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Cedric

I think he's saying that if he gets armed he concentrates on just killing his opponent, disregarding worrying about defending himself too much trying to "Win". This is the way I was originally taught too: if you get armed, go for the double kill. The idea is not to give up a clean win, but to take a...

Cedric

Yes, I was referring to Rolling Thunder...

I've heard so many different versions of how the Drafn/Thunder thing started that I couldnt tell ya if that was what Creon was talking about, but sounds about right...

Cedric

Personally, the Sunday morning Thunder / Drafn battle has always been the defining moment of Estrella. It wont be on any schedule... but the fighting here is what makes me drive 1000+ miles to go this event. Drafn is always great fun to fight - we have had this "rivalry" going for many years now, an...

Cedric

Auguinare wrote:What I'm looking for is something like this.
http://www.100megsfree3.com/kragaxe/as/saex/Seax9.html

Cool knife... one of my favorite toys

Cedric

34" total length, including thrusting tip.

I prefer a heavy, shorter sword, it helps with some of the wierd shots I like to throw.

Cedric

Had a knight one time tell me:

"If you punch block correctly every time, you will never lose"

I'm so glad he told me that... I would never have figured that out on my own.

Cedric

My angle grinder is the one piece of equipment I own that actually scares me. Almost took a pretty good chunk of my knee cap off once when I forgot that just because you take your hand off the On switch, does not mean the wheel has stopped turning. Things that remove or cut metal dont even notice hu...

Cedric

Something you may consider doing is running a series of smaller priced auctions in order to get your rating up. Seeing a rating of (0) makes a lot of people leery of sending someone hundreds of dollars. Just off the top of my head, maybe you could try selling some of your hammers or armouring stakes...

Cedric

http://tiarmour.com/antirsquires/squire ... cAntir.jpg

Me minus shield (which was old and junky and has since been replaced)

Cedric

Personally, I hate Reserve auctions. The starting bid should be your bare minimum price. I never bid on auctions with Reserves (unless the Reserve price is listed in the ad, but then again - why have a Reserve if you're just going to tell people what it is). I love the helmet. Unfortunately, the hel...

Cedric

Wow.. someone found a helmet uglier then the one I started fighting in.

Impressive. (and its a Norman reproduction too!)

Cedric

Ahh, but that would keep the breezes out!

Cedric

I fight in mail. Other then a couple pieces of leather over my ribs and a good gambeson the only thing protecting me is luck and skill (somehow I dont think "Virtue" has ever applied to me)

Cedric

Well, yeah, and its painted black so it doesnt look screwed up like all those other armourers who polish their work and make it all shiney.

Two biggest mistakes newbie armorers make: Dont roll EVERY edge and they try to make their armor all shiney.

Sheesh.

Cedric

Can I have #068?

Cedric

Yeah, that helped a lot

Cedric

People are not supposed to move during a hold, right? Shouldnt those people laying on the ground who are not dead yet have to stay where they are, ON THE GROUND? Next time tell him that if he isnt dead then he needs to get back to where he was before the hold - laying on the ground at your feet. "Ha...

Cedric

Does this Goo Gone stuff do anything funky to brass?

I also REALLY hate inspection stickers.

Cedric

Got it, thanks...

just got off work, will get stuff in the mail as soon as I can.

Cedric

Have you tried Forth Armoury?

I have one of their "large" shirts and it has lots of room.

Cedric

D. Sebastian wrote:I have had no luck keeping paint or rubber coating on my grill. What I've found works well is black athletic tape.
http://www.honorblade.com/pics/Cru04-DSeb-1.jpg
I get my tape at a hockey store.

Hmm... might have to give that a try.

Cedric

Ok, received payment for the lamellar so thats gone. The bazubands and rings are spoken for pending payment.

Thanks for all the interest.

Cedric

lamellar is tentatively sold pending payment. The bazubands are not edged, they are pretty much exactly like the ones pictured here: m (these are strapped however) length (edge of wrist to "point" of elbow) 11" (13 1/2" to very back edge). Measured around the outside, the wrist measures 9-9 1/2". Ho...

Cedric

Ok, I need money to upgrade my pos computer so I've decided to sell off the extra armor bits that I have sitting around: 1. mild steel Bazubands, made by White Mountain Armoury. These were originally owned by Janos, I bought them and then discovered that his arms are probably 2-3" longer then mine R...

Cedric

I send him money and he quickly sends me a high-quality product. My only complaint is that I want to send him more money for money high-quality products -- and have for months -- but he never seems to have any in stock. Very frustrating. I had that problem too... I had money I wanted to send him an...

Cedric

I saw a couple helmets at An Tir / West last year that were done to look like Norman conical helms. The bars and back and side skirting were all painted flat black and the top part was polished steel. Looked REALLY good from across the field, had to look twice to see wth was up...

Very cool idea.

Cedric

Forth Armoury rocks. Would do business with Steve again without hesitation.

Cedric

Agreed. I bought a pair of elbows from Eric and they were well worth the price.

Cedric

Strongbow wrote:Steve,

What is the charge for this service? I'm interested.

Strongbow

Me too.

Cedric

"To bring support to capturing and ransoming, Any fighter that dies in battle sits out for the next fight only and may rejoin their teams in the very next fight" This part here, coupled with your 30 minute breaks means anyone who dies has to sit around in armour for an hour - not counting however lo...

Cedric

Im in Distant Thunder... we typically fight with our Kingdom except for the Thunder/Drafn battles (this is indeed the high point of the war for me... fighting Drafn makes the drive from Oregon worth it) We usually have like three fighters at Estrella so its not too hard to miss us Here's a link to a...

Cedric

So, you thought Long and Hard and you clicked it anyways???

Cedric

Probably worthless in an SCA context, since a shield would block it instantly, but a false-edge or wrappy shot to the back of the lead knee while buying space. Works really well on guys who haven't figured out how to break rhythm. Yeah, totally worthless in an SCA context because knees arent a lega...

Cedric

Thats because its not Aunt Ear, its Ant Ear.

Get it straight!

Cedric

I use fiberglass bows when I can get them. I like that idea. I have lots of old fiberglass bows. Do you cut it up and use the handle? Depends on the shield... I used to fight with a small aluminum centergrip kite, I have found that for aluminum shields it is best to run the bow the entire length of...

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