The Armour Archive

DWolfhunter

Shieldman; Wow, you started in a better kit than I did. I wish I had staretd in your armor. I think that anyone who disparages your kit is either unmindful of your efforts to upgrade it , or an idiot. "Why must they mock such poor fellows thus??" As Shakespeare said "we are but warriors for the work...

DWolfhunter

I was faced with this argument by someone in my own area recently. I believe that the SCA is not just a one dimensional thing. It's not just a martial arts form, or a play, or a diversion. It's all of those and none at the same time. The people who just show up to fight are missing out on the rest o...

DWolfhunter

I think Oengus hit the nail on the head in part. I think others have as well. First, we as individuals in the SCA have no power save that of setting a good example. Second, it seems that every peer has a "burnt" phase where they are just fed up with the Society and with the people that do not want t...

DWolfhunter

One of the greatest stumbling blocks for the SCA is the tendency for us to become and "Old boys club". Which is actually true of any long-lived organization. The best cure for this is for the "Old boys" and girls to remember what it was all like when they joined. Nothing like a little self examinati...

DWolfhunter

I started in a freon can and carpet(green shag) armor. Basket ball pads with hard plastic plates on my knees and elbows and twenty pounds of plywood(sheet metal faced) on my left arm. Gods above and below it sucked! It took me about a year to get better gear...and then ten more to get my close to pe...

DWolfhunter

Can't argue with that Vitus. But we are not here to be the lowest common denominator, or serve it. We are here to RAISE it. All justifications aside, wht we need to do is present ourselves as "This-is-how-we-are" no exceptions , no, loopholes, no rules lawyering. If people want to be SCA then they'r...

DWolfhunter

Guys, I hate to break up the "spun-top" discussion but it's better suited to the "armor construction/design" forum than it is to this topic. What do y'all feel is the biggest threat to the continuance of the SCA? Does anyone know if corpora would consider lowering the fighting age to 16 years? Does ...

DWolfhunter

Bjorn Swiftaxe is in part correct. The greatest threat to the SCA is the fact that we have become lax about recruiting new members. The demos that we used to be enthusiastic about are now little more than public fight practices and the PR we've been getting lately has been mostly bad. Further, what ...

DWolfhunter

The "Princess learning English scene" is funny at the end because the English words for "Foot" and "Gown" ( Pied and Robe in French) sound alot like "Foutre" and "Cun"...which are colloquial French terms for "F*ck" and "C*nt". Which is whay Catherine says that the words are "mauvais" or bad. A littl...

DWolfhunter

Rammstein: Engel and Fuer Frei Type O Negative: Wolfmoon Apoptygma Berzerk: Anything Cradle of Filth: Born in a Burial Gown Jethro Tull: Warchild and Locomotive Breath Warren Zevon: Jungle Work and Werewolves of London Sisters of Mercy: Dominion and My Lucretia From the movie "Battle of the Bulge": ...

DWolfhunter

I have thirty-nine issues of Lone Wolf and Cub Comix and thirty of Usagi Yojimbo plus a number#1 color issue and two graphic novels. Roughly 200$ value for all.Looking to trade. Make me an offer. ------------------ The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf. Homo h...

DWolfhunter

Muttman...check your e-mail Jareth, I have Usagi issues #1 thru 19 and 23 and 24. I have The Usagi color special #1 and the graphic novels #1 and 2. I would be asking for cash or trade value in the 70$ range. Make me an offer. Baron Hamish ------------------ The strength of the wolf is the pack and ...

DWolfhunter

HEy, Bubba
You know I'd buy yourn if I weren't makin 'em for myself. Merry Yule-mas to you and your lovely Lady.

Hamish

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The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf.

Homo homini lupus!

Flaran Cha'Menthi!

DWolfhunter

Cash? No but I would take a cashier's cheque.
I would be asking 100$ for 39 issues of Lone Wolf and Cub.

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The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf.

Homo homini lupus!

Flaran Cha'Menthi!

DWolfhunter

Yeah, actually...who are you??! Have we met?

DWolfhunter

Vitus, et al... You're preaching to the choir on this one. I agree that "Thug" is indeed not the best thing to call yourself if you wish to make a good impression upon others. But comparing them to brownshirts of the Sturmabeitelung is a bit off don't you think? I do not believe that in Atlantia, th...

DWolfhunter

Also, please consider that in period(14th Cen.) a gang of French knights banded together and called themselves "Les Ratons" or "the Rats". How is " The Rats" as an agnomen for a gang of knights any different from "Northern Army Thugs" for a bunch of Scadian fighters? I am not being obtuse Vitus, nor...

DWolfhunter

bump

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The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf.

Homo homini lupus!

Flaran Cha'Menthi!

DWolfhunter

I have a mint condition set of "Lone Wolf and Cub" comics. As well as a mint condition run of "Usagi Yojimbo" Comix complete with graphic novels and color issues. Make an offer and it's all yours. Baron Hamish ------------------ The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is th...

DWolfhunter

While I know that I am undoubtedly opening a can of E-whoopass on myself for doing this, I must beg to disagree. Thug really IS a term of wry self-deprecation. In AEthelmearc parlance, a "Thug" is a stocky , broad built,fighter who has toughness and a very straight-forward/no- frills combat style. O...

DWolfhunter

Well, I would have to say that the toughest fights that I have fun with win or lose are: 1; Duke Morguhn Sheridan (AE) any form 2: Earl Yngvar the Dismal(AE) any form 3; Viscount Edward Zifran of (East)Gendy(S&S) 4: Sir Christopher Rawlyns(AE) (S&S) 5: Sir Michael of Northwoods(AE)(S&S) 6: Sir Manfr...

DWolfhunter

Both partizan and ranseur would be correct for this weapon, depending on what country you were in. Definitely not a voulge, which is nore like a poleaxe than a spear. This is a "file-closer's" weapon. Issued to NCO's to dress ranks of a pike formation and to fight at closer quarters with doppelsolde...

DWolfhunter

Short answer to this thread "Sport armor" blows cheese! Long answer, The SCA is dedicated to supposedly re-creating the Middle Ages/Renaissance. How can you justify to the people you demo the SCA to that your gear is plastic and expect to be taken seriously?? I have been in the SCA for twenty-seven ...

DWolfhunter

Wanted : quillon and pommel sets in brass or bronze (pref. bronze).May be seeking a bulk rate. Mid/late 14C. designs preferred. NO viking stuff.

Baron Hamish

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The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf.

Homo homini lupus!

Flaran Cha'Menthi!

DWolfhunter

Thinking about contracting for a pair of gauntlets from Baron/Sir Alail and I was wondering if anyone else had pics and /or reviews of his work?? Thanks. Baron Hamish ------------------ The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf. Homo homini lupus! [This message ha...

DWolfhunter

Okay, this fat ole baron needs a pair of mid-late 14thC. gauntlets. Prefer hourglass or milanese mitten form. I have a 4.5" broad knucklespan and 3.5" long fingers at the longest. Closed-fist circ.is roughly 11". Looking for mild steel, 16 ga. and as little decoration as possible. Just good solid, p...

DWolfhunter

Hey there! I am Scot by persona and by mundane birth. Native to the city of Montrose in Aberdeen-shire. I have done a LOT of research on early scottish custom and pictish holdover influences. The common way a nobleman showed his appreciation for service was by largesse. He would distribute armrings ...

DWolfhunter

Sorry Dalewyn, not the pattern I am looking for.Thanks for the offer though.
Baron Hamish

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The strength of the wolf is the pack and the strength of the pack is the wolf.

Homo homini lupus!

DWolfhunter

Bump!

DWolfhunter

Ya, as much as Anshelm's work makes my knees go weak and my guts go gooey, I can't afford 600$ worth of gauntlet. I need to keep it in the mild steel 100-300$ range. In short, I don't want to spend more on my gauntlets that I did on my helm. Helm was 350$ and that's my limit for gaunts. Hamish -----...

DWolfhunter

BUMP!

DWolfhunter

Hey guys. looking for a pair of IN STOCK and READY TO SHIP 14c. mitten gauntlets. Wanted before first of the year. Prefer no decoration,no brasswork. Must accomodate a 4.5" wide palm and 4.5" fingers. Must have enclosed thumb cap. Gloves already mounted preferred. Baron Hamish ------------------ The...

DWolfhunter

Ya, I get your meaning. But sometimes you have to be willing to be a busybody or the problem never gets better. I have, at times, been obliged to escort the "rug-piddling hand-slurper" types around an event and show them by example how to behave correctly. Doesn't always work but the ones who do not...

DWolfhunter

Bascot Um, no, not a landed Baron. I am a Court Baron (think landless white-trash):>)) I recieved my coronet for service "above and beyond" to the Crown and the Kingdom over several years. I believe that manners should be enforced by teaching in childhood by re-enforcement in young adulthood and by ...

DWolfhunter

The act of both grabbing the unoffered habd and the act of slurping is assault in most states. As such many ladies would probably ahve recourse through the other men in hall to remonstrate with the offender. Here in Aethelmearc, such a gauche person would have earned himself a stern talking-to if no...

Lone Wolf and Cub Comix plus Usagi Yojimbo, sale or trade

For trade, make an offer

WTB: Quillon and pommel sets

Reviews of Baron Alail Horsefriend's work

WTB gauntlets reprise

WTB 14C. Mitten Gauntlets in mild steel