The Armour Archive

Koredono

Hear, hear! When I first started reading this thread I was taken by two thoughts. The first was, "I'll bet that MD hasn't done a lot of time in an ER." I'd recommend that the good doctor walk downstairs to ER and talk to some of the cops about how guys with leg wounds can't move. Actually, our Earl...

Koredono

And this on is just a damn cool pic. http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/8409/dscn0111a5zr.th.jpg I am fighting Master Feral Von Halstern, who has been very kind to me. freiman What would you call the type of chest armor that the fighter on the right in this pick is wearing? It looks nice. Feral's b...

Koredono

Greetings and welcome my fellow newbie. 10) Shield (many places require sword and shield authorization first...poor wording can allow for other forms first like in the EK) 13) Cleats for melee, sturdy boots or sneakers for practice and the list Joachim I'm going to disagree with one item on your li...

Koredono

Here in Aethelmearc we are beginning half-swording experimentation with Earl Yngvar's instigation. I've been watching closely the sidesword developments and they will also get my full encouragement. These things are the result of someone bringing ideas to the marshallate and making them happen. Her...

Koredono

oh, well, i have a major astigmatism, so there goes that idea. i recently had to get an update to my perscription because my agstigmatism changed, but not the power of my perscription. i'll have to go talk to a doctor about that (by the way, do you even get peripheral vision in a helmet anyway? I d...

Koredono

Assuming you mean this pic - http://us.a1.yahoofs.com/users/41dffc9ez28b6cb42/127b/__sr_/35ac.jpg?phgCwoDBuIi6M346 . then my opinion remains unchanged: I would pass it, and most marshals would pass it, but I have seen some marshals bounce similar guards for failling to pass the 'cannot protrude more...

Koredono

No- I am talking about perfectly courteous squires who- Use cross hilts only. Use period visors (sometimes with narrow eyeslots). Have guige straps on their shields. Wear mail. Use knightly shields. Etc. They cannot compete at quite the level neccesary. They always stay right below the level needed...

Koredono

Tim, FWIW in the past 2 years.. 2 dukes that I know have had their teenage kids fight on the battlefield. Duke Patrick Michael.. (if I'm not mistaken) has a son and a daughter that are both fighting. I know the stories that were told to me, he seemed to take great pride in this fact. I also know hi...

Koredono

While I don't know specifically about the set you are considering buying, I do know that several years ago at Pennsic, the marshals were bouncing *all* hilts / guards / tsubas / &c that were less than 1.25" in their smallest dimension, in any place, even if said guards did not protrude more than 0.5...

Koredono

Always protect the Crown or Prince, even at the cost of yourself. I think this could even be expanded to "whoever you're in fealty to"; when I was a squire, we knew it was our job to keep our knight alive, or avenge him with no thoughts of personal survival if we allowed him to be killed. Of course...

Koredono

As another idea for a tourney, which as far as I know has never been actually done, because it's pretty complex, and the list staff hasn't yet agreed to do it. I should mention that it was designed perhaps 20 years ago by a local knight who's a PhD in theoretical physics, though his job these days ...

Koredono

Nice bruise. Good luck with not getting another one like that. The worst bruise I have had was from my shield edge. Most of the worst bruises I have seen have been caused not by weapon on flesh, but by driving the edge of a piece of armor into the body. I had one about a year ago where one of the p...

Koredono

I also learned why I am glad that women have to wear a "jill". No kidding! A lot of guys I meet ask me why I should have to wear one. When I tell them it hurts us too they just look at me funny. About 5 years ago, during a melee at an event, I managed to spear a female fighter who's a friend of min...

Koredono

As another idea for a tourney, which as far as I know has never been actually done, because it's pretty complex, and the list staff hasn't yet agreed to do it. I should mention that it was designed perhaps 20 years ago by a local knight who's a PhD in theoretical physics, though his job these days i...

Koredono

I have a related question: while you might not be able to move on your knees, would you be prevented from using your weapon (or perhaps even a fellow combattant) as a crutch, or hopping about on your remaining good leg? Personally, I think that most legged combattants are immobile enough as it is, w...

Koredono

Once upon a time, the , now sadly defunkt, Wednesday night practice in West Covina was the Caidan knight & royal peer factory. Really, the only thing special about it was the number of really high-caliber fighters there. There was no structured "training"; practice consisted of an endless "bear pit...

Koredono

My Top Ten to fight in no particular order still participating . As far as the world goes here are my personal choices. I would love to see all on this list in one tourney. Lochac and Gleann Abhann have been left off, not enough traveling on my part recently. [snip] Aethelmearc Duke Cristopher Coun...

Koredono

To answer your original question, I think you should do your best to help your side win, in a way that you find to be enjoyable. While you may not be getting as many kills with other weapons as you do with spear, that doesn't necessarily mean that you aren't an important part of your side's success ...

Koredono

Yeah, wall thickness can definitely be a major issue - my regular spear is one of the thick-walled black ones, 9' long, that I've been using for more than a decade (I usually only use it in limited-frontage battles, and every week in singles practice, so it's seen a lot of use), and while it has som...

Koredono

My Top Ten to fight in no particular order still participating . As far as the world goes here are my personal choices. I would love to see all on this list in one tourney. Lochac and Gleann Abhann have been left off, not enough traveling on my part recently. [snip] Aethelmearc Duke Cristopher Coun...

Koredono

Mongols didnt use polearms that I've been able to see. So I figured a spear would be the best thing. But dueling with a spear in an SCA context is very limiting because you cant slash with it. So i figured if I made a 7.5' polearm like the slashing spear By My Hand had at pennsic it would be better...

Koredono

Unfortuneately, it really does vary from kingdom to kingdom, and Pennsic is a case unto itself. As of two years ago, Ãƒâ€ thelmearc had a maximum head length of 1/3 of the overall weapon length, and Pennsic rules stated that year (but not since) a minimum head length of 1/3 of the overall weapon len...

Koredono

Most recently: Viking Holmgang Tourney with greatweapons, no sheilds on a 6ft x 6ft hide. Debatable Lands (my barony) has a long history with Holmgangr tourneys (no surprise when the baron for 15 years came in with his buddies from a serious Viking re-enactment group, his successor's successor for ...

Koredono

I bet your "10" will be good if you hit them in the nuts, armpit or throat. If they bitch, console them with the advice that they may wan't to take your "10" in less sensitive spots from now on. This is probably much better and more effective advice than mine Actually, though it's funny, it's reall...

Koredono

Apologies, I'm not familiar with a buckler. Can someone explain. We have a fighter in my Barony that fights with two swords - modu (spelled wrong). It's pretty fascinating to watch. I was thinking of a two-handed sword when I thought of this thread. Ah! That makes a lot more sense. I thought you we...

Koredono

Also, I've been led to believe that this is true *until* the finals, that if you toss out one of the combattants at that point, the entire tourney must be re-fought. Now, this solves the problem of making sure that someone who's cheating doesn't win, but it is also grossly unfair to anyone else who...

Koredono

WMA said, "Right you are Cet, Its one of those things so devoid of realizm it irks me some. I mean realy a telling thrust with a single sword to the great helm." That was what prompted my remarks. It seemed to be shrugging off the idea of a telling blow by any thrusting weapon if one is wearing a g...

Koredono

I think the main reason to limit the thrust to the face is safety. Remember, it is only to be a telling blow, just enough force to move the helm. With the face, the recipient can usually judge if it is on target (at least with a bargrill) by actually seeing the point of contact. Anywhere else on th...

Koredono

Koredono, Thanks for taking the time to reply. No problem; I'm all for both explaining why we do things we way we do here, and understanding why things are done differently elsewhere, since it may well improve the game for all of us. I think I'm beginning to understand some of the rationale, but th...

Koredono

Korodono said: "Yes, we've determined that full-power thrusts to the head (be it the face or elsewhere) are unsafe." My sources agree with your friend's analysis that thrusts to the side of the head are more dangerous than those from the front. On the other hand: Concerning your policy of allowing ...

Koredono

Also, while it clearly states in the Society regs that a cut to the face should be take lighter than to other parts of the body, I'm not sure I've ever seen this actually done. Please accept that in Drachenwald it is done all the time. My "flea flicker" crossover shot doesn't have the power to be a...

Koredono

Koredono: "But for safety reasons, we've decided (in Ãƒâ€ thelmearc) to make the areas that are not targets for 'telling blows' to be illegal targets, so while they may get hit accidentally, they may not be targeted and may not be blocked with." Sorry if I sound dense here, but my brain is reeling ...

Koredono

The way the Society rules are written the default should be directed touch to the face, full power thrust elsewhere. The East being the East ignores the Society default, and acts as though it has a proof rule, for the most part. Turning your head is considered acceptable practice. By all rights we ...

Koredono

Ignoring the face thrust conventions, it has become apparent that different kingdoms have different rules on thrusts to the sides, top & back of a helm. I have seen three flavors of this mentioned. First, some kingdoms consider the entire helm to be a valid target. That if you get thrust in the sid...

Koredono

I'm curious too. In Ansteorra, Ducal Perogative means you can withdraw anytime from a crown without loss of honor. When it's USUALLY is when a Duke faces someone they would be happy to bend a knee to, and they feel that they've done their part in ensuring the quality of the list, they withdraw. It'...

Re: tim

Re: Top Ten East and Pics Elsewhere

Re: Top Ten East and Pics Elsewhere

Re: Different conventions on helm side/top/back

Re: Different conventions on helm side/top/back