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Angusm0628

That is a nice looking helm Varukh! Im guessing you added the aventail yourself to make it more fit the part? Side note I found this: m It seems to fit the bill of what he is looking for and the price is really right, but I have no idea who Boldo is so I am hoping the AA can help me out, anyone hav...

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www.therionarms.com sells as well. I've purchased several Items from Hal over the years.

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Going to be hard to get any sort of paint that will hold up to the abuse we give helms.

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May 1994, Mother's Day Weekend (I know this because the event for the longest time was held then). Against the very person who introduced me to the S.C.A.

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Thanks folks...

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olaf haraldson wrote:Or Windrose, since that's where your helm is from.

Not sure they'd do a retro-fit. Friend of mine tried to get a conversion done and wasn't able to. Now it may be he didn't like the price what have you. He simply said he discussed it and it wasn't going to happen.

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I'd also recommend Jackie at Shamrock for a "retro fit" on a perf visor.

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Got a friend looking for rapier practices in the Shreeveport La area. Is there someone I can direct them to ??

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I don't see this becoming an issue. 2" and smaller tips have been around for a while (As previously pointed out). The standards as they are should be plenty enough. If not, the issue will be noted and either our armour standard will increase (doubtful) or we will be back to pillows on fiberglas...

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This thread just reminded me of a scrap Nissan and I are due over a dispute regarding "The most beautiful woman" from years ago. He came looking for me after the field battles at Pennsic but he decided we would take this up another time. He noted I was totally gassed after the field battle...

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I have a list. One is for guys in my kingdom, and one is guys out of kingdom. Guys out of kingdom will always trump guys in kingdom, since I see them more. So at kingdom stuff will hunt down those on my list. At Blackstone, War practice, Northern Oaken and Pennsic, I hunt down those on my out of ki...

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didn't Dube have a bunch of armoring videos floating around Youtube?

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Baron Logan wrote:Do fighters who are "killed" within the combat give up their ransom?

No. If you are killed you are unable to ransom your freedom.

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Doorman wrote:
Feast your eyes...don't forget the lotion
http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=106389&highlight=boobies

Yeah but half the images are gone... I was just there this morning after being reminded of it..

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[ And, please don't feel that My regard for this gentle is any reflection on how I felt about your own willingness to change sides when I asked it of you. I appreciated your willingness to even things up a great deal. It is just that the look on that man's face when I asked him to change moved me t...

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Not sure there is a reason, just an idiosyncrasy I guess. ahh. so you use both clean and "good" for any blow that lands on edge? that seems odd to me since to me a "good" blow is a blow that counts (ie lands on edge with enough force to be counted). im curious, why use two differ...

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Pretty much just used either Clean for any good blow and flat for the other stuff. ok. so you dont use "flat" you use "clean" since by your explaination they mean the same thing. i wonder, why would you use a different term than the one used by most folks to describe the shot? an...

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neat. where did you come up with that definition? to me, and everyone ive ever discussed the matter with (which is few people since "clean" is not relevant) the term simply means "un-contested". meaning, the weapon was not blocked, did not bounce off of something, but rather it ...

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Clean= designated blade area of weapon strikes you.

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So we should accept shot that landed flat ? wrong. "landed clean" has nothing to do with it. clean never has anything to do with a blow according to the rules. clean and light is light and the guy throwing it should have had enough skill to throw it with power. i mean, its on the way and i...

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From the Marshall's Handbook Page 10 under acknowledgment of blows E. All fighters are expected to take into account the nature of the weapon being used by their opponent and the location of the point of impact of that weapon when judging the outcome of a blow delivered. A blow that strikes with suf...

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Man, I'm startin to be sorry I brought this thread to life. This is starting to rank right up there with Combat archery is da work of de debil , Merc or Royalist, or any number of threads out of political.

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Aethelmearc authorizations for heavy fighting

Weapon and shield-- Any single hand weapon and shield

Great Weapon-- Polearms and sword

2 weapon-- any combination of single hand weapons

spear

Combat Archery

Siege.

Each form requires a seperate authorization.

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As the subject says. I may have fought one of these under another name but I'd like a description just to be sure...

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Yes, as a matter of fact he is doing rehab right now and will be out of fighting until next year. Now he was unaware of a shoulder issue he had regarding the tendons supporting his arm into the socket of his shoulder. For whatever reason the socket was too small to accept the ball portion of his arm...

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Granted, I didn't go real deep into this yet.

Okay so Culver's translation is outdated (60's) since the re-discovery was after this...

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es02 wrote:You might have more luck searching for Codex Suprasliensis

There's a portion of it here

Well the text on this page answers one of my big questions. Nobody knows what happened to it after Sievers and Paulsen were to have shipped it to Berlin.

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So I'm reading "The Master Plan" by Heather Pringle which is about the Ahnenerbe that Himmler had created. In it there is mention of the Suprasl Codex. Being curious I tried to look it up on the web and the best I've found about it is "an 11th century manuscript".. What I'd like ...

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I am always stunned at the lack of respect that some people seem to have for those who came before them, put their bodies to the hazard and tested various weapons and provided this organization with sturdy, functional rules that have kept this game thriving for decades. I know many of the gentleman...

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Wow..Talk about a tempest.. This argument feels silly to me for the following reasons. 1) If you are skilled enough to deliver a shot with a 3" inch spear without harming your opponent, You should be skilled enough to adjust your power to use a 2" tip without harming your opponent. 2) don'...

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I'll be converting my spear down to the 2" tip.. But I'll also be dialing down my power a couple notches. As I said in my previous comment, Loved the handling aspects of a smaller spear head, but I'm also well aware of the level I need to shoot from.

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My big concern is the impact effect. Back when I was doing the experimental 2" tips here in Aethelmearc under Koredono, Graedwyn and I were spear dueling at an event. Didn't take long for either of us to figure out dialing down a little was a good thing. I have this grim image of guys lighting ...

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Just got an email regarding the Mandrake 2" spear tips are now legal (Provided they are assembled per instructions) for 9' fiberglass spears. The following is the email Omarad sent to Kingdom Earl Marshalls. Folks, After receiving your reports and with the results of the November 2010 poll I ha...

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Okay, here the scoop. Got a house brother who after several years wants to get on the field. He can't get around all that hot due to medical issues but he can man a siege engine. The problem he has is twofold. First his armor needs modified to fit him again. Secondly He's a priest living on a stipen...

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Jackie at Shamrock... I've had him do a klapvisor for a helm of mine and when I get the scratch around, I'm sending him my helm for a perforated visor as well.
I cannot say a bad thing about him or his service. Top notch

Shreeveport LA and Rapier??

So tell me about an Atlantian Speed tourney.

Suprasl Codex?

2" spear tips are now groovy.

Looking for someone who can extend a hand Chicago Area