The Armour Archive

Saritor

mordreth wrote:English baskethilt IV is enough to make a man think late period doesn't entirely suck

We have cooler clothes and better-looking armor, too.

Saritor

http://blb.web.home.att.net/heraldry.htm

Saritor

would a low strength loctite a blue make a difference? does the loosening come from movement in the hilt, or loss of clamping pre-load? I had a friend use loctite on the nut for his katzbalger from Scott with the same nut assembly, and it's been working fine for him. I'm just not trying the loctite...

Saritor

Darmour wrote:I have been kindly informed my Leo that my reply to the email i am getting are going to JUNK folder so kindly check all your JUNK folders if you have not heard from me.

Hi,

Just went through the spam folders, and I don't have a reply from my email dated 3/12/09 from jalantri@gmail.com

Saritor

If you're going for SCA period heraldry, the tierce is allowable in SCA heraldry, but isn't really period heraldry. (That is, not used in period that the College of Heralds is aware of.) The more immediate downside is that SCA heraldry considers a tierce with a charge on it to look like impaled arms...

Saritor

I don't know if you are looking for a C&T blade or a rapier blade, but IMHO Scott makes some of the best out there. My local Don and his cadets all use DW blades for their cut and thrust work, so that's the only experience with them I have, but they all seem happy with them. Given that he's wor...

Saritor

It might be technically possible, since embowed just means 'bent', but it typically refers to limbs and fish, and occasionally ordinaries in English heraldry. It's more common in French & German heraldry, but still with the same categories. I don't think I've ever seen a tree or plant embowed --...

Saritor

I have the English II from Darkwood. I like it quite a bit, especially for Silver. In my particular case, I've had to tighten the nut they're using down at the pommel a few times, and correct some vibration in the hilt. Nothing major, though. The blade itself has held up pretty well to some abuse an...

Saritor

I won't call myself an expert in period heraldry, but here's what I've noticed 1) KEEP IT SIMPLE - and yes, there are still plenty of simple devices that can be registered without running into conflicts 2) Keep the number of tinctures to a minimum - I'd say two or three AT most. And, there are cert...

Saritor

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Saritor

hjalmr wrote:Brian Dimmock â€“SS Close Helm 9/10th finished

Are you using the pattern from here on the AA?

Make sure you get pictures of this one for your photo archive.

Saritor

Ionicknight wrote:I'll do some more research and modify it. This was kind of just a fantasy crest, but now I'll try and make it more authentic.

If you're doing it for the SCA, there's any number of us on here who'd probably be happy to help out, or even local heralds who might be able to pitch in a bit.

Saritor

Saritor's mock up is very nice, heraldicly speaking. Ionicknight, let me know if you get a final version and I'll plaster it on on of my photoshop templates and email it to you. All you have to do is print it out and fill in the blanks. The full size version of my template is coincidentally sized t...

Saritor

How about something a little more simple?

Saritor

Puck and Mary Curtis' site has some of the basic information: m The idea that you see in the Spanish circle repeats itself (in a less complex format) in various other rapier manuals -- Viggiani has his tree of cuts, Meyer has a couple of diagrams laid out in the woodcuts. It's the if-then chart for ...

Saritor

If I recall correctly, the gent in question was wearing an unpadded steel gorget and *I think* it was under a drape. His injury was basically from being slammed in the throat by a curved piece of sheet steel - his gorget. If this was the injury from Estrella War a few years back, yes, his gorget wa...

Saritor

Kevin O'Shaughnessy wrote:You almost made me snork a mouthful of microwaved pizza roll all over my keyboard and monitor at work. That would have been BAD!

If there is nasal ejection of pizza roll, we demand YouTube links.

Saritor

Blackstone wrote:Quote it as from Artan!

Maybe I'll list it as quoting Argon Skullcrusher of Crimson Company.

Saritor

Blackstone wrote:OTOH, that's probably the best SCA advice ever. If you don't like it, don't do it.

Can I quote that as being from you on my impending "BTW, I quit" letters for my offices?

Saritor

Morgan wrote:But it beats sitting in camp roasting marshmellows.

You, sir, have never been exposed to a volley of fiery marshmallows launched from a taut tent guyline.

Saritor

It looked a lot like when they were striking each other they had a lot of draw to their cuts instead of just hacking. I'm not sure though but it seems like it might lesson some of the potential bodily injury. It was really cool to watch and they gave each other some stout shots. I think it would be...

Saritor

i am very curious about the cut and thrust thing but I cant help but think it's gonna be watered down by people afraid of it and end up in the same boat as fencing is today. That would be sad. I'd love to take a blunt edged saber with a rounded tip and hack away at an armored opponent. I just dont ...

Saritor

I kinda wish you could catch a practice here not to change your mind, but to see some of us are trying to get this moving in a more realistic direction, a direction like cut and thrust. A direction that would have been in the late 1500's. You should come out and try C&T some time. We have an au...

Saritor

As an overall preference, for both style and functionality, buy a proper "Spanish collar" or "Almain collar" gorget. Not only were they fashionable to wear all on their own, but they're a period look and very protective. For getting on the field? A good hardened leather gorget or...

Saritor

(as an unashamed hard suiter) I like rapier, but don't know that I am willing to slow down to the touch shot power. Everything in my long fighting life has taught me to hit through my target, not to the surface. But I still like fencers, even if we do good naturedly tease each other. That's actuall...

Saritor

Alex Baird wrote:Heh. I got one of these shiavona hilts from him at Estrella. Finally, a period, HW basket with an internal quillon. Been looking for one for years

He didn't tell me he had the internal quillon baskets!

I got one of the English 1545ish HW baskets that he does. Now, I need another one...

Saritor

Blackstone wrote:It's SARITOR.

He catches a world of crap all on his own. This would be minor.

Hey, now...

Hardly ANYONE gave me a hard time that one year at Sworded Affaire when I wore my squire's belt on my shoulder...

Saritor

In this case, it appear that both sides of the story are correct. The first link above defenitely supports the theory that CoH determines that "Don" was equivalent to "Lord", as I have always heard. The downside to that is that I, in my alternate persona as Manuel Labor (the ver...

Saritor

OK. This was written in 1994, with changes approved in 98. m Take a look at my post -- Ansteorra's white scarf treaty titled them Don/Dona (1979), and it wasn't until 1991 that Don/Dona were ruled to be titles that were not reserved for the Chivalry (at a Society level), as Ansteorra had locally ov...

Saritor

From Laurel Precedents/timeline: Dec 1991 -- The titles Don/DoÃ±a are expanded for use by all armigers (i.e., no longer reserved to the Chivalry). Or over here on this site: Constitution of the Order of the White Scarf of Ansteorra Brief History of the White Scarf of Ansteorra, by Tivar Moondragon (...

Saritor

Unless you happen to be Irish/Anglo-Irish.

Saritor

sean of the chipendales wrote:Hey, I thought we agreed if you were made a Chipendale you would keep the rapier part of your life a closet secret!!!

Does it count if he doesn't even know which closet his rapier gear is in?

Saritor

We probably won't tell, Excellency...

Saritor

The ones that drive me crazy are the ones that have to whine after every bout that "you hit too hard". I've had shots that I didn't even thrust- I just had the sword held out and they ran into it- yet they complained I hit too hard. I explained that what actually happened is that they hit...

Saritor

I'm a big fan of "go walk up and down a gravel/asphalt road" method.

Once you rough up the soles, they'll have some traction.

I'll second the comment about the pregnant woman in dangerous/slick conditions, though.

Re: HJALMR UPDATE (MARCH 11th)