The Armour Archive

Maeryk

I may be wrong, but thats an older article.. and for about what you are paying for those (wrong) rings, I think you can get _real_ riveted rings from Ringlord along with the proper rivets, and the tool to do it.

I am _sure_ I remember reading something about it here.

Maeryk

Maeryk

One of my favorites is the "chinese amber".. uhh.. yeah.. with a dragonfly in it that is still moving.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Unfortunately, I need hats, not "covers".

Maeryk

Maeryk

yeah.. HF has anvils.. I know Diamond Tool and Horseshoe _used_ to stock em.. not sure anymore.. shipping is what kills you. Up here we can usually find them at flea markets/auctions pretty readily.. just about everyone with a barn has an anvil in it somewhere. Wow.. guess Amazon really _DOES_ have ...

Maeryk

The fighter i experienced that the most with was Random Wronghand.. first off the salad strainer helm he was wearing made it impossible to tell what his expression was.. (as do most close-faces). He also had that reputation of coming out from behind his shield either right or lefty..and you wouldnt ...

Maeryk

Starting position, no, but thats a second shot in a combo for me.. usually a head shot at someone on their knees.. thats the recovery, and then from there, shoulder and elbow up, becomes and upside their head that sweeps in from their right. (in theory.. usually becomes me hopelessly tangled in thei...

Maeryk

Bascot, sawmills are few and far between up these parts anymore.. I can find them.. but usually you pay _more_ for full thickness unplaned than you do for planed.. unless you are going board width S4S.. then its a bit more a board foot.

Maeryk

Maeryk

The SCA re creates medieval type grande Melees with combatants protraying persona from many different cultures and time periods. To that end in our melees it is more important to use the right tool for the job than only user period weapons for your time. If that were the case the later period peopl...

Maeryk

Northwest Lumber (the good hardwood place in Indy) is weird--when you ask for a 2x4, they will cut you a plank that is 2" x 4" (not the 1.5" x 3.5" standard). Consequently, my tent poles are "beefier" than what is standard. Oh.. thats too freakin cool! (and yeah.. i meant 1.5 by 3.5.. my bad)! Maeryk

Maeryk

Bob, is it for a 2x4 (from teh store) where the ID would be 1.75 x 3.75? or is it for an actual true 5/5 x 4" piece?

Maeryk

Maeryk

I discovered I never knew how good I was until someone told me. I had the bad luck in the few one v one tourneys I played in to draw veterans/Knights all the time, and got killed pretty handily. So that wasnt a way to judge, and in the melee tourneys it was usually TEAMS of good guys.. like.. Balfar...

Maeryk

Build from dark wood like black walnut, er... whoops, that's a new world species; mahogany, er, no, that's South American; teak? no, that's Asian... Okay, some dark heartwood from the local trees; repeat as above. English walnut, maple, english oak, chestnut. These are all native woods and useable....

Maeryk

WEll, if you can leg em, can you hip em? THats a kill. The other thing is to try and keep it from GETTING that far.. when you leg em have a followup shot ready.. if hte fall, use it towards their head. I know a lot of people who will A) shoot at you as they are dropping, as thats when you most dont ...

Maeryk

leave it outside?

There are a number of ways to make wood look antique. Leaving it outside unprotected for a month is one way.. there are books and probably web pages out there explaining it, I am sure!

Maeryk

Maeryk

Expecting every specific possible action to be found in a period picture book is most likely futile, there is a near infinite number of possible combinations of weapons, attacks and defenses possible.

Bbbuttttt.. if its not IN THE BOOK, they DIDNT DO IT!

Maeryk

Maeryk

Anything by John Waters is a "gay" film?, Only because Waters is so flamboyantly gay himself, and his triumphs are held as a touchstone. not that i'm saying any of those films are _BAD_ I love pretty much every one that has been mentioned. Ever see the documentary on the Cock-ettes? The cross dress...

Maeryk

It's just that it rubbed me the wrong way when I saw the ebay link.

And I can certainly understand why it would. Its just hard to say if the guy genked _your_ pattern or learned it from someone else, not even knowing it was your pattern to begin with, ya know?

Maeryk

Maeryk

Not knockin ya man.. are you _certain_ someone else could not have come up with the pattern the same way you did?

Looking at the two.. I doubt it as well.. but is it possible someone saw a copy of your pattern and copied THAT?

Mareyk

Maeryk

I dont consider Velvet Goldmine to be gay cinema..

now Hedwig.. yeah. No doubt.

Oh.. anything wiht Divine.

Maeryk

Maeryk

regardless of it's worth as cinema, you're right, it will be memorialized as a milestone of 'gay film'. whatever that may be....

ANything John Waters ever directed.

"Priscilla queen of the desert"
and

"To Wong Foo: Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar'

Maeryk

Maeryk

Oh.. have you checked out Kinsey yet?

That sucker is the one thats gonna cause problems, I suspect.

His reports were utterly based in bullshit and selective questioning.. but they _STILL_ cite it.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Actually Stone portrayed homosexual love between men in general much more openly than I would have thought. In fact, The film seemed to focus on it directly at several points.

And some of hte Greeks arent all that thrilled about it, from what I have read.

Maeryk

Maeryk

Or weren't they smart enough to roll three different sized balls of snow together and stack them?

Dunno man.. how many years did the noble native americans watch wagons, trains, and other wheeled conveyances go by, and didnt figure out wheels?

Maeryk

Maeryk

No, the grab and yank isnt the thing that I have a problem with at all. I've taken spears from people in melees before. Its the 'hiding behind a wall' for the express purpose of doing that that is pussy. I realize it's as open to personal interpretation as anything else but that's just how it hits ...

Maeryk

Well, both of those are slightly different cases, now aren't they? Thats why I asked. I wondered if those in opposition make a distinction between someone, say, in the line itself grabbing spears and yanking, vs someone "hiding" and doing it, or if its just the act of the grab and yank thats the is...

Maeryk

Hey, Animal.. how do you feel about people who overzealously use the shield hook on their polearm on a shield wielded by a _large_ person who manages to yank the pole out of their hands? How bout crappy spearman whose hafts end up two rows back into the enemy line and they are fumbling for their rec...

Maeryk

CM5. A fighter who has lost his weapon during a melee is not considered helpless, and a "hold" will not be called.

From EAst Kingdom combat conventions.. (YMMV)

http://www.eastkingdom.org/Law/earlmarshal.html

Maeryk

Maeryk

You must have a different version of the Marshall's Handbook. Mine doesn't have a seperate "Behavior on the field" section for melees and tournaments. It's true that what you say is the custom, and I've stated my understanding of that fact already. That is because you are not reading it correctly. ...

Maeryk

Actually, bituminous will burn in a deep pile in a bottom-blast forge, depending on your fire-pot and air supply; however, it takes a near-constant air supply and a lot more tending. Okay.. am I missing something? cause thats what I said.. or did you mean Anthracite (hard) coal will burn that way? ...

Maeryk

From the marshall's handbook: Any fighter who obtains an unfair advantage by repeatedly becoming "helpless" (e.g. by falling down or losing his or her weapon) may, after being duly warned by the marshals on the field, be forced to yield the fight... Dude.. in a melee if you throw your sword at me, ...

Maeryk

My "anti-soreness" ritual usually consists of lots of water, a couple of 500 MG cal-mag tablets, a couple of Lecithin and C's, some vitamin E, and possibly Glucosamine, if I'm _really_ in pain and my trick joints are acting up.

Maeryk

Maeryk

I've popped in the discussion forums on some of the modern maillers' websites a few times. It does indeed seem to be a totally different culture. Their terminology is different, too. Am I correct in assuming that this culture consists mostly of high-school kids? Hey.. as long as they arent selling ...

Maeryk

http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt2769.html it really DOES come from rabbits! http://www.michaelharding.co.uk/Q7.htm it is apparently used for priming canvas for painting, among other things.. (as a sizing..) sooo.. I would assume you can get it from art supply places like: http://www.kremer-...

Maeryk

Where does one get rabbit glue anyway? I'd love to fool around with some to see what it does.

Umm.. from rabbits?

Nice stuff Ulliag! Really nice.

Now.. who is fighting in stormtrooper armor? *grin*

Maeryk

Maeryk

I was having a private discussion at coronation about a decade ago where I was talking about the landseknechts using zweihanders to chop the heads off pikes to make a hole in a square to push through and some gentle butted into the middle of our conversation saying that was just not so. Have you ev...