The Armour Archive

Ceddie

I had a great time at this tourney. I really wish people's kits were like this all the time Sivrid (3rd from the right in the in pic 112 above) they are. I tend to only remember the kits like this. The rest is like the "needle niose" on my old records, I know it there, it has to be there but for th...

Ceddie

Murdock wrote:tackling as in running up and jumping on people with your arms open like a wanna be offensive lineman.

Same 4 idiots at Gulf did that over and over (leaves em open to a nice spear shot in the chest, gut or nuts though). Saw a couple tards do it at Pennsic.

who?

pm me.

Ceddie

On "dieing" as a crossbowman:
Can you carry your bow by the sturrup or prod? That shows me
that you are out of the fight.

Ceddie

Angusm0628 wrote:At Pennsic, You should fall down where struck and wait til the marshal taps you out or until it is safe to exit the list.
.

where is that written down?

Ceddie

I can find nothing in the rules tha tsays you must fall down. Your actions were fine. It is a common practice to retire the field after being bested without falling to the ground it also is accepted as being withing the rules to behave in this way. As a Knight and a(n Earl) Marshal, I would have iss...

Ceddie

You guys are across the street from Asgard, kind of behind Small Grey Bear, right? I'm on the other side of the yard, on the front fence. I might be able to fling a beer that far but why waste it? We should sit down and DRINK it while discussing and debating the finer points of camp furniture that i...

Ceddie

not me?!?
I live just past Trimaris Royal in a wall tent. When I am in a "comfortable evening state" I will frequently refer to my tent as my house but it is definately not two stories!

you know where I can get a house?
Cheep?

Ceddie

who had a HOUSE?!?
I want a HOUSE!

Ceddie

Noble Cousin Jehan, thank you for your concern about my opinion. And thank you for doing something I should have done before posting my chastising editorial about the conversation, namely doing the research to establish a pattern of behavior and attitude with the fellow who changed his name (SIDE NO...

Ceddie

I. I. agreed and understood. call it a soft spot for the underdog but the poor kid stood no chance. knowing the personalities and the tipical Archive humor, I got it right away but in total Promethius has 38 post, I'm sure he didn't get it. I just hate to see folks run off before they can learn what...

Ceddie

I donâ€™t think that the original post warranted the total personal thrashing the fellow got. All he was asking was if anyone knew where he could get a horse tail and he got insulted and belittled until he no longer felt welcome. Personally, I disagree with his choice to wear a horse tail on an SCA ...

Ceddie

how much would you charge me for a dishing and a planishing hammer?
like the 1st and 3rd in the pic?

Ceddie

http://www.pewterreplicas.com/detail.as ... encies=GBP

Is the same one my wife wears and has no problems at all.

you might want to give a look at

http://www.fetteredcockpewters.com/page_collars.htm

Ceddie

I remember some places reserving collars for â€œGrant or higherâ€

Ceddie

Ultimate? All of the above, plus they would be "Spock-proof" finger gauntlets - ie ones where the fingers could not be forced apart within the plane of the hand. facinating. That is what I like the most about my finger gauntlets, the ability to move my fingers independantly and without restriction.

Ceddie

RE stitching. The Helm in the photos has the liner held in with sticky back velcro

thanks Felix!!!

I have another in the works where I drilled the holes about 3/8 from the edge and 5/16 apart. I went through a lot of bits but it'll look great when it's done.

Ceddie

http://www.nacs.net/~pietro/SCAArmorHelmLiner.html

is another good site to look at

look here as well

http://gildedboar.com/klappvisier/

Ceddie

I switched to a cotton/cotton liner about 4 months ago. It felt VERY different in my hands and even when I put it on. I wasn't too sure it would protect good enough. I asked a friend to start with a light tap and work up a bit at a time to a telling blow and eventually until I asked him to stop. We ...

Ceddie

Vitus, check your PMs

Ceddie

Well, you should be able to do just about anything IN armor that you can do OUT of armor. You shoule be comfortable gettin up in the morning and getting into harness and not getting out untill bed time. If not, you need to tweek your kit. It took me about 6 years to get my kit to that point. and sti...

Ceddie

I have made teo.

they both suck.

How much?

Ceddie

I have gotten CRANKED in the hands with Great sword and pole axe a bunch and it stings a bit but no worse than getting hit anywhere else.
Did the knuckle-buckler work to defuse the blows at all?
How do you have them padded?

Ceddie

as soon as I can figure out how to change my file size, I'll post pics of the finished gauntlets

Ceddie

When I ordered my gauntlets, I custom ordered them from the metacarple forward so I could add my own cuff.
Here is what I got

Ceddie

Itâ€™s no secret, my area of interest is, primarily SCA combat. I feel that drawing from the various fightbooks to diversify my skill set for the SCA has proven to be invaluable. I have learned at lot from la Jue, Talhoffer, Fiore, Lichtenhure, Silver, I.33. Some of it is applicable, a lot is not bu...

Ceddie

drop Clay Moore a line at:

CelticWarriors@aol.com

he does good work fast and very well priced.

Ceddie

Those will NEVER fit me!?! you need to start over and make them a bit bigger!

They look really nice, How do they fit through the inside thigh?
I can see the polyen is laced, what did youuse for the lace?

Ceddie

Cpt Jamie at

http://www.bymyhanddesigns.com/

has good shields at great prices.

As far as I know Talon armories still sells at events and should be at Pensic with shields.

Ceddie

THAT isn't a bad idea, and I should have read your initial post more clearly. Is there any way that the Administrator can create a separate area for SCA events? sounds great but in truth there are only a couple topics in the front page at any given time. The majority of the active topics here have n...

Ceddie

about 1/2 the time! I love them. I can do more with the basket than with the mittens and still more with the finger gauntlets. They just move right. I use the Mandrake viking cross and fig pommel in Aluminum at Rod's recomendation and they work really well together. I am slowly transitioning to the ...

Ceddie

I know folks who wear everything from nothing to a layer of the ugly blue camp foam and everything in between. it really depends on how much you don't want to get teh sting od getting hit. I wear a gambason with 4 layers of cotton batting and a 1/4in foam inserton the elbow. the sleave has minimal c...

Ceddie

If you are going to moderate it at all, move it to OT. It has nothing to do with Medieval Combat and Weapons. It does have to do with the use of th MC&W forum so I feel it has it's place to be discussed. While I do agree that some of the topics that get listed in MC&W are a bit out of place with the...

Ceddie

What Iâ€™m trying to wrap my head around is the â€œworn instead ofâ€

Ceddie

James, that's great stuff! Itâ€™s just the kind of thing I'm looking for. Time isn't too important really; anything from 12c to 16c will work. I want to 1) See if what I understand to be layered fabric defense is truly what it is. 2) Understand who used it and when (What class of people: was it armo...

Ceddie

I want to say they are about 8oz veg tan maybe a little lighter. the trick is a good fit. I put a good coat of neatsfoot oil on it when it was first made and let it sit for a couple days to get really really soft.

I'll try to shrink the pic and add it as soon as I can.