The Armour Archive

Blaine de Navarre

Schveet!

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Oh, yeah, missed a point on Caid: For the first round draw, chivalry line up on one side and unbelts on the other, and the unbelts each challenge a member of the chivalry. Since the unbelts usually outnumber the chivalry, a few are selected by the Crown to cross over to the chivalry side to even it ...

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Mord wrote:I sometimes wonder what a Jungian analysis would conclude about the various groups discussed in this thread.

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Caid runs double-elim, but we don't use a tree; the draw is random each round, so any fight may be 2 winners, 2 losers, or 1 of each. Generally, the final is fought 2 out of 3 regardless of whether either or both combatants had a loss earlier. Our most recent Crown was a little different, because th...

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Once upon a time there was a squire. When he was young, he had been active in the life of arms and showed some promise, but after a while, due in part to some real things but mostly his own character flaws, had become disillusioned and wandered away. The squire spent much of his life thinking he wou...

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Sorry for the radio silence all day, it's been a tough one. We lost Kitty at 4:55 this afternoon. Her family and many of her SCA household were with her, and the rest of us were with Sven in the waiting room. My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my frien...

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Hmmm, wonder if he needs a curator for his exhibit?

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My knight rocks!

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There are again some rumours spreading about Kitty's condition (mostly here in Caid, may not have spread to the rest of y'all). Please, if you hear anything from anyone other than Sven, please don't pass it on.

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Yes, it's obvious we are doing extensive brain damage to one another...just look at the empirical evidence of all those drooling idiots who have been doing it for the last 40 years...

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audax wrote:What can't you get at Harbor Freight?

True love.

Although that may only apply to us straight males; your experience might be a little different...

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That helmet almost looks like a "simplified" zischagge, which would put you at the 1600 end of the SCA period.

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even cheaper, go to a thrift store find a 100% wool blanket. Cost of dry cleaning is usually about $2.50 to 5.00 now you can also use it to sleep under... makes your kit a bit lighter. If you can find wool blanket that is what I would start with. And don't dry clean it. Stick it in the washer. Felt...

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The funny thing with the H1N1 is how some people seem especially vulnerable. We were all together the weekend Kitty got sick, so we have to have all been exposed, but she's the only one who got more than a little sniffle...

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Looks much better than most SCA folks' first kits.

I do think you'll want more protection for your thighs than just the crash-pads, at least to start out. Thighs probably take the most abuse of any body part in learning SCA fighting.

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Adric,

When will you have them up on your site, for those of us that missed the pre-sale?

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My understanding is that no distinction was made in period between hemp linen and flax linen; which one you got depended on which one was grown more locally.

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Also, the most recent update was that her O2 saturation was holding at 95% while they were able to reduce the pressure slightly, so she is getting better.

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Having reread the posts about 'brain damage' several times, it appears that the doctor was comparing brain damage to lung damage as far as repair/healing goes, NOT that he was saying she had any. Correct. He was saying if they didn't intervene to get her oxygen saturation up, then there could be br...

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... the choices are the not really correct poofy pants or the even less correct visible leg armour. or a maille hauberk long enough to double as leg armor with a double-layered tunic underneath. It works better than you'd think - certainly, better than i thought it would. Leg shots feel mushy to me...

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They [poofy pants] seem a bit overdone in the SCA ,and often done badly True. Unfortunately, for those of us who need to hide our leg armour, the options are limited. Personally, I make my pants somewhat less poofy (although I'll prolly end up buying some of Adric's very poofy ones) and wear a long...

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The poofy pants are, however, totally documentable for a Rus portrayal.

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That is Duke Ivan the Illustrated. The arm harness is not correct for the rest of the kit, but won't really raise any eyebrows in the SCA. The helmet is based on an archaeological find, so it's good, and all the other protective gear is hidden. The tall boots and long/wide white belt are SCAisms, bu...

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Eric Dube doesn't suck.

Eric D. Schmid is pretty much the go-to guy for mail.

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Might that not cause issues? Did it cause issues if Duke William fitzJohn crossed paths with serjeant William fitzJohn in period? The bigger problem I see in the SCA is the nonsensical way we use titles; in period there wouldn't have been a "Duke William fitzJohn," there would only have b...

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Do you find tensioners to work significantly better than hitches?...What type and size rope are you using. For wood tensioners to work worth a damn, you need to use the coarsest manila rope you can find. Rope with any slipperiness to it at all, even some of the tighter twisted jute and manilia rope...

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Most of that gear would look fine with a decent bascinet, but the helmet definitely is...umm...special.

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Albert I of Belgium commanded troops in WW I, but I doubt he spent much time personally in the trenches.

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Napoleon III's reign ended when he was captured by the Prussians at the Battle of Sedan, 1870. Kaiser Wilhelm was also personally present at the battle.

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If you're doing mid-16C German, you're already more than halfway toward having a "clown" look, as that was a very flamboyant time and place. This illustration is northern Italian, but the Germans were dressing very similarly at the time: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/other/gr/Ssch.gif

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Unless you are actually good enough to add some "Harlem Globetrotters" flair to your fencing, and make it a show...

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Just how do you keep your opponent at range in SCA with a longsword? Seems with no grappling or binding there is no disadvantage to close range quickly against it with a sword and shield and render the longsword basically impotent. And, not surprisingly, that is precisely what SCA sword and shield ...

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Short & Fat
Stick & Board

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Nice firm springy turf is best, but bound decomposed granite is better than bad grass.

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Aaron wrote:Any drawings of sword-and-dagger work?

Sure, but I think you're gonna have a hard time concealing any protective gear...