The Armour Archive

St. George

Wars = job Tournies = fun This doesn't mean that I don't get to have fun on the job once in a while, but generally, I have a whole lot more fun fighting singles than wars, cause you can get stuck in some really crappy scenarios. Even at Pennsic now, I feel like I am doing "my job" as I run across th...

St. George

HRH Edmund just won Crown here in the Mid using a pair of leather gauntlets and no baskets.

Alaric

St. George

You don't want to shave all the sides and bare (non husked) corners. Your rattan will last about 1 good practice if you do that- plus the corners will hit a little "harder" than the round edges. Shaving the sides of a normal stick into an oval shape isn't bad and really doesn't change the amount of ...

St. George

Master Kevin, I do not live in a Barony, but in the Province of Tree-Girt-Sea. If it meet with your wishes I would be honored to meet with you in joyous combat this Pennsic, and represent the Province in which I dwell upon the field. I believe that combat to five blows struck fought with buckler and...

St. George

Congratulations to my friend HRH Uther!!!

Now let's see if Jade wins in the West....

Alaric, Dux

St. George

Also, the use of spring steel splints makes a huge difference in the "splinting" of the armor.

a nice thin hardened leather (water or wax hardened) with some 18 ga hardened splints would be some kick butt protection.

Alaric

St. George

A marshall, as the representative of the Crown, can find anyone unacceptable for any reason. They do not have to let fighters wearing visible hockey gear onto the field in any kingdom of they don't want to, and are willing to deal with the fallout that it causes.

Alaric

St. George

Looks over prowess in the SCA. I appreciate great prowess, but the SCA is a historical reenactment group. If I just want to kick ass, I can go play with the Dog Brothers, or invite my friends over to my house for a "weekend of barbecue, beer, and butt kickin' fun!" Personally, I think both are very ...

St. George

Johann you are sooooo right! (good to hear from you, see you at Pennsic?)

I think I've jumped on that grenade a few times...

Alaric

St. George

Why is it that inarticulate dorky people alomst always seem to be who get interviewed by anyone with a camera?

That fight between the guy with the bearded axe (Madu-style) and the guy with the sword and shield just reminds me of how lame to watch 90% of Madu fights are. Exciting!

Alaric

St. George

Don't let Cuan test new "experimental weapons" on you.

Find a good teacher (somone who is a good and patient communicator, and is not only a great fighter but also really understands what they are doing).

St. George

will muriatic acid take off scale from heat treating 1050 spring steel as well?

Thanks,

Alaric
sorry about the typos

St. George

You aren't too far from the main chapter of NERO are you?

St. George

Cool Deal. I hope they are at Pennsic this year.

Alaric

St. George

yes, quite Val-iantly.

I would imagine he always fights that way-

luv u Sarnac

Alaric

St. George

How about just open field battles and broken field battles (resurrection or non resurrection) all day. Alternating in whatever pattern people see fit. No special victory points or conditions, and no archery or siege engines, and no bridge, pass, or village/town/castle battles. Just a good day of str...

St. George

You can also use fishin lure spinners as scales. You can get them in brass, nickel plate or stainless.

Alaric

St. George

CosmoCraven wrote:I thought smoking a pack a smokes and drinking pretty hard helps the day before?
Craven

That was to get my head straight- my body was already in shape

Alaric

St. George

A long sleeved thigh length linen shirt.

Alaric

St. George

Except.. Crown is not an endurance race. It's a series of explosive sprints followed by rest. In that, it's more like football. Good conditioning and strength is a helpful, but training for tourney fighting is pretty much a unique animal. Most of my work for Crowns has been fighting practice. Extra...

St. George

I remember seeing a shield thickness rule in a few places- I think Caid had one at one point. I am going to try and make 2 curved shield, one using 2 pieces of 1/4 inch oak glued together and the other using 2 pieces of birch. Then I am going to face the thing with a layer of fiberglass and resin. A...

St. George

No one may be required to participate in combat-related activities. Any combatant may, without dishonour or penalty, reject any challenge without specifying a reason. A fight in a tournament lists is not considered to be a challenge, and therefore may not be declined or rejected without forfeiting t...

St. George

Why not go ahead and throw on a helmet with a peascod breastplate? That would probably look great. Or would that be illegal?

Alaric

St. George

Oengus, Actually I probably would not recognize you. I am still relatively new to the area- I moved here a year and a half ago, and have not been nearly as active on a local level as I would have liked. What I am primarily interested in is why your experience on what I consider to be my same basic "...

St. George

Wow, I remembe what that helmet looked like before. Man that visor just stuck out all wrong.

It looks great now.

g-

PS- Don't worry Ugo, we all get fat eventually. I weigh over 170 now (but am working to lose it quickly)

St. George

I generally find that people take a lighter shot to unarmored areas, therefore I target them regularly. When people don't take a moderate shot in an unarmored spot (or anywhere else for that matter) I ramp up till they do. Oengus- seems like you've had a crappy experience with the SCA. Why do you th...

St. George

Those elbows look like Samuel's

St. George

The video with Sir Gaston is the ESPN video from Estrella.

"In Service to the Dream" has a bunch of nobodies in it

Alaric

I believe you could buy a copy, and then transfer it to DVD yourself for viewing that way. It would allow you to have a legal copy of it on DVD.

St. George

Andreas,

I knew you were going to start making mild steel armor again, but this is Orc stuff is ridiculous.

Alaric

St. George

Gaston,

Weren't you a Cowboy at Old Tucson, or was that Morris Cody?

g-

St. George

I know I would like to see fewer, but better events go on in general. I don't mind going to a smaller number of high quality events than a bunch of small, crappy ones. I would rather stay local and hold informal "events" such as cookout/practices with 5 or ten of my friends than drive to an event 4 ...

St. George

I think there is some evidence for bargrilled bascinets that look remarkably like the ones that many of the better armorers make.

Alaric

St. George

I think that the SCA is about to fundamentally change. The price of gas is going to start seriously affecting the way people plan for and participate in the SCA- especially in the larger kingdoms. Most people will start playing rather provincially with little to no travel beyone a several hour drive...

St. George

I would love to see "war boards" and other silly shields disappear from the field. Also, unmodified spun bowl "football style" helmets, and too much black leather. It would be cool if some people got some guts and started wearing various types of great helms and sugar loaf helmets rather than starti...

St. George

Karl,

Are you going early period all of a sudden?

Alaric

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