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Glaukos the Athenian

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:The weight must be greater near the hand, but the fat stick makes the blade part heavier as well.

Roger. I may need to make one and experiment...

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Now THAT is a good idea, as the weight is near the grip and not in the stick itself. Have you had any tendon issues from using that? It looks like a dandy exercise tool... Indian clubs: I brought a piece of PCV pipe to my gym and leave it there, and I do precisely Indian club drills, mostly because ...

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Can you make one of these? See, that looks way more 16th-17th century to me. Agreed! The Roemer glass comes in around the 1630's. Nowhere near appropriate for the 14th c. Period Dutch paintings usually depict the Roemer glass filled with white wine. The Germans still use a variant of that glass for...

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Karen, It is too late indeed. I just love the Rohmers and would love one for use at home... I love the paintings of Rohemers... m But frankly, since my archaeology days, it is all about clay. Either painted like Greek pottery, or plain red/brown clay... God knows I went through thousands of vessels ...

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You Ignoramoi!

He was taking the antibiotic Fortamine!

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... 1/abstract

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Ceramic is a great choice. I've started drinking out of glass since I've been doing some glass blowing, and I really like it. You see folks drinking out of glasses A LOT in 14th and 15th century illuminations. Can you make one of these? http://shop.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/acatalog/42roamerrich13...

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THE MONKEY MUST COME OUT Go Blackoak!!!! That's the plan! Time to see if all this cardio is going to pay off. I ran out of gas in the semi's last Fall Crown, and have adjusted accordingly. My hauberk is 15 pounds and I have been doing my boot camp classes with a 25 pound weight vest the last 3 week...

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Baron Eirik wrote:Glaukos,

Looking through the PMs, I think I was waiting to hear what your overall length was. Let me know and I'll get it to V.

You are right, I am an idiot. Data tonight.

Thanks and sorry.

Glaukos

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It depends how much accuracy you want. Some paring knives have blades shaped similarly enough to a seax that you can pop off the plastic handle, cut down the tang, and pop it into a simple wooden handle for less than $5 and an hour of work, if you aren't concerned about having precisely correct bla...

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Master Eirik,

Didja ever give Sir Vitus the stick for my Norman sword? If so pls let me know so I can send you the payment. If not Pls. let me know if you were planning to meet him at an event (I believe you mentioned this...)

Otherwise we'll use shipping.

Thanks!

Glaukos

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Actually I haven't seen any blades out there like kings and upper nobility would use---very few folks seem to have ones with substantial gold fittings with worked precious stones for the handles or of carved ivory! I quite agree that the fit and finish of most being sold are more to our modern sens...

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Chris, I was just reading your posting, as well as Losthelm's and I wondered whether offering your knives as kits might be a solution. Especially because SCAdians are such tinkerers, and we like out stuff to look like it was made for us, not mass produced... With kits you could use your skill and kn...

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Yes, excellent!

Notice the several pictures of swords being worn inside the hauberk, and the sword hilt sticking out through an opening in the hauberk at the waist...

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What's affordable? Materials + Time in = cost When I make a piece, I'm making very little an hour. I'm cutting out blanks, grinding them, having them sent out for a professional heat treat, finish grinding and cutlering. I'm doing it because I like to do it and want to see more things out their in ...

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www.ragweedforge.com Or you can buy a blank and make your own. Oh I have been Ragnar's customer since before I joined the SCA, but his knives are more in the modern-good-quality-traditional style than actual medieval eating cutlery. Sure he carries NICE trade knives than can pass... but I was hopin...

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Gentles, We have seen shown some quite remarkable cutlery for medieval everyday type use, i.e. utility and eating. The problem is that many of these are made in the style that only great lords or kings would use, or made overseas (mainly in the UK) and therefore very expensive. Frank(ish)ly, it woul...

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Adric13 wrote:Any rotery phones in the mix?

Adric,

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stromberg-Carlson-B ... 19c0862194

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MJ,

I like Master Magnus, but not that way... I am glad you occupy yourself with such musings, and yet you have the point of this discussion, I believe...

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This, m If we don't aspire to improve, do better, look better and the minnetonkas and tea towels are the epitome of what we want to do, where is the ....purpose ? Why not just go camping or barbeque somewhere, why bother? Mind you, I don't mean going nuts if that is not your cup of tea, but a tunic ...

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Ulrich is awesome as a guy, as a SCAdian and as a merchant.

He ranks up, up there with the very best in the SCA.

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Maeryk, You usually make a lot more sense than this. There is the letter and the spirit of the law. A reasonable attempt is something that a reasonable person would see as an effort to look medieval, not to outskirt the letter of the ruling. Magnus has it quite right, you cannot ask people to fight ...

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Sir Corby makes sense in an additional point: inertia. If you build speed through acceleration, the longer you get to propel your sword the faster it will move and the harder it will hit, for the same amount of muscular effort . Just like a gun barrel. True, sword foot forward is probably faster, as...

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Charles,

What are you asking for, cash wise, and what type of trades do you have in mind?

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Gentles, I may be old fashioned, and quite illogical here, but somehow the combination of the words Sword with Polypropylene seems.. unholy, a sort of blasphemous oxymoron. This is clearly downright silly considering that a branch of a palm-like tree is no closer to steel, but Bokken were made of wo...

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David, This website may be of some help, if you want "Period" strapping. m I have seen this as interpreted like this: Four rivets, holding four straps, making a square or diamond, plus a carry strap. In that fashion you can hold the shield fully horizontal as well as fully vertical, which ...

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Kite shield strapping, Bayeux Tapestry

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If you are serious about training you should be very fit. The absolute most import thing you can do is print off what Sir Tristan just wrote post it where you work out and read it everyday before you do plyo! Jump training is amazing but it can break you forever. Plyo has amazing results but you ha...

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Oh Gosh no, that is not what I meant! Have you not enough carrying the knightly chain for the society, that you need to go into merchanting against your desire ...? I meant that someone already in the business of making leather items could make some money, and provide a great service to the society ...

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Randy W wrote:quality is always worth the money ... Jiri's work is exceptional, and yes not in the price range of many people, but it is functional art

+1

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The excerpt below is from Bruce Lee's Fighting Method ... ------------- What is speed in fighting? Is it the velocity of your hands, feet and body movement? OR are there other, prevalent essentials in a good fighter? What is a good fighter? To answer these questions: A good fighter is one who can hi...

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Sir Uric, You make an excellent point, but tough I agree with you in principle, some of us are not skilled enough to turn out a nice looking finished product. I am lucky in that regard because I found period shoes for fighting that work for me (GDFB and Murdock's) but there are folks out there that ...

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A pic from a local SCA-event in -07 in a Viking longhouse... I took a bunch of pics, but this particular one captured the light through the smoke in a nice way. Gorgeous! I'd love to see more pics, if you don't mind. You know that just ain't right Ludewic... not fair at all.... Awesome setup!

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The question of course, is whether these jugs are serving jugs or "drinking" jugs. Personally, from their size and shape, I think they were used for both. These appear to be a bit less equivocal, but only marginally. m m Several are typologically described as "drinking jugs" Comp...

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chris19d wrote:great link thanks

http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/conisbrough/ ... sby_1.html

http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/conisbrough/i/050.jpg

But you could use glass
http://muckley.us/1386/clothing-men-2-avril.JPG
A man about to beat another

from The Psalter of Bonne de Luxembourg , Mid 14th century.

Note the pouch and hanging sleeves..

One man holds a whisk broom and the other a glass goblet. .

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And when you paint them black, none shall pass...

and most injuries are just flesh wounds...

Affordable eating/utility knives...

Speed training