The Armour Archive

Jess

I WAS the student showing up in the expensive wool t-tunic when I started. My first SCA activity was the local twelth night potluck. I had sewed a plain muslin undertunic (I couldn't find any linen in December and this was before the internet) and a wool overtunic. I had financed it working at Burge...

Jess

Adeliz, have you seen the ones Isabella E is doing? Awesome-o. Custom with your blazons and colors.

Jess

What is the correct path when faced with such a decision? Is it dishonorable to not give them your best? Is it dishonorable to demolish them? I don't think these are even concerns. I don't think anyone has a problem with you dispatching said opponent quickly. BUT I do think if the guy hits you in t...

Jess

The problem children are playing the way they believe the game should be played.

Jess

Lord help those if the really tough people ever go this route...... I do the COTT because I want to experience what Vitus says. However, that "I'm tougher than you, you can't hit me hard enough" has no place in the SCA game. Because, eventually, you will run into someone who will hit you ...

Jess

We won't go to fighting to submisision simply because then too many would be going to the hospital. Most regular fighters can continue despite massive amounts of pain. Hell lots of us can continue with significant injury. Many of us are fighting injured already. Recently, I was considering that perh...

Jess

How many eight thousand dollar kits do you see on the field? You have eight in your bike, how much do you have in you SCA kit? I've easily spent well over $10,000 on armour. Unfortunately, most of it was an absolute waste of money on items that never arrived, didn't fit, didn't actually function, o...

Jess

You know, people will probably pay a lot more for your banners.

Jess

I can tell you love her by the way you have armoured her. One thing I can suggest is to make sure her shoulder / arm armour combo permits her to put her sword back on her shoulder for max power generation and to make sure her vambrace is short enough it doesn't jam up against her hand protection whi...

Jess

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Jess

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Jess

You should talk to Mattmaus.

Jess

At the rate it is not selling, it looks like it is still going to be here. Also I edited above to add that: I'm trying to sell this sword to fund the purchase of household assets, including awesome squire regalia or just acquire household assets and regalia -- All 14th century stuff. I am also in th...

Jess

See if Sasuke / Oaks Armoury is looking for a project. He did my stainless Chartres arms.

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... ke#1728504

Jess

Make a lighter sword, either by going with lighter rattan or a different hilt.

It takes a while to know what your basket hilted sword should feel like.
I can pick one up and tell if it will hurt my elbow. But that's because I had a lot of trial and painful error.

Jess

Jess

I have a gently used Del Tin 2123 circa 1995. It has not yet been sharpened. I will include a wooden scabbard with it. It was my intent to cover the scabbard with leather and rig for wearing, but then the one true century caught my attention... I would like to get $250 + actual cost of shipping. Wil...

Jess

Does Columbus have a practice also?

Jess

Which knights teach at that practice?

Jess

What are the good SCA practices near Dayton, OH and who are the good teachers around there? Info is for a noob.

-Jess

Jess

LadyLia wrote:What is your gender?
Do you enjoy melee or singles more?
Are you better at melee or singles?
What is your Myers & Briggs personality type?

Female
Singles
Melee
INTJ

Jess

It depends on factors discussed above. If you didn't discuss delivery time in advance of the order, you just learned a huge lesson about buying made to fit armour. It took 7 months for a pair of custom clamshells I bought in the late 1990s from Red Falcon. Custom = fit me. That was due to the queue....

Jess

I need a shield basket AKA shield handle/hand protection for a right handed shield. Who actually has them and won't have me waiting on backorder for months? Will consider all types of construction (alum, mild, stainless, etc) Info available on size / dimensions ever better. Thanks! -Jess

Jess

I forgot to add that in some SCA locales, any significant participation also means YOU ARE JOINING THE ARMY.

Crossover guys will have to tell me if the same pressures exist in the foam fighting world.

Jess

SCA combat is different. It is difficult and painful. It takes years to get good at it. In some areas it takes significant time in order to even develop the technique and conditioning to deliver good solid blows. If you stick with SCA combat long enough, you will sustain crippling chronic injuries. ...

Jess

You and I should do low impact exercise together once a week. I'm recovering from a shoulder issue so I don't want to do any extra upper body stuff in the near future though. Want to just walk around? I know your work schedule is crazy. Email me.

Jess

I don't want any aluminum clamshells. Do you do aluminum cuisses? They will be covered by leather so finish and polish is unimportant. I would send you a plastic cuisse to copy. I would want you to make the cuisse and wrap plate out of aluminum. That's all. I would then get the cuisse from you, cove...

Jess

Look, people here will not consider that some guy used excessive force to break someone regardless of the armour worn. If you were wearing steel vambraces you would just get more creative explanations about catastrophic molecular failure or other BS. Why? Because saying you can be hit too hard while...

Jess

No visible blue plastic. All the barrel plastic people I know cover it anyway. They seem to be able to get over this minimal requirement with minimal effort. Excluding those people who are unwilling to cover it for whatever reason does not concern me in the least. Please make it so, your Excellency.

Jess

It looks too high in the pics?

Jess

Nissan Maxima wrote:
Yeah. Well. I have an inappropriate body shape.

That's kinda hard to believe. You are a guy in decent shape. It should work. Maybe your belt doesn't fit? Maybe post a pic of where you are trying to wear it?

Jess

I don't know what the period mechanism is for closing them. I used a hook and loop to close the one I wore for the 30. They stay up because of human anatomy. They sit on your hips right above where your (or at least my) thigh muscle projects outwards. It should work for you based on what I've seen. ...

Jess

That is indeed impressive. HOLY WOW.

Jess

If it is a helmet issue, then you have gotten good advice. Are you sure it is a helmet issue? It took me about a year of trial and error to sort out exactly how much I have to drink and when I need to drink it, in order not to get a horrible heat / dehydration headache...

Jess

...I'm wondering how your demi greaves work? It looks like they stick out from your legs a bit? Does this ever make them catch when walking? They do not catch while walking, but they do not fit well either. These are an inexpensive off the rack sized set of legs/greaves I purchased used from anothe...

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Del Tin 2123 St. Galgano (12th Century)

SCA practices near Dayton / Columbus, OH?

Re: (SCA) Melee or Tourney

Who has in stock shield baskets?