The Armour Archive

Angusm0628

Violen is right on the money here as well. Once you attend a few practices and decide "Yeah this is for me" and then you figure a budget. Then you perhaps you suffer from champagne taste on a Nasty Ice budget. knowing where you are can actually help if there are local folks who can get you...

Angusm0628

His Grace beat me to it.. I was going to recommend him as he can fit you out from Head to toe for a proper 12th maille look..

Angusm0628

I'm not going to disagree with you on that Isabella but they do at least participate on the field I participate on, so from my point of view, they are involved with what is the main game in the SCA. Those around me who get training from me are also encouraged to do many other things. I have little ...

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If your KEM is aware and ok with it I'm fine with it but I'm going with past policy on my statement. I'll check and see what the rules actually say about it tonight and counsel my KEM's respectively. It's more about transparency than anything. We don't want local marshals authing local guys. We wan...

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Heavy fighters aren't "threatened" by fencing. It simply takes some focus away from the main game is all. I'm not so sure that the main game is heavy any longer. When you look overall at membership, I suspect non-heavies (all non heavy activities) outnumber the heavies. I've seen my own s...

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Omarad bout a month or so ago put a listing of kingdoms and authorized fighters up here on the archive. But that was for 2010 only. I don't think there's a comparison to prior years however.

Angusm0628

Can you get authorized at an unpublished practice? (I'm rusty, and don't really remember, honestly, if our practices were "official" or not) not at a practice. Only at an event. Are you saying that authorizations cannot occur at practices if they are listed in a newsletter and therefore q...

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They serve as excellent fighting platforms once the wielder has been killed too... Olaf A war shield is 4 foot tall and 30 inches wide. It has a handle and a elbow crease strap. The front side needs to be painted purple with a yellow border and a yellow falcon on it. It's called "Using the Hig...

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Depending on far your driving if you're on board or off board. An SCA weekend in itself can be $100 without batting an eye.. Gas $50 Site Fee $20 per head (I have three in my family) Add 8 per if "On Board" Beer $20 +/- Ice and Food $50 If a camping event and not on board Subtract if "...

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wow, talk about some serious crossover Authorization horror stories. For all intents and purposes I was a crossover (having last fenced 14 years prior). Attended exactly 2 practices and got my authorization from out of my region Marshals and fighting a kingdom Don at a local event. Not sure why Heav...

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Try Bokalo. I had seen some youth helmets in his shop at Pennsic a few times. I'm sure he's got a few lying about.

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olaf haraldson wrote:I refuse to fight light rapier. Will not pick one up... if my opponent in a tourney will only fight light, I will forfeit.

Ditto

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Glaukos the Athenian wrote:
Angusm0628 wrote:Yep my memory says "Sunday 6pm"

And it ends about...?

Not long thereafter.. The first bout lasts maybe 10-15 minutes.. Second one bout the same and then everyone sits around, shoots the shit and heads back to camp...

Angusm0628

Yep my memory says "Sunday 6pm"

Angusm0628

Beast and Boar has been there the past few warpractices although not in the "Pennsic Spot" but rather across from the barn

Angusm0628

Do I simply and quietly change my name to the new one or do I go out in a blaze of glory? Should I plan the death of Drogo? If I do kill off Drogo in dramatic manner, any suggestions on how to do this? For the life of me I can't figure out what this has to do with the Interpretive Re-creation subfo...

Angusm0628

Won't be making War Practice this year.... I'll be healing. What pisses me off more than anything is I've been beating the bushes for the household to make a larger than norm appearance for this and I'll be home..

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Friend of mine years ago went from one persona to another. A wake was held in which Osgaldr was set to rest on a table while the rest of us drank ourselves into a stupor. The next morning the body was removed and Ras made his way to our camp area and introduced himself to everyone there coherent eno...

Angusm0628

Hopefully someone got video and will be posting it up... I always liked Balfar's technique with a pole.

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olaf haraldson wrote:So.... I CAN build a tip out of monkey meat!!! To the workshop! THis will go great with my new wooden badger punching gauntlets!

What a waste of perfectly good lebanon bologna..

Angusm0628

Final Four prediction... Duke Marcus Havoc Isenwulf Stefan. Final two is a tough call. Everyone here has the juice. Havoc has been doing A LOT of work with Duke Timothy of Arindale at the local practices bringing his game up and everyone else has the game already... Were I a bookie in Vegas I'd be n...

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Ivan the terrible. Dude made some serious changes to the political makeup of that region.

Angusm0628

I'm going to be very sad if someone posts a method that works for aluminum mail . Its tinfoil look is the only reason I bit the bullet & spent nearly $2k on titanium mail. In any case, this thread needs pics! My squire just ordered some aluminum scales from Ebonwolf, and it would be nice to get...

Angusm0628

Research, research and when you think you know enough..More research. When I had Jackie at Shamrock do some work on a helm..I knew his reputation well in advance. Then he and I traded emails back and forth a bit. Then and only after I was satisfied with things, I paid him. Same with Stonekeep (minus...

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Jackie at Shamrock could prolly hook you up as well.

Angusm0628

Might want to check with Icefalcon (I got mine there). I highly recommend you powder coat it first. Otherwise you look like a Uwe' Bohl extra.

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Samuel wrote:whered you get those pommels?

They are Hames from draft horse rigs...

Angusm0628

King Renee's Book of the tourney is a good start. http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/renehome.html

Angusm0628

I kinda like this one. I know the sticker and tape are on it..

Angusm0628

My understanding of the rules.. Suppose you're a marshal standing WITHIN the designated combat area, and I'm a combatant standing WITHIN the designated combat area. Fighting is occuring on the field somewhere "near" us. I take off my helmet, and thus am no longer appropriately armored for ...

Angusm0628

I put this on my household list to see if you get any bites...

Angusm0628

There's a guy up N.E. Pa that fights great sword with a shield strapped to arm (big ass shield). It's also strapped so his hand is holding both the great sword and the shield.. This is the guy I was talking about. Saw him at Melee Madness last summer. That's Gijgar of Lonely Mountain Forge. He used...

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There's a guy up N.E. Pa that fights great sword with a shield strapped to arm (big ass shield). It's also strapped so his hand is holding both the great sword and the shield..

Angusm0628

James B. wrote:How does one contact Sir Stephen to declare for the English?

You could PM him from here...I have his email Addy, If you like I can PM it..

Angusm0628

Myself, and "Eammon" have declared already as has Nissan I believe for the English.

Few others have here viewtopic.php?f=2&t=128456&hilit=Cott

Or did you already go through this one and see what numbers we have??

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