The Armour Archive

Saritor

Don't find every peer trying to hurt new fighters, or every officer holding new people down, or going out to ruin peoples fun. I don't think anyone (well, I could think of someone 'round here who would, but...) has said anything about EVERY peer. But how many people doing that does it take to drive...

Saritor

B. Amos wrote:I heard that Duke Michael could drink an entire gallon of milk in five minutes. Confirm or Deny?

I thought projectile weapons weren't allowed in single combat?

Saritor

The irony is that in a game where the winner of a fight is made so by a subjective test (calibration) that we have come to agree on, we can't seem to agree on a subjective test for appearance. Yes, but one's a subjective test you make for yourself regarding your opponent, and the other's a subjecti...

Saritor

The impression I get from Maeryk's posts, and I could be reading it wrong, is that there's a difference between Joe Newbie who could get booted out of his first SCA event because he wears a t-tunic that he whipped up at home from polyester fabric and crappy trim, a pair of jeans and some sneakers. H...

Saritor

Nissan Maxima wrote:No pictures exist of my first.

Couldn't afford to get Durer to make that woodcut, eh?

Saritor

I've got a pair of (heavily used) Revival.us block shoes. They've done pretty well over the last couple of years, but I need to replace them soon. Reconstructing History is also carrying shoes and boots, without all the bother of shipping from Pakistan. I've got no experience with them other than th...

Saritor

"Free wet-naps after every blow!"?

Saritor

Who is to say this hasn't occured to people already. I bet it has. It's just one more tool in the toolbox of people who are already willing to pull out the stops in order to marginalize and ostracize people. Ideally, it would get used to drive those people out. In reality, it's more likely to be us...

Saritor

There are some interesting thoughts here but way off topic from stances, even considering the OP references the SCA. We might start another thread. The SCA/WMA thing has been done in the past. I just wanted to post my Estrella offer in a place where folks would see it as a one-and-done kind of post.

Saritor

Aaron wrote:I think we're just debating here.

I'll send my recommendations to my current KEM.

-Aaron

KEM just changed, btw. Lief's email hasn't been added to the forwarder, since I need to dig out my notebook from this weekend and add him to the Outlands site.

Saritor

That sounds to me exactly like the attitude that we have(had) in the SCA, only starting with reading the manual, instead of leaping into full contact contests with minimal training. Let's not forget that what turned in to SCA heavy combat was a few guys who had some traditional fencing training goi...

Saritor

I've never played Alber with SCA tools. You mean the swords, or the fighters? Seriously, there are some changes that need to be made due to the nature of armored combat (no real change in rapier or C&T, since those are steel) and specifically rattan. Rattan simply doesn't allow for anything rem...

Saritor

Jester, I've always seen it as both a provoking stance. Meyer, IIRC, uses it in his devices as throwing a zornhau from out of range, and ending in alber to invite the attack from your opponent. When they attack from on high, you parry/cut with the false edge (short edge) to ochs or vom tag and deliv...

Saritor

Heh. That's funny. Law of unintended consequences, there. Norman, it goes like this: Those interested in the 14th Century form a strong narrative in re-enactment. It sometimes seems a little like a Mafia. Thus: John, I thought it was because you guys keep coming around the 15th century camps with t...

Saritor

Diglach mac Cein wrote:Maybe Leary.

Not enough swearing for Dennis, so you must mean Tim.

I was thinking Phillip Dick, personally.

Saritor

my son has a shield it's my arms with a lable at the top that's not the SCA way and i don't much care. That should be registerable with a letter allowing one CD from your arms. As to the original question: There is absolutely nothing the college of heralds can do to prevent you from displaying mars...

Saritor

Balin50 wrote:I like Cheese

Dammit, man...I have enough crap to cart to Estrella without having to figure out how many wheels of cheese I need to block you in your tent.

Saritor

Lion's Road, but they're not specifically about fighting.

Saritor

Even with the chevron, that's a lot of green on red and black. Do you think it will make it through? Probably not without a German name and a lot of documentation. As to the coloration of proper, I have no idea what proper would be for a wyvern. It could well be green body/red belly like the dragon.

Saritor

Per chevron Gules and Sable, a chevron Or overall a Wyvern proper.

Saritor

Check with Reconstructing History...I think they might have some of the non-16/17th C boots. I remember Bob saying they were sold out of a lot of the mid-range boots, but they'd probably have the larger and smaller available.

Saritor

Kilkenny wrote:I don't think "authentic" means what she thinks it means.

Hey, if they'd had electricity and wi-fi, they'd've used it!

Saritor

chris19d wrote:agreed the print copies serve no purpose

Untrue.

They just don't serve the purpose we think they're supposed to.

Saritor

Isabella E wrote:Yeah but now all I can see is the stuff I still need to do and it's all this place's fault.

That's why we never see pictures of me up on the forums.

Saritor

Here's a pic of the whole thing. I didn't show it because some parts of it look kind of goofy. My right gauntlet is busted because I let one of the captains at work punch me with it. Something got tweaked and it doesn't articulate right. So I am stuck with baskets til I send them to a certain aweso...

Saritor

I'm way late giving Scott a review, but... I contacted him late last year wanting to buy some armor -- mid-16th C cuirass, tassets, burgonet, gorget and munions, all in matte stainless. I sent him the first half of the money at the beginning of December 2009, and he delivered everything at Estrella ...

Saritor

I am looking for 16th C. armor; cuirass & tassets in 18g steel that I can use to demo a Conquistador. Any info would be great. Thanks. Try Mercenary's Tailor (m) or RJB Ironworks (m). Allen at Merc Tailor ought to be able to knock something out fairly quickly...I don't know that he has morions ...

Saritor

B. Amos wrote:If I am not mistaken is this not you facing off against Sir Theron?

Looks like the tabard gaps at the sides a bit, Gaston.

Saritor

So who is currently making these? Ya know the kind, darkened finger gauntlets for the early period folks.... You could also talk to RJB Ironworks...he's nearly in your neck of the woods. He should be able to do some Outlands-legal finger gauntlets that are stealthy, and he'll work in spring or spri...

Saritor

D. Sebastian wrote:Even better is that it's chained to his chest.

Well, they're pretty hard to replace properly if you just leave them lying around and lose them.

Saritor

Nice one! Thanks had not thought of that. I have never seen that actual bags so I really don't know what kind of adapter would fit in there. But I really like this Idea. We started doing it to compress the blankets and bedding, plus the manual pump lets you fully deflate any inflatable mattress, ra...

Saritor

I didn't see any pictures of it, but did anyone snap a photo of the Tynkers at Pennsic this year?

Saritor

You can buy a manual pump at Walmart (or wherever, since you're unlikely to have a Walmart nearby -- outdoors store of some kind?), which is what I use for the inflatable camp bed. Most of them will let you reverse the tube to deflate things. Also, manual pumps don't require fresh batteries and give...

Saritor

wiki hikts m They leave out some of the stuff from the Mary Rose, along with other English basket hilts that come in to play in the mid-late 16th in England. Darkwood sells three different types of basket hilts based off of period pieces, but only offers the earliest of the three as a basket hilt. ...

Saritor

CillÃ©ne mac Conghalaigh wrote:Just sent him an e-mail about an almian collar.

The corruption begins.

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