The Armour Archive

AllenJ

i train with ARMA and we do still make extensive use of wooden wasters. Most of them get them from wooden weapons, I however have a purpleheart- which has worked great for me. Go on over to the ARMA forum and ask around - there are a few other brands that people are experementing with. As far as I k...

AllenJ

Here's a thread over at sword forum that may be of some interest here:

http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread ... adid=39721

Here is a link to the actual research -- this is also posted in the first post in the thread at sword forum.

http://www.vikingsna.org/translations/birkaarmour/

AllenJ

Your wards arent going to be any different from I.33. There is no 'best ward' as they all have areas they cover well and areas that are more open. The key is to know where you can go from your ward, what your opponents weapon can do from their ward and what you can do to counter his attack or counte...

AllenJ

Im confused as to what you are reffering to a "modern field of combat". Usually this would mean how could you apply it to something you might use in self defence or a bar fight or something like that. I cant see any situation where you would just happen to have a sword and buckler available to defen...

AllenJ

I totally agree with the above. All of the newcomer and beginner threads on the sword forums are like "I wanna ninja katana like in (fill in some bs martial arts film here) that can cut through other swords and concrete and anvils and stuff but I only have $63 to spend. Which is the best one?" gets ...

AllenJ

heres stuff on the Jeddart staff I mentioned earlier thats similar to the more simple glaives. http://www.theborderers.info/weapons2.html

AllenJ

I own and highly recomend Albion Armorers: http://albion-swords.com/armor/mercenary/buckler.htm

AllenJ

Heres some I saw:
http://www.armouronline.com/home/produc ... frog_armet

AllenJ

my inclination would be no. Reason being is that the scythe has been around for sooooo long that this transformation would have taken place far earlier. The Egyptians have many weapons closer to a scythe many, many years earlier. There have always been instances where poor men used farm impliments i...

AllenJ

Heres a good article on the Conyers Falchion: http://bjorn.foxtail.nu/h_conyers_eng.htm

Heres a few period pics of falchions in use: http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/at3.htm
http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/at4.htm
http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/at6.htm
http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/at7.htm
http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/at26.htm (could be a messer rather than a true falchion but its close)
http://www.thearma.org/arttalk/at62.htm

AllenJ

one of my theories about the Mac bible feats and the such is a comparison to Sports Center. We want to see the highlighs, the amazing dunk, the last second 3, the hat trick, the 93 yard kick return for touchdown. Obviously we know that there were dozens of 5 foot jumpers, missed passes, off sides an...

AllenJ

hehttp://www.therionarms.com/armor/polearm4.jpgre are some more I found over in the pic gallery at Therion Arms:

AllenJ

"(AllenJ: this is pretty obviously an SCA thread... why troll? Besides, if that's the level of control your *instructors* demonstrate... maybe them safety rules ain't such a bad idea after all... )" He's asking about techniques aginst a shield. Rather that come up with super moves to win at a game o...

AllenJ

Got a website or pictures available yet?

AllenJ

You are assuming you will hit me.

Kicks happen- check it: http://www.thearma.org/Videos/TPVideos.htm

go about 3/4ths down the page and look on the right side for a clip called 'Coup d' Groin' under the rapier at the Ely Cathedral section.

AllenJ

hmmmm forbidden kicking, hmmmmm.

http://www.thearma.org/Manuals/i33/37.jpg

http://www.thearma.org/essays/kicks.htm

I posted these articles in the other thread about buckler use but its worth mentioning again.

http://www.thearma.org/essays/SwordandBuckler.htm
http://www.thearma.org/essays/LeignitzerSandB.htm

AllenJ

Hooray for real weapons!!! Im glad to oblige! m Italy, 1540 m m There are many cousins and relatives to the glaive out there. Like most weapons there are some grey areas where it may be a little hard to clearly define a thick glaive vs. a halbred. Then you throw in things like the Scottish Lochaber ...

AllenJ

the other thing to keep in mind is that the 'gauge' of steel wasnt as uniform as it is now. We can easily get a sheet of perfect 16 gauge steel - whereas back in the day there would be spots in the steel that was thinner than others- creating weak points . That and what we can tell from existing ant...

AllenJ

heheheh that one is great Richard! love it!

AllenJ

not to be rude but.... I dont buy any of that chi/metaphysical bs for a second. Like someone said- its concentration (not some meditative state of other worldly bliss) training and technique. If it was so effective it would be more available and known as fact- not some half cooked, undefinable, thin...

AllenJ

Oh where to start?!?!?! The bloodgroove thing. Swords weighing 10, 15, 20 even 50LBS!!! A knight in armor if knocked over couldnt get up cause he was too heavy Anythng related to Ninjas. Katana's cutting through EVERYTHING, other swords, concrete, 50 condemed prisioners, machine guns, deflecting bul...

AllenJ

Yeah 80cms is a touch on the short side. It should be around 90 or so. Still, you might have abit more speed on if since its shorter and it might help to beat those bigger shields your asking about. You really should study I.33 - oldest known fight manual. It's all arming sword and buckler. Only pro...

AllenJ

yeah its a fantastic site- That is the only site I actually pay money to use- Every cent is worth it.

AllenJ

By antiques I meant surviving bucklers actually used back in the day. There arent many cause shields took a beating- but from those that are around we can make better estimates to exact measurements. Another big question is what kind of sword are you using? The buckler has been one of the most sucse...

AllenJ

thomas is right- my buckler, however dosent have one so Ive done leather ties, feed it through the belt if I know im not going to have to use it quickly and even hang it on one of the quillions of my rapier or backsword.

AllenJ

Heres a few that I use regularly:
http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/
http://www.claudiospage.com/weapons1.htm
http://www.grimmarmoury.com/gallery/albums.php

AllenJ

Yeah, slightly. What is it made out of? The big advantage of using a buckler over larger shields is that its much faster. If you look at all the historical manuals that show buckler use, the vast majority of the guards are with the buckler held straight our away from your body. Try that with a 4lbs ...

AllenJ

Oh ok- yeah most of the blows seemed to be a little on the light side. If it was blossfechten (unarmoured fighting distinguished from armoured fighting) then it would be fine. Or if the lighter hits were in the face I'd be prefectly fine with that. Otherwise, in armour the blows would be irritating ...

AllenJ

What do you mean by calibration?

AllenJ

Heres a good article on the Importance of the leg as a target from a WMA perspective:
http://www.thearma.org/essays/fullleg.htm

AllenJ

ok - heres all you need to know about longsword guards- this should answer most questions on all of this: m Reguards to 'stick tag'- I was actually observing an SCA fighter practice tonight and this really stuck out to me. Now if I remember right, the idea is that everyone is armoured with a mail sh...

AllenJ

if it did get on tv it would probably result in a show more like Most Extreme Elimination Challenge than anything with respect

AllenJ

I looked into the SCA and had many of the same concerns as Jam & Toast. They irritated me enough so I just didnt join. Figured it was better not to join than to be part of a group I was pissed off at all the time. I was lucky and found another group that is much more of what I want- accurate.

AllenJ

yeah- either way (with cotton vs. polly) you are going to cook anyhow. Linen is the best though harder and usually more expensive to come by.

AllenJ

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