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by raito
Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fighting in Crown "for the honor"
Replies: 111
Views: 2436

Vlasta wrote:Then again, Michael was trained in the south bay while I played mainly in the north bay area. Could be a regional difference.


Gonna need a smiley brigade for this one.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Regional? Half our single groups are bigger than that...
by raito
Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:39 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fighting in Crown "for the honor"
Replies: 111
Views: 2436

The West is Small? King City CA (nearly the farthest south) to Crescent City CA (almost at the border with An Tir) is a distance (by road) of 504 miles. San Francisco CA (farthest West) to Wells NV (nearly farthest East) is 550 miles by road. Geographically we aren't that small. Still looks pretty ...
by raito
Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fighting in Crown "for the honor"
Replies: 111
Views: 2436

This is a geographic SCA division. I've noticed in my wanderings that Eastern (per Western POV, "everybody east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains") SCA folk have a sharply different opinion on the subject. But there's various reasons for the difference. For example, most eastern kingdoms hav...
by raito
Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:40 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Raising a sallet.... The Raviolli shape >:/
Replies: 5
Views: 345

That sounds, kinda normal, really. Just keep making passes around that brim until it's down where you want. There's a lot more emtal in a helm than in an elbow, which is probably why it's more noticable.
by raito
Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:36 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Post your SCA fighting videos!
Replies: 52
Views: 1969

For some reason, I like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI1-4mSCUbY
by raito
Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:09 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: 16-18 teen rattan fighting?
Replies: 47
Views: 1525

Kilian_the_warlike, The reason the EK is going to a league like that because (I believe it Vermont, maybe PA) has a law that is an adult strikes a child, they go to jail. Blame sweeping legislations. I researched exactly that item for the states in Northshield (didn't manage to figure out Manitoba,...
by raito
Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:20 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Northshield Crown Results
Replies: 8
Views: 388

Murdock wrote:i love it when my friends get cool stuff!
:D :D


You may mean 'work their ass off to succeed'. Stephen worked 3-4 days a week for this (and that's just when he was working with me, Keg, or Zig. He also worked out on his own.)

Heck, even his shield work looked pretty good.
by raito
Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:03 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: The Case of the Missing Rings
Replies: 7
Views: 310

Makes me wonder if the ideal solution might not be to use welded mail, and stamp the rings to appear riveted.
by raito
Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:41 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Lamellar...Plastic vs Metal vs Leather?
Replies: 38
Views: 868

I can't quite agree that choosing persona first is the way to go. I know way too many who chose their persona based on what armour that would have had.

If the armour is cool enough (to you), then the persona follows. How the heck to you think I ended up doing Japanese? :wink:
by raito
Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:12 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Heavy list ideas?
Replies: 10
Views: 364

Re: Heavy list ideas?

I'll be MIC for an upcoming event and I thought I'd poll this group for ideas. Seems an efficient way to ask folks with a very wide range of experience. I expect no more than 30 fighters, likely less, and we will have a Royal presence. I would prefer fighting scenarios that don't require an extensi...
by raito
Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:19 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Banded armor
Replies: 29
Views: 864

That depends somewhat on what language you're reading in, and which side of the world you're reading about. Such as? EDIT: serious question, btw. I wouldn't suspect otherwise. About Japanese (in general), and in French (again generally). Russ, I'm not disputing anything you say about European stuff...
by raito
Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:07 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Banded armor
Replies: 29
Views: 864

That depends somewhat on what language you're reading in, and which side of the world you're reading about.
by raito
Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:12 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Banded armor
Replies: 29
Views: 864

Hey, the guy doesn't even know definitions (though from reading a few of the pages, English might not be native to him). Whether it's made from bands or scales, it's still lamellar (although you could laces scales in such a way as to make it not lamellar, but nobody really does). And the reconstruct...
by raito
Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:52 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Lamellar...Plastic vs Metal vs Leather?
Replies: 38
Views: 868

I'ma gonna have to politely disagree a bit with Irish (bot agree a bit, too). Full-on plastic wasn't used, no, but polymer-coated was, which is essentially plastic (unless you're a materials science sort of person). But not in Europe. Leather wasn't used, perhaps, but rawhide certainly was. Again, n...
by raito
Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:12 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Lamellar...Plastic vs Metal vs Leather?
Replies: 38
Views: 868

Sure, having done all of them over the years... Leather works, but seems to require hardening or a pretty high pain tolerance. Mine is pretty high and I still wore padding underneath. Also, it may disintegrate agter 20 years, like mine did Metal protects the best, but take the longest to make, becau...
by raito
Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:38 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Who is the most effective/threatening ...
Replies: 25
Views: 1232

Yeah, I'm not quite sure what you're asking either. Your profile says Germany, so maybe English isn't your native language? It may be that you're asking about singled handed swords specifically, because there's darned few non-quillon style great weapons out there. Or you may be asking about a single...
by raito
Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:34 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Banded armor
Replies: 29
Views: 864

Technically, it IS lamellar. 'Lame' refers to the horizontal band, not the small plates. And yeah, I make it and wear it. I find that the tassets provide pretty good leg protection, at least for as low as they hang.
by raito
Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: wheels, dammit, wheels
Replies: 39
Views: 631

If you know where to step, you can probably take your time getting there. It's not that I have a problem with speed, but I do think it's a relatively small part of footwork. I regularly beat guys who can smoke me in a sprint with footwork. I do that by figuring out where to step long before they do....
by raito
Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:25 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: New Fighter for the Shire
Replies: 15
Views: 581

Reminds me a bot of Denys de Caergwen's son. Even as a baby, he'd crawl around to the hilt end of a sword to play with it.
by raito
Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:19 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: How thick should I go for stainless bars??
Replies: 21
Views: 381

Vigmund Gunnarson wrote:Wow 5/16" ? That´s about 8mm just very little under that, yes? Does 1/4" get bent from use even if it is from stainless? If so, I´ll go for 5/16"
Thanks for the quick answers :lol:


Yes, eventually, even for stainless. I should also mention that I put them on 1" centers.
by raito
Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:29 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: How thick should I go for stainless bars??
Replies: 21
Views: 381

Personally, I go 5/16" on all bars. Keeps them from bending longer, and doesn't seem to interfere with vision.
by raito
Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:45 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Dagorhir (boffer) Fighting Skills video series
Replies: 53
Views: 1306

I won't really comment on the content, as I don't fight by your rules. I'd simply say what I usually say to people making training videos (because it applies even to the porfessional ones). 1. Get a script. 2. Edit it. 3. Video allows for multiple takes. In your particular case, saying "OK, now...
by raito
Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:55 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Northshield Fall 2008 Crown List
Replies: 19
Views: 623

And for aid in wagering, here's the specific format: 1. The tournament shall be a standard double elimination tournament, save that each bracket shall be fought until there is a single combatant remaining, those two to meet in the finals. 2. The first round shall be seeded by challenge, the challeng...
by raito
Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:48 am
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Looking for etching mask.
Replies: 19
Views: 534

It works on metal, but the usual application is to silk-screen the resist to the metal through a screen done with photo emulsion.
by raito
Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:01 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Japanese Battle, Pennsic 2009
Replies: 5
Views: 207

Animal Weretiger wrote:Wow, I guess we know who wears the hakama in THAT family! Sheesh! :)


Animal, you'd think that a LOT funnier if you saw the difference in hakama length at Coronation. Her nagabakama trump my my uwabakama (in length anyway).
by raito
Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Japanese Battle, Pennsic 2009
Replies: 5
Views: 207

Japanese Battle, Pennsic 2009

It has been decided that I will not attend Pennsic in 2009 (not if I want to stay married, anyway). So if anyone wants it to happen, I can help with scheduling, rules, etc., but I won't be there to participate. My Pennsic days may be over for a while. We'll see. The 6 of us (Nissan, Torashi, Gembei,...
by raito
Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:59 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Drills for SCA Heavy Combat
Replies: 7
Views: 402

I've been in just that situation, and we authorized 10 of the 12 in time for the next Pennsic. In fact, I developed an entire curriculum for them that I still use, but I'm way too lazy to write it all down. But here's some high points: I began every practice with a bit of a lecture. I always asked w...
by raito
Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:50 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Drills for SCA Heavy Combat
Replies: 7
Views: 402

I've been in just that situation, and we authorized 10 of the 12 in time for the next Pennsic. In fact, I developed an entire curriculum for them that I still use, but I'm way too lazy to write it all down. But here's some high points: I began every practice with a bit of a lecture. I always asked w...
by raito
Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:04 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: New SCA Helm Regulation?
Replies: 38
Views: 1773

I have a standard rate for stuff I'd never do... :twisted:

(it involves not ever having to work again)
by raito
Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat of the Thirty
Replies: 244
Views: 9566

And yeah, Stepehn's BP is hanging low, but he borrowed it from me, and didn't want to punch any holes in the straps. It's OK, he'll have his own soon. Actually, it hangs funny on me, since I changed what I'm wearing underneath.
by raito
Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:04 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Combat of the Thirty
Replies: 244
Views: 9566

Dontcha mean Sabu?
by raito
Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:53 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Question for the SCA Martials
Replies: 54
Views: 1268

Thus the disadvantage of wearing gauntlets fighting with two weapons. No hold is called in that case, and the second blow through that line generally hits.
by raito
Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:14 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Vitus Pennsic Report/Ranting has begun.
Replies: 96
Views: 7089

Less Hagakure is good. Not only is it post-period, it does not reflect anyone's reality but the author's. It's his idealized version of what ought to be.
by raito
Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:20 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA pump action combat crossbow design
Replies: 53
Views: 2693

Put the lever back to position 1 prior to firing.
by raito
Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:45 pm
Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
Topic: Brass riveting question
Replies: 12
Views: 429

Greylond wrote:Could you explain 'countersink' and 'chamfer', please?


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Acountersink

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Achamfer

It really is that easy.