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by Saritor
Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:09 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Blazoning question
Replies: 19
Views: 232

Effingham wrote:That's "honeybees in orle."


Wasn't sure, since I didn't see the upper right and left corner positions filled.
by Saritor
Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:28 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Blazoning question
Replies: 19
Views: 232

I'd go with: Vert, a falcon rising to sinister Argent and eight honeybees in annulo Or.

Unless you want the honeybees to follow the outline of the shield, and the number doesn't much matter...it's kind of hard to tell if you meant them to be circling the falcon, or just on the field.
by Saritor
Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:53 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Behind Armor Blunt Trauma (BABT)
Replies: 46
Views: 1079

I don't carry it on the field as its blade isn't recessed as much as I would like to be safe. I was thinking of getting another style and once I do that can sit in my pouch along with the roll of tape and my CPR cheat sheet (I have to have one, they change so often). The ring-shaped ones are great,...
by Saritor
Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:10 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: My Revivial Low Boots are faling apart! What do I do?!
Replies: 14
Views: 458

Revival Clothing? Or Revival/Chivalry?
by Saritor
Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:40 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Behind Armor Blunt Trauma (BABT)
Replies: 46
Views: 1079

Year before last. Heart condition, IIRC. No trauma involved.
by Saritor
Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:12 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: campaign to end name uniqueness - SCA
Replies: 78
Views: 1553

Did you give them a check? Was it cashed?
by Saritor
Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:35 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: CA'ers and those who like to club 'em - show us your kits!
Replies: 16
Views: 834

Nissan Maxima wrote:I have a lot of stuff


Holy cow, Nissan! What draw weight is that bow that you're firing 9' poles out of it?! :twisted:
by Saritor
Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:27 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: campaign to end name uniqueness - SCA
Replies: 78
Views: 1553

Think on this... Do you really want to see a small army of red armoured guys named "Nissan Maxima" comin at ya across a bridge?? I think that would be a "fleet of rentals", wouldn't it? I'll have to think on the blanket letter. I'm initially not opposed to it at all, but want to...
by Saritor
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:57 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Preparations for the Zombie Invasion are Underway
Replies: 24
Views: 1052

When we end up with something like this in the Outlands or at Estrella, we add that any injury done by a zombie which does not immediately kill you turns you in to a zombie, but you have 30-60 seconds before turning.

And it's up to you whether or not to tell anyone. :twisted:
by Saritor
Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:55 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: campaign to end name uniqueness - SCA
Replies: 78
Views: 1553

The bigger problem I see in the SCA is the nonsensical way we use titles; in period there wouldn't have been a "Duke William fitzJohn," there would only have been a "William fitzJohn, Duke of _________", and it would have been the "Duke of_________" that was unique, no...
by Saritor
Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB Stainless or Spring steel Fanless elbows
Replies: 6
Views: 182

Stonekeep!

http://spiers-saddlery.stores.yahoo.net/cops1.html
by Saritor
Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:25 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Outlands Fall Crown
Replies: 20
Views: 719

Yeah...the next 8 months are going to be chock full of awesome.

Now, to get myself in to trouble at Coronation... :D
by Saritor
Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:14 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Staining and sealing shaved rattan?
Replies: 25
Views: 406

Galvyn Lockhart wrote:I then proceeded to dye the rattan w/ oxblood leather dye. The big problem I experienced was that it never completely dried. It was coming off on my gloves and my opponents polearm hafts a year later.


Was it the water-based or the alcohol-based dye?
by Saritor
Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:33 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Outlands Fall Crown
Replies: 20
Views: 719

Kinda surprised me. He'd've altered my final four/five picks.
by Saritor
Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:12 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Height and weight of SCA fighters.
Replies: 317
Views: 7134

Depending on how you're formatting it, I can throw it up on Outlands.org.

If you're just throwing it together in Excel, I can copy and paste straight to the web site from there and it'll keep most of the formatting.
by Saritor
Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:57 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Height and weight of SCA fighters.
Replies: 317
Views: 7134

No, I meant Baron Trevor from al-Barran, but your Trevor would make a good third person to inflict on you. :D
by Saritor
Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:31 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Height and weight of SCA fighters.
Replies: 317
Views: 7134

Sieghart wrote:And You Don Charles are the only person I've met who practically gave me a kink in my neck while talking to them.
:wink:


Charlie, we need to get this man involved in a conversation between you and Trevor. :D
by Saritor
Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:08 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Height and weight of SCA fighters.
Replies: 317
Views: 7134

Re: Height and weight of SCA fighters.

6'4", 215, 33, AoA-level fighting stuff.

C&T/Rapier, rattan.
by Saritor
Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:28 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Elements to a Well Run Fighter Practice
Replies: 51
Views: 1544

SCA insurance won't cover you, true, but if you were running a literal "backyard" practice, your homeowner's insurance has a liability limit for this. So, on private property, you'd just have to take out liability insurance on that, if you don't already have it on the property. (Which depe...
by Saritor
Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:52 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Who can make this...
Replies: 5
Views: 461

Merc Tailor can, too.
by Saritor
Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:43 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Atenveldt Crown Tournament results.
Replies: 17
Views: 616

Dude - EVERYBODY loves "The Ed Show". It makes things fun again. That's the king's job - to make the game fun for everybody. Yeah. As soon as I read on here that he'd won, I thought back to the general Outlands-Atenveldt shenanigans last time he was on the throne for War. And then I calle...
by Saritor
Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:47 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Outlands Fall Crown
Replies: 20
Views: 719

Outlands Fall Crown

I don't think DA knows this part of the world well enough to predict, but for those of you what might be interested, here's the list, as given by Their Majesties, Maelgwn III & Sabine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good gentles of the O...
by Saritor
Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:46 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: SOLD OUT! LAST CALL:Only few Charles de Blois patterns left
Replies: 38
Views: 910

"This weekend"? Are you crazy like Alcy and believe in doing things in marathon sessions? Be prepared -- it'll probably take about 20-30 hours to finish, depending on how much detail and hand-stitching versus machining you do, and also depending on whether you pad/quilt it or not, etc. Th...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

I guess I don't see anythig there that says there need to be any percussiveness. (Is that even a word???) I do note the earlier mention of how to deliver a cut, where he says it should be in a slicing motion, using the length of the blade- which to me screams "draw cut". Read the section ...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:04 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

Actually, I worded that really poorly. It was meant to be a bit of a joke at the idea of Cut and thrust being the "natural evolution" of rapier- when in period, it was the other way around- the thrusting styles came later than the more cutting styles. Just a weak attempt at humor that fai...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:02 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

I can think of nothing in the Capo Ferro manual that I couldn't do under the regular rapier rules that isn't also against the Cut and thrust rules. Is Capo Ferro not "real" swordsmanship? C&T allows you to throw more accurate dritto and riverso cuts, as Capo Ferro describes at the end...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

Dauyd wrote: It isn't an evolution. Actually, in period, the evolution was the other way around.


Could you explain this quoted bit in more detail so I can be certain that I'm understanding it correctly, please?

I want to make sure I'm not misinterpreting it.
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:46 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

My only quibble was with the concept that Cut and thrust is somehow a movement towards "real" swordsmanship, which I disagree with completely. I disagree with that opinion partially, though. It's a movement towards "real" swordsmanship, in that it allows for the use of more prop...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:42 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

Rapiers were court/civilian swords. You wouldn't have seen them on the battle field, but they spilled enough blood at home...where things were supposed to be peaceful. They did make some appearances on the battlefield...England in the Low Countries, for example. There's at least two sources I can t...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:17 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: On the issue of "how hard" to strike
Replies: 62
Views: 1157

I'm addressing the legitimacy of both working at lower levels of force, as the steel users need to in order not to break their toys and working at higher levels of force as the rattan users are able to without hurting their toys. Like I stated above, your applications of the force are going to be d...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:03 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

In period, there were styles that used thrusts almost exclusively- just like we do in modern SCA rapier. There were other styles that made primary use of cuts- just like the Cut and Thrust that is becoming popular in the SCA. But that's what LOGOS was referring to, I think. Cuts in Fabris and Capo ...
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:27 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

Leo Medii wrote:I think, if I am to beat my head against this wall, that I should consider putting a helm on first.


That could be awkward with that new CotT helm you were pictured with. Imagine how embarrassing it would be to have to require assistance and a crowbar to get your beak out of the wall afterward. :D
by Saritor
Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:02 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: On the issue of "how hard" to strike
Replies: 62
Views: 1157

Suze you are missing the fact that our rattan swords are round not square. They do not strike with a flat 1 inch of surface area. The actual surface area that makes impact of a round stick against steel is nearly the same as that with a steel sword. The difference and safety factor is in the flex o...
by Saritor
Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:53 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

Alex Baird wrote:Bravo. There's a feast out there, and the attendees are fighting over the proper fork to use.


It's the small one on the left.
by Saritor
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:09 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?
Replies: 329
Views: 7432

It looks like it's just ripe for someone to lean into one of those sweaping underneath upward thrusting strokes. I wonder what the consensus will be and how quickly it will go away when somebody gets a wide blade sticking out the back of their neck and dies right there in front of everyone. My such...

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