The Armour Archive

St. George

Mike, Thanks for putting the order together, etc. I appreciate it. I was just checking over the posts again, and noticed that you might have just picked up the order today? Is that so? Or even just in the last few days. Like you I am in school full time, but I live here in Chicago. I could have assi...

St. George

There is always one at my practice (usually two seeing how my roommate is also a viscount and knight). Too bad other people don't show up

Alaric

St. George

Locally, I would have to say Fern is the most active Knight. The other 4 or five I can think f off the top of my head are either busy with work, school and rebulding a home, retired, or injured. It's winter. It is hard to want to get out and do anything outside of home in the winter, especially when...

St. George

Morgan,

I am trying to get to Gulf Wars. Look me up!

Alaric

St. George

What about etching or similar as decoration?

St. George

Woot!

St. George

Wow, Osa will have been the queen of 2 kingdoms now.

Alaric

St. George

Brother Johannes, If I am able to attend Gulf Wars, I would be pleased to act in whatever capacity you require to help make this deed of arms a success. Also, I would be honored to cross swords with anyone who would share the field with me on this day, and though my field accoutrement may not yet be...

St. George

Hey Matt- A couple of nights before Fall Atlantian Crown in 1997, I called my Knight and asked him for advice for Crown. Basically all he told me was- Drnk a 2 liter bottle of Coke before the tournament. He said, "your reflexes are really fast, I think the caffeine will help." I finalled against Mic...

St. George

Gregory, The average fighters outnumber the peers of the SCA significantly. The number of archers is also relatively small when compared to the total number of fighters. The archers, however, target (almost exclusively it seems) the "upper class" fighters. As far as the numbers go here is the equati...

St. George

I can see your point of view. But, what about the other side of the coin? What about the guys who love shooting bows in combat archery, who would have to stop having their fun in order to make the guys they shoot happy? It's the same as gettin' smacked in the face by a spear, as far as I can see. Y...

St. George

Gregory, There were times when Combat Archery, face thrusting and many other things did not exist in battles in the SCA. Some aspects of SCA fighting have been added in the last few years (especially at Pennsic), and have significantly altered the manner in which battles are fought. From my vantage ...

St. George

Matt,

You going late period on us?

Alaric

St. George

No but shafted arrows are vey unsafe and go against the spirit of the rules. They make our combat markedly unsafe for participants, marshals, and the audience.

Some people take more than a dim view on the use of shafted arrows, and the paintball tactics used by CA'ers in the SCA

Alaric

St. George

Kniggit-

In many battles they did not do that sort of stuff.

Alaric

St. George

Maelgwyn, It sounds like what you are saying, essentially, is that a title that is open to everyone who has an AoA has been appropriated for the White Scarves in your Kingdom- effectively giving a group that does not get a "title" when they get an award, a special "title" for getting an award. More ...

St. George

I understand about the breaches of real life protocol regarding the use of titles in the SCA. How would someone who has an AoA and is not a White Scarf get treated if they started using the title Don in Ansteorra or other Kingdoms where Don usually implies a White Scarfer (wow I almost wrote Don)? A...

St. George

in either case Byzantines did not wear bazubands. From moost of the material extant, it would appear that the best course of action is to hide armor under a shirt. Also, I have trouble finding much, if any, real evidence for greaves much past the early part of the Byzantine era. And certainly in any...

St. George

I know I personally brought a thick knight (and he was a baron and an discourteous unchivalrous jerk to boot) into a Marshall's court at Estrella a few years ago. I had to dress him down for un-knightly behavior a number of times. He was a thug, I tried to get his card revoked, but I am not sure wha...

St. George

That is news tome- do you have a date on it? I am just interested in finding out when that happened. Why does it seem though, that this title is being used as a surrogate for Sir (or Master) for the lacking an order of peerage Fencers? It seems to have been appropriated as a specialty title for them...

St. George

Social calibration is an across the board issue, and does not take place simply in the manner that you describe. Social Calibration is also defined as- Someone who is not of rank (usually someone who feels that they should be a peer) fights a peer and although they are continually getting beaten, re...

St. George

Everyone in the SCA is assumed to be nobility, so we should all hold ourselves to a high and honorable standard. As far as SCA royalty is concerned (Kings, Dukes, etc) and the various peerages, their calibration should be no different from anyone else's. There are criminals all over the field, both ...

St. George

Pietro, Your method fails to account for the defender being active. How will the "swingers" react when they later encounter the same opponent, and their shots, swung at the same power level they had in the experiment, start getting called light? Not to mention that your method creates an undefensibl...

St. George

When I joined the SCA, I recall "Don" being an alternative to "Sir" or "Knight." Does anyone know when it officially got hijacked by fencers?

I still feel unomfortable with them using that title.

Alaric

St. George

I added 4 sheets of 18, 1 of 16 and, and 2 of 20 ga to my order right near the end- did you count those in my payment total Wulfe? They are getting shipped seperately.

Alaric

St. George

Chef (and everyone else), I think (my limited research) shield size also varies as per region, with larger, longer shields persisting in Eastern Europe (Byzantium, Bulgaria, Romania, etc) for a much longer period of time. Do you have any info that might refute or corroborate the above? Alaric

St. George

until the order is serviced (cut and packed) they can probably add to it. I know preceision steel didn't mind adding to our orders before.

Alaric

St. George

Well, now that the order is in, how are we going to pay for it

I can send cash or check, let me know how much my bill is.

Alaric

St. George

The guys who trade a leg for a head are also doing osmething kind of cheesy...

Alaric

St. George

hey I need 4 sheets of 18, 1 of 16 and, and 2 of 20 ga added to my order please

Thanks!

Alaric

St. George

Gregory,

A Varangian rig would be quite acceptable in the SCA. On the other hand, I think you will find the 14th century rig to be the most acceptable.

Good luck in the creation of all your armor.

Alaric

St. George

Why don't we set an order date for friday? There will still be a couple of day lag for them to complete the order before we can pick it up.

I have some projects that need working on, and I need steel to do them.

Alaric

St. George

oir build one yourself- you can come look at mine at Gruber's shop anytime. I have a design modification that would make it work much better too.

Alaric

St. George

I tlaked with Ugo this morning, and he and the guys out in Cali definitely want some steel- they are going to try and figure out just how much- I think they want at least 16 18 and 20.

Alaric

St. George

check and see if there is another price break at #1000- if there is and we get ANOTHER price break, it might behoove us to just go ahead and all up our orders by a sheet on the 20 and 18 ga's.

Alaric