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Must resist. Must not buy one of Adams hats must not spend money. Must....... argh

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I have no idea what happened, there was this crack and then heart shaped red hots went EVERYWHERE.... and D just kind of fell over and lay there on the ground.

And twitched.

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Lucian Ro wrote:Oh great, Matty's coming to play with us 14th centry mafioso types.
Now we're all going to look like paltry serfs and pale in comparison to his sheer awesomeness.

Consider on the other hand that we may get to blast him in the head and take all his gawdy loot.

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That grill is absolutely the Bomb!
Who is responsible for that work?

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Or helmet projects.....

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Most excellent!

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"GET 'EM RAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Pretty much our standard around here. Also the sum total of the battle plan generally.

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Just... Wow....

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A. carry a back up dagger.
B. If he is so intent on holding on to your weapon he is probably not that focussed on his. Take it.

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Yes...

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We camp with them. We are wanting to move in there (this was our first year there and we are old freinds with the builders) and share the space and save the castle gatehouse. That puts you next door to the Barony of Stonemarche and hence frequently the Priory. Hmm. I see a plan unfurling in my head...

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Curses, no money to go this year.
Maybe next.
As Duncan Forbes put it so well, I was made redundant.
Looks like a splendid time was had by all.

Oh to play in a real castle.

On the plus side, it does give me that much more time to get my kit into Raglan Fair worth shape.

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Mine is similar to gregoir's except that there are two holes just below the band at the temple and two holes at the back of the helmet on a level with the first two holes. The paracord is knotted in a figure 8 knot at the temple hole and feeds down to a leather chin strap shaped like an oval with a ...

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Friedrich and Alheydis are going, I think maybe Jocelyn as well. But as far as I know that is about it. You are looking most excellent. Sorry to have missed you last weekend. It was the beginnning of hot and nasty here anyway and only myself and my knights were there, so we hung out and table talked...

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Certainly. We will be having regular practices in Keene NH on Sunday afternoons by then. We have some loaner gear available as well.
We would be more than happy to introduce your friend to something other than his preconceived (and perhaps substiantiated) notions

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Aaaaaar, we be havin some rum barrel armour here abouts somewhere...

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Thanks all.
Warren is about two hours from me, probably a bit closer to 2.5 from Friedrich.

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Who yesterday at the Court of Panteria was summoned before Queen Marguerite and presented by her hand, at the request of King Edward, the Kings order of Excellence. The KoE is the East Kingdoms award for superior authenticity in equipment and/or persona.

Congratulations and well deserved!

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One sca KO I observed was wearing only a maille coif and thinly padded arming cap under his helm. With respect, I am skeptical that this sort of arrangement is really very safe. I used to do this all the time. Basically, I just started wearing a coif under the helm that I had already been wearing w...

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Pain and tears? Yah we have heard that.

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I wear a simple linen coif under my mail coif and ventail, which as has been mentioned is integral. I dont have any mobility issues at all.

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It depends some on the style of helmet. Mine sits very close to my face so I have reasonable vision in the lateral plane. My peripheral is close to what I have experienced in open face helms. What I lack is a view of my opponent below their chest (generally) at a normal engagement range. This is whe...

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Mine is diagonal. On the top it is mounted to the same bolt that holds the upper part of my grip, the lower end is bolted on to the upper part of the lower enarme. One end is short, maybe six inches, with a buckle attached. The other end is about three feet long. In use during a fight I usually grip...

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Jeff's stuff is amazing!
He is a fun fight too.
http://www.wassonartistry.com/

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A friend of mine calls this my sears catalog pose.
[img]http://home.armourarchive.org/members/thaddeus/STONEMARCHE.jpg[/img]
No I don't know why my hood is on but my hose are rolled down, maybe I was feeling gangsta that day.

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Heh, depends somewhat on how you define an easy drive. There is a fellow up here who occasionally teaches armouring classes at the Sharon Arts center in Sharon NH. There are also a number of good classes, although not specifically armouring offered here: http://www.newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com/bl...

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Ignore the axe at your peril....

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Oh lord so tempted.

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This is a beautiful helmet folks. I have hit it once or twice and Rudy has suffered no ill effects

buy this hat and help a brother pimp his 14th century mafia kit.

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Fabian is, unfortunately, not doing any armouring these days....house remodel project is eating his life. I would recommend an email to Erick Helmsmidt at Zwiehammer armoury - he has taken a good bit of instruction from Fabian and taken it in a less "sport" and more period direction. H I ...

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I have been lusting after the Sallets made on occasion by Duke Fabian from the west. They are a bit sportized having a bar grill mounted under the visor instead of a bevor but his lines are amazing. I dont know if he is producing anything any more, but someone out there in archive land might. Dmitry...

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Owyn wrote:
olaf haraldson wrote:Well, I'll give it a go.

I think we'd best give the guys coming against you shields, if we do that... Not sporting, otherwise.

Really?
But he is such a little viking

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Mine are linen, not particularly heavy weight and they are holding up fairly well. I havent worn them a whole lot yet, but my squire brother Friedrich has been wearing his linen chausses and braise for a couple of years and they are holding up quite well. My arming coat worn under my mail these past...

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carlyle wrote:That's inspiring, Vitus. Truly fine.

And of course a fine representation of The Dude. Matt. Do you guys at least send Colin pictures of this stuff?

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Oh yes, Friederich has had several conversations with him. We certainly hope he cruises by here on occasion as well.

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This was a lot of fun, a very good refresh on fiore's wrestling plays and dagger. Wish we had more time for longsword, but frankly by the time we got to it my head was full. I am sore from playing the part of crash test dummy but glad I had the opportunity to take the class. Angus has a unique persp...

Congratulations to Friedrich Parcifal von Oestereich