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by Saritor
Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:23 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA Heavy Fighting for Dummies
Replies: 74
Views: 1682

Re: SCA Heavy Fighting for Dummies

Sigifrith Hauknefr wrote:There are some wrap shots that can be thrown effectively OUT of grappling range (although the thunderous ass wrap is not one of them)


True enough.

I meant specifically the back/ass/head wraps thrown while standing in your opponent's boots. :D
by Saritor
Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:42 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Jon Barber wrote:Foils are still legal in 6 kingdoms, including the East. You don't see them so much but they're legal.


Damn, is it still at 6? I thought we'd had more kingdoms come around than that...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:40 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

If that's directed at me, then you're preaching to the converted. I'm already assembling a C&T kit. I'm in Atlantia. C&T has been legal here for a couple of years, but the number of marshals/practitioners is still rather low. It's not a priority in this kingdom. Sorry, that was a tongue-in-...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:04 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Make the Crown tourney follow the three R's... Rattan, Rapier and Real .... compete in Heavy, light and with live weapons and let the most well rounded participant win. Live weapons? I suggest the participants might be less well-rounded after bits have been hacked off. That, and it's hard to run a ...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:30 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: SCA Heavy Fighting for Dummies
Replies: 74
Views: 1682

Re: SCA Heavy Fighting for Dummies

What's the importance of the "butt wrap"? Why is that a standard shot? There's also a couple of different things to consider regarding combat (armored or unarmored) and the wrap shot. The actual wrap shot is the same body mechanics as the coup de jarnac or the falso dritto. German styles ...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:55 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

I don't think foils have ever been legal for fencing, at least, not in recollection.. epee, "Schlagger" and now the heavier (not true schlagger) rapier blades. I think foils have always been too light. Nope. Foils were legal in Ansteorra years ago, and I think there's two kingdoms left th...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:38 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

The fencers who want to make SCA fencing more realistic might well welcome a knight as an ally. In other words, you can't change fencing from the outside. We'd love to have you come play C&T. Ahem. Mostly, I think, it's the availability of the helmets that slows people down for C&T. If you ...
by Saritor
Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Some peers can act kind of childish.

Some kids within and without the SCA are mature beyond their years.
by Saritor
Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:20 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB custom pendant
Replies: 5
Views: 135

Who's the SCA jeweler you went through? Did they at least refund the money and silver, or have they dropped off the face of the earth between then and now? It's a friend I chose to do business with, and I'm working that part out on my own. Just wanted people to be forewarned about me having questio...
by Saritor
Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:08 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

DarkApprentice wrote:Like for real, why wouldn't they qualify for their own peerage too?


How many times do we have to tell you that no matter how badass you think lighting your boffer sword on fire looks, we're not going to knight you for it?
by Saritor
Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:18 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB custom pendant
Replies: 5
Views: 135

WTB custom pendant

I have a fairly simple pendant design, but am completely lacking in skills and tools to make it for myself. I'd given a jeweler/metalworker within the SCA the design and a couple of ounces of silver in trade for the pendant, but it's been about a year now. While I'm not giving up on that front, I'd ...
by Saritor
Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:39 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Hey DA; you sleepin? :)
Replies: 9
Views: 665

BdeB wrote:I heard that he is spending the summer as a roadie for a Slayer reunion tour...


How'd they get out of the nursing home? Do the walkers have built-in mic stands?
by Saritor
Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:49 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Who makes the prettiest basket/cup hilts?
Replies: 42
Views: 1620

The Darkwood hilts are fine. They have been around for about 15 years or more with zero issues from marshals. If no one has a problem with thin aluminum shields with door molding going in a grill then they should have no issue with this. Yeah, it is not evident in that pic but the knuckle bow is we...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:45 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Sigifrith Hauknefr wrote:OK - see that guy with the bargrill on the bascinet?
If you want to authorize, just stab him right in the eye!


I hear that happened to a king out there...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: For Sale: 8gb Ipod Nano 4th gen(SOLD)
Replies: 13
Views: 334

Dang.

If I weren't contemplating a new car, I'd paypal you money over. :\

I don't suppose you need a 14ga mild steel Pembridge great helm sized for a medium-large size head, do you? :D
by Saritor
Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:55 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Isabella E wrote:I've been fencing in Atenveldt for years and we don't use epees or that stuff and I haven't killed anybody yet!


And here I thought Atenveldt had a more thorough authorization process.

What's up with that, Jon? :(




;)
by Saritor
Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:53 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

...and get them to realize that with a bit more work, and a bit more awareness and acceptance, we _WILL_ be able to fight with Hanwei and Practical series swords. Real, honest to god, metal swords. What do you mean "will be", man? Some of us in more enlightened kingdoms (and even Atenveld...
by Saritor
Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:32 am
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Dauyd wrote:(I'm ducking and running now- sepentine, serpentine...)


That's a documentable late 16th C. pattern for fleeing from a man armed with a gun.

:D
by Saritor
Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:28 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: WTB rattan swept hilt basket hilts
Replies: 4
Views: 244

Look for one of Stefan's threads here on the AA...he's got a couple of hilt styles that aren't swept hilt, but are pretty damned close to what you want.

Darkwood also does some period English baskets from the 16th century, and some schiavona baskets.
by Saritor
Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:28 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: FS: Tanzanite Tennis Braclet
Replies: 10
Views: 276

Re: FS: Tanzanite Tennis Braclet

(though I don't remember to who). To me! I'll forward it along to the lady I bought the ring for to see if she wants the matching bracelet. EDIT: Alas, she doesn't wear bracelets, and we're not dating any more. (She still wears it as my favor, and we're firends.) But if anyone is thinking about buy...
by Saritor
Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:14 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: COTT 2009
Replies: 254
Views: 8183

Leo Medii wrote:Most SCA fighters act like maille on their body will burn them like holy water burns a vampire.


Well, if you leave it on the hood of a car in summer time around here, and then throw it on...
by Saritor
Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: Wts three sca legal helms
Replies: 21
Views: 1885

Huh.

For anyone doing Irish circa 1380-1420, I can point you towards an effigy and two helm fragments that look almost exactly like that which are pretty damned swank.
by Saritor
Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:40 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: question; How Shall a man be armyd? 1570
Replies: 51
Views: 1636

Re: 16th Century armour

DavidEvans wrote:The Moroni is 1540's whilst the alleged arming doublet in Arnold is 1560's but close.


I'd thought the doublet listed as an arming doublet in the Janet Arnold was merely a fencing doublet, of the same type that can be seen in the woodcuts from Meyer's Art of Combat?
by Saritor
Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:37 am
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: anybody make/sell maille sleeves?
Replies: 40
Views: 1467

SN Exports makes gussets/voiders, but I'm not sure if it's the full sleeve or not, or where you'd be able to buy without going directly through them.

Historic Enterprises has some, but they only appear to cover the bottom half of the arm.
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:36 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: question; How Shall a man be armyd? 1570
Replies: 51
Views: 1636

Baron Alejandro wrote:Civilian & military fashion mirror each other pretty closely.


Only because you like your men on the militant side.
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:30 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Baron Alejandro wrote:You're british. You're not allowed to say, "YEEEEEEHAW"


I've seen him do it.

It's quite disturbing.
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

brewer wrote:Plus, don't forget she's The Baroness Thatcher, too!


Meh, that's just a court barony. We all know those guys are just landless white trash. ;)
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:22 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: SCA and later period helms
Replies: 8
Views: 376

Joaquin wrote:the mail standard


So how'd you do the standard? Did you buy one, or did you have to modify an aventail? Or did you end up making it?
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:19 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How did women gain the right to fight heavy?
Replies: 121
Views: 4189

hrolf wrote:aw man. and i showered today, too.. :lol:


He's from Caid! Obviously, you should've put ribbons in your hair, and worn something more revealing.
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:00 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: hmm (sca persona ... thingy)
Replies: 30
Views: 698

Re: hmm (sca persona ... thingy)

If you are a nobleman, you will have decent armour, whether Scots, English, Irish or Welsh. Don't believe Hollywood. Depending on the period, he ain't far off on the Irish. Best way to figure out armor styles for the Irish is to take a look at what everyone else was wearing 100 years before that (2...
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:48 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: East Crown
Replies: 49
Views: 2405

Vlasta wrote: I don't remember them being in the 90s, but that's probably just my memory failing. :?


Well, my dad always says it's the second thing to go.
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:41 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How did women gain the right to fight heavy?
Replies: 121
Views: 4189

Uhm...the other part of things that echoes Trystan's rendition of Pennsic 2005: Henrik is supposed to have pulled the shot so it hit lighter than he would have ordinarily whacked someone. She turned it around and said he hit too hard. On top of the chivalry thing, the decision probably also involved...
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:20 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How do you all feel about a 4th peerage?
Replies: 566
Views: 9012

Archery is a lower class thing; it makes no since to me to make peers for a peasant activity. Sure it was medieval but not noble in any fashion. James, do you mean in warfare, or in general? I would argue with you regarding "in general" use of archery by the nobility, all the way up until...
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:05 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: How did women gain the right to fight heavy?
Replies: 121
Views: 4189

Do you have access to another account of the original incident? Don't really need one -- if we're talking about the early days of the SCA when most of the fighters knew everything they used from having been fencers or having taken fencing classes, fencers wouldn't have that low rep from that single...
by Saritor
Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:52 pm
Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
Topic: SCA/heavy Morions?
Replies: 7
Views: 457

SCA/heavy Morions?

A friend of mine is looking at a later period Spanish persona and was wondering about morions and who makes them for the SCA.

Any suggestions? I know Icefalcon can probably do them, but I didn't see any pictures up on the site if one's been done in the past. Anywhere/one else?

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