The Armour Archive

Maeryk

Hopefully, this whole thing is simply a period during which this information is being evaluated and a decision made. People's issue is with the arbitrary way in which the program was simply turned off with no consultation with the people running it (and while Aedan, the SRM may be nominally in char...

Maeryk

Whats the Black stuff?

A reflection in the stainless.

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Maeryk

Right now, as we speak, metal weapons are being inspected by the SCA all over the world for rapier combat. And they are expensive. And it's been going ok for many many years. There is a training program to teach them that. It's been going on in rapier for decades. Yes. Rapiers made by established c...

Maeryk

Some core things would have to be made clear. That much I agree with. But applying standards to this project that we do not apply to the other martial arts is simply unfair. But there _ARE_ minimum, society wide standards applied to martial combat. No freon cans, for instance. Minimum armor.. (whil...

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But we aren't talking about explosives here. We are talking about period combat with steel weapons - something we can objectively proove is a safe persuit (or rather, a persuit that is just as safe as any form of combat we practice) given a proper set of rules. One could also make the same argument...

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It is far easier to kill yourself, and lots of others, with poorly prepared chicken than with a cannon that holds 16 oz of black powder. And yet, the rules covering food preparation for feasts can be found at....? Yes, but cooking is an accepted risk, no? If someone got food poisoning, its unlikely...

Maeryk

All of that not withstanding, the SCA *must* make room for activities that follow it's stated intent. Otherwise, we make a liar of the SCA itself. And being a Society based on Honor, I see no honor in sheilding ourselves in Tax Exempt status while purposfully putting the kabash on activites that fo...

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I also want a table to match. I follow the same material and building techniques, substituting only the difference in construction that a larger table would require, using the same methods from other tables made in the 15th century. I make the table match the benches because that is what the "custo...

Maeryk

_WATCH YOUR ASS_ with galvanized or plated metals. If you see floaters when you weld.. (little parachuters of gunky smoke drifting back towards the floor) you _DEFINATELY_ need a vent hood of some sort. The shield gas and the flux are _usually_ not too bad.. but you definately need to watch for the ...

Maeryk

I know my forearms and completely numb. I asked several times for very skilled fighters like Lord Noe to fire shots at my forearms while I stood there...I felt a twinge, sort of like the same feeling I get when I move my arm in the vambrace. If I was fighting, I doubt I would notice it at all. Two ...

Maeryk

I've never understood why the Earl Marshal has the reigns over every combat related activity in the SCA.

You need not UNDERSTAND tradition, you just needs must FOLLOW tradition!

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Leading a resonable man to draw the conclusion that the KEM's have a broader scope of responsibility than their boss.

So the KEM is in charge of armormaking?

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Maeryk

AS TO SIDESWORD . . . I know Aedan and I take him at his word. He says that the SEM is uncomfortable with the lack of uniformity in the experiment kingdom to kingdom. Fair enough. The important part of his message though is that the Society Rapier Marshal has folks working on a uniform rule set so ...

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And Maeryk, the danger to sidesword is not from musclebound jocks worried that swidesword is horning in on our turf, I know.. that why I said that wasnt the problem. Thats the problem with Combat Archery. Maeryk (and the BOD and SCA Inc have some.. issues. Individually I'm sure they are very nice p...

Maeryk

Im curious about your last statement there. Can you elaborate for me? I mean, im wondering if you're saying that this doesn't have a place in the SCA in general, or what? Thats kinda the BOD attitude towards it.. "there are other groups already doing it.. go there if you really want to do it". We w...

Maeryk

Simple answer: A good shot is a shot that lands with sufficient force for your opponent to aknowledge it. How do you determine how much force is necessary? Calibrate. I think calibration should be required before every bout. Since it isn't, make it a part of your routine. This allows you and your o...

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Aaaron.. any chance theres a numb spot on your armor? One of our guys many years ago got a severe dressing down from a Knight for being "numb" after the knight hit him in the kidney area several times with no acknoledgement. After our bud protested innocence.. that he didnt feel it, we investigated....

Maeryk

wow.. the "pile of rusty armor in a manorhouse guy" is still out there? at least he doesnt use the bad photo-shop picture of said "pile of armor" anymore.

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This topic came up recently. Most people mean it's not documentable when they say it's not period or authentic. I think we should learn to except that is what they mean, it will be almost impossible to change so the way so many people use the words. ick. I'd rather people say "documentable to X" wh...

Maeryk

I can't really feel sorry for this woluwe26. he buys crap without researching, he deserves to be ripped off in all honesty.

Maybe its what he wants?

I dont know.. this is pure speculation.. but maybe he's trying to recreate frazetta paintings?

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Maeryk

bout damn time. Thorson, you rock.

Maeryk
(and vivat, the two newest EK knights..)

Maeryk

You just need to tinker with it to come up with some kind of "stop" for the bottom of the baseplate to keep it from going down to far. Having never seen a lance-rest, I have no idea if this is a valid suggestion or not, but hte simplest way would seem to be to leave a "heel" on the base of whicher ...

Maeryk

Mostly, they were "grotesques" which were largely a flight of fancy. 14th c. cartoons, if you will. They were fouind in marginalia of countelss manuscripts. Some were obvious critiques of men-such as legs with a face where an ass would be. However there is a deeper meaning, as well. Dover has at le...

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He's up in Pensylvania (sp?) now

I think thats "back" in PA. I met him up here about 13 years ago.. he had done the troll helm and also had the dragon helm and the green scale armor to go with it at that point.

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thought Joe (Gichjgar Gronnulf) was in Florida?

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THats the top-spike, right? the experimental one?

Man.. I can see putting one of the pollaxes on with that jammed on top, adn having a _nice_ looking polearm!

Maeryk

Maeryk

When I fight greatsword, (and its one of my two favorite forms, pole being the other) if you look at me sideways its |/ that you see. I keep my hands down somewhere around my belt buckle, and 90% of my blocking is simply side to side body twist. Keep your blade between you and their sword, and you w...

Maeryk

If you try to cut metal with a slide compound makita wood miter, you will eitehr A) destroy it in short order, B) destroy yourself, as the abrasive disk is NOT designed to be arbored that way, or spun that fast, and the guard on the saw is NOT designed to take that disc, C) all of the above as you d...

Maeryk

Have I thrown shots that may have been excessive? Yes, but not deliberately. Last night I cranked up all the way to power through shields, and didn't get through. It was like my Great Sword was an overripe bannana. I wasn't strong enough. Stop hitting shields. They cannot hurt you. My usual trick w...

Maeryk

Pieces that have been buried for several hundred years can get quite distorted. Bones can be crushed by the weight of the earth above them, metal pieces can get flattened or deformed, you get the idea. The fact that a piece of leather survived at all is bucking the odds. It's not surprising that th...

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Is it a gym where you could find an OLD heavy bag and swing a stick at it?

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I am sure this started as a safety issue. It seems like the amount of force that can be applied with a jab (for lack of a better term), over the 2 inch surface area required for a thrusting tip for a bastard sword using this form "could" be kind of hard. Other then not being allowed to grasp the ed...

Maeryk

In my ideal world, when halfswording, you would treat the weapon as a spear. I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t see much evidence for strikes with the blade while halfswording historically. Having been cross checked many times over the years by folks using polearms, I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t see it as particularly more dangerous...

Maeryk

ok sooooo back to the drawing board.................thanks guys....I am thinking of replacing the flurs with a rampant Lion or Griffon in Or..would that be too much? Last time I checked, there were only two or maybe three sea gryphons registered in the SCA. Fantasy critters kick ass. (cept dragons....

Maeryk

It's the true Old South where folks still say "Yes Ma'am" and "Thank you", and hold the door for you - man or woman.

And dont screw with peoples peonies.. because they are guarded by scary old nekkid men with M-16s!

Maeryk