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Leo Medii

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/Leonthas/NewHarnesscopy.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/Leonthas/5815_1195328998645_1091059765_30-1.jpg My unfinished harness for last years COTT. Missing were the matching maille chausses, vambraces under the maille, and coat of plates. Just ran ou...

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Jeffrey Hedgecock wrote:Gordon got it. I thought I was clear. Apparently I'm not the only one.

I got it. I just figured that we were back on that whole "real jouster" topic now.

Perhaps the idea of invitation only is the way to go.....

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These are polycarbonite blades. You really can't hit anything with them. If you want a good one for hitting things, you have to get a custom LED or Luxeon one with a much denser blade. You lose the "power up" effect of it going up and down, but you get to hit things. How I know this I will...

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Holy cow. It's like the sidewalk cracks have opened up and, damn, every person who won't put a name and face to what they have to say has to come drive by posting....

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Gwydion Caithnes wrote:My master always gives 24k gold:

We still have a bottle of that in our collection from a couple COTT's ago!

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Sorry if all the old pussy guys wreck it for the real jousters.......

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This has to be a record for a jousting thread before it got to the try to get the unhorsing topic.

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I'd rather fall off than pull on my horses mouth. It's the fastest way to sour a horse to the joust short of hitting him the head with a lance. Both are unacceptable IMO.

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Back in the 90's when I rode for the NRGA, if you unhorsed your opponent, you got to win the show. It was pre-determined who would win the show, but if you knocked the other guy off, you automatically won. Needless to say, this lead to us trying to knock each other off with every pass. I have tons o...

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I have a pair in SS, simple rounds, can be seen in my COTT pic from 06.

I am switching to all mild steel, and these are the last of my SS items.

PM me if interested.

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I have a pair in SS that I want to get MS ones.

What are you looking for?

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I haven't had to pay a ransom in several years.

I am too dangerous to be left alive I guess!

I too had a purseful of Jehan's coins, some of which I used to buy my Squires freedom after the battle.

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I'm going to put $425 OBRO I would consider partial trades on this. What are you looking for in Trade? hmm.. well.. greaves would be nice, splinted or regular, some padded cuisses, flat riveted aventail, finger gauntlets, the 14th century gambeson from Medieval-market.biz..... umm... I am open to p...

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Does the box say EL on it, or LED's. That is the difference.

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Is it the first or second gen run of these?

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I am presuming that will happen on a case by case basis as folks indicate they want to add balsa to an event. When is the equestrian event you are referring to? There are two events in the Middle this summer that would be able to have balsa jousting. Baron Wars and Seige of Talonval. These events h...

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I'd have snatched them in a second but they were too small.

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Just concerning the matter of shipping to the CONUS from Ukraine, I've gotten multiple packages shipped from there in two weeks' time. If it took half a year, somebody was either lying or it got eaten and subsequently regurgitated by the Customs monster. All the stuff we got from JollyKnight came i...

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A COP over maille I would consider sufficient protection. However, the COP must be of metal construction IMO. A plastic COP might crack under the kind of impact of a balsa strike and would certainly not stand up to a sleeve strike if the balsa broke on the target and the metal had a secondary hit on...

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I have the other size maille Your Grace. If they later come out in the bigger ring diameter.....

If I switched again to 6mm after getting all that 9mm stuff from you I'd become intimate freinds with the couch methinks!

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I like the one's Windrose has, but I'm not sure if they come in silver.

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Wow....339$!

I am so not charging enough for these when custom made.

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Richard has it dead on. This sport is not for the "fly by night" kind of participant. It requires a TON of upkeep, expense and cost. I fully believe that the people that wish this in the SCA will make the effort to both be as safe as possible, and meet stringent requirements of safety. I h...

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just trying to be as accommodating as possible. Honestly, this is one of the biggest problems with SCA rules and red tape. If you begin to sacrifice common sense and safety to include more people, the chance of injury or incident will rise. When it comes to jousting, and horses in general, I think ...

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These are totally cool. My wife loved hers at Pennsic.

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I'm sure I can find something more to get! LOL!

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it is wrenched free by the force of the strike. Guys who chuck lances away don't get invited back as it is considered -very- bad form. I agree. It is a pet peeve of mine to see guys drop the lance mid-run. You MUST be in control the entire pass from taking the lance to handing it down to the squire...

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I want to second what John said about the chinstrap requirement. In my incredibly limited experience of getting hit, I did have one shot that skipped up off my shield and into my visor (houndskull basinet). Now this was not a very hard shot at all, but it did jar my helm up and back a bit ( a coupl...

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Are they for dress, or combat?

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Men don't seem to need a reason, only a place?

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...the back and neck pain, the headaches and such are not worth the fleeting ego glory of those days. Well now, don't get carried away. Wasn't it worth all the nookie? I've been together with the same lady now as I was then. Never did get into the jouster groupie scene. Had many women try, just was...

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I wish your head was bigger. I'm about to sell mine when I get this new one padded up the right way.

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I'll weigh in briefly. I rely upon my body for income, and I have placed it at hazard in my work life. I have laid four concussions upon my frame totally not related to fighting for fun, but no broken bones. That said: I would like no more concussions, and broken bones or joint damage would negativ...

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You didn't get rich and famous by grabbing your crotch and singing some gay little song- you got rich and famous by taking shit away from other people- other people who were ready and willing to kill you to keep you from doing it. If they killed you, then they would steal your shit and impoverish y...

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I often find myself at odds with folks who only have the Victorian ideal of Knights and the medieval era.

Re: Possibly Selling White Mountain Kettle Hat- if interest