The Armour Archive

Maeryk

"The rule" says "an attempt". All else is subjective.

Maeryk

There are no rules against using the pole axe as a wrestling tool. I am not sure what you mean by differences in striking technique. In the single combats judges count good hits in a finite timed matches. I believe there are three one and a half minute rounds. I will check. In mellees touching the ...

Maeryk

Steelmastery got back to me. It's one of their dealers, and all is well.

Maeryk

I thought Steel Mastery had allowed some folks to sell his gear and use his material/ads. Could have the wrong armorer who did this, but thought I would add my pence here. pax - Janos And if he did, great, more power to him. But we've had enough cases of folks ripping off someones photos and design...

Maeryk

he's in the Ukraine. Where is Steel Mastery located? Ah.. also Kiev.

Well, I shot Steel Mastery an email alerting them to it. If it's them, great, if not, someone is ripping off their images.

Maeryk

I didn't realize the stereotype of "the SCAdian habit of living in someones basement and bailing on the rent, or buying stuff and using it for four days and giving up, or putting things in a storage locker and then not paying for it, etc" was so prevalent. I never saw that it was posted a...

Maeryk

asking a question cannot be libelous, as it does not make any statement. True, but the post title is not in the form of a question. It's a request. "post here _IF_ Westland has stolen from you" Nobody posted that they had. Even the OP never posted that they had. He said the utter lack of ...

Maeryk

asking a question cannot be libelous, as it does not make any statement.

Maeryk

Sigurd of Jorvik wrote:If the goods have been delivered, nothing has been stolen. This thread title is borderline libel.

It's not even close to libel. It's a request to post if you have been ripped off by this vendor.

Maeryk

Nice! I like em. I have found, however, that imparting a slight angle, front to back, tipped in bottom towards the top, makes the table a bit more "self righting" when someone leans on it. Those are really nice looking though.

Maeryk

No, it doesn't. But this is cyclical here, with people going after sellers and tossing out words like theft with 0 proof.

Maeryk

40K members plus over the years. Coupled with the SCAdian habit of living in someones basement and bailing on the rent, or buying stuff and using it for four days and giving up, or putting things in a storage locker and then not paying for it, etc... but armor on Ebay? IT'S MOST LIKELY STOLEN! IF T...

Maeryk

Aaron wrote:Now I'd like to see a video of roller or ice-skaters serving cookies to everyone while on the roller/ice rink.

Close..

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=69237

Maeryk

sounds like a wrap to me.. the way it's described here is offering someone a tray of tea, then dumping it on their lap.

Maeryk

Sexy. Call it Orko.

Maeryk

Really? I've had a harder time trying to get a replacement set of screws from Ikea that they forgot to pack in the box.

Maeryk

How can you tell when an environment is about to go toxic? Strong factionalization, to the detriment of the group. Officers who tenaciously hold to power, even to the point of making it impossible to get "new folks" into jobs, because they refuse to relinquish power, and will only give it...

Maeryk

If not them, then Dixon's Muzzleloading Shop (also in PA) may have something.

http://dixonmuzzleloading.com/

Maeryk

Yay! Combat archery!

Maeryk

brewer wrote:According to the East Germans, it was.

I know, that's "SCA X-Sm", but...

For some of us it's "normal".

Maeryk

A cop, done right, is just as protective. We don't deal with points, but big padded masses. that said, what you feel comfortable in is more important. Bruises happen, this is an adult game. But with properly constructed armor (sometimes a bit different than period armor.. again, no points) you will ...

Maeryk

Make sure the troublemakers are shortleashed, powerless, or, preferably, banished. You don't need wormtongue screwing up newbs.

Maeryk

Really? Five pages cause Logan is, again, whining that rules actually apply to him? Seriously?

Maeryk

Plenty of illustrations of greatsword and katz, and a few of longsword and katz. Forget a coossbow... Get a 1530s matchlock!

Maeryk

Kickass!

Maeryk

The katz is your close quarters weapon. Hard to do close fighting in the pike block, so a one handed weapon you can draw and use without dropping the haft with both hands is necessary.

Longer swords were also ring hilted, but the katz was short, broad, and often had a rounder tip.

Maeryk

Can you say that in 20 words?

Maeryk

the word youre looking for is youre (you're). sorry if you missed the joke about putting me on the flyer to attract the lonely women. my commentary was simply based on the notion that a good recruitment idea for the sca was to put attractive women on a flyer to attract gamers. the stereotype is way...

Maeryk

whatever Logan. Go back to your stereotypes of 300 lb gamer geeks and how you are the epitome of a woman's desire. I'm sure your retarded fantasy world is quite comfortable to you.

Maeryk

is this directed at me? logan Because women aren't like that, dumbass. Yes. Stop reading Men's Health, it's a magazine directed at gays. Muscle and FItness is aimed at people with narcisissistic disorders. Women, generally, don't react to "hot buff guy".. that's a genetic programming that...

Maeryk

Because women aren't like that, dumbass.

Maeryk

Maeryk: Why share your personal life in public like that? But seriously... yeah. If just the auto-correct feature does that much, imagine what could've been done. I'm just weirded out my creative folks here seemed to have preferred the dark one (or not considered correcting). Max Send me the origin...

Maeryk

At that point in Germany a lot of "bombs" could be more correctly characterized as fireworks anyway..

Maeryk

In terms of gauntlets, what does it mean if the gaunlets are grounded or not grounded? That they touch the wood/handle of your weapon, rather than your fingers touching it. IE: they will hit the wood before your fingers get smashed. these do not ground: http://www.wulflund.com/images_items/medieval...

Maeryk

Randy W wrote:that was CAT

Oops. Nevermind.

Re: Is there a "NO PLASTIC. PERIOD" Movement in the SCA?

Re: SCA and Battle of Nations

Re: Armory World?

Re: Armory World?

Re: Armory World?

Re: Anyone missing their leg harness?

Re: Post here if Westland Crafts have stolen from you.

Re: Post here if Westland Crafts have stolen from you.

Re: Post here if Westland Crafts have stolen from you.

Re: FS: Historically based trestle table legs

Re: Anyone missing their leg harness?

Re: Anyone missing their leg harness?

Re: offering a plate of cookies while skating...

Re: offering a plate of cookies while skating...

Re: Stainless Gladiator Helm "Price reduced"

Re: Stonekeep Armory: Breach of customer Service...

Re: Recruiting in Toxic Environments

Re: WTB - 14th cen Handgonne

Re: use of katzbaglers and other landsknecht questions

Re: New stuff from Reconstructing History!

Re: Coat of Plates or Breast & Back - which is safer for SCA

Re: Recruiting in Toxic Environments

Re: new rules

Re: use of katzbaglers and other landsknecht questions

Re: National emblem by Mac-Stanislav

Re: use of katzbaglers and other landsknecht questions

Re: Interested in your opinions... recruitment poster prefer

Re: Interested in your opinions... recruitment poster prefer

Re: Interested in your opinions... recruitment poster prefer

Re: Interested in your opinions... recruitment poster prefer

Re: Interested in your opinions... recruitment poster prefer

Re: What a difference the image enhancement made!

Re: Cat with a jetpack

Re: Forgive my ignorance...

Re: Back in the Saddle