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Blaine de Navarre

Lamellar is appropriate for a Byzantine portrayal of that era.

The idea that adopting Byzantine arms was particularly popular among Latin crusaders, while widespread in the SCA, is highly conjectural and supported by very little (if any) evidence, AFAIK.

Egfroth?

Blaine de Navarre

I'll take a copy. PM me your info for PayPal and I'll send today.

Blaine de Navarre

Everything Lawrence said, plus: The biggest trick to using a jeweller's saw is you want to keep it as close as possible to exactly vertical as you are sawing. This will feel awkward until you get the hang of it. Also, lotsa practice. I still remember the elation as an apprentice when I started havin...

Blaine de Navarre

I've never actually done this; I'm making it up as I type, so take it for what it's worth. I might try snipping a small patch of the same canvas and slipping it under the tear before gluing and pressing the tear back together; then touch-up paint the whole area. Unless the canvas is really thick, th...

Blaine de Navarre

Are you looking for periodish stuffed liners or SCAesque foam?

For foam, I like the black stuff from Windrose.

For stuffed liners, I believe Steel Mastery are the only ones producing them for sale.

Blaine de Navarre

I generally don't drink enough water when fighting, so wherever we go for dinner, I end up inhaling a pitcher of iced tea before the food gets to the table.

Steak is best, but I'm up for wherever the crowd wants to go, as long as I get my massive rehydration dose.

Blaine de Navarre

I have 2 hauberks, one weighs about 40# and the other is about 25#; I wear the heavy one for practice and the light one for tourneys. My helmet is pretty light, but I don't remember exactly. The hauberk and helmet are most of the weight; all my other concealed bits are pretty light (some steel, some...

Blaine de Navarre

Stone masonry bearing walls are basically not done anymore; there are very few engineers who would know how to design them to modern codes, very few masons who would know how to bulid them, and the materials themselves are prohibitively expensive these days. All any of us build with anymore is stone...

Blaine de Navarre

Blaine de Navarre

Lady Ashley, Welcome to the Armour Archive, it will be a pleasure to provide you with both useful information and entertainment, and to get back the same from you in due course. I was 12 when I joned the SCA. My parents were never involved themselves, so I was entirely dependent on the kindness of t...

Blaine de Navarre

The most important thing in a line is that the unit trains to work together. I know of units of all spears, units of all shields, and mixed units that are all excellent; what they have in common is that they actually train together instead of being individual fighters all year and then trying to fig...

Blaine de Navarre

The other thing you need to know about people's choices of armor in the SCA is that our type of fighting is not the same thing as actual Medieval combat. We have a certain set of rules that make it in many ways like a modern sport, and, just like in modern sports, some people choose equipment they t...

Blaine de Navarre

Ted Banning wrote:How about parts of the WTC

Actually, this one might not be bad...give it a taste for vengeance.

Blaine de Navarre

FrauHirsch wrote:When I was a young cute thing...

Why are you putting that in the past tense?

Blaine de Navarre

Never did quite figure out how to calculate the surface area of a standard shaped heater, though. I draw as close as I can get to the shape of the heater in CAD, click on the polyline, and type "AREA". This only gets an estimate, though, because it's based on eyeballing; to get it dead ri...

Blaine de Navarre

Caid is currently down to residency & both fighter & consort must have attended at least 5 events since the last Crown. Over the years Caid has had, changed, changed back, and ultimately abandoned a lot of rules. The first I can remember was that shields could be no bigger than shoulder-to-s...

Blaine de Navarre

Spangen Menace all the way, baby!

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Blaine de Navarre

Last time I was at Harbor Freight, they had jugs of industrial degreaser. I've never used it, but if I had a new mail shirt to degrease, I'd give it a try.

Once it's degreased, you can keep the rust at bay with "Evapo-Rust".

Blaine de Navarre

Take your sun hunting; let him be the one to kill a buck. Save the blood. Quench the sword in a mixture of oil and the stag's blood (Jim Hrisoulas can give you exact proportions so there's enough oil to do its job...quenching in pure blood, besides requiring more than one stag's worth of said blood,...

Blaine de Navarre

It is a sad fact that there will never be a shortage of asshats in this world. While righteous indignation is occasionally satisfying, I would suggest your own sang-froid would be better served by not giving this cad the gift of very much more of your attention. As you are a Peer, and Arion a Knight...

Blaine de Navarre

I've got a copy I'd be willing to trade for a copy of Lightbown's Mediaeval European Jewellery

Blaine de Navarre

Dayum! Way to raise a thread from the dead! Why do you fight? Because when I'm really in the zone, it is near satori. What group do you fight in? SCA When did you start fighting (age)? 19 How long have you been fighting? Off and on for about 22 years, but most of the "on" time was the firs...

Blaine de Navarre

Is their ranks? Sergant? Captain? General? I am aware of the nobe ranks such as duke or earl but i was curoius if their was military ranks. With the exception of the Peerages, most rank titles are kingdom-specific, and there is a lot of variation. For instance, in the Middle Kingdom, "Serjeant...

Blaine de Navarre

mattmaus wrote:
Rowena Bricin wrote:I've been wondering though, could one pull off a fitted leather look like Susan's? Because I want it.

I'd be surprised if the fairly unanimous vote on that didn't go to Dan at House of the Wolf.

I'm sure many of us would be happy to help Dan out with the fitting, though.

Blaine de Navarre

I used to have a few buddies who I'd fight "tomahawk" style...single-weapon only with matched longish-hafted and smallish-headed axes. This was wicked fun, but only if matched, it would suck azz against almost any other weapon form.

Blaine de Navarre

Maces can definitely be used effectively in SCA single combat; I used a mace the first time I made it to the final 4 of a tourney and I know several knights who use them.

I have also seen smallish hand-axes used, but less effectively.

Blaine de Navarre

I wondered if it could be done with a torch, of forge etc. if not there are some potters in my barony that might be willing to help. Enameling can be done with a torch, but expect to ruin several pieces before you get the knack of controlling the flame. what about a propane forge? Possibly. Enamels...

Blaine de Navarre

sha-ul wrote:I wondered if it could be done with a torch, of forge etc. if not there are some potters in my barony that might be willing to help.

Enameling can be done with a torch, but expect to ruin several pieces before you get the knack of controlling the flame.

Blaine de Navarre

I am interested in this quest as well, I have wondered about doing some selective enameling and was curious about the process. If you want to get into enameling, the best way is to try and find a class near you...they'll show you how and they'll have really nice kilns you can use. If you don't have...

Blaine de Navarre

I have a small belt buckle plate I would like to get enameled. Who can do enameling? What metal is the belt buckle made out of? Most belt buckles are brass or pot metal, which won't take enamel exept under industrial processes. I just ordered the materials for an experiment I'm doing to try and get...

Blaine de Navarre

I have a pair of "guaranteed scratch proof" polycarb glasses with a GASH across the left lens to remind me of that one. Any small piece of jewelry, no matter how delicate-looking, becomes a +5 shuriken-of-the-kami when flung at your face by a 10,000 rpm buffing wheel.

Blaine de Navarre

He finds that his handicapping improves rather markedly if he waits until just after the event.

Blaine de Navarre

I'm there.

Blaine de Navarre

If your timeframe and budget will tolerate it, I recommend Windrose's made to measure helmets.

Blaine de Navarre

1. What is your personaâ€™s name? Blaine de Navarre, or Blanco de Navarra if you're from the other side of the hills 2. What year was your persona born? 1175 3. What is your personaâ€™s native country? Navarre 4. What is your personaâ€™s current country? Sicily, mostly 5. What are/were your personaâ...

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