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by Broadway
Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:05 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What's up with the King of Meridies?
Replies: 197
Views: 5112

--I forgot that I said that if this conversation was moved here, away from the world cup thread I'd respond to it-- With all due respect to the rapier community, of which, I'm a member (I love rapier fighting... tons of fun). The ability to whine and complain that lies within a few fencers never ce...
by Broadway
Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:10 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: What's up with the King of Meridies?
Replies: 197
Views: 5112

Ok what do you think if the King would point to a goober and say you are my ________ Champion.


We are all goobers, nerds, etc... so it happens every reign, in every kingdom. :D
by Broadway
Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:33 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shield Stats
Replies: 36
Views: 998

Thanks to Sir Mord for the measurments and to Sir Justus for the side shot of that effigy! Sir Fynn... Jehan converted them in the other shield thread... here they are: From Landgrafen Heinrich I. von Hessen, 1292-1308: 76 cm high, 56 cm wide, 15 mm thick. (30" high, 22" wide) From Raron von oder We...
by Broadway
Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:47 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Old and new armour sale
Replies: 20
Views: 896

I am also no longer a candidate for the breat and back and helmet.
by Broadway
Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:00 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Old and new armour sale
Replies: 20
Views: 896

Interested in the grilled bascinet and the breast and back.

Need prices...
by Broadway
Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:51 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shield Stats
Replies: 36
Views: 998

The latest TI is sitting on my dining room table. I just haven't opened it yet. Thanks for the heads up. I'll look tonight.
by Broadway
Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:12 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Robyn fighting pics
Replies: 63
Views: 3118

One of our guys fought with a broken back this Sunday at practice... He was logging, and one of his coworkers fed his safety line into the wood chipper. It snapped before it could drag him off the tree, but the shock of the pull broke a piece of one of his vertebre off... its floating around his spi...
by Broadway
Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:08 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shield Stats
Replies: 36
Views: 998

Shield Stats

Greetings! Does anybody have any solid measurements and shapes on historic heater shields? Like from period examples, or, say, taken from effigies... that sort of thing? What I'm really interested are heater shapes and sizes and the era it existed... Like, take for instance, the Black Prince heater....
by Broadway
Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:17 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shields without hose.
Replies: 76
Views: 2322

practices I have never worried about. Have two shields-


Normally I do this... but we've moved practice to a park that gets us roughly 75+ spectators every week, so every practice is kinda like a demo... so I've been trying to look good at practice too.
by Broadway
Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:13 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Monday Morning Train-in! 6-5-06
Replies: 8
Views: 164

Last week: Tuesday: Hit the punching bag for about a 1/2 hour. Thursday: Hit the punching bag for about a 1/2 hour. Saturday: Played a mean game of horseshoes with my Dad. Sunday: Went to Hawkwood Fighter Practice. Work is still fairly crazy, so I won't try to predict what I'm gonna do this week, bu...
by Broadway
Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:44 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shields without hose.
Replies: 76
Views: 2322

Has anyone who has done this noticed a specific timeframe where it starts to splinter more than usual? My shield is pretty much dead (the shield which started this thread). It lasted 4 practices, and 3 tournies (with following pick-up fights at two). Overall about 2 months (April-May). I had to app...
by Broadway
Wed May 31, 2006 10:51 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: T-Shirts coming soon.
Replies: 110
Views: 3164

I guess you just otherwisely stated it. :twisted:

Unless otherwise stated, all content on this site is the sole property of
The Armour Archive. None of the content may be copied and used in any
other publication, unless permission has been granted for that use.
by Broadway
Wed May 31, 2006 2:34 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Illusion Armory Alive?
Replies: 18
Views: 1297

Update, as of a few minutes ago when I got this email: From: "Illusion Armoring" <mail@illusionarmoring.com> Subject: Re: New estimate for helm? Greetings: We would like to apologize for the informality of this form letter, but we are trying to communicate this information to all our current custome...
by Broadway
Sun May 28, 2006 9:39 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: My shields- a report.
Replies: 3
Views: 249

What kind of delivery time are folks looking at if they placed an order? What is your current backlog or delivery estimate?
by Broadway
Tue May 23, 2006 2:41 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Shields without hose.
Replies: 76
Views: 2322

Just to clear things up... It was this shield: http://home.armourarchive.org/members/broadway/blogpics/Toc.jpg It is a 22"X36" heater. It is constructed of 3 sheets of 1/4" oak plywood, glued together. Then the edges were rounded on a router, and sanded smoooth... then covered in two layers of heavy...
by Broadway
Thu May 18, 2006 5:01 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: 1 day left! AA auction Stainless Steel right hand gauntlet
Replies: 8
Views: 330

$35
by Broadway
Thu May 18, 2006 4:42 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: 1 day left! AA auction Stainless Steel right hand gauntlet
Replies: 8
Views: 330

$25
by Broadway
Thu May 18, 2006 10:59 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Illusion Armory Alive?
Replies: 18
Views: 1297

Illusion Armory Alive?

Howdy, has anybody heard from Scott or Lynette at Illusion armoury recently?

I sent them an email a month ago, and another one last week, and haven't heard back from either...
by Broadway
Wed May 17, 2006 4:11 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: And he'll throw in an unused Ab-Master...
Replies: 39
Views: 1285

He better not get too close to the sun...

Image
by Broadway
Mon May 15, 2006 4:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: And he'll throw in an unused Ab-Master...
Replies: 39
Views: 1285

It should be illegal for him to do this:

[img]http://i17.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/21/52/61_1.JPG[/img]
by Broadway
Mon May 15, 2006 8:26 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Feast of St. Hildegard
Replies: 30
Views: 401

I had a good time for the small part of the day I was able to attend. Good company, good fighting.

A guy who had several authorizations could have quite literally spent the entire day fighting (and several folks did).
by Broadway
Fri May 12, 2006 11:02 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Hawkwood's Baronial Birthday
Replies: 12
Views: 234

Hawkwood's Baronial Birthday

The Barony of Hawkwood is the Westernmost Barony in the Kingdom of Atlantia... our Baronial Birthday is coming up soon, and I was wondering if anybody from the archive was coming up to celebrate with us... Link -- m It should be a pretty fun event... Here is a flyer I whipped up to hand out at St. H...
by Broadway
Thu May 11, 2006 12:29 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Feast of St. Hildegard
Replies: 30
Views: 401

WT,

Just in case you miss the PM, you are welcome to crash at my house over the weekend, if you need a place to stay. I'm about 6 miles from site.
by Broadway
Wed May 10, 2006 2:55 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Show Us Your Shield
Replies: 272
Views: 17156

Current one (although there are several new holes in it from hanging it at a different angle):

Image
by Broadway
Wed May 10, 2006 2:08 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Feast of St. Hildegard
Replies: 30
Views: 401

Feast of St. Hildegard

The Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen is an event in southern Atlantia this weekend... http://www.falconcree.org/feastof/

I'll be daytripping... any archivers making the trip up into the mountains this weekend?
by Broadway
Thu May 04, 2006 3:35 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: The Dark Apprentice Fighting Manual
Replies: 56
Views: 3811

DA, are you saying an Mpg player with enough room for 1000 songs... with only Number of the Beast and Can I Play with Madness, alternatingly repeated 500 times each... would be the ultimate training tool?

Or would you just end up looking like Eddie?
by Broadway
Thu May 04, 2006 1:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: a picture (big)
Replies: 29
Views: 752

Murdock, I don't see why you are getting so "hot under the collar" about this... I wear underarmour because it works. It works for what we do. This is like the 8th post I've seen from you stating the opposite in the last week or so... It prevents chafing, and it wisks sweat off the body... Just givi...
by Broadway
Wed May 03, 2006 5:45 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Atlantian Crown Fantasy League I
Replies: 48
Views: 1640

Total Fighters: 24 Quarters: Duke Olaf Lord Dammuth Sir Corby Sir Keagan Duke Ragnarr Lord Keiran Lord Afshin Baron Mungoe Semis: Duke Olaf Sir Corby Duke Ragnarr Lord Dammuth Finals: Duke Ragnarr Duke Olaf (3 fights, R,O,R) Winner: Duke Ragnarr ------------------------------ Random Number: 42 ........
by Broadway
Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:08 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: as an asside to Nissan's war
Replies: 40
Views: 897

I'd like to fight Vitus... but he keeps dodgin' me every time I'm up in Louisville...

(ok, once... and he had to work...)

I get to fight Odo tomorrow... woot! I really like traveling sometimes.
by Broadway
Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: another pair of Clay Moore finger gauntlets on ebay
Replies: 14
Views: 656

I saw Talon's pair of these gauntlets a couple days ago... and...

Wow... that's really all I can say...

just... Wow...

Very friggin cool.
by Broadway
Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:16 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Atlantian ToC pics
Replies: 98
Views: 2863

Awesome... thanks!

I have some video of me fighting, but didn't have any pics...
by Broadway
Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:18 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: A very sticky Question of recreation
Replies: 112
Views: 2904

Michael... so what does Knight of the SCA mean in Italy?
by Broadway
Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: The Dark Apprentice Fighting Manual
Replies: 56
Views: 3811

Will the actual manual have pictures large enough so that the text is legible?

In a combo, does it go, flat-snap / wrap / Boom Yow... or does the Boom Yow stand alone?
by Broadway
Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Welcome to the Suck - Minstrel style
Replies: 7
Views: 326

I would love it if somebody had suggestions for dealing with frustration, and maybe a good bruise remedy.


A keggorator filled with something tasty. Works for what ales yah.

Mine has Carolina Blonde in it right now...
by Broadway
Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Fighting Workout
Replies: 13
Views: 427

DDR is awesome.

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