The Armour Archive

Leo Medii

If this is honor, you are welcome to it. m Avery Honor or not, both of these men beleived in something so strongly they were willing to risk everything to seek thier own justice on the matter in arms. Comparing the duel of Burr and Hamilton with a couple of SCA jocks landing a couple of stick tags ...

Leo Medii

How much Honour is there in putting a beat down on somebody less skilled at martial combat? I guess if you are somebody that thinks your Honour derives from the number of entries in the win column or is based on how "tough" you are, then maybe those things are honourable. Why are people s...

Leo Medii

One thing that I can see as an "issue" is that the Vitus system does (in a way) rob the fighter delivering a debilitating (limb) blow of the opportunity to demonstrate an act of courtesy/chivalry if that is his/her choice to do so - meaning that, if I take my opponent's arm, (in standard ...

Leo Medii

For some unknown reason, my shipment has cleared customs in record time. I wil have the shipment in my hands on Tuesday. I will ship on Tuesday. Anyone who would like to put an order in for anything; now is the time if you want to get it for this season as this stock will go fast. Cheers! Ice Oh ye...

Leo Medii

Goerijs d Unpronouncable wrote:My only weapon.....

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WANT!

Leo Medii

DROOOOOOL!

Leo Medii

Did a little Demo for the Ashland County Schools today in Ohio. I love getting the chance to teach kids about the middle ages and the life of a knight back in history. Also got a chance to run some passes (first of the year) at the tilt to work out bugs before the IJA scored tournments. I got some p...

Leo Medii

I fought with King Icefalcons unit in the woods battle. I got to fight with the Priory of St Colin too. It was a total blast. I'd like to do it every year.

But, I just like to fight, and am not much about winning the overall war. I'm there to stand with brothers of all colors.

Leo Medii

Nice. I'd love to get it. I would also love to keep my testes attached too.

Leo Medii

I am interested in it for my tilting helm. How rugged is the inside, and would it stand up to being used as a helmet box?

Leo Medii

HOT DAMN! Finally I can complete my maille harness. And, there is no damn way Murdoch is knifing me in the back of the thigh now. It's maille baby! That will make two of us this year It was a gruesome death. However, I was honored they sent 6 guys to kill me. It looks so awesome on tape. Three are ...

Leo Medii

That. Is. F*cking. AWESOME!

Leo Medii

Maeryk wrote:
Leo Medii wrote:Well...I know for one I wouldn't want to be pounded by the one on the far right.

Sorry, I couldn't help that Animals post was followed by that chart. It was just too tempting....
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But the other three would be okay?

I guess I have a problem with "increasing physical discomfort".

Leo Medii

Well...I know for one I wouldn't want to be pounded by the one on the far right.

Sorry, I couldn't help that Animals post was followed by that chart. It was just too tempting....

Leo Medii

HOT DAMN! Finally I can complete my maille harness.

And, there is no damn way Murdoch is knifing me in the back of the thigh now. It's maille baby!

Leo Medii

I know of one AE knight who left the field, but that was due to his wife falling to the ground in one of the battles and whle she was still prone, got hit 2 or 3 times while still prone on the ground by Chux. I had this happen to one of my men at arms last Pennsic. He was out of fighting for the re...

Leo Medii

Maeryk wrote:I think it was more free vs slave.

I thought she meant Jabba the Hutt.....as Xena and Leia look almost exactly the same.

Leo Medii

The NRGA did the shows from 1993, and at least until I left the company in 1999 without a center tilt. Most of the time you don't even notice it's not there.

Leo Medii

Aaron wrote:"Raise your sword, not your voice" could mean "Stop trying to sell your shots and kill your opponent with words. Just fight & have fun!"

This is brilliant.

Leo Medii

Make him hit the right spot on the pel a billion times so that he can learn where to target and how to throw it without the nervousness of defending himself. Make him do that until he doesn't hit low anymore. He will be able to see where he is hitting and adjust accordingly without the issue of bas...

Leo Medii

If folks have enough gas for the second fight or a third, perhaps we can open it up to all kinds of stuff?

Leo Medii

I see what you are saying. I think the term "right" is there too in this thread. I far too much see the "strong", meaning the wealthy, the connected, the powerful, the political, taking advantage of weak, or those who cannot mount the same wealth, power or strength. In the end, t...

Leo Medii

Sorry to hear about your horses. Mine are pretty well herd kind to each other. Until you add another new face, or get the feeding buckets out. And a horse is no different that any other animal. We claim to be civilized, but if that were the case we wouldn't have newspapers or the need for weapons an...

Leo Medii

M- I am not talking SCA folks but all folks. And, most people are nice folks. Until they are not. Used to be a saying that most people were one harvest from being road agents. Our lives of leisure and mostly plenty these past 70 years has made people forget that before that the world was a much diff...

Leo Medii

Mord, this morning I did an experiment. Usually, I feed my horses in seperate buckets, and they do thier natural thing, each eating as they do as the pecking order they have established (by show of strength and show violence and threat thereof). This morning, I fed ONE BUCKET. The strongest horse a...

Leo Medii

Mord, this morning I did an experiment. Usually, I feed my horses in seperate buckets, and they do thier natural thing, each eating as they do as the pecking order they have established (by show of strength and show violence and threat thereof). This morning, I fed ONE BUCKET. The strongest horse at...

Leo Medii

I understand that there were laws throughout history. However, the core of any animal is might makes right. You cannot undo evolution, and the fact that no matter what any law says, when pushed, it is the nature of man to be violent. When that time comes, might makes right. It is evident in war. Tho...

Leo Medii

Might makes right. It has been the way of things since the beginning of time. Yahtzee. No, it's pseudo-philosophical, morally flaccid toughguy nonsense. If you are feeling a little ill and I walk into your house, beat you to within an inch of your life, then rape and murder your wife and children, ...

Leo Medii

Guillaume de Cambrai wrote:Adam makes the best kettle helms.

Period.

This is true.

Leo Medii

Guys- I have been given one half hour to tie up all loose ends on the interwebs. All I will say is that I have been in many street fights (duels) and violent incidents over matters of honor. My father was a career Marine, and instilled in me absolute intolerance for certain types of personal insult...

Leo Medii

Might makes right. It has been the way of things since the beginning of time. Yahtzee. No, it's pseudo-philosophical, morally flaccid toughguy nonsense. If you are feeling a little ill and I walk into your house, beat you to within an inch of your life, then rape and murder your wife and children, ...

Leo Medii

I would have to wonder if it is the required genital armor that might cause it. I too wear BSD stuff. I wore it at the LARP and riding with no problem. But in SCA combat they would do the same pull apart thing on one side. It never happened but on one side or the other, they they would be fine.

Leo Medii

This thread has been huge in enlightening me as to the reality of SCA combat.

Leo Medii

Yep. Karma is a bitch in that way. That is why the strong must be careful in application of that strength, no?

Leo Medii

I'm right.

And I have a longsword.

GOD WILLS IT!