The Armour Archive

Richard Blackmoore

I can't help but wonder how many newbies are going to buy this thing, assume it is real and think Germans were just as strange then as they are now.

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Quote: "By contrast, one Western King tried to introduce this concept by discussing "franchise" as a knightly quality when referring to a particular candidate. The blank looks he received from the assembled Order served to illustrate that we still have a long way to go." My understanding is that kni...

Richard Blackmoore

The whole 'It is too damn hot to fight' in some areas gives me pause. I live on Long Island and here and even in NYC, it is certainly not the hottest place in the world, but you can get into the 90's or even at rare times the low hundreds in the summer. But the humidity can be ridiculous. It can als...

Richard Blackmoore

Hi Cuan. I meant no disrespect. It seemed I made it clear that most of the people on the list Alaric put out, if not all, would still be top level fighters if they wore armour. Nor do all of them look bad, many conceal the fact that they don't wear upper body armour, so they still have a good appear...

Richard Blackmoore

Without picking on any of the individuals listed, and I know a bunch of them, and many of them look good even if they don't wear much armour... Don't you think that masters & knights & royalty & royal peers would do the SCA a greater service by fighting in armour? Something that at least looks and w...

Richard Blackmoore

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by HvR: For goodness sake, have mercy on the newbies like me to some extent, it is hard enough to get new people to want to come and play...I mean if I have a chink in my armour a...

Richard Blackmoore

I generally don't target unarmoured spots on purpose. I try to throw successful blows at the normal force level at openings my opponent gives me, regardless of the quality of the armour in that location. Exceptions: a) Practice. Often I will tone down shots to unarmoured spots and then TELL that per...

Richard Blackmoore

It is not a matter of being bad form, it is quite simply cheating.

Richard Blackmoore

Richard Blackmoore

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by CountAlaric: Richard, Your little "antelope" ditty is one of the funniest things I have read in a while- can I have permission to sing it to a few people here in Caid? Regar...

Richard Blackmoore

I have to respect you for admitting that you did that to yourself in a public forum. Madus suck. Though this is the first time I have seen one turn on its user so violently. "Bad Madu! Sit! I'm sorry Sir, he's never bitten anybody before..." Richard "Oh give me a home, where the antelope roam, and n...

Richard Blackmoore

It is wonderful, bordering on mandatory. The only bitch is, they don't have and English language version and I don't read the lingo. I got my copy from Trottman, great pictures and stuff, but lots of misery trying to interpret it. You don't live that far from me, when my house is done this spring, I...

Richard Blackmoore

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Ewan: Hi there, I've noticed a few comments lately from people I'm fighting that lead me to believe I'm hittin on the upper side of "Hard". My question is this: If force = (...

Richard Blackmoore

Take good care of yourself Andre. I'll let Wanda know your going.

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

I think the main difference is, to get knighted in the Middle Kingdom, you have to be either very tall or very short. You also must be humble but outspoken and firm in your beliefs. Very odd place. Dragons everywhere. Ask Vitus or Duke Edmund why. It is all a mystery to me. You would think the Middl...

Richard Blackmoore

HG: "See how much more reasonable I seem when you actually read what's written instead of what you think I might have said? Smilie omitted." I logged on to apologize after others posted an explanation of what really happened and that I was blasting you due to a misunderstanding on my part. After thi...

Richard Blackmoore

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cheval: [B]Do you think we can hijack this thread before HG nukes RB for mis-reading her original statement http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/biggrin.gif ?? Did I really misread it? If so, I apologize for my reaction to what I perceived as an attack for no apparent reason....

Richard Blackmoore

1. A close fitting, low point bascinet in 14 or 12 gauge stainless, with a non-mirror polish (satin good), fitted with a decent aventail that goes to the shoulder points and has a bargrill. This is the typical helm most likely to be produced properly, allow you to move freely, has surfaces likely to...

Richard Blackmoore

Sir Edward Zifran of Gendy (Fast Eddie) is compiling a list of all knights & masters, with names and knighting dates for all members of the chivalry, current, past and present. I don't know if it is available for public viewing or not. If I remember correctly, there were over 1400 members of the Chi...

Richard Blackmoore

By the way, to answer your original question, I do not remember taking any oath when I authorized. Basically I was in MSR and they pretty much handed you the SCA cards back then if someone they knew in the MSR vouched for you. Basically it was, OK, you can fight now, here's your card. But I did auth...

Richard Blackmoore

>While I may differ with their exact stances, Vermin, Richard of Blackmore, Vitus, and Count Rhys have all said "I believe X, and will perform Y because of it. You may feel free to convince me otherwise, or condemn my actions, but you will not tell me that following my convictions is dishonorable" H...

Richard Blackmoore

The nice thing about having Cheval, Chef and Vitus around, is that they usually say what I am thinking on the topic of combat archery before I have to try to type it out. In a nutshell, I don't like combat archery as currently practiced for several reasons: a) I prefer the concept that we are all me...

Richard Blackmoore

Bastard sword is just about the most fun thing in the world if you are decent at it. Under SCA rules, it is tough however to beat the sword and shieldman of equal ability and training, but it can be done. Against another bastard sword or great sword in singles combat, it works fine. In melee, it is ...

Richard Blackmoore

Sarnac: "This is where I have an issue... Why do we always have to be NON CONFRONTATIONAL with someone who is breaking the rules? If you have already spoken to this person in the list and they are continuing to shrug shots...then maybe some confrontation is just the thing to make them realize what a...

Richard Blackmoore

I generally prefer to talk to someone to find out what the problem is. Hell, it could be your own sword is pulped and you didn't realize it. What you propose will very possibly come across as antagonistic, before you have the opportunity to be sure that YOU are not the problem. I have hit people wit...

Richard Blackmoore

Quote: "OK, real quick pet peeve time. Any who DOESN'T need their hands for their job please raise them. What? You ALL DO? Imagine that. I find the "I'm a XXXX so I can't get my hands hurt" very, irksome. What, *you* can't get your hands hurt but *I* can? Our hands are as important to us as our eyes...

Richard Blackmoore

Quote: "I know a lot of knights fence. It's my impression, though, that knights in general don't consider themselves the custodians of fencing combat, unlike heavy combat. Steve" True. Mainly because SCA fencing has/had little to to with historical armoured combat in the 'old' days. Now that they ar...

Richard Blackmoore

I broke my thumb fighting great sword against a two swordsman who wasn't taking shots, legged me, and while fighting from my legs either a) He hit me in the thumb or b) I made a block with my thumb. Who knows whether it was a or b. He was not trying to break it. The protection you described is not a...

Richard Blackmoore

"I don't understand how anyone could get hurt in SCA-legal gauntlets. I've never, ever had so much as a jammed thumb in six years as an authorized fighter. During most of my fighting career, I've worn exclusively Mandrake gauntlets, and have never padded them beyond a pair of leather gloves. Is it j...

Richard Blackmoore

I hate basket hilts. Especially plastic ones. But I do use steel basket hilts. I have never found steel gauntlets that would actually protect my hands with a single sword and also let me have even a fraction of the control that 'real' period gauntlets allowed 'real' knights to exercise with a weapon...

Richard Blackmoore

"Gaston, The 90 degree rule was removed about a year abd a half ago, now if they'd just ENFORCE excessive force we'd all be happy." Wow. First you want them to get rid of the 90 degree rule, now you want them to require that you be hit with excessive force? I am guessing you own full plate. http://w...

Richard Blackmoore

It goes on for a while if you count Lithuanian campaigns as part of the real crusader period.

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

"That said, what is mostly being replicated in the current HWMA foot competitions are not indeed foot tournaments, but what they are is an attempt at safe replication of the armoured judicial duels seen in Talhoffer and other sources." Just out of curiosity, why don't they try to replicate tournamen...

Richard Blackmoore

Thanks Rob! I feel better now.

Richard

Richard Blackmoore

Thanks a lot Bob. That picture almost made me lose my lunch. It may look cool, but this is why the SCA drives me insane.

Richard Blackmoore

OK. At least I understand it better now. Thanks for the explanations everyone.