The Armour Archive

Sir Omarad

Bingo! Alright well half a kudo for that anyway...for now. It is simply easier to just say "these items are forbidden" and call it a day but I agree with checking the details. I think it was simply an error. we haven't used them for so long I guess we all just got used to the idea that the...

Sir Omarad

Icefalcon is making some very sweet axeheads that are legal "off the shelf".
Check with him.

Sir Omarad

Punch daggers are too efficient for our stated goals, as are shovel-gripped spears. I hope we have society wide rules against them. Regards Avery there used to be. I think the concepts are covered under applications of other rules. I humbly request that you please consider putting those back in the...

Sir Omarad

DukeAvery wrote:Punch daggers are too efficient for our stated goals, as are shovel-gripped spears. I hope we have society wide rules against them.

Regards

Avery

there used to be.
I think the concepts are covered under applications of other rules.

Sir Omarad

they differ from kingdom to kingdom. but it sounds like you are volunteering....... Given access to the relevant databases, I could, probably, construct and analyze such a thing without undo effort, heck, I could probably even create appropriate import routines to merge each relevant database into ...

Sir Omarad

So, the guy in the second pic hit the guy in the first pic with his car and someone caught it on camera?
If he was a true gymnast he woulda jumped over it!

Sir Omarad

Baron Eirik wrote:
Sir Omarad wrote:My personal favorite.......
NASCAR and Gymnastics....
What? Don't you like Carl Edwards?

You're just a hater.

Wasn't he the guy that was running for president but diddled around on his wife?

Sir Omarad

I went to play beach volleyball with a friend at his weekly league. I took my baseball gear and bat.... they wouldn't let me play. Hmmmmm..... I guess all sports have their rules and don't just change because a person wants them to. But what about sport mixes that could work..... Here are the ones m...

Sir Omarad

I'm 235 far from skinny Just making a point that we cant cover everything that might be dangerous on the field because something always hurts somebody some time. Thor- I've been hurt more by overweight people falling on me than by spurs, rattan, shields, elbow fans, knee fans, or any other item on ...

Sir Omarad

Thor, there are a lot of things that aren't "fully" covered in the rules about authorizations. eg. Students. Who are a resident of one Kingdom but spend the school year in another Kingdom. Which Kingdom are they a part of? Where should they hold their authorization? Especially if they par...

Sir Omarad

Treaties between Kingdoms also allow cross-border auths.

Sir Omarad

Thorstenn wrote:I've been hurt more by overweight people falling on me than by spurs, rattan, shields, elbow fans, knee fans, or any other item on the field.

Thor-

So we should allow only 250lb or more guys to fight?
That way skinny guys can't get hurt. There wouldn't be any.

There's always fencing...

Sir Omarad

I'm curious (okay, I'm a database and reporting junkie...it's what I do for a living). It *should* be possible using the various Kingdom Authorization Databases (if they are well designed at all) to determine precise numbers of how many are authorized in just armored, just rapier, or both. I'd real...

Sir Omarad

Running a comparison of the overall numbers, it appears that the rapier combatants makes up 30% of the overall number of authorized combatants in the society. Every 2-1/3 authorized fighters = 1 authorized duelist. What about individuals who are authorized in both forms? That skews things a bit. I ...

Sir Omarad

Yes, we do it at the Tuchux battle, which is a single event with a separate ruleset. The Tuchux charity tournament does NOT have any dispensation for any non-SCA rules. It MUST be run according to our rules and will be shut down if it attempts to do so. This is the way it is as long as it is held o...

Sir Omarad

yah i used "padded" to mean "covered". but i have to ask, so rounding a piece of plywood makes it less likely to damage rattan than leaving the factory edge on it? really? it doesnt of course but its odd that we would have a rule like this and not one against some of these helms...

Sir Omarad

I put fencer numbers in a new topic.

Sir Omarad

Sir Omarad

Yes, we do it at the Tuchux battle, which is a single event with a separate ruleset. The Tuchux charity tournament does NOT have any dispensation for any non-SCA rules. It MUST be run according to our rules and will be shut down if it attempts to do so. This is the way it is as long as it is held o...

Sir Omarad

another failure of our rules is that we have a rule that states the edge of a shield must be padded with something to protect rattan. then, when i went out with a shield made of wood, only wood, i had a couple of marshals argue that i had to have it padded. nevermind that i can chop through plywood...

Sir Omarad

(considering there's likely a fair number of people that already do it but don't want to make the same amount of noise as me to make it fully legal)? I think this part of the premise is false. I've only occasionally, in 28 years of this game, even seen someone doing the punch axe thing. A vanishing...

Sir Omarad

It's a decision that each fighter must make and is determinate on their body, helm, and type of chainmaille, etc...

Sir Omarad

To the original post. ummm..... no. please elaborate. Allow me to translate: I am the SEM. As such, I am in charge of the rules of the list for the entire society. What you suggest is against the rules. It is now, it always has been, and it isn't going to be any time soon. If you want to do this, f...

Sir Omarad

To the original post.
ummm..... no.

Sir Omarad

In which case the Crown is the top link on the chain of command. True. Once the individual refuses to leave the field and combat is stopped and the Marshallate resources are exhausted, the Seneschals can be called to have the individual leave site. At this point, the Crown being the authority that ...

Sir Omarad

Wish I'd had that at Gulf Wars. Blackbow Just a note: The avantaille must be heavy enough and long enough and drape far enough away from the throat/vert. to offer significant resistance to a blow. ie: slow it down, drag on it, get in the way.... My first avantaille was welded stainless and was grea...

Sir Omarad

Years ago ( 98-00) time frame Sir Haroun here in the Outlands was using this exact stuff at practice as a test sword. ( giving full warning to what it was) His sword, if memory serves, was about 32-34 inches long and was hands down the hardest Ive ever been hit. on a helm it was enough to rattle yo...

Sir Omarad

Sir Omarad wrote:
Baron Eirik wrote:I wonder if, with the total reissue of MK cards over the winter, if they cleaned up the roster any.

When I have time I'll make another list for 2011

Are you guys interested in the other discipline's numbers too?
Fencing, Equestrian, Siege, etc...

Sir Omarad

Baron Eirik wrote:I wonder if, with the total reissue of MK cards over the winter, if they cleaned up the roster any.

When I have time I'll make another list for 2011

Sir Omarad

Just a note: The avantaille must be heavy enough and long enough and drape far enough away from the throat/vert. to offer significant resistance to a blow. ie: slow it down, drag on it, get in the way.... My first avantaille was welded stainless and was great at stopping blows, my new one is welded ...

Sir Omarad

do it with boffer weapons. The marshallate has no concern with adults and boffer weapons. Perhaps I should consider Pillows Sir Omarad? ... most noble Wormtongue, what office of less honour would you accept? ... . Following your original advise I have written to Sir Angus and I await his opinion an...

Sir Omarad

Unfortunately the only way to really "clean up" the list is to start over with a complete reissuing of cards. With a volunteer base, that's a lot of work to askof someone. Also, we are reluctant to consider our friends and mentors who have been out a while as "inactive" or take t...

Sir Omarad

Anyone live near American Falls, Idaho?
(close to Pocatello)

If so, email me please.
marshal@sca.org

Sir Omarad

do it with boffer weapons. The marshallate has no concern with adults and boffer weapons. Perhaps I should consider Pillows Sir Omarad? ... most noble Wormtongue, what office of less honour would you accept? ... . Following your original advise I have written to Sir Angus and I await his opinion an...

Sir Omarad

Midrealm-2217 That sure is an awful burden for the Midrealm to keep track of so many fighters. We will take the rest of Kentucky if it will help ease the burden (with their majesties permission of course) I was reminded in the not-to-distant past that they were a part of the South anyway Caspar Rex...

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