The Armour Archive

Sir Omarad

blackbow wrote:I think I'll wait till you get done talking to them about tweaking them before I buy a set.

Blackbow

Unless you have really thick knees like me they should work fine.

Sir Omarad

Blaine de Navarre wrote:I can't tell from the picture - do the cowboy ones wrap around the sides of the knee as far as the other ones?

almost.
they are about 1/2" narrower on each side.
I've spoken with them about it.

Sir Omarad

http://www.zoombang.com/imagenes/44_3.jpg http://www.zoombang.com/imagenes/62_1.jpg The one with the dots was my preferred pad because ofthe uniform coverage and low profile nature. They both worked well. I'm glad they were up on the website. LOTS better than any of the 37 other kneepads I've tried...

Sir Omarad

Aaron wrote:Armour testing should be done at Pennsic, with video.

"Now we'll all line up on one side or the other. Heavy hitters on the left and those in experimental armour on the right. Now start fighting!"

you first.

Sir Omarad

So you somehow know that I had some other meaning aside from what I actually wrote and you know that I was intending to offend some particular kingdoms honorable fighters but you can't tell me why or how you know this or what it is that I supposedly meant? quote] Lots of people make assumptions whe...

Sir Omarad

[quote="Count Johnathan"] So you somehow know that I had some other meaning aside from what I actually wrote and you know that I was intending to offend some particular kingdoms honorable fighters but you can't tell me why or how you know this or what it is that I supposedly meant? quote] ...

Sir Omarad

The difficulty with construction andthe inherent weight added by tape, leather, clackers, etc.. is what prompted the 100% contiguous rattan mace.

Sir Omarad

I've never had a weapon fail because it was over weight. Only once have I had a weapon actually weighed during inspection. It came in well under the max, but it looked scary. It was at pennsic, and my stuff was being inspected by a marshal who had never inspected anything other than a basket hilted...

Sir Omarad

Leo Medii wrote:
Baron Logan wrote:How about why do I have to put a layer of padding on my mace when the guy across from me is swinging a 7.5 foot unpadded 3" diameter polearm at my head?

What he said.

because.

Sir Omarad

Have you made a ruling on the shirts as kidney protection, whether they will be approved without additional protection? My 1st phase of testing is complete. (The hitting me in zoombang andthe hitting me in minimum sca kidney protection phase) Zoombang is doing testing on the minimum sca protection ...

Sir Omarad

what shape is pi?

Sir Omarad

Ok... what was the question?

Sir Omarad

It's a done deal, already changed the rule months ago.

The fact was that people could already do it and call it a sword.
We ran a successful experiment.
They tend to be lighter than padding/tape/clacker maces and hit much like a falchion.

All wins for safety.

Sir Omarad

I'd say..... 9.5

Sir Omarad

What about blocking with basket hilts? Legal, but most consider it a low level of skill technique. Most... not really. Balin You are actually probably right. Most of the Knights I know do. But most fighters probably don't think about it. I know I didn't until I started refining what I do. I overest...

Sir Omarad

well, here's a bad marshal story... I used to carry a 3' piece of iron pipe to practice swing warmup with before tourneys. It was just pipe with a crossguard of wood and tape on it to look like a sca sword... sorta. A marshal came over to inspect my stuff before a tourney, picked it up, and as I was...

Sir Omarad

and as for maces, you CAN make a 100% rattan mace from a thick stave thatthe handle has been cut down to.

ie: start witha really thick piece of rattan and cut away anything that doesn't look like a mace.

and no, you cannot glue pieces together.

Sir Omarad

Everything we do is dangerous. Golfers get mauled by gators. Cyclists get hit by cars. Ice fishermen get stranded on floats. (Darwin at work) Civil war re-enactors get shot. Hobbies are dangerous. Stay in shape. Train hard. Have fun till they put you in the ground. Doesn't matter what your weekends...

Sir Omarad

Ok, the fine people at the Zoombang corporation have 2 kinds of kneepads. The ones on the site and another pair thatthey made for the rodeo guys. I have tried both and both work very very well. I could actually walk around kneeling without excrutiating pain. (I can't normally or in most kneepads. Li...

Sir Omarad

After a knee rebuild, a wrist rebuild, a shoulderthat might get rebuilt this fall, and I hit 43, I worry. Not from my opponents hitting me, from things like: Getting piled on and my knees twisted up between people. Tripping. Stepping in holes. Slick grass. Chiurgeons. Great swords in the hands of id...

Sir Omarad

Thisis for a 7th grade Medieval History class that I am making up as I go along.
I'm using 800ish - 1500ish as my time frame.

Sir Omarad

Could some one give me a logical and reasonable explanation as to why the back of an axe hitting some one in the head is not a killing blow? Other than that is the way the rules are written. The reason I ask is what is the difference between the back of a four pound axe and any part of the striking...

Sir Omarad

Could some one give me a logical and reasonable explanation as to why the back of an axe hitting some one in the head is not a killing blow? Other than that is the way the rules are written. The reason I ask is what is the difference between the back of a four pound axe and any part of the striking...

Sir Omarad

Ogedei wrote:What about blocking with basket hilts?

Legal, but most consider it a low level of skill technique.

Sir Omarad

Just a note: I'm teaching and I may not respond for a few hours.
Keep the discussion going.

Sir Omarad

The hand is never a legal target. None of those alloowable instances place the hand intentionally in a position where it is a "de facto" target. I can take my sword and knock your shield edge, hook, etc... off but by using your hand you are putting it where your opponent is without option...

Sir Omarad

FrauHirsch1 wrote: "1. If a combatant intentionally places an illegal target area (e.g., an empty hand and or lower leg, including the knee and foot) in the path of a blow, the combatant forfeits that attached limb as if it had been struck in a legal target area. " The above quote is left...

Sir Omarad

12. Grasping an opponent's person, shield, weapon's striking surface, or bow/crossbow is prohibited. Seems clear 13. Intentionally striking an opponent outside the legal target areas is forbidden. Seems clear C. Target Area 7. Arms: From the shoulder to one inch above the wrist. mostly clear but def...

Sir Omarad

"1. If a combatant intentionally places an illegal target area (e.g., an empty hand and or lower leg, including the knee and foot) in the path of a blow, the combatant forfeits that attached limb as if it had been struck in a legal target area. " The above quote is left over from the remn...

Sir Omarad

Should help promote backyard gardening as well!

Sir Omarad

My list so far.... Queen Margaret Joan of Arc Richard The Lionhearted Catherine of Aragon Queen Isabella King Phillip II of France Eleanor of Aquitaine Erik the Red, Leif Erikson, Canute the Viking King Arthur Adelard of Bath Alaric the Visigoth Alfred the Great Attila the Hun Alexius Comnenus Arnol...

Sir Omarad

So we've seen a clear example that even a perfectly clear and obvious pictorial example can be a source of confusion. The image had three colors, the meaning of two of them was defined. Makes for a problem when some goober decides that the black area means whatever he wants it to mean. As to the OP...

Sir Omarad

After discussing the removal of punch daggers and shovel handles with my predecessors it has been determined that they eventually went away as a threat so the written ruling eventually went away as well or was incorporated into other rules that were altered or went away, etc... I will be adding thos...

Sir Omarad

7. Total weapon length shall not exceed 48 inches (1.22 m). 8. Total weapon mass shall not exceed 5 lb (2.27 kg). chuckle. And mine never do I don't worry too much about people going past either of those limits. The tiny percentage of the population that could use anything over the limits and still...

Sir Omarad

InsaneIrish wrote:
Sir Omarad wrote:I can allow the punching of wooden badgers with SEM preapproved specially designed wooden badger punching gauntlets.
I'll write it in on your card.

Seriously, I will hand you my card next time I see you.

OK, but only if you can tell me which show the barbecue reference came from.

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