The Armour Archive

Saritor

...16th century knights wielding two broad swords... While I'll agree that we're overall talking about the mix of everything on one field, the 16th Century is a time period where a case of swords can be documented (as well as basket hilts, more generally). Manciolino's Opera Nova ( Tom Leoni's tran...

Saritor

Leo Medii wrote:How would I explain to the wife I was starting the process over again!!

Leo:

"Look, honey! I actually, uh, bought this hauberk for you!"

Saritor

Had a chance to try cut and thrust yet? You might like that a lot as well. He probably won't get a chance to try it any time soon. the Northern Outlands is a bit shy of C&T fencers at the moment. We had a strong core group, but they mostly imploded and got busy doing other stuff. I can arrange ...

Saritor

chris_auld wrote:Here is the latest iteration of my kit. New additions include the helmet and mantle.

Where'd the pavise come from?

Saritor

Maeryk wrote:Kick ass.. period looking germans playing a period german game.. SWEET!

They're even drinking (mostly period) German wine, since that looks like a bottle of Schmitt-Soehne Riesling there on the table. Okay, the company and the bottle aren't period, but riesling is.

Saritor

What size foot? You might get some folks with slightly used pairs of boots they want rid of.

Saritor

Yeah, Tom's translation is already high on my list, and required reading for more than a couple Italian-oriented WMA groups I know of.

Saritor

I am no lawyer, but I have always been told that "Good Samaritan" laws allow you to provide emergency or life saving techniques without consent of the individual, if they cannot respond, or the consent of the parents if they are not present. Depending on location, Good Samaritan laws are ...

Saritor

deflagratio wrote:After reading Agincourt and the descriptions of combat in seige mines you totally need to cover some portion of it just for that kind of atmosphere.

!!!

That's an awesome idea!

Saritor

Glen, I applaud you. You have truly mastered the dark side.

Saritor

sha-ul wrote:well, since the top post still doesn't say it is sold, I'll take it

Well, if you really want to buy it off me, you're a week late to get free shipping.

Saritor

You can also convert a pair of youth soccer shinguards, depending on the size of the mask and the noggin' to be covered.

Baron Alejandro's leather technique is pretty straightforward, too, for hardened leather.

Saritor

...or dussacks (very shaped). It should be noted that dussack techniques (Meyer specifically) work very well in the context of SCA one-handed weapons. Whether it's because we're talking about wooden (possibly) training weapons, or that Meyer was correct in his assertion that dussack was the basis f...

Saritor

Paul, what can you tell me about the provenance of this piece? The hilt's in the style of various German and Italian pieces in the mid-late 16th Century. If you search for spada da lato (which is a modern term, since the Italians would've just called it a "sword" -- spada), you should fin...

Saritor

Dietrich von Stroheim wrote:My persona is around 1400, but I understand maille was still worn in that time period, so I'm told it wouldn't look out of place with my sallet.

Soldiers (even of the mounted variety) were still wearing maille hauberks through the end of the 16th century, at least, so you're pretty safe there.

Saritor

Cool. I'll throw together some ideas based off the Fenwick Roll (1420ish-1460, but generally in the range you're looking for English heraldry-wise), and generally hope that other folks will decide to throw some things together for you, as well.

Saritor

Not quite 1575 precisely, but you'll want to look for all the information you can find on the Sea Beggars. The Relief of Leiden, 1574: m Specifically, you want the folks on the boat on the far left. There's a guy there with a fantastic darker orange cassock. Portrait from 1572, with the hilt of a sw...

Saritor

I don't know that you meant to make that comparison. If we all went to tube only there would be no need to gear up for fiberglass so only the minority of participants would have to altar their gear. I meant to make it insofar as it's accurate for what's happening in Atenveldt, among other kingdoms....

Saritor

Rather than buying a design, there's about a billion heralds on the archive who'll help you out with a design of a perfectly historical nature. Hell, most SCA heralds long for a chance to create good, period heraldry, but never get a chance to. English? French? Any symbols/images that mean something...

Saritor

Why attempt to reduce the frequency for potential accidents? Oh that's right. It's just a good idea. Right, but the point of the experiment is that we're armoring to prevent the frequency of accidents for blades that aren't really in use. It's the equivalent of you becoming king and requiring that ...

Saritor

Sorry...Administrative Handbook, III.A.10: 10. Name Used by the Submitter Outside the Society - No name will be registered to a submitter if it is identical to a name used by the submitter for purposes of identification outside of a Society context. This includes legal names, common use names, trade...

Saritor

This may be true in Armoured Combat, but not in other SCA martial activities such as rapier where we specifically armour against the failure cases (e.g. a broken or untipped blade) Sort of. We armor against failure cases for best-case scenario on a blade type not really in use (in the SCA) any more...

Saritor

It is distasteful to register your full modern, legal name, though I suppose it's permissible under the RfS. AFAIK, you have to have a difference in some kind to distinguish between your legal identity and that of your SCA identity under the RfS. There's a section that uses, I think, Aaron Miller v...

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DukeAvery wrote:You could be on a ship that sinks. Unlikely, but plausible. I'm just having some fun.

Well, Maeryk did say that if you avoid skydiving, your chances of being eaten by a shark are zero.

Clearly, flying sharks are a hazard in PA.

Saritor

saritor wrote:Nothing wrong with putting that reflection to good use, as long as you don't let it blind you in the name of A Cause.

Count Johnathan wrote:Let not your callous hearts blind you to the truth and good nature of my words here.

Saritor

"Modern" fencing, but done by Olympic-level fencers who also happened to be actors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRTl8FeB5Mg

Saritor

the most dangerous thing we currently do in the SCA is to have morbidly obese people fall on us. as a brit on the outside looking in at the SCA, I've just got to say that it never ceases to amaze me just how grotesquely obese many of the participants I see in photographs are... Careful, there, pal,...

Saritor

I'm submitting paperwork on it tomorrow for my use as an alternate name.

Saritor

I'm a huge slacker who lacks access to R&W or Withycombe, so I generally use alternate sources more conveniently searchable from the internet.

Saritor

I am somehow unsurprised that Karen had a page for that.

Saritor

Depending on your price range:

Westland
Revival

You could probably talk to Dru Shoemaker about them, too, though they're not in the standard catalogue.

Saritor

You can always "register" a use-name/holding name, such as Lucian of MyHomeGroup or MyHomeKingdom, submit the heraldry with it, and then worry about name and documentation later on. On the other hand, a search of the UK National Archives shows a document that could theoretically be obtaine...

Saritor

Not possitive, but I don't think it makes a difference. Wrapping charges around objects when applying them to surfaces is left up to artistic impression. It is not necassarily emblazoned. The shield, as shown, would be difficult to blazon. You could, however, try for something like: Argent, within ...

Saritor

Gotcha. I know that Order of the Rose is a patent level award (and thus a peerage), but is a Duke/Count/Viscount considered a peerage in the traditional sense of the word? Depends on the kingdom, and Corpora leaves it that way. It may or may not carry a blank patent of arms, though it does in the O...

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Jestyr wrote:
audax wrote:quadruple peer (KSCA 61st in the order, OL, OP, OLA).

Not to derail, but quadruple peer? Chiv... Laurel... Pelican... OLA???

What am I missing here?

Royal peer.

Not sure what OLA is -- Light of Atenveldt? Don't y'all get enough sun there without setting members on fire?

Re: Maureen & I tried SCA fencing today....

Re: Updated Kit Aug '10