The Armour Archive

Steve S.

There is no problem with the top of the leg armour pulling away from the point being on the inside of the cotte? None at all. The coat is buttoned down the front and is very form-fitting all the way to about the crotch - at least as low as where the points are. The points cannot move away from the ...

Steve S.

I dug around but could not find one stored on my web site. I will take a picture tonight when I get home. But all I did was take some tabs of leather and punch two holes in one end for the cord for the "point", and I stitched in a square pattern and then an X pattern around the other end of the tab ...

Steve S.

One of the things I should have done, and considered but never did, was insist on the flattening die being constructed with a positive mechanical stop that enforced a consistent, uniform, and correct finished flattened dimension of the rings. My own tool was just a piston in a bore, and it was only ...

Steve S.

Oh no, I am not offended by the quality comments at all! I just wanted to point out why it is ahistorical as it is. I saw this myself as I was getting out of the business. One of the reasons I got out is the product became a commodity because other vendors started copying the maille, and thus the pr...

Steve S.

The key to pointing to a garment is that that garment should fit you like a glove. It should be like a second skin. In my last foray into SCA combat I set out first to make a well-tailored suit of armor. Whatever else I achieved I achieved that. It was the first time I ever wore armour where I felt ...

Steve S.

You can seem y coat of plates here: http://www.forth-armoury.com/photo_gallery/coat_of_plates/cop.htm While you can make a coat of plates using generic plates, you will have a much better fitting piece of armor if you actually make one that fits you specifically. I made a mannequin of my torso by pu...

Steve S.

Most of the deficiencies with modern riveted maille can be laid at my feet, since it was I who developed the process to make it and sent the tools and instructions over to India to the first supplier that made it. Basically all maille produced today with the ends flattened together is a descendant o...

Steve S.

All I know is when I watch "A Knight's Tale" the crowds there is what I think of when I think of actual crowds watching knights fight. I imagine it was like a modern-day sporting spectacle.

I think that's cool.

Steve S.

I already agree with you.

Me too.

Steve

Steve S.

I continue to enjoy these movies and can't wait for the fighting technique videos.

Steve

Steve S.

I think there should never be "anti-cheering" or denigration of a combatant on a list field.

Steve

Steve S.

I don't think we cheer enough. It seems to me there is a phobia of appearing partial to one fighter, as if it slights the other. It seems as if no one wants to appear ungracious to one fighter by cheering too loudly for the other. You get the generic "yay!" from the crowd when each fighter...

Steve S.

http://swns.com/jouster-killed-after-sp ... 71505.html

"Tragic Paul Allen, 54, died when the shard from his wooden lance flew through the eye slit in his helmet and pierced his eye socket, inflicting horrific brain injuries."

Steve

Steve S.

Cool. I wish there was more mace fighting in the SCA.

Steve

Steve S.

Actually many flat shots are light because of the angle of the wrist--with an edge-on blow, the wrist will not move and the force will be transmitted into the target, but with a flat shot, the wrist will often bend backwards, robbing the shot of its power. Which will feel light, but not flat. i hav...

Steve S.

For Pete's Sake, the appearance standard we are talking about isn't that high.

A 12 year old with a bed sheet, a pair of scissors, and a roll of duct tape could pass them.

LOL. This should be someone signature line.

Steve

Steve S.

a few of them are great examples of why we must call all flat shots light. looking at how bent the flat shots are should shut anyone up that thinks we should ignore flat shots. The problem for us is that a cylinder hitting you at X velocity is going to feel the same no matter how you turn it about ...

Steve S.

Holy shit.

Awsome pictures. Love the spectators and the whole feel of the affair.

Looks like some dangerous combat, though.

Steve

Steve S.

I see an issue with thrusting tips and helm penertration with those... unless ya want to go to mesh screens behind the bar grills... do see how you would fix the no thrusting tip issue though.

True, and then you might as well just go to Cut and Thrust where you use a real, metal sword.

Steve

Steve S.

The fun one is the thrust that entered the forearm and exited via the bicep, done with a BLUNT metal training knife. Includes pictures! Yay!

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showth ... p?t=103503

Holy shit. That certainly gives me a newfound respect for doing Cut and Thrust combat!

Steve

Steve S.

I got to hold one of those molded PP swords at Fighter's Collegium 2 weeks ago and they are awesome.

It would be super-cool to fight with stuff like that.

Steve

Steve S.

when we tried some of these at my practice everyone complained about how much force was being transmitted. so i took the bar to the table saw and cut a little off the side thinking less weight = less force. after about 10 more hits i was at the drill press with a fortsner bit drilling out some mate...

Steve S.

Ask Duke Eduard what it was like to get stabbed in the eye when he was permanently blinded by the broken rapier in the ECS.

Holy shit! Tell me more about this. What is "ECS"?

Steve

Steve S.

I abandoned my thrusting tip because I felt it was adversely affecting the balance of the sword, making it harder and slower to swing, plus it padded the impact of the tip of the sword. As for face thrusts, I do not think they need to be nor should be has hard as body shots. My helmet fits me great,...

Steve S.

I find the best way to avoid the chance of landing a blow flat is to not throw wraps. So I don't.

I agree. If you just split them in half from stem to stern there are no problems.

Steve

Steve S.

I'm confused as to what was going on in the video? At first, I assumed that this was just someone learning how to throw blows, since they threw the same shot over and over and over. But then, after like 5 unanswered shots, the "target" hit back, so I'm assuming this was an actual fight. Wh...

Steve S.

The Hanwei Practical Knightly Sword is an on the side (hoping for experimental sometime soon) use only.

Well that's sort of a bummer. That, to me, is the most attractive of the swords - a single-handed knightly sword. Hopefully things can move in that direction.

Steve

Steve S.

Did Mikolaj do any halfsword work with you?

Nah, we used the whole sword every time.

I have no idea what halfsword is.

Steve

Steve S.

I'm pretty sure this was one of the swords (but I didn't use it):

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp ... htly+Sword

And I think this was another (didn't use this either):

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp ... Generation

I think this is what they started me off with (low mass so increased safety for a newbie to swing):

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp ... uary+Sword

I also fought with something like this:

http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp ... ning+Sword

Steve

Steve S.

Personally I think the SCA should quit calling them swords and actually refer to them as batons and forgo the whole marking of the edge thing. I agree with this myself. Personally, I call anything that hits me. I have heard people say that they can tell when they are hit "flat" or not, an...

Steve S.

Which sword. If they've approved something that looks like an arming sword then I'd like to get one. I some of the swords are made by Hanwei, I don't remember. But they had one that looked like a single-handed sword with straight quillion and wheel pommel, just like my Del-Tin 2121, and they have a...

Steve S.

Well, I'm no expert by any means, but here's my impression: For as long as I've been in the SCA (about 15 years), "rapier combat" has pretty much been "The Three Musketeers", or "The Princess Bride" type of stuff. Long thin blades like you see in "fencing". No...

Steve S.

This weekend Mikolaj helped me try Cut and Thrust fighting at Fighters' Collegium (Meridies). It was a blast. My 14th century armour is quite sufficient for the armour requirements, except my helm, so I had to borrow one of their loaners. Fortunately my klappvisor basinet has interchangeable visors ...

Steve S.

Hooray!

Steve

Steve S.

Sadly, I spoke with our Kingdom Earl Marshal this weekend at Fighter's Collegium, and Meridies is not participating in the polypropylene sword experiment.

Guess I'll use mine for pell work.

Steve

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Jouster killed in UK

Did Cut and Thrust this weekend for the first time.