The Armour Archive

Ingvarr

Are you saying that I'm not worth turning tricks for? You make me sad.

Ingvarr

$350 according to the link in the OP. My birthday is coming up ;)

Ingvarr

Aidan beat me to it, but the shields Sir Kaz are making are well made and very durable. The ones he has made for his and others' use for been canvas covered so I'm sure you can work that out with him.

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Ingvarr

Here's a pic of Sir Zighmun rocking some. I think they are a pretty cool way to add to appearance, and show personal heraldry. I'm not sure how accurate they are for one of the religious orders. Also, from what I have read on them, they were in use for a fairly short period of time in the vary late ...

Ingvarr

Sorry that you've been down in the dumps. I'm sure none of your customers will mind being your number 2 priority for a while.

Ingvarr

One time Jock Dempsey, over at Anvilfire, critiqued the "lets make a sword by bashing a car or truck leaf spring, cold, between two stumps with a sledge hammer" method (the Blankenshield site contains the immortal observation: "This process can take days so be patience."). Event...

Ingvarr

I'm not trying to convince you of anything, you do that on your own.

Ingvarr

Aaron, Once again you are talking shit about something that you don't know about. You have decided that you dislike Estrella because of a few forums posts. You have decided that Gulf Wars is all that should be right with the SCA because of a few forum posts. That's all cool. After Gulf Wars, someone...

Ingvarr

Definitely returning though it has been awhile. He got his Duchy and she her County in 1999.

Ingvarr

if you cannot tell where a body part (in this specific case, a knee) is located by just by looking at your opponent..you need to badly start practicing on a pell until you can do it in your sleep...basic anatomy dictates where the damn knee is at..you don't need a road map..you need practice at hit...

Ingvarr

Yes it is. Congratulations to the new heirs of Atenveldt Prince Arthur O'Flaherty and his Princess Gabriela de Bordeaux.

Ingvarr

Thorstenn wrote:I know of one kingdom that has banned cup shots as non legal targets.

Which one?

Ingvarr

Diglach mac Cein wrote:throughing

Really?

Ingvarr

I would have to dig some to be sure, but I think it was 2009 when Caid and Artemisia dropped as principals.

Ingvarr

I feel a lot better now.

Here's a better pic of Pel from his FB page.

Ingvarr

Thanks for clarifying. I read the two paragraphs as being more directly related to each other then you intended them.

Ingvarr

But I expect ANY Marshal to question fighters when they see a blow that looks low accompanied with a fighter exclaiming in pain and bending over. Especially when the attacker in question has a history of complaints filed for throwing low blows. I also EXPECT Marshals to warn fighters when they see ...

Ingvarr

She's a rockin fighter too. If you look in the next to the last picture, in front of His Majesty is big dude, big dude, small dude. She's the small dude.

Ingvarr

Halbrust wrote:On the right. The armor and helm have me drooling!

Smaller than standard so I'm guessing the first step for the armor would be a mall parking lot stop sign.

Ingvarr

Oddly enough, in the West *intentionally* targeting the groin (not arm, btw) is expressly forbidden in the rules as violation of rule 6. Not according to the Marshal's Handbook. 16. It is considered discourteous and dangerous to intentionally target the groin area. If such blows are thrown repeated...

Ingvarr

Gulf Wars numbers around 3,500+ people, Pennsic around 10,500+, Lillies war has? and then we have Estrella war that used to get 8 or 9 thousand and just had 3,200. I think the problem just might be yours, not ours. And what about GWW ? Thor- Seems like the kind of comment that could come back to bi...

Ingvarr

Customer service is awesome, shoes are awesome. I wear leather soles for general wear and fighting. If I am on ground, they don't bother my feet at all. On pavement, they get pretty hard on feet, so if you are on pavement a lot, insoles would definitely be a good idea.

Ingvarr

Wrong. You specifically can NOT build a 2" thrusting tip for a fiberglass spear in your garage.

Ingvarr

Dick Jong Il?

Ingvarr

This it what it should look like. Norman Helm . I don't know this guy personally or anything, just the first good pic that came up in google after typing in Norman Helm. Actually, if we want to get all nit-picky and stuff, since the helmet you posted is a reproduction (or is at least inspired by) t...

Ingvarr

They should be pretty much good to go for rattan already though.

Ingvarr

Pichkers o'tips.

Ingvarr

No, the dust storm is not a normal thing. We had a front come through the state that brought wind at the forefront, followed by rain.

Ingvarr

I would totally buy that helmet if it was only half mild, half stainless.

Ingvarr

Send them to me and I'll put them up.

Ingvarr

The guy on his knees in the last pic is Maryk the Jew from Atenveldt.

Ingvarr

It's 60 miles or so from the airport to the site in Florence. Some people probably rented cars, some people were picked up and transported. I'm not sure if the shuttle vans will drive to Florence or not, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Ingvarr

Depends on your fighting style. Most modern sport fighters take large steps which will cause you to slip, historical manuals tell you to take short steps for a reason :D I hear this stated fairly regularly, but it seems like every illustration I see from fechtbooks has at least one of the people in...

Ingvarr

From what I understand from people who were heavily involved with site at the time, the biggest problem with Estrella Mountain Park wasn't the size, although that was an issue, but maintenance. They were refusing to do not only site improvements, but site repairs, while expecting us to pay more and ...

Ingvarr

Last year I heard 4200. Ten years ago it was 6900 paid through the gate. I know at our max we were around 8. I went to the first 2 years at the Florence site. Are there any plans on moving to a new/old site? I can neither confirm nor deny anything about a new/old site for next year, but you might w...

But is it Art?

Re: Fighter ID help from Estrella