The Armour Archive

Maeryk

Ordered from them: brass T hilt, scent stopper pommel, taping fork, 2 sheets of foam. Order processing was exceedingly quick.. but after that I didnt hear anything for a couple of days.. waited the 2-5 days they mention then wrote to ask what was up. IMMEDIATELY got a note from there saying they wer...

Maeryk

I have run into really short folks who lean WAY OVER BACKWARDS forcing me (6'3) to peer over the top of my shield to find them and *WHAM*.

That, and the one that woke me up.. when Minimal damn near ran over me, apparently not seeing me, then said "short guys.. " and wandered off.

Maeryk

Maeryk

There were medieval tournaments/training where safety was a priority, and killing someone was rare. That is what I have always been led to believe is the "thing" we are recreating. Now, if someone can show me tournament rules from the middle ages that show that hitting someone from behind was frowne...

Maeryk

Yes, but I place a higher importance on the romantic ideal than on the re-enactment. Ours is not purely experimental archeology. My "Middle Ages As They Might Have Been *tm*" fills the gaps with SCA construct, replaces those constructs with historical example as they are uncovered, but restricts th...

Maeryk

The rule is incredibly vague and should be rewritted. "making a defensive reaction" can count as shrugging or ducking.. the rule SHOULD say something like "has turned to face you and is in a defensive posture"

That clears it up nicely.

Maeryk

Maeryk

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m not sure that the turn constitutes perception of a threat, in fact I think it doesnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t. I was told, by the marshal when I questioned it the first time, that as I was turning and raising my weapon (which is what you are going to do, without even THINKING as someone rattles the side ...

Maeryk

I hope this restores your faith in the system Lothar Nope.. that was the system it happened under. What would happen is a pole would wrap the line and come in obliquely behind you, and start tapping you on teh side of the head, repeatedly. AS you turned (which is acknoledgement) and met their eyes ...

Maeryk

further, it is clear by your many posts that you view sca sport combat as a simple play time activity. many of us (most) view it as an opportunity to display courage, prowess, and good will with our friends. you can wallow in pride at your cheap kills if you wish. but you should take a minute to tr...

Maeryk

I've been hearing complaints for the past 20 yrs from people growing up using West of the Rockies conventions, who travel out East that they DID see a lot of tap tap/smack as the person turns around action. The general feeling was that there were guys running around trying to suprise people from be...

Maeryk

I was hoping somewhere in this 4 pages that someone would say something pro-DDFB that would make me say "OK, I understand, that makes sense." It has not happened. I've only heard 'people cheat, no one calls them on it'. Kay, how bout "If I get behind you, I should be able to kill you". Theres no di...

Maeryk

We have always slapped them in armour first night. Ten minute "safety" speech, then off they go with someone who knows the typical stupid newbie tricks and how to block em, and is willing to take a couple of head-shots for the team. "Kay.. now.. hit me in the head with a flat snap. allright.. that w...

Maeryk

Well Dang, you may have a point there. Do you think you could add sleeves to the existing pourpoint to attach the arm harness to? Could it be done in such a way that the arms could be raised without lifting the hem? Something roomy in the upper arm perhaps, but then would the arm harness tend to sh...

Maeryk

I thought it was "Och Schnappenhausenliebenframmendich!"

which translated means "rats"

Maeryk

Maeryk

Thats that amazing suit that was on Am I period or Not that everybody picked on so badly!

Man.. thats GORGEOUS! Just beautiful!

Maeryk

Maeryk

What would be the easiest way to do the hollow part of the door? Buy a couple cheap interior doors then fit them together and trim it into a circle? The door itself isn't going to be very tall, maybe 5'5". He always said he wanted the entrance to feel like you were really walking into a hobbit hole...

Maeryk

that is EXACTLY what I was thinking. Just use a Manual Garage door assembly with modified or custom furniture (read furniture as new knobs/latchs etc.) I wouldnt even go that far.. I'd just fab an extension to the regular knob action that moves the catch in and out.. doorknob sets are about 20 buck...

Maeryk

Thanks for the response! Why would you point your legs to one garment and the arms to another- why not point both to one garment? At one point in time, I had both legs and arms suspended from a military jennie harness and a web belt. It _sucked_ you basically had to pull your legs up your thighs to...

Maeryk

[quote]It may not be nice, but I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t think it really would fall under the concept of Ã¢â‚¬Å“unchivalrousÃ¢â‚¬Â

Maeryk

In the specific case of having to take an excessive shot I think the thrower of the shot should automatically be barred from advancing in the tourney and other activities for the day. NO NO NO! Can you see the havoc this would play with crowns? Stacking the deck with folks to take out a worthy oppo...

Maeryk

You could make the knob work. You just need a long drawbolt across (or inside) the door. If _I_ was going to make the door, it would be hollow-core.. a laminated round the diameter of the door, covered on either side with slabs of half inch wood. that would lighten it considerably, and add some rigi...

Maeryk

Sir Mord is correct about prowess. Still, it cannot be denied that sword and shield has the greatest advantage overall over every other style for single combat under our rules system. People who like to win will nearly always choose sword and shield as a primary style. The few exceptions are all tw...

Maeryk

Anyways, everyone else in this thread pretty much hit all the nails on the head as to why the younger crowd doesnt seem to want to play. Another thing is that people who are interested may well be ridiculed by their family and friends.....its like when i was in high school and took to playing D&D.....

Maeryk

How big are the guantlets?

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Maeryk

I used to fight in splint legs very much like those.. watch for pinching. I finally covered the inside in another layer of leather.. (but I started from the middle, riveted out, and made the inside layer slight smaller.. so I got a permanent shape to the cuisse). I got tired of getting long vertical...

Maeryk

Thats a lot like looking into the back of a snap-on truck and saying "whats the best tool in here".. totally depends on what you are doing. I'm useless at best in a melee as a sword and board. did it one Pennsic, will never do it again. I have gotten far more kills and seen far more action with a po...

Maeryk

Worried about the money? Offer the local college students a $3 discount on your events with college ID. They end up spending no more than anyone else, and it encourages them to come to events and get into what the SCA is about. Okay, you lose a couple of bucks (I think this policy cost our last eve...

Maeryk

While I think it is an improvement, at least in appearance, over kneeling, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m not sure its an improvement over kneeling with regard to historical practice. I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t think of any accounts of formal combat in armour I have read where someone is able to stand but not move about. As often...

Maeryk

[quote]The safety issue has been brought up by a few people (IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m not discussing whether fighting from your knees is unsafe, although that might be a topic for a different discussion, it is whether moving around on them in combat is unsafe). What is interesting to me is that there seems to be ...

Maeryk

No I mean a bunch of people getting together in an unarmored situation and discussing distance, timing, lines of attack, footwork, and all the other principles basic to hand-to-hand combat and then slowly working through some of the situations illustrated in the period manuals to see how those prin...

Maeryk

Second, coming from a kingdom that has repeatedly shut down attempts to start up study groups to look at some of the historical documents relating to medieval martial arts (not fight, study) I've got to say that I haven't seen much of a martial arts interest in the SCA. But that's just me and my bu...

Maeryk

Unfortunately, in a lot of peoples minds, we are one step down from a bad japanese cosplay-convention. THis needs to be overcome, and probably will be, at some point. But people who put the SCA forth as a serious research organization get laughed at, because, in all honesty, its _not_. Not to say th...

Maeryk

Really? I have never seen anyone at Pennsic dressed as a stuffed animal. I would probably pick on them too.

Its been a while, but I -have- seen them at Pennsic. Usually in the swamp.

Maeryk

Maeryk

They have many names.. "otherkin" "anthropomorphs" "furries" (and plushies.. who do things with stuffed animals I dont really want to go into for fear of having to scrub my mind with clorox again). Basically, the gist i get is that these people think they are foxes, raccoons, whatever, trapped in pe...

Maeryk

Yeah.. thats another good point, Melisent. I know few who are not SCA pretty much 24x7.. they are either at an event, planning for an event, recuperating from an event, fielding phone calls at 11PM to sort out some issue or another, serving in an office, or doing something that ties somehow to their...

Maeryk

To be brutally harsh, be careful who is handling your recruiting. I have seen plenty of people "come and go" because they came in for the wrong reasons.. read the Pennsic 20(whatever) handbook. "The SCA is not a rainbow gathering, the SCA is not Burning Man, the SCA is not Woodstock or Warped Tour.....

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