The Armour Archive

Maeryk

Logan, you also have an 18 lb helm. many people have lighter ones.. thus transferring more force to their heads.

Maeryk

Been around for more than ten years. Got an AoA. Nothing in the last 8 years or so. I get lost in the shuffle between "Good Lord we need new guys, stat!" and "Oh he's a triple peer, let's give him some more stuff!" It's pretty discouraging. Many folks I know who started after I ...

Maeryk

Pavise handler and spotter ammo carrier are 1 in the same.....armed for heavy Pole and ammo /ammo carrier & spotter can move pavise.....armed heavy X-Bow man/ammo/ Armed Heavy/Buckler Some pavises had what amounts to a kickstand at the bottom. Make the crossbowman schlep his pavise and ammo, se...

Maeryk

Renee is to, no? Not to the best of my knowledge. The one and only long term full-time employee, but not a member of the corporation. Unsure whether she is actually an officer or not. Meh. Either way, it has little if anything to do with how to promote the SCA to newbs.. which is where the discussi...

Maeryk

Could we work the youtube angle? One minute or less teasers to get them to click on the next teaser which has video from the local group to them? BTW, I'm not replying a lot because Duke Aleric and Max are kicking some butt as far as the ideas. Nothing I can add (except the youtube bit) will help. ...

Maeryk

If you aren't having fun, it's your own damned fault. It's not like every single part of the middle ages is open for exploration and immersion.

Maeryk

I think the trick is to sell the SCA as a place where you can be as period as you want.. without restrictions (outside of regalia rules). That's how I sell it to folks. "Hey, there's NO RESTRICTIONS. you can be whatever level you want. Beggar or lord, or anything in between. You can be full pla...

Maeryk

EK: rattan at 16, fencing at 14.

Maeryk

Many SCA members are disaffected members of society- fat, unattractive, socially awkward, nerds, etc, etc. These are often also the most visible members of the group, and that detracts from future endeavors. And apparently we still have jocks to remind the nerds that they're fat and unattractive. I...

Maeryk

I see the same problem over and over again: People who are into Medievalish fantasy can go into LARP or boffer and not have to worry about experiencing significant pain during combat and can wear more or less whatever they want. People who want to fight with steel swords, polearms, and armor can go...

Maeryk

Your Grace what do you mean by a bottom end group? SCA members generally aren't in the social register. It is no different from many other hobbyist organizations in this way however, but given that the "cool kids" (I use that term broadly) aren't rushing to be in the SCA it doesn't help u...

Maeryk

We used to do a very high profile demo, at a celtic festival. We even got onto the grandstand field for a melee, with an announcer explaining what was going on (however, fighting after the sheep herding competition and caber toss gives entirely new meaning to "watch where you are walking"....

Maeryk

There is.. look at scademo.com That reminds me...need to bug Diomedes Sebastianus again. I really want to see if I can pack scademo.com on to a business card CD and stick a label on it so people can drop our "business card" in to their computer at home and look at all the shiny crap witho...

Maeryk

As the VP of Strategic Marketing Intelligence for the 15th largest advertising agency... I can assure you that I talk about it fervently and frequently and believe that our utter lack of effective marketing (to the point of never having even internally marketed to prospects from our own list of pas...

Maeryk

Was wondering that myself, II. How would expanding to fit just one more century under the massive time period already covered really be the salvation of the SCA? I honestly think that doing so would not bring enough people in to balance out the diminishing numbers caused by easier hobbies and the e...

Maeryk

A couple of things. One of the biggest SCA myths is that the rules don't provide a mechanism for kicking people out who are not following the rules. They do. the practical reality is that very rarely do you get people running a function who are prepared to take action to enforce the rules. There ar...

Maeryk

You being from Texas, maybe around YOU they do..... But, not around here. Flat out, firearms are forbidden at SCA events. I used to work for the seneschallate, let's not go there. Not generally an issue here, since most of our sites prohibit them, too. I just meant the folks carrying around fake fi...

Maeryk

People carry firearms around at events currently -- You being from Texas, maybe around YOU they do..... But, not around here. Flat out, firearms are forbidden at SCA events. Question: IF there is such a glutany of people out there that want to play within that magical 100 years, then why have they ...

Maeryk

My bad then.. it's the first thing that hit me when I saw it.

Maeryk

I know a couple of people who used to fight in what we called the "penis helms" cause that's pretty much what they looked like when built right. Usually with a Y slot in the front, and the crest was leather and velcroed and tied on. The main issue is making them faceguard complaint.. but i...

Maeryk

the problem here is that the suggstion that hand drawn missiles defeated armour is silly. its more silly that any contact from a hand drawn missile would be destructive to the extent the sca allows (and it seems the "other games" you mention accept). there is nothing to support this in hi...

Maeryk

don't buy into Feral's "little old guy" routine.. IT'S A TRAP!

Maeryk

Sean Powell wrote:I think you are being overly sensitive. If someone reached down and held their sword like a giant dick and dry-humped in your direction that would be rude.

Sean

Round these parts we call that "The Vermin".. but you have to be able to squeal while doing it.

Maeryk

I sued to use a bridgport every day for work. So when I was on breaks I would use it to mill out things. I also had access to a finger joint cutter. I kind of miss working in the shop. I really miss the acces to all that great wood! Man.. Tiger and Birdseye maple all over the place! Finger joints c...

Maeryk

I'd have to ask; my tent doesn't use finials, has only one pole no ropes and is quite wind tolerant. Also with the forge I'm not usually camped near other tents. 70mph winds are not that uncommon out here though---with no storm associated! As I recall last Estrella we re-set my neighbor's stakes fo...

Maeryk

I would be perturbed about those in high winds out here. Hate for a gust to bellow the tent up and fire a solid wooden cannon ball at passer's by. Of course the last 3 events I've been to out here have resulted in broken 2x4 tent poles for other tents due to winds Is that really an issue? do you ro...

Maeryk

Maeryk, I don’t have any specialized production tools. Most of the work is done on a table saw, miter saw, hand drill and router. I did use my mill to cut the mortises, but that could have been done with a drill and a rasp or chisel. Why have I run into so many people in the SCA who have made furni...

Maeryk

Though I think a class would be helpful, and chock full of "ah-ha!" realizations. But I think being able to craft items like Chris does are primarily a strong suite of balanced abilities. And being able to apply what someone shows me is often beyond my grasp. Some of us have all the tools...

Maeryk

One question Chris (and I'm not knocking your skills, please understand). How do you think they will hold up over the years? I've seen some DAMNED pretty shortcut stuff that didn't last two seasons.. and some fairly rough knockaround stuff that has served, in rain and snow, sun and heat, for nigh o...

Maeryk

have you thoroughly wet the canvas and let it dry in the sun at least once? That can make it shrink.. and tighten up the tent.

Maeryk

I don’t know what to say I wish I could organize a weekend class for people at my shop; many of these things are straight forward and simple. Although one advantage is having the correct tools, however, the linenfold panels are the only "out of the ordinary" technique I think. This is a s...

Maeryk

I also built a slat bed for my wall tent. (I don't have any pictures and it's disassembled in the trailer covered with snow right now.) I used pallet material to build it (work lets me "clean up" for free) and it makes a rock solid bed. It's pretty similar to asbrand's, but not quite as t...

Maeryk

Where in the world is the camino santiago!

Maeryk

I would think that any weakening of the fibers would cause your linen tape to be about as strong as the cotton tape. (I've had that stuff break on me-- not fun. You could try bleaching the linen with hydrogen peroxide or Oxyclean-- or else test a small bit in clorox. See what happens. If it's linen...

Maeryk

ok, back to middle school science class the lot of you... the three magnetic metals are............. iron, nickel and cobalt... so even if its stainless steel its going to be magnetic... CTO3, that varies with the lattice structure of the stainless -- whether it allows its electromagnetic micropole...

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