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Trevor

I've tried many techniques: this is the best I've found. Put a garter over the top of your calf muscle. Then, hang the greave from there with leather loops. This will prevent the greave from riding down into your foot. Any other straps to keep the greave from swinging forward will then work fine.

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I'm interested, too. (It's hard to get a reliable source of gauntlets for the newbies I help.)

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There is a treatise caled "How a man schalle be armd" (I belive) that talkes about pieces of wool blankets being wrapped around the knees to prevent chafing. Perhaps you can use something like that sewn into the hose or even just wrapped aound the knees to proper effect. (I must admit that I have us...

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Come on you pansy! Fight!

HAve at you!

It's just a flesh wound.

I've had worse.

All right, we'll call it a draw.

Trevor

How thick is the blade at the quillons? It looks like anything but an actual sword to me-though the two rings at the "hilt" look suspiciously sword-like. Also, how thick is the tang? If it is as thick as it is, I would think that it wouldn't match up with European swords. Is the quillons asymmetrica...

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I'm from Calontir, too. I've been around a long time, and I have to say that while we are still respectable, in the wars I've been to in the last 5 years our effectiveness has diminished compared to the glory days in the late 80s/early 90s. I think that has a lot to do with other units adopting our ...

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Actually, I believe those big helmets *were* the ones worn by the Empire goons...

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money sent via paypal. Nope-no burning topic to discuss on the phone.

Thanks in advance!

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I'm also interested, but I'm having email issues at the moment. You can reach me at my cel # 913/226*3593 (Yep, I'm writing it weird to prevent my phon # being mined by some evil web device). I'd like 4 stuffed tubes, I'm assuming that is $90, correct? Can paypal you immediately. Thanks in advance, ...

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Take Ibuprophen at a minimum dose of 600mg every 4-6 hours. (no more than 3200 mg per day, though) Lesser doses have no anti-inflammatory action. hot soaks are great! I'd minimize the rest, though. Recent research shows that exercise is great at relieving pain, and reducing the possibility of future...

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MY rattan sword gets pretty trashed in a few months. I'd behappy with 9-especially if the sword was light...

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If: "The only GOOD madu fighter is a DEAD madu fighter"

THen none of these guys can be the best! They're not even GOOD!

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Just remember, there are OTHER combat archers looking to make meat out of YOU, Animal!

...On second thought, *don't* remember that. Sleeeeeep, Animal. Sleeeeep...

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Actually, judging from the equipment and style of the drawing, I'd be surprised if it was any earlier than c. 1400. You didn't see those bullet nosed bascinets until the turn of the century, and jupons were not common until the last quarter of the 14th century progressed. Conversely, a great helm at...

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I don't think that there is any reason to think that knights never used bucklers. Bucklers were a readily carried defense, (along with single handed sword), and in a campaign I can't think that a professional warrior wouldn't carry one unless an arranged battle was iminent (after all, one of the squ...

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I got the opportunity to handle some 16th century MAximillian plate last week. I have to say it was a bit of a surprise. It is NOT heavy. Not AT ALL. It weighed no more than my leather and aluminum suit. The helmet weighed at most, 6 lbs. It bends very, very well. I don't see how it would restrict y...

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Seems a shame to let this go...BUMP

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A godendag is nothing more than a sapling with a ferrule and a spike in the end. The pics I 've seen of them look like they're about 5 feet long. Not exactly a weapon with "specs"...

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[quote="Templar Bob/De Tyre"]Trevor: Plus, you don't have to deal with the evils of golf tube arrows. quote] I'm in Calontir, so Oh yes I do! (THough I'm bending the EM ear about letting us play with Siloflex so we can keep up beetter with the fiberglass-shafted-missles-from-hell. And I kn...

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Great thread. 1 question. What do you mean by "reenforced mail"? Most armors of the mid 14th century consisted of a gambeson, hauberk and reenforcing pieces, such as coats of plate and spaulders worn over the hauberk. This left many areas solely protected by mail. While plate armor was being develo...

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I recently ordered a "Western Bow" by Bartholemew at Hightower Crossbow. His website is: m He delivered exactly when he said he was going to. His communication was excellent, sending me pics of the project as it came along. The turnaround time was very, very quick indeed. The bow is every bit as goo...

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Your experiments would also jibe with the accounts of Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt. In the two earlier examples, there was a great deal of reenforced mail, (not plate). One may guess that the large number of casualties from archery was due to the longbow's ability to penetrate mail. Given that duri...

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Mild steel is not the same as hardened steel plate armor. It is much easier to work, and unless case-hardened, will dent with sufficient force. 16 guage is REALLY easy to work. I would expect it to be just as easy to dent wth a wooden sword as it is with a plastic mallet. Denting 16 guage isn't real...

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No way the SCA is the only venue for full-speed, full-force, full-contact medieval combat simulation. Go look at what the AEMMA is doing. They even get to grapple. The SCA is stick-tag by comparison. That said, until the AEMMA opens a branch near me, I must content myself with the SCA, in all its e...

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So, just as armor of the day was adapted to the best use of available technology so must we at least give thought to doing the same... I love the look of authentic armor best but as one who fights and fights often I also support wearing whatever you need to wear to insure you can come back next wee...

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The world is a mirror. How you view people has a lot more to do with how you view *yourself* than how they actually are. Furthermore, they will react to you according to how you act towards them (and not just what you say-non-verbal communication is 80% of communication). Showing respect for others ...

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I'd keep the suit for steel fighting. There are a growing number of groups that do this, though you might have to do some traveling (like to ENGLAND). For SCA combat, there is an unfortunate reason that the majority of the fighters look like crap: our rules do not allow you the benefits of wearing r...

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For those who haven't seen this yet... Once upon a time, there was a group of re-enactors that met to host events so that they could engage in mock combat. They used fictional names and made-up heraldry to portray characters from history and legend. But, this was not 21st century SCA, this was Medie...

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The 14th century definitely rocks! The clothes are cool-looking, but not insanely difficult to make. The armor is well-suited to SCA (and other) styles of combat, again without being insanely difficult to make. On top of that, the time period was fascinating. Europe was in upheaval-the HUndred Year'...

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Peder, Thanks for the info on the...Speculum? I've never heard of this publication. I've sent an email to the publisher, but would you have any further isuggestions on where I might find a copy of the article? Glen, The reason that I posted this on the R&A board is because I thought that I might fin...

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Once upon a time, there was a group of re-enactors that met to host events so that they could engage in mock combat. They used fictional names and made-up heraldry to portray characters from history and legend. But, this was not 21st century SCA, this was Medieval Europe. And they called these event...

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THAT'S kick ass!

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Personally, the SCA is both the best and worst game in town. It's the best because the armor standards make it safe and affordable for *thousands* of people to get out on the field. I get to go full-speed as hard as I want to and no-one gets hurt. I also get to go into a battle with 4,000 participan...

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"No way I'm going to believe a rattan "punch buckler" is more dangerous than a rattan stick swung with two hands through a wide arc. I don't care if it's Lennox Lewis punching behind the buckler. If it hurts, wear more armour." If force = mass X velocity: I'd rather be hit with a 10 lb stick of ratt...

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"there are instances of this sort of thing in period; mostly middle eastern and russian as was said above, and incidentally the scottish targe, and some roman gladiatorial shield/weapons. the reason we don`t see it in the majority of europe is because the standard heater shield or steel round shield...

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