The Armour Archive

Corby de la Flamme

I've been in a few boat battles, and seen more, and being from Atlantia, a sea kingdom, I've thought about how to run them a lot. Here's the thing: Fighters want to fight. They don't want to build stuff. Especially not in armor. Fighting on boats takes place once the boats are next to each other . S...

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In any case, good for you for abandoning cHeaters! The sound of those bare aluminum shields getting hit always reminds me of drunks throwing trash cans at each other in an alley. By the way, my shield is 7/8th thick, rounded, fiberglassed & covered with canvas. I'm pretty sure it takes less out ...

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Anybody I haven't fought before. And what William said. Guys taller than me are a bane that I don't get enough exposure to. Tonight it was fun approaching a very strong fighter who I think is max 5'6" by making sure I keep my head lower than his. He had no idea what to do in that situation!

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Well done, Nick. This is knightly largesse!

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Frederich Von Teufel wrote: at that level of competition the Trimarian calibration was comparable to Atlantia, Ansteorra, Meridies, or Glenn Abhann.

This might be the strangest line I've ever read on the Archive.

Corby de la Flamme

Duke Phelan wrote:We are pretty much saying the same thing. I think you are reading me different. If the block takes the force out of the blow, then it's not good. Is that better?

Yes!

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I don't fight sword & shield in a melee, but I've never seen anyone with a shield join a line and have the opposing line immediately take 3 or 4 steps back.

I love it when I join my line with a spear and watch those facing me do so.

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I occasionally take them, depending on how hard the final impact and where it lands. But for the most part, blocked is blocked. I disagree with this strenuously. If a block is insufficient to stop killing force from reaching a target, it was an insufficient block. Especially nowadays, with the infe...

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I recall one or two of these used by people locally back in the 1980's.

We called them skateboards.

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I had never thought about this until I saw the question. But I believe I would call them "leg bruises." Seriously, though: I imagine their use in period was to assist in blocking the head after leg defense became good enough that you pretty much couldn't hurt someone through it. Heads bein...

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Very nice.

I especially applaud the technically correct strap attachments. Other leatherworkers: take note!

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Pretty sure this is a piece of performance art.

Ok, no, not really sure. I just hope so.

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Randy, the offer was to the original poster. Do you plan to buy the mongolian armor?

As the guy above me mentions, I'm rather confused about the cost of disassembly. Especially since it seems very likely that anyone buying the mongol suit would need to disassemble it for their own use.

Corby de la Flamme

So, if you go for the mongolian suit and disassemble it for the plates, I will take the unused excess plates off your hands for a fee in the same range as the % of their cost to you. In other words, I'm willing to buy what you don't need, but note that you are taking the risk buying from overseas. (...

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It is not unusual to see a speed format used for the early rounds of a tourney, then switched to a standard double elim when the number of fighters has been reduced to a perfect multiple of 8.

Usually 16.

So the format shifts at the round before the quarter finals.

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And I have lived in other Kingdoms that had (essentially) a single authorization. I found that I really don't like the 'you're safe so you're OK' auth. Several of the authorizations I witnessed were done by people who were utterly useless on the field unless someone ran onto their weapon. Just beca...

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Does Atlantia consider that authorizing sword/shield to be different from say mace/shield? No. Nor Axe. Nor spear & shield for that matter, though to the best of my knowledge, there are literally no spear and shield fighters in Atlantia. Madus, if they were legal, would be part of a two sword a...

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I'm still amazed that there aren't specific authorizations for each form in every kingdom. Here in Atlantia, it is easy to get a sword & shield authorization. That standard is "safety." As it is much much easier both to be injured an to injure another with any other form, our authoriza...

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I totally didn't notice Tad wearing sneakers. Hell, he was on our team! A last minute addition. That's probably how he got by inspection--came out late, missed the first round or two. I don't see what you're pointing out in the second pic. Philip is not wearing sneakers, though it might appear so. I...

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http://delaflamme.org/enormous-quotswor ... ox-hammers

Fascinating to see it do less well than a normal wood chopping axe. Might have worked better with a tip hit--if they hadn't cut their own feet off by trying to.

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They have sharp bits that can open up a bare arm when said arm rubs against a tie on the edge of a shield.

They're ugly as uncovered neon Nikes.

Corby de la Flamme

More than pain tolerance (or perhaps equal to it) is the question of your skill level. Are you good at blocking your leg? Do people in your region throw lots of leg shots? Do you anticipate regularly fighting people above your skill level? (I hope so.) Also consider that you may travel outside of th...

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Yeah, that helmet was venerable when Throckmorton had it, in 1986.

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[url=http://delaflamme.org] http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/corbydlf/JmWEf8nzyEUa1H1TgvK4NyUXgTRJ8rPFn6UxLL0HOORNjwY3ZRNFgUr3l1CK/P1020203_3.jpg Pictures from today's Ice Castle's Tournament.[/url] Sorry to brag, but I would say this tournament was a bit rustic and primitive, not At...

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I would also suggest grabbing the polearm with both hands.

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white mountain's pics don't show us your lacing work, nor give a good idea about what size it will fit.

We even have to assume you laced it into body armor! For all I can tell you made a skirt.

How about a hint?

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I'll hazard a guess that this hasn't been snapped up due to Icefalcon's pending offers of titanium mail. This may be a sign that stainless steel mail prices will crash, as many people who can afford a $1000 hauberk can hold out a bit for a $1800 hauberk that weighs less than half as much. I know if ...

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But I don't think I've posted it here.

My kit for the first Crown I entered, circa 1986. I call it the "space daisy."

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Do these "older" approaches to SCA fighting still hold up to the newer strategies? I can't speak about anything but Oldcastle and Bellatrix, but I don't feel at all disadvantaged fighting sword hand back. Many people on the east coast still do, though they might be surprised to find thems...

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What I have noticed is that the people with a team sports background understand the concept of melee better. They are more likely to stay together as a unit instead of taking off and chasing down that shiny knight. Interesting. In my experience, only melee experience does the job. I mean hell, in f...

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BdeB wrote:I'm pretty sure that excepting that one time I ran over a piccalo player, my marching band background was pretty low contact...

You should have stepped up to drum corps. That'll toughen you up!

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Thorstenn wrote:I think it falls into the ether you have it or you don't. There is no magic reason certain people excel at our game.

Ohhhh yeah there is. It's called practice.

Probably not what you meant though.

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Well my friend, no contact sports for me prior to taking up olympic fencing.

Did a little bit of aikido, but wasn't exactly throwing my practice partners around the dojo in high speed rondoris.

Maybe I just learned how to roughhouse at Atlantian melee events?[/i]

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If your opponent allows themselves to be out maneuvered so that they are out of position and off balance, that is part of our combat. So long as they are not on the ground they can and should be struck. The only thing you are taking advantage of is the opportunity you created, and the mistake your ...

Boats

Ah!

Nice

Ummm, what?

second hand dibs

My helm by Caleb Hogg

One caveat

D'oh!

Enormous "Sword" is Enormous

Skill level? Travel?

Because Vitus Loves Atlantian Heraldic Display

Sign of the future?

Posted before....

Re: Evolution of fighting styles - how do "older"

Hmmm.