The Armour Archive

Maeryk

Fencing has always been around from day one however it was not anything like what it has become today. The organization and structure that followed the first events was not based upon fencing and so it had almost no following and no real recognition in the SCA. It was many many years before fencing...

Maeryk

My problem was really that I fell in love with a sport and found out that a winner of a completely different sport could yank the rug out at will, change rules that don't actually affect him, inspire songs... -Patrick Right. You decided you liked a game that had nothing to do with the real game tha...

Maeryk

Being a top rank fencer is not "easier" than being a top rank hard suit fighter. Perhaps it's that attitude that gets people riled up? Skill is skill.. whether it's putting an arrow in a popinjay, getting five knives to stick in the bull, taking out a Don, or defeating a Duke. What I'm see...

Maeryk

I guess im biased.. I started before Fencing was actually something done at events. (rest of ignorant rant deleted) 1st- no, you didn't. Second, thank you for illustrating my point #2 from my previous post. If attitudes like yours were the norm on the heavy field, why in the world would anybody wan...

Maeryk

How many of them do you think would otherwise be fighting heavy if rapier wasn't around? about half... the other half want to be don juan,inigo montoyo, dread pirate roberts, CAPTAIN jack sparrow, etc etc then of course if there was a separate rapier game and they got to see that alone without the ...

Maeryk

Hi, It's time for another thread on this subject. Yes, the come up almost quarterly, but I should'nt necro threads anymore. I'll be good. It's not really that Rapier is a threat it's just that it has significantly put a dent in our heavy fighting numbers. When I started fighting rapier was almost n...

Maeryk

i don't know where you are from, or when, but there are several "camp" illustrations out there showing nothing more than lean to-s for people. Barracks tents and such are nice.. but there's 10 or so people in them, even though we use them as "Single occupancy" in many cases. But,...

Maeryk

Umm.. a piece of canvas with some holes at each corner and centered on the edges, and a stick.. or a rope.. and a tree.. and a couple of stakes. string a rope between two trees.. or simply make a ^ front lean-to with the stick and stakes. Hell, a buddy of mine (God rest his soul) used to show up wit...

Maeryk

Personally, I'd drill a two small blind holes and put roll pins in them, then drill holes to match in the rattan.

Maeryk

Atlantia isnt one of those "just positive pressure" kingdoms is it? There is no such thing as "positive pressure". From page 10 of the Handbook. b. The minimum effective thrusting blow to the face shall be a directed touch and the maximum shall be substantially lighter than to o...

Maeryk

It's crap. complete crap. no WAY will that center gap stand up to repeated shots. As a pretend marshal in my mind, I demand you send it to me for extended testing..

also.. HOLY CRAP THAT'S GORGEOUS! Kudos to the design, and making it reality. that's one damn spiffy helm.

Maeryk

Ok, to further this topic (and I thank you all for your input and help) as Wolf pointed out the flat of my bow is to the outside, the “D” toward me when I aim. The poundage is 56# at 28” and having fired it 4 times, it unstrung 3 times and I had to restring once. I took Maeryk’s advice and upon clo...

Maeryk

I agree with Maeryk that limb twist is the common culprit. Look down the length of the bow, like you would sighting in a rifle. The limbs should align perfectly. To help with this, you can take a silver sharpie or pen, and at the very center of the back of each nock, draw a centerline (like you're ...

Maeryk

Did the string come with the bow? If you look at it VERY carefully, is there any twist in the limbs?

Maeryk

Let's go back to that rule you posted. It includes the word "intentionally". You are interpreting that word in an extremely broad manner, such that if they get hit in the hand, it was their intention for it to happen. I am interpreting that word in a much more conventional manner, such th...

Maeryk

At the end of the day this game we play is a game of honor. 90% of the time you have some sorta clue and can either disregard the shot as low, or offer council to your opponent as to why you do not believe the shot was good. As for the wrist deal. Maybe we should take that. Maybe I should take that...

Maeryk

I think you two are arguing semantics, as I see it. Balin is suggesting that putting a weaponless hand in the way of a shot in any way is intentional, I believe (except in the specific case mentioned in the rules). Maeryk and Kilkenny are suggesting there may be other times that it happens and cert...

Maeryk

I guess we'll see what the SEM has to say about that.

Maeryk

if you are not holding a weapon your hand is a legal target get whacked lose your arm. Though hooks and presses are fine with your weapon or shield. Balin Where on earth does crap like this get started? Balin.. where did you hear this? If your hand gets whacked while you are not holding a weapon wh...

Maeryk

Balin50 wrote:if you are not holding a weapon your hand is a legal target get whacked lose your arm. Though hooks and presses are fine with your weapon or shield.

Balin

Where on earth does crap like this get started?

Balin.. where did you hear this?

Maeryk

http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... EsQ8wIwAg#

Maeryk

wear armour, not sweatshirts or virtue.. problem solved.

Maeryk

Hi, all! I'm a fighter in a boffer sport, as well as a seamstress and the owner of a small garb business. Between lurking here, participating on my own game's forums, and talking in person to people in the community, I've noticed a few trends that pop up regarding bad business deals. I've seen frie...

Maeryk

Is someone, anyone, willing to pay you for it simply to display it? If so, it's art.

Maeryk

Another thought.. check out the feets on this guy..

Maeryk

It sounds like a good way to spend a weekend or three. Build helm use this new product and then carry out a series of distructive tests. smashing, hit, pound, and then expose it like bad loaner gear... unwashed with leather soaked in sweat placed in a rubbermaid tote and left in a trunk or pennsic ...

Maeryk

Kilkenny wrote:
Maeryk wrote:
Impatient san is impatient! You just have to click through the lyrics.

That did not seem to work. I tried.

I'll just avoid any Cisco links from here on out. I suppose something was accomplished.

No, it works.. you juts have to go ALL THE WAY THROUGH.. I did it twice by mistake.

Maeryk

LOL. Don't browse from work. Regular Rick Roll is no big deal. That shit resized my browser, kept bouncing it around my monitor screen and when I tried to force quit my browser, it wouldn't let me. Kept popping a drop down and when I click OK, it did it again. I had to do a Hard Reboot to shut it d...

Maeryk

Wow well that's mature guys... Anyway, if you are looking for the actual news clip about it happening: Thanks alot ASS. Some of us are at fucking WORK. having our browser change size, move around play that fucking song and REFUSE TO FUCKING CLOSE can get people in trouble. rickroll in one thing. Th...

Maeryk

Any chance those ties are holding the sleeves on?

Maeryk

Thought this might be an interesting discussion. A lot of people tell me what a great artist I am when they see my armour. I don't consider it art and tell them that. More craftsmanship or arts and crafts type thing. For me art should be something that is used to express or invoke emotion or someth...

Maeryk

Yes it is. It's only proof that it's not on snopes. Snopes is very consistent and there are even threads on there where people are trying to prove it's false with no luck. So, since you insisted that it was false without proof, I insist that it is true unless proven otherwise. Erm.. you can't prove...

Maeryk

Sir Omarad wrote:

The next step, I suspect, is just a wall. Covered in razor blades. That you rub against like a cat.

The quattro, however, _does_ actually have five blades.. one is a trimming blade on the top.

Maeryk

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:
JoJo Zerach wrote:Probably with a weak adhesive, like honey.

Honey? How well do you think that would hold up against hundreds of years of wind and rain?

Well, it never spoils.. so very well!

Maeryk

Make sure you get a bandsaw rated for ferrous and "wet work". A woodcutting bandsaw, without a LOT of mods, simply won't do it.. it's not designed to deal with oil, ferrous chips in the guides and tires, etc. the tighter the radius of the cut, the smaller the blade you need, unless you are...

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