The Armour Archive

St. George

Budobudo, Before you removed your location info, I think it said that you were either in or near Chicago, IL where I am. Sir Ix, the Aztec knight, is not that far away, more down towards St Louis, and is part of the same unit of the Mid Realm Army that we are here, the Midlands. Here is a picture of...

St. George

"If one believes in something, yet is unwilling to subject one's posterity to such teaching, then what does that say about the veracity of one's belief?" It may say absolutely nothing. Some beliefs feel that it is wrong to impose your philosophies on others. Some faiths are against witnessing, prose...

St. George

A severed leg means loss of blood, fast without without any type of first aid. Which, I think, is what they tried to imply with the hip-kill.. that you'd bleed out rather quickly if your hip/pelvis was crushed. Maeryk Actually, I think it relates to the significant damage to internal organs that ca...

St. George

Two, they fought with some really crazy stuff "in the middle ages in Europe during tourneys." everything from sword and shield, to spears, to axes, to six foot pavieses with a rock in a bag. Justus Like many things in the SCA, the number of times that we see odd things appear at events far outnumbe...

St. George

"So until you have the money for a custom built kabuto, or a hand-made pair of "period" boots, your a disgrace to the SCA and your selfish. " No, but you have to draw a line with members eventually, and finally tell people that they should do something different- especially long term members (if som...

St. George

Anyone have one for sale, or know where I can get one less expensive than the Tippman?

Thanks,

Alaric

St. George

Why not try this- Two gentles fight. They stop when they are satisfied with the outcome (one or the other struck a telling blow(s) and they both agree the fight is done). At the end of the day, before the prize is given out, hold a helm show, and allow everyone, men and women, to vote on whether or ...

St. George

shipping them to canada will likely be much less expensive

Alaric

St. George

The Dog Brothers are not related to the Tuchux as far as I know. They play really hard though.

Try www.tuchux.com for a Tuchux website with some great theme music.

Alaric

St. George

Seawolf-

I think your hands might be too big.

Alaric

St. George

What it all comes down to is the great quote from above "Sword hits helm your dead" Wilhelm If the SCA were just a fight club, then you sure would be right, but it is more than just that. This is where many people, like Animal and others, who even though they have been around the SCA for 20+ years,...

St. George

I haven't heard anything from Pippin- was anyone else interested in these?

Alaric

St. George

I hate that thing. It is crap. And it doesn't hit very hard at all. The only good part about it is the butt spike. I have taken the buckler in the face a few times and it sucks. And when I am fighting well I defeat it. Odo I hated them too. A lot of people were complaining about getting hit in the ...

St. George

If the stars aligned correctly, and I win another Crown, then I might ban Madus. I would certainly not allow them in Crown Tourney. I would also like to see a point where everyone entering Crown has to present a reference picture(s) for their armor, but I would try and be reasonable on this point- b...

St. George

Odo, I banned visible non-period armor (modern sports gear) and clothing (jeans, camos, and sneakers) from the field, and banned "light fighting" (Shinai) as an organized style in Caid, because they continually ignored the rules about appearance on the field. I think that was enough at the time. Ala...

St. George

Nope, just calling it like I see it within the SCA context, something that you aren't an expert on.

Just sayin'

Alaric

St. George

Wilhelm, Don't kid yourself into thinking that you're not a Madu user. You use one. When you walk out onto the field the vast majority of people who are watching are NOT educated observers, and what they see will be someone with a Madu, not someone with a spear. So, if you want to convince yourself ...

St. George

If someone wants to be prgressive, than they should be ballsy and dump fighting from the knees altogether. We all know it is a conceit of SCA fighting, so if someone really wants a move towards being realistic, than move towards being realistic, don't cower behind a rule change that makes combat "sl...

St. George

Duke Kynan has had some success with using a thrust and throw javelin and shield in tourney.

Alaric

St. George

Hear! Hear! for Gaston's suggestion. If you want to be realistic than the only option is to dump the whole fighting form your knees convention. I we are going to play at sport with rules to govern "combat" then we need to get rid of the idea of realism- there is none. Arrows aren't nuclear and blows...

St. George

I think that the same reason that a five foot spear comes under the classification Madu for most people is the same reason that so many people call tissues Kleenex, or cola drinks Coke. Anything that vaguely resembles a Madu at this point in the SCA context is called a Madu- certainly anything that ...

St. George

pippin wrote:how many pairs do you have.... ill happily take a pair for $80 usd right now....

pippin

Looks like Pippin was the winner, now if I can just figure out how much money it will be to send them to Australia.

Pippin, if you want to PM me we can make sales arrangements.

Alaric

St. George

Gregory,

Your hands are the same size as mine, and will fit in these very nicely with a glove on.

Alaric

St. George

Bump- ends today!

Alaric

St. George

How much of it is going to be pre-hammered or shaped- you have some nice ridging in there that others might not be able to to do themselves at home (certainly not as nicely).

Also, any chance of a stainless version coming out?

Alaric

St. George

I am right with you Vitus! As soon as I am on Christmas Break, I am going to make myself a new edgingless shield to match my new Norman persona.

Alaric

St. George

Just wait till you get a good one where that yellowing color slowly oozes down your leg away from the bruise. Those are my favorite!

Alaric

St. George

Pippin will get the first bid in at $70 US.

The auction will be right here!

Alaric

St. George

What are the lengths on the short and long aventails? I want to add one to my conical, and am not sure which would fit better my helmet and my budget.

I am thinking I probably would want a long one, but want to make sure.

Thanks,

Alaric

St. George

We have several pair of Half Gauntlets for sale (a well as a few other pieces that we'll be putting on line soon). They were made in India, but we think that they look pretty good. They are made in 16 ga mild steel, and will fit a medium or small hand. We are going to sell the first pair will be auc...

St. George

Marginalized fan groups, such as the SCA Dagorhir, etc, attract marginalized people, many of whom are overweight.

Most of the better fighters in the SCA, currently, are people who would be considered reasonable athletes overall.

Alaric

St. George

I think that most of us in the SCA recognize a few things, namely that we have a higher than normal percentage of people with severe allergies, and 2 many, many of our participants are dreadfully overweight. Our Society does a lot to help make sure that our members are taken care of, and looked afte...

St. George

Odo, You don't even have to get the machine, my brother has one and will engineer you himself. The latest album he engineered and mixed was for Waren G, and had Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube on it (not that you want to be a rapper). Some of his earlier work appeared in that Britney Spears movie (some teen...

St. George

Please don't minsconstrue what I was saying. I meant it as "Damn, Uter's hand is f'ed up, and he has to strap it onto his sword, and he is using a shield that isn't his normal fighting shield, and he is still knocking the crap out of me." As a result, I managed to get in a few good shots on him, but...

St. George

I thought Uther was off his game at Pennsic, as he had a busted up hand. He is definitely one of the most dominating fighters in the game and right there at the top, and a hell of a lot of fun to fight. I can't wait to fight him again when he is at 100%.

Alaric

Three in one leather cutter/embosser

Brass edged half gauntlets