The Armour Archive

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Vebrand wrote:DA, First time I can recall looking at your odds and wanting to say, "what are you smoking". and can I have some

I'll cover your bet if you've got a buck to put down on the Darkest One's Most Holy Nemesis.

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You got to go to WMAW, I got a $25 poorly-recreated if nice-looking hat.

Hmm...

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...I am suddenly very frightened.

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I know someone on this board (aside from Hal/Therion) was a CAS Iberia/Hanwei dealer.

Are they still around, and still a Hanwei dealer?

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Kenwrec Wulfe wrote:I would love to contribute as well. What is the time frame for submission?

Dec. 1, 2009, IIRC.

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Just don't tell him the odds.

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Rittmeister Frye wrote:How Cool! Excellent, Good Man! Is it a fuzzy one, BTW?

Not terribly fuzzy. Very short nap on both of the ones I got...which means I can try a hand-stitched nap on the second one, but that'll take about forever.

You keep pushing this "Spanish" thing, for some reason...

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I bought a hat blank from Blockade Runner. I lucked out and got one that more or less fit my head, but still had to have some steam applied to the felt, and then I wore it around the apartment for a while until it dried and fit better. The brim was marked 3" out from where the brim and crown me...

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Not sure whare you come up with that one. My rapiers might be rebated, but they aren't lightened. Possibly a reference to epees, which are lighter. My Darkwoods are all slightly heavier than their period counterparts, but never by more than an ounce or less. (Which is my fault for ordering the heav...

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Tasha K wrote:Cool, Kit! Dashing, even.

Yes, well. Now to finish the rest of things to go with it by, uhm. Saturday?

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Seeing as how Tasha K has her hennin thang going on, and the inestimable Gordon Frye is too bloody far away for me to mug for his stuff, it was left up to me to find my own shiny 16th Century hat, a la the Lant Roll, for someone with zero skill in, uhm, anything whatsoever, and entirely for use in t...

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In Artemisia the right to bear steel in the presence of the Crown is given when you receive your AoA. The Crown gird each new Armiger with a dagger as a symbol of their trust. I wear a rondell dagger just because, but tend to only tote a sword around for fealty oaths and the like. Wow...that's...th...

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Raibeart wrote:Oh hell no

There'd be a huge market for CthuLARP. Just sayin'.

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MalcolmdeMoffat wrote:easy answer for you on requests like that..."No" no explanation but no ... you want 'slot machine heraldry" do it yourself

I was tempted, but we talked our way around to some rather nice heraldry that actually did involve purple, white and green.

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By the nature of the game, rapier tries to see how "light" they can hit someone and achieve their desired effect, while heavy tries to hit harder. I hope you'll pardon me if I seek to correct an error you may be making. While I can't speak for other kingdoms, I can state with certainty th...

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Gaston Le Chauve wrote:but wouldn't flame wars just mean killing the messenger?

How would I get my jollies then?

Peasants are cheap, and easily replaced.

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Then again, I see what we do as martial sports and have run into many of the same issues- particularly with fencers, that he has. I do and don't...if he goes for kills and wounds, fine, but if he's stabbing people in the pinky or little toe and getting offended by being referred to as a sport fence...

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As to his distinction between sport fencers and rapier fighters, the sneering does happen, for various reasons.

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For Society members, most of the world, and all of the centuries prior to the 17th, can serve as a source for personal research. However, the further you go from the core of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, the less the environment we offer will resemble what someone of your time and country would ...

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I'd just emailed Velund at Armour and Castings about one with interchangeable face plates and such based on the Buckhurst armor (vertical bar grill, etc) with an eye towards a full suit. I'm going to be saving my pennies towards the full suit. Their turnaround time is pretty quick, and the price was...

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DukeAlaric (George S.) wrote:In some Kingdoms, the runner up is asked to be King's Champion. From personal experience, let me tell you that the difference between being King and Champion in those instances is miles apart.

Yeah, the Outlands did away with that a while back after a couple of rough spots.

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It was pointed out to me at one event that bearing a weapon in royal (SCA) court was considered bad manners. Unless you were a peer, and had sworn loyalty to the crown, then you really had no business wearing a weapon in the royal's presence unless you were looking to start trouble. I don't think t...

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m You just have to let him know you want a mantle instead of an aventail. Master Knuut also sells welded aventails, which can be modified in to mantles pretty easily. Icefalcon's the only person that comes to mind right now that carries the riveted aventails cheap (he's got one hell of a sale runnin...

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I know the SCA persona rules are 600-1600 AD but is it ok if i break it for this? You're not breaking anything. SCA has no official start date, so you can do AD 50 no sweat. It's just that pesky cutoff of 1600AD that exists... And you should absolutely post pics of your work so folks can see it!

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Moreover, it's stood up to hard use without a hint of failure. I have no hesitation recommending Darkwood. So, my favorite Darkwood Implement of Destruction story: I once purchased one of Scott's early rapier blades, in the 42" range, mounted on a shiny new hilt, with a wire-wrapped handle and...

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Thorstenn wrote:Zombies are real.......Fairies and jack sparrow are not.

Sometimes, it's hard to tell the zombies and the autocrats & chirurgeons apart at 4:30AM Monday morning at Estrella.

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Lloyd wrote:Once you joust, nothing else will compare!

's why I'm trying to find out how best to start learning by hijacking Jehan's thread.

It just kind of went all wonky.

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AriAnson wrote:I should have "Gules Scaly Argent" passing here any day now. A three word blazon!

Dammit...I was going to be happy snagging "Argent, two dances gules" if it passed...now I'm going to have to pare it down further somehow...

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As far as I understand, it certainly doesn't cover participants- it is meant to cover the SCA, site damage, etc etc. It includes personal injury and (limited) medical expenses, as well as injury from hired/non-owned/etc auto. Generally, that's meant to cover situations where someone who isn't a par...

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Tod des Hl. Ulrich;Bote mit Fisch vor dem Herzog;Fischwunder des Hl. Ulrich Dieses Bild: 015645 Kunstwerk: Malerei-Holz ; Tafelbild Dokumentation: 1450 ; 1455 ; Augsburg ; Deutschland ; Schwaben ; St. Ulrich und Afra, Marienkapelle Anmerkungen: 200x70 ; Augsburg ; Karl Haupt, Die Ulrichsvita inder m...

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Zerg rush. A tried-and-true tactic when you don't have to care about your troops.

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"Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a h...

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Violen wrote:Rattan built chainsaws with foam blades should be able to be built, authorized and used to permanantly kill zombies.

Minus the permanent killing of the zombies, that sounds like "weapon of choice"...

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Count Mordygan (who has two youth awards) and Duke Alrik were both fighting in various forms before they could fight in the SCA, but I think Mordygan may have been the only one of the two to fight youth. Duke Alrik just started learning rattan in private, non-SCA venues (pell work and such for a goo...

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So, what kind of riding lessons are most beneficial? English? Western? Anything that gets you on a horse?

CAS Iberia/Hanwei dealer?

Cheap 16th Hat Project

Re: Roman Persona in the SCA