The Armour Archive

Asbjorn Johansen

Depending upon your kingdom, they are possible (though challenging) to build and use, although you would likely have to get a waiver from a Kingdom EM. (Explain that they are only for a very specific combat events). Make your longswords with a rattan crossguard, pad the ends, and mortashlag away dep...

Asbjorn Johansen

The Historic Combat Series is on the schedule for Estrella. Its listed under the Special Events calendar on the Estrella War website: http://www.estrellawar.org/services/special_events/index.htm# All on battlefield C: Thursday 1 pm Pas du Dragon Noir Friday, 1 hour after the last battles ends, Plate...

Asbjorn Johansen

Do you have a working email for Tom? I've tried his sprynet.com address several times and don't seem to get a response.

Asbjorn

Asbjorn Johansen

It is possible that the rattan for your all rattan sword is less dense than the rattan your using for the core of your siloflex sword, or that its significantly dryer. I played around with a scale and various pieces of rattan earlier this year and found that a more than 10% weight difference between...

Asbjorn Johansen

Do they give context for any of the pictures? Are they showing combat in battle or in tournament? Determining if large shields (not the odd shields that are sometimes shown in judicial combat) were ever commonly used in foot tourneys at any time in Europe before 1600 is one of my personal interests....

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by cheval: Asbjorn: "Iâ€™ve found most marshals and opponents seem to be willing to be flexible when a shield might not meet the letter but meets the spirit of the rules i.e. its ...

Asbjorn Johansen

Bascot, The SCA corporate level rules don't ban guige straps (a long strap which allows a shield to be slung from the shoulder or around the neck) although a kingdom might have a rule against it. Some kingdoms have had rules that your hand be somehow controlling the shield in addition to the guige. ...

Asbjorn Johansen

I think there is a lot of arguments to cross purposes here, as well as some confusion. I admit when I think about SCA combat, I have a tendency to think about what it can and could be. Add some rules that reflect historic loss conditions (lose if you drop a weapon, fall down, encourage the wearing o...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by flonzy: Real sword fighting does not have to kill the oposition. Tournaments in the middle ages were not to the death but they still used the same sword technique. A person...

Asbjorn Johansen

I can't speak for the West Kindgom rules, but the 90 degree rule has not been in the corporate level rule book since at least the December 2000 revision. There is an excessive force rule though.

Asbjorn

Asbjorn Johansen

We see the rise of poleax type weapons as vital weapons for dismounted tournament combat as armour improves through the 14th and into the 15th century. Poleaxâ€™s became popular because they were needed to be effective against the armour of the time. Because the SCA assumes a blow is a blow is a blo...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Alcyoneus: "The renowned Douglas found that armour was no protection;, his first suit of mail, of splendid temper, was pierced in five places at one battle fought in 1402", ...

Asbjorn Johansen

This is an exerpt from a paper I'm writing on tournaments for an SCA web site, its drawn from Barker and Barber's Tournament's and a few other sources... The earliest large scale tournaments we have record of took place in the late 12th century. Areas between several well known landmarks would be de...

Asbjorn Johansen

Strip of wool blanket wrapped 1 1/2 times around the knee.

Asbjorn

Asbjorn Johansen

I checked with GW. They have the company of the grail on the schedule for a Passage of Arms as well, but they still want me to do a Grand Pas. While normally I wouldn't object to running a pas I'd really prefer to run something different, but I guess we'll be having at least 2 pas de arms at Gulf Wa...

Asbjorn Johansen

Historic Combat Series at Gulf Wars (need replies by 11/6/02 5pm eastern). Ok here is the bad news. Iâ€™ve been informed that I can only run 1 tournament at Gulf Wars this year (I am going to keep pushing to be able to run more, but I have no idea how successful I will be). Theyâ€™ve asked I run a G...

Asbjorn Johansen

Anyone have Toblerâ€™s translation of Ringneck handy, I could have sworn that the is commentary in the intro or in the first few pages of instruction, that suggests that if you are left handed you should work from your strong side i.e. left. Anyone have documentation to back up my wild assertions? A...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Noe: Regarding kneepads and hose. I found a reference -- now I have to look it up again -- stating that knights wore quilted or felted blankets tied round their knees as pad...

Asbjorn Johansen

I believe this account is a case of two opposing sides in a war, fighting a sort of low key skirmish, where barriers were used to keep the fight from becoming too intense. Its not really a tournament, although you can see how this type of engagement may have influenced latter day tournament combat. ...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vogeljager: And The Enterprise would beat Galactica any day. Especially if Kirk were allowed anywhere near the female crew http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/wink.gif </f...

Asbjorn Johansen

I prefer not to fall down in tourney (its not historic and it strengthens the false concept that we are dying on the field). What I prefer to do (and I admit I forget at times), is shout "well struck", go to one knee, reverse my sword, and tell my opponent that he has done his Lady great honor today...

Asbjorn Johansen

Doesn't really recreate any particular battle or type of battle from period, doesn't seem to recreate any particular tourney type...

Itâ€™s not really my taste in combat.

Asbjorn

Asbjorn Johansen

The plates are coated in tin to prevent rust.

Asbjorn

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jester: What constitutes a good blow? In a pas it is one that shows it could have done damage. In a tournament it is one that incapacitates. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> To ...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Brandr: What I hate about the duct tape on helms is that at Gulf Wars, at some point Gleann Abhann will switch sides for balance or something and well the tape on our helms ...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Wulfgar Ullicsson: The knee is just too fragile to safely make it a target.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> (please excuse spelling errors, this computer has no wordprocessing ...

Asbjorn Johansen

Jester, I spoke with Duke Eringlin about just this subject at Gulf Wars two years ago. I asked how do you run an experimental test for combat techniques? I used half swording as a specific example. At the time he told me that the test should simply be run as a weapons test through kingdom EM's. Sinc...

Asbjorn Johansen

Lots of interesting ideas here.

Iâ€™ve have a lot of changes that I would like to see but at its base Iâ€™d love to see a statement like this added included in the description of the Society Earl Marshal: â€œto promote the research and study of combat before 1600 ADâ€

Asbjorn Johansen

4 Roughly. If the typcial combat scenario needs to be defined and better laid out. I will be more accepting combat archery when its introduced as a part of a better recreation of medieval battle (what we are doing now isn't anywhere close in my mind, dispite what lable may be put on it, the current ...

Asbjorn Johansen

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIETY FOR CREATIVE ANACHRONISM The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Society) is a nonprofit educational organization devoted to study of the middle Ages and Renaissance. Most of its activities take place in the context of a social structure adapted from the ...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by tatheg: Sword and buckler would be great. I don't know of any William Marshall Tournies at GW in the last few years... Tatheg<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Last two years the...

Asbjorn Johansen

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Jentien: Counted blows melees sound great,perhaps single sword only, also some team barrier competition would be cool. Jentien<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Folks seem to lov...

Asbjorn Johansen

Anyone have any opinions about what time you'd like to fight, and how early is too early for the Sword and Buckler tourney?

Asbjorn

Asbjorn Johansen

Thanks, thats the one I have, wonder if he's having computer problems.

Asbjorn

Asbjorn Johansen

6ft spear.

Asbjorn

Historic Combat Series at Estrella

Historic Combat Series at Gulf Wars (need replies by 11/6/02