...

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Oscad wrote:I don't like bye fights, I wish we would just skip them and go on.

So then the guy with the "bye" gets to go into the next round UNTIRED -- unlike all his opponents.

That is, after all, the reason for fighting the bye. So that *everyone* has fought a bout.

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Excellent!

It's a gorgeous piece.

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Agreed.

I think the problem you're going to face her is that this is a VERY specific type of sword. If it were more "medieval" -- typically something we'd find in Oakshott or something Norse or Saxon -- I think it would be snapped up. Thus the risk of *deep* specialization.

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Damn, Vitus, your level of suckitude is mighty among the sons of man.

Those are some DAMNED nice shields.

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Unless there's some deep meaning behind it, seriously, better -- and more proper -- heraldic style is to have all the leaves going the same way.

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Holy mother of....

DAMN!

Thorkil, your work is *amazing*. It makes me feel inadequate as an armourer.

I look forward to seeing more of your work, and maybe even acquiring some.

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Well, it's not conventional jousting, but the mood is superb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSVQsyZLtKg

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I remember that well. That's what brought me here.

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Well, I co-wrote it. Jeffrey Forgeng did more of the text than I did. I did the line art. Still, it's a fantastic piece of work. Damned nice job. I can't recommend it highly enough for anyone with an interest in that period. All you'd need to do would be divide the chapters into verses.... Effingham

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Good point. I do believe they used some kind of sticky tape on their hilts, the bastiges.

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Indeed. My own Daily Life in Chaucer's England is available on Lulu. I don't think my publisher did anything more than not decline potential additional sales through that channel. I knew nothing about it before a few days ago. Wait... what? YOU wrote that? I *love* that! Great work, man. Thanks for...

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The other problem is that the palm section is really soft leather. Some folks once borrowed my kendo kote to use at their fighter practice, and when I got them back three months later, the palms were shredded -- literally -- and almost non-existent. I was not pleased.

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The big problem with kendo kote is they're designed for a particular type of fighting. There is very little wrist mobility.

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That's what we are addressing. They were cruising on the fruits of expansion.. then STOPPED. Which points out to many people that they were aquiring, not developing. Well, there are those, like Tyson, who suggest that they WERE developing, but stopped because of a philosophical development. I poste...

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