The Armour Archive

St. George

Thanks for the advise folks. Well, I was aiming for some kind of 14th century, man at arms. I'm not quite sure of the region yet, be it German, French, or English. I'm probably going to go with steel, but I'm not sure. Would the style with more lames be accurate? There are plenty of pics from this ...

St. George

Perhaps when combat archery is in play, combatents should carry numerous flags or ribbons, removing one each time a lethal bowshot is delievered. I would rate the number of flags according to what your presumed level of armor is. You could start with 3 for maille, and go up to 5 or 6 for cap-a-pie ...

St. George

To have a pretty good chance at winning, you should do the following: Get your conditioning up by doing exercises that will simulate the length and exertion of your average fight- such as sprinting short distances, not long distance running. Do your pell and slow work. 500-1000 blows per day that yo...

St. George

I got a similar setup going, with a similar padded neck guard. I don't see why it wouldn't count.

Alaric

St. George

Devils in the details George. I noticed you said "all....used..." implying that you have done repairs right? How thick are your plates as well? And its worth noting that burr you speak of is a result of a power drill. And in many cases the burr can act as a buffer and/or a snag and prevent the leat...

St. George

Alaric: By definition, though, those groups you define aren't a majority. "Higher end heavy fighters" not liking CA shouldn't impact the majority of heavy fighters, and that's what's going to happen. The HEHF crowd will be more vocal than the RNF, and the RNF will go along with it because "they MUS...

St. George

If no one else is already buying the shoulders, I'd be interested in buying them back.

Alaric

St. George

I've been fighting in metal lamellar suits of different styles for about 13 years now, including a 6 years stretch of actively fighting for about 3-4 hours a night 3 nights a week. All the flexible cord and leather materials I used to lace my lamellar together have lasted at least 2-3 years of activ...

St. George

I have to agree with Logan. Most of the higher end heavy fighters I've talked with do not care for the imbalances and other issues that CA brings to the field. This is not to say that they don't all participate, as Knight's most of them will perform their duty and be on the field, even though they a...

St. George

you have an address for that bar? time and date. logan THIS FUCKING WORLD WITH ALL OF THESE PUSSIES WHO HAVE NO PASSION OR REAL OPINIONS...WHY DOES THIS GUY HAVE TO LEAVE HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND KID NOW? Sarnac, I loved to bicker with you. We had so many great arguments. You had opinions and passion...

St. George

I haven't liked the finger gauntlets that ground on rattan- I find that the metal betweeen my fingers spreads them out, and that althought hey are likely safer, my grip isn't quite what I would like.

Alaric

St. George

How often does it happen -- week/month? We have a weekly practice here, and I am trying to get another skills only (video, pell, and slow work) practice going soon too. Who comes and roughly how many show up? Myself, Duke Palymar, and usually 5-10 unbelts Who teaches? I do a lot of the teaching. Do ...

St. George

Welcome to the conundrum that is hand protection for fighting in the SCA, and why so many people who otherwise have rather accurate kits eventually make the choice to simply use basket hilts. The issue being that leather gauntlets, and other "extrapolations" often look as bad or worse than a nice ba...

St. George

JB: If I had the time and inclination to fight in Crown again I would seriously consider banning CA from all events I was at, starting with shafted arrow CA. But as I am not going to fight in Crown for at least a year it is a moot point for now. Oswyn: It isn't a matter of just being shot at or not,...

St. George

The average fighter doesn't care what the scenario for a battle is, or if there is CA in it or not.

The fight over CA really is between the small group who like it, and the people who don't, most people are probably pretty apathetic to it.

Alaric

St. George

Fine, I will concede that CA is a relatively recent addition to SCA combat. However, the very fact that there are so many archers now on the field, and so many opposed to abolishing it, clearly demonstrates that your position is not supported universally enough to validate the bans that you wish to...

St. George

Requiring shield as auth to "stand in the press if needed" is to say "drop your spear/polearm and get your shield because we need more shields." Who has the right to tell me what weapon form I must use in a battle? Spoken like someone from the Great Republic of the East Back when I was on the Unbel...

St. George

Maybe this will help sum up why some people don't like CA: The SCA is a warrior culture. Fighters fight,and so much of what we do is centered around supporting and admiring this fact. CA'ers, for the most part, participate in the fighting, but don't fight. Their perceived purpose and use on the fiel...

St. George

Let me start out by saying that CA changes the paradigm of SCA heavy fighting so significantly that the very nature of it is forced to be questioned. That is what is happening here. The introduction of CA into major battles has completely altered the way in which they are fought, the mood on the fie...

St. George

I just heard Val won!

Alaric

St. George

I did sit ups today. I need to do more. A lot more.

Alaric

St. George

well their armor does not really look to be all that cheap, certainly not for what you are getting.

and the lines just aren't right. They are ok on some things but not others.

If your friend intends on fighting in this gear, I think he or she would find better gear elsewhere.

Alaric

St. George

Now one thing about brass which is probably why I never used them: I had a friend who made a helm using brass rivets instead of steel and the marshalls did not accept it, because of the brass rivets. He had to bring it over here and have me weld the inside of it before they would accept it. It was ...

St. George

The fur.

Alaric

St. George

Personally I have stopped wearing my colors as much as I once did. I really am starting to feel that all the household tabards (notice I wrote tabards not nicely made outfits) make the SCA look too much like a medieval football team than anything really medieval. Unfortunately, most people's concept...

St. George

basket hilt: lame. permanently shattered fingers: lamer. cheap way for people that can't afford gauntlets to safely fight: priceless. JB m m Tell me again how its NOT cheap to get full gauntlets? Gauntlets that aren't correct for the armor that is being worn, or don't look period are just as lame l...

St. George

Nice work. I love the snake heads. Really nice, even without any direct supervision. I told Greg, that I gave you a DVD with some of our "direct supervision" recoreded on it, so that is how you made such a nice piece without us. BTW...... I found this really thin "spring steel" piece you did for me...

St. George

Last year the ransoms I paid were a nice bottle of Brandy and a hand made collapsible bench.

Alaric

St. George

Hi,

I think the first book that you want was written by Duke Patrick of Caid.

The other one sounds similar to a book written by Duke Dirk, also of Caid.

Alaric

St. George

Aluminum lamellar, gamboissed cuisses with "soupcan" knees- hidden or not hittden, and leather vambraces with and metal elbows (hidden under a garment).

With the correct garments, totally period, totally protective, great look, and great mobility.

Alaric

St. George

Jester, I have to firmly disagree with you. If Gemini has based what he teaches at his school off of his interpretations of Medieval combat, which is clearly what he does, then he is well within his right to call it that. If his students feel they want to learn something else, or aren't learning som...

St. George

Euric,

Roman soldiers wore a scarf to prevent chafing around the neck and shoulders. A scarf would cover any gorget, including a plastic one, well, and add a bit of period appearance to any early type kit.

Alaric

St. George

There is an armet in the collection at the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago that was clearly used for combat. On the left temple is is coveredd in scars from edged metal weapons, and it looks like it held up pretty well. I doubt it weighs in at more than 10lbs or so. I think it is probably eas...

St. George

A stainless bascinet with aventail weight about 15-17 pounds- plus he has that coronet on it so that has got to tip the scales a little I guess my rig weighs about 12-14 pounds- helmet brass lamellar- 7-8pounds gamboissed cuissed with knees 4-5 pounds arm protection- 2-3 pounds All total about 30 po...

St. George

Yup, you are right, it was Robert who fought with the hostage.

Alaric