The Armour Archive

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

With a fencing mask and a cup, a shinai isn't going to inflict anything more than minor pain, which is useful for training purposes, though most of your commercially available shinai are far to light to simulate anything realistically, IMHO. Without a mask, this borders on being Darwin award materi...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

This was one of the matte ones. (This was about two years ago or so) The gentle who owned it did return it and Baldars did very quickly ship him a new one which he still used. I've seen most of the ones returned and the longest crack I've seen is about 1.5". By "near the middle" do you mean near wh...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

As you probably knoe, Baldar and I are planning a passage of our own for this Pennsic. It will be done in honor of Trimaris's 20th anniversary. Finally he read the thread and I sat down with him and talked about it. We want to help you in any way we can. We will be starting our pas on the12th of Aug...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

You can pretty much play by any rules you want if you are careful about who you play with. When I was young we used to fight with rebar and laugh our asses off the whole time, especially when someone blocked a hard shot and both people jumped up and down from the pain of vibration in their hands. La...

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I don't like using the black plastic ones. I came to this after I saw one split open from one edge to near the middle on a meduim-strength shot. Maybe it was a defect but I just don't trust them. Beyond that I find them too light. It should be returned to the manufacturer. Some have come back crack...

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Heh, everyone is right. They are ugly but mostly unobtrusive, that's why we only have black and some find shiny metal even more offensive. In many ways they are much safer than any other hilts. They absorb a lot of shock which is good for the joints. If you punch someone with them they do a lot less...

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Use a heat gun. Flame and plastic bad for the plastic. You want to get the plastic in a softened state but not melting. Lay the plastic on your form and gentle heat it with the gun. Use your GLOVED hands to start the forming and work it an area at a time. You can also make some simple tools from wo...

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Hi there! Jeff called and told me I was being paged. Just finished final exams. I still browse AA ocasionally but mostly the combat area. Sir Geoffery had a dishing press originally belonging to Wolf's Head armoury (now defunct?) and from that concept he made one for himself and then I made mine whi...

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Duke Gaston, I agree with your chosen tactic. Last night I used a 6' glaive and was quite successful as long as I kept him at least 5' away from me. It's hard to do that while fighting sword-and-shield. Hey, it worked. I don't think either side has won the GW champion's battle by that large of a ma...

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Since I was there and slightly involved in the design and testing of the Baldar cuphilts.... I don't really think the flat black plastic looks any worse than the huge ugly barstock hilts. Neither is even remotely "period" but I find the Baldar hilts less obtrusive. My tendons and joints sure like th...

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PS That's a katana Tarquin is using. It goes with his Japanese armour. Just ignore the sugarloaf helm and it will all make sense. That's kinda hard to do. It's a nice, bright, shiny sugarloaf and totally jarring. Also, shouldn't he get a Japanese name? Anyway, I watched that guy mess up some good s...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I use and teach a loose start, crack at the end sort of grip like logan mentioned. I don't use a trigger but I have used one before and it worked pretty well. It's just one more thing I'd have to tinker with on each new sword For many shots, I go a step further with the grip shift, starting with an ...

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I'm sure your PT already covered this but just in case (ya never know)... Make sure to do a lot of hanstring strengthening, even after you return to fighting. This will protect your "new" ACL as well as your MCL. Leg curls, etc. This is vital for what we do. Trying to keep in fighting shape, conside...

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Count Kane.

Gaston

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In this interpretation, the spear is the predominant weapon (which is why it is used first), while grappling with the dagger is the weapon of last resort. That would be a reasonable position if translations of many of the texts were not available. The whole grappling in armour issue is probably a l...

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dukelogan wrote:regional differences and all. in atlantia an unbelted fighter is simply anyone who isnt a knight.

regards
logan

Same here. I find any other usage a bit suspect.

Though there are some who may treat such a relationship as a rank, it is not so....

And that is why

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I firmly believe, "Any style is better than no style." Here's my long-winded justification. The thing is that SCA fighting is still pretty primitive and there is still room for people to create new styles, usually by applying some principles from something they learned elsewhere. Boxing, karate, jud...

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Murdock - Bastard Swords by Meridian Rule must be 48 inches or less, thus are considered single handed weapons. Are you actually saying that in Meridies a weapon used in two hands isn't a two-handed weapon unless it's longer than 48"? Why? And who cares if it's a "bastard sword" (not even a period ...

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Irish wrote:Do you intend to do this as a one day event, or several hours each day of Pennsic? That can REALLY make a differnce in how you plan and approach this endeavor.

You did a thousand fights in one day??

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hi your grace no ride yet. I get in sometime in the afternoon but am happy to wait as long as necessary. mrks Unfortunately I'm in that crowd, too. Sometimes it bites us in he butt and one day soon I'll join the leashed masses. We are halfway to GW right now and this will be my last internet access...

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Dave, I can't imagine never thrusting in the real world. Every martial art I've ever see has thrusts even with "blunt" weapons. Having thrusts in the arsenal just makes sense regardless of the weapon. There was a time when cops could thrust with their billyclubs, now it's considered too dangerous. I...

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mrks wrote:hey

I need a ride from the orleans airport anyone want to make $40 for picking me up?

Do you have a ride yet? Will you have a cell with you? If you haven't worked out a ride before dark, I might be able to help.

Gaston

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Kane: Two fighters or teams go at it in a "pit". The loser goes to the end of the line and the winner stays in the pit. There are several pits going at once depending on the number of fighters. Repeat until time exspires. Each victory is worth one point. frieman: Bearkiller didn't enter last year. I...

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On Tuesday March 15th at Gulf Wars we shall once again be sponsoring the Trimarian Known World Spear Tournament. This contest shall consist of two parts of 40 minutes each. For the first 40 minutes fighters will compete in teams of 2 in a bearpit format at the barrier. For the second 40 minutes figh...

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Animal Weretiger wrote:LOL I guess some days I just cant win

True. But from my perspective you're winning today.

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Here ya go:

http://houseasgard.com/BaldarBlunts/

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Turalyon Gilnea wrote: Also the ring of fire is just amazing.

Look forward to fighting you guys again this year (assuming I make it).
I'll try to print some DVDs of last year and bring them.

Gaston

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I had a blast last year. I wasn't too sure about the whole "unkillable gods" thing until I actually experienced it. It was awesome. I got to be Tyr last year (I think I was Tyr, not real up on my Norse mythos) which I got to be by winning a single sword, three telling blows, slight grappling tournam...

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There's a slight chance my practicum schedule might keep me away (graduation is the end of June), but it seems unlikely. Baldar already announced on the household site that he is going (He'll be king by then). There are others down here already working it into their schedules.

Gaston

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Some good suggestions. I haven't had many significant plateaus, but when I do have one, I always go to the pell. It's always worked.

Gaston

PS-Make sure your pell isn't too hard. Most pells are too hard.

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I wonder if our spear tournament is on the schedule again for this year??

Gaston

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I'll be there all week too, though I'm not certain I'll be fighting yet by then. I won't know until my next Xray right before I leave. If the arm checks out, it could be a good war for anyone wanting to beat me (and my little chicken wing) up! My wife is chatelaine to our new P+P, so we'll be in the...

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Ass kicking? They beat him black and blue? They humiliated him with technique? Without further context, I can't understand what he was truly getting at. I can only say what I was told, any additional information would have to come from him. Gaston PS-Would "humiliated him with technique" vs "black ...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

Gaston, a question for you. Let's say that you were the CEO of a non-profit corporation. Your organization is threatened by an individual stating that a lawsuit is going to be filed. Would you seek legal counsel? Would you wait until the suit is actually filed? And lastly would you take actions tha...

Gaston de Vieuxchamps

I think the thrust and throws were invented in Meridies??

In any event, we can be pretty certain they will be allowed at GW.

Gaston

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