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by JJ Shred
Fri Dec 21, 2001 2:10 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Brigandine Nails (Group Order)
Replies: 191
Views: 370

My check went out in today's mail!
by JJ Shred
Fri Dec 21, 2001 12:50 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: We bashed the SCA now how about yourself?
Replies: 105
Views: 2924

It's apparent that Owen needs to buy more beer.
by JJ Shred
Fri Dec 21, 2001 12:26 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I hate the SCA, the resurrection
Replies: 152
Views: 158

Mike, you are either repeating yourself, or I am drunk and seeing double. Whatever. Owen: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I'll deal with a mule, but I ain't riding the bastard.</font> My Grampa, who grew up on a farm in Kentucky, always swore that riding mules was a lot easier than horses. [Thi...
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 20, 2001 8:04 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Period looking shoes (pics)
Replies: 107
Views: 39

The leather soles on #6 might work for riding. I need a stiff sole as the stirrups cause a cramping in my feet when I keep my heels down when wearing soft shoes. Plus, #6 is so obnoxious looking you've gotta love 'em. All the turnshoes I've made have been basically leather socks, except one pair I b...
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 20, 2001 5:53 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: We bashed the SCA now how about yourself?
Replies: 105
Views: 2924

I hate the Indian cast brass center post buckles on my Milanese harness, and that I have been to lazy to learn how to carve and detail the leather straps. I should be carving the wax buckles now instead of sitting at this computer. I wish I'd finish the padded linen/horsehair liner in my frog-faced ...
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 20, 2001 5:36 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA, likes
Replies: 43
Views: 29

Thank you Irish for your condescending endorsement of my approach. <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Plastic, mixed time period personas, poly-cotton tartans, politics and all.</font> Now that you have stated your goals and ambitions, are you dedicated enough to do the work to live up to them?
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 20, 2001 5:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I hate the SCA, the resurrection
Replies: 152
Views: 158

Yeah, but you look cool with smoke pouring out of your visor's breath holes!
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 20, 2001 2:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I hate the SCA, the resurrection
Replies: 152
Views: 158

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Okay I feel like you are picking on me here. You saw my armour at Sternfelds Orange cloved Ball, It is full plate made from road signs, was it all that bad?</font> Sorry to burst your bubble, but you did not even come to mind when I wrote that. You might try get...
by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 19, 2001 9:29 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I hate the SCA, the resurrection
Replies: 152
Views: 158

I Hate the SCA - I hate the fact Pennsic is huge, but they don't allow horses. I hate that I can't play with del Tins at an SCA event without some pimple-faced overweight kid (or his mother) whining at me about the "rules". I hate any dumbass who tells me: "You can't wear a white/red/gold belt unles...
by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 19, 2001 9:06 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA, likes
Replies: 43
Views: 29

I like Pennsic, although I wish I could take my horse. It has the largest collection of merchants and armourers in one place anywhere. I like living in my Panther Pavilion tents. I've spent a bundle of money and an incredible amount of time putting together a camp site that is about 80% authentic to...
by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 19, 2001 12:15 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Period looking shoes (pics)
Replies: 107
Views: 39

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I will be posting to the St. Maurice site for you.</font> At least you can still post. It locked me out and will neither accept my name/password nor will it allow me to re-register since I am already registered. It won't send the password if you click "forgot pa...
by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 19, 2001 7:54 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: A. E. M. M. A.
Replies: 89
Views: 113

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">They would have also lacked something most sca knights have, years and years of practice in basically realistic tourney and war senarios it may not be for REAL but it is more than your hypothetical man at arms has. Would the average Man at Arms who had never bee...
by JJ Shred
Tue Dec 18, 2001 11:15 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Different Combat Groups in this article
Replies: 12
Views: 8

Rev....if you'd mess with some of these "ladies" I'd pray for your soul...not that that will stop retroviruses!!!
by JJ Shred
Tue Dec 18, 2001 9:28 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I've got pictures! I'm the stripped one!
Replies: 9
Views: 16

You look fully dressed to me!
by JJ Shred
Tue Dec 18, 2001 6:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Different Combat Groups in this article
Replies: 12
Views: 8

It's also a five year old article. I and Mike Odea were in the Knights of Trinity, and we both have done some time with the Circle of Swords. The KOT self-imploded because of ridiculous over-blown egos and were never a true live-steel competitive group, rather, their main interest was in overweight ...
by JJ Shred
Tue Dec 18, 2001 6:06 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: I hate the SCA, the resurrection
Replies: 152
Views: 158

I think many people in the SCA have on blinders. They are so defensive because of the inaccuracies they tend to look at everything as a "they" vs "us" mentality. There is by no means an agreement of methods and applications for the re-enactment or living history communities. There are constant squab...
by JJ Shred
Sat Dec 15, 2001 11:43 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: A. E. M. M. A.
Replies: 89
Views: 113

I like AEMMA, but they have no real presence here in Indiana. I really don't like the "Highlander" concept of modern tennis shoes and T-shirts practicing from medieval manuscripts. HACA is guilty of the same thing, although I am a member. We flew to the last expo, but if we drive, I will be in armou...
by JJ Shred
Sat Dec 15, 2001 12:35 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Looking for Damn(ed) Dane
Replies: 9
Views: 6

Is there a price on his head?
by JJ Shred
Fri Dec 14, 2001 8:44 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Mail wear patters
Replies: 17
Views: 9

I have a full harness of 14 guage galvanized 3/8 butted mail I have had for about 8 years. The shirt I bought used at Pennsic, and added long sleeves to, the coif I bought new. The chausses and gauntlets we made, and I have fought live steel for 6 years in it. We did Sat. & Sun., 8 hrs. a day, with ...
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 13, 2001 11:54 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Turning a road sign into a shield... advice sought
Replies: 23
Views: 15

I was referring to the fact that someone would actually use a stop sign as a piece of medieval equipment....
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 13, 2001 6:22 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: SCA Juried Merchants List: Armor & Weapons
Replies: 9
Views: 11

I watched Hank R. take a sharp Windlass steel sword and chop through mail, a cow leg (meat & bone) and bury it into the stump underneath. I would have thought it would break, but it didn't. I guess you could say: "battle ready", although you'll not find one of them in my collection...
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 13, 2001 6:14 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: help from the Rus
Replies: 24
Views: 20

[img]http://www.skeesick.com/images/Helm%20pics/HELMFRNT.JPG[/img]

[img]http://www.skeesick.com/images/Helm%20pics/HELMBCK.JPG[/img]

Now this is a nice helmet!
by JJ Shred
Thu Dec 13, 2001 12:50 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Turning a road sign into a shield... advice sought
Replies: 23
Views: 15

A street sign?!? Arrrrggggggg!!!!!!! Just back up and slip off silently, mustn't say a word, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing......
by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 12, 2001 7:00 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Long term storage of armour.
Replies: 10
Views: 9

Fluid Film:

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by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 12, 2001 6:56 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Wasters???
Replies: 18
Views: 8

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Wow - that site has a rivetted maille habergeon for under $400. I take it we're talking low-end Indian maille here? still, that's cheap...</font> Hey, who's that handsome guy in the 14th C. armour in front of the blue & white tents? What a stud muffin! I found o...
by JJ Shred
Mon Dec 10, 2001 8:05 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Ailettes
Replies: 8
Views: 27

I have a pair of hardened leather ailettes. They are useful for displaying heraldry but get in the way of overhead sword blows. They might save your collarbone from a diagonal sword strike while wearing mail.
by JJ Shred
Mon Dec 10, 2001 8:01 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Training Videos
Replies: 3
Views: 12

They are nice little videos useful as an introduction. I have both and enjoy them. They are fighting straight theatrical, edge-to-edge, so they aren't particularly useful for studying Fiore. They give a good basic view, though, and have pretty good armour & props. I paid $30.00 American each, and fe...
by JJ Shred
Sun Dec 09, 2001 11:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: slashing/polearms/halbred
Replies: 17
Views: 27

Can't find it right now, it was a year or more ago on:

http://netsword.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro&BypassCookie=true
by JJ Shred
Sat Dec 08, 2001 12:55 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Test cutting
Replies: 11
Views: 18

I can think of a couple of people that really annoy me.....
by JJ Shred
Fri Dec 07, 2001 7:54 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Hey, History Guys.
Replies: 13
Views: 13

I'd do that helmet with a swallow-tail and to matching slots on the other strap. Pull through and tie. I don't thing a buckle would be appropriate.
by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 05, 2001 9:46 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: How do I dye leather?
Replies: 15
Views: 14

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">buy some dye... paint it on with a spongie brush. Let dry...</font> You forgot "Wipe off excess..." I'd rather use mink oil and elbow grease, or even suffer a little rub-off then use that Tandy plastic sealer. Sure, it works, but it really dries out the leather,...
by JJ Shred
Wed Dec 05, 2001 9:41 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Out of time, out of place...
Replies: 16
Views: 26

As far as I'm concerned, you can call yourself Jiminy Cricket if you're wearing steel plate instead of some dumpster-diving blue pickel-bucket hockey reject modern sports equipment. If you are, I have a different name for you. Cheesy.
by JJ Shred
Tue Dec 04, 2001 11:48 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Wax for Leather: how do they compare
Replies: 23
Views: 8

I agree with the Rev. I made a bunch of scales, tossed them in boiling beeswax, and the net result depended on the amount of time left in the boil. Three or so got away from me and by the time I fished them out they were 1/3 the original size and hard as copper. The scales I made were quite sufficen...
by JJ Shred
Tue Dec 04, 2001 6:15 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: is it just me or does this look alittle off?
Replies: 10
Views: 10

Nope, it looks fine. You, however, look a little off! Image
by JJ Shred
Tue Dec 04, 2001 1:20 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Long Hair
Replies: 30
Views: 39

Mine's all the way down my back. I have Patty help me fold it up into my coif when I put on armour. I have to wear a coif when I take my mail shirt on & off as well. It's a pain in the butt to look cool!!!

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