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Derian le Breton wrote:Sunglasses at events drive me bananas.

I actually have extra-light-sensitive eyes and for many years the tint was part of the prescription for me. Eventually I got so tired of myself looking like a dweeb at events that I decided to tough it out and let my eyes burn.

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In the SCA, it means "not a member of the Order of Chivalry." Anyone who thinks squires are "belted" needs a lesson in the difference between knights and squires, preferably at the ends of several knights' sticks. (Sorry if that sounds harsh, but people who think of squiredom as ...

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I believe Duke Edward in Caid was close to or over 50 when he started fighting; he was definitely over 50 and had come back from a heart attack when he won his first Crown .

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Servants.

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Karl Helweg wrote:Those are fairly unique viscountal coronets. Both seem to be "folding" designs.

Hinged coronets are quite common among historic examples. They're also extremely convenient for us modern folks who need to fit all our stuff in the back of a car.

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One on one, spear vs sword and board? I think the spear god is probably in trouble most of the time. I wouldn't call that guy a spear "god." Almost all spearmen would be in trouble 1-on-1 against S/S; the spear gods are the very small number who aren't . When I'm the shieldman in that fig...

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Many "renaissance" faires are pretty lax about the period they want to see people dressed for, but some are more careful: given that and the subject matter you are presenting, you probably want to aim at mid- to late-15th C(ish). If you're willing to put in some "sweat equity," p...

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Mistress Morgan does some nice work: http://www.medievaljeweler.com/coronet.html

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#1 - HG Sven Orfhendur Very Close #2 HG Edric Aaron Hartwood (Many people would put him at #1) #3 HG Edward Senestre (Again, pretty close) 4 & 5 are tougher calls; we have several strong contenders that have won or finalled in Crowns & Queen's Champions in the last couple years. I'll put the...

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Two weeks back, I took a shot just like this. Sir Donas threw a shot that I read as a fake and put no strength behind my sword which was sitting there. He hit my sword, hard. My sword hit me in the head, hard. I took it. Myself, I really hate that old school of thought where if the weapon hits anyt...

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i only wear a professional hockey elbow under the sleeve of my tabard which is two layers of cotten "sport cloth". of course now i am forced to change that as my new kingdom requires a vambrace. so i have tofigure something out that is tiny and will not ride up into my wrist. ive consider...

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I just wonder which one of them shit himself the most

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I live in a kingdom that has required vambraces for most of my time in the SCA and all of my fighting career. I personally witnessed more broken arms in the 2 years before vambraces were required than in the entire 30 years since. I think SCA minimums are quite good for preventing most real injuries...

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Occasionally we get inquiries if Kirby will make something like these monstrosities. He always answers, very nicely, "No". Several years ago now (OK, about 20something years ago), Armand bought a new house, and it had this old chicken coop out back. Now, being as Armand was not planning o...

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The question needs clarification: "SCA minimums are mean to prevent [ absolutely ]..." or "SCA minimums are mean to prevent [ under most normal circumstances ]..."? If the latter, then I'll go with somewhere in the 6-7 range, but if the former it'd be somewhere up around 9-10. Mo...

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So, are you a danger to yourself Thor- Hang on...when has a thrust broken a bone? Is there any documentation on this? I have personally had ribs broken by thrusts on 3 occasions. All of them were more my own fault than the perso hitting me, and would not affect my willingness to fight with stiffer ...

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Aaron wrote:Hang on...when has a thrust broken a bone? Is there any documentation on this?

I have personally had ribs broken by thrusts on 3 occasions. All of them were more my own fault than the perso hitting me, and would not affect my willingness to fight with stiffer tips.

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Concerning the maille...would it have been flat ring riveted or round with flattened rivet area fo this specific time period? I'm in the process of modifying tools to create my own and wanted to be sure before I even turn my first coil. I'm not a mail expert, so I'll let them chime in if I'm wrong,...

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"Sponsoring" an eric is a relatively new thing in Caid, don't know if it's done in other kingdoms or not. Essentially, it comes down to it being hard to get enough people to herald and marshal, so "sponsoring" an eric is all about making sure it has enough of both. In return, the...

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It all comes down to your particular level of pain tolerance. Personally, I would not use those as my only thigh protection, but I know guys who wear even less, and even a few who wear literally nothing for cuisses; I have seen many technicolor welts, but never a real injury on that part of the body...

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I recommend you not spend a ton of money on your first kit; you will have a much better idea what you want for armour when you've been fighting a while, and sinking thousands into your kit then realizing it isn't really what you want is a drag. For the best starter gear, I and many others here alway...

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I often wear a sword, but it is distinctly not a period thing to do for most of us. Wearing swords with civilian clothing was uncommon until fairly late in the SCA period - you see it in the 16th C, and there is some indication of it in the 15th in the fact that we know masters were teaching "b...

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I'd draw it in AutoCAD and offset it, myself, but I'm lazy that way.

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The Iron Dwarf wrote:0.5mm is what it is marked as, the 0.05" was a guess

0.5mm ~ 0.020" (~ 25-26 gaugish)

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This may be my most favoritest SCA picture ever. The young lady is Serenity, daughter of Viscountess Jimena (WidowMontoya) and Sir Rhys (rhys).

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I've never seen anyone knighted who didn't look at least decent, but many, if not most, of the didn't start out looking super spiffy. And, looking decent doesn't necessarily mean accurate - lot's of guys in "sport" armour get knighted. If you don't understand what I mean my good looking bu...

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Duke Edward is 5'4"ish or so.

http://www.youtube.com/user/kittylemew#p/u/3/Bp0TthQ9tug

http://www.youtube.com/user/kittylemew#p/u/4/1JZz7kPMLcA

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raito wrote:face thrusts. They never were dangerous, really. The Middle just thought so.

They were dangerous if your helmet wasn't padded & strapped for them - I learned that by bloodying the nose of an Eastern Duke who visited us at Estrella once.

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I used to have this nasty recurring dream: I am in a firefight; everyone else has real weapons, but I have a toy, which I point at people while yelling "Bang!", then I yell at them that I just shot them and they have to fall down, which is how all of my childhood cap gun fights always play...

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Suzerain, I am a life long SCAer with minimal exposure to other groups, and your perception of the SCA and the differences between it and either LH or WMA groups is right on. I find it helpful to remember (and freely explain it this way to SCA newcomers) 2 things about the SCA: 1) It is better descr...

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You can paint anything you want on your shield as long as it is not already registered to someone else; it doesn't have to be registered to you.

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Sounds like this is the guy:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3915

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/search.php?search_author=Robert+P.+Norwalt

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mjaay wrote:I am kind of a rhino

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It might be legal, but I can't imagine any possible reason you'd want to do it, as it would be neither a good tactic for sport fighting nor historically accurate for any persona. If you can get away from the emotionally-charged word 'madu', and see the weapon for what it is -- a pokey thing with a ...

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It might be legal, but I can't imagine any possible reason you'd want to do it, as it would be neither a good tactic for sport fighting nor historically accurate for any persona.

Re: any on helms?