The Armour Archive

Cedric

I'll never forget showing up at a Household event in Texas... we armored up and walked down to where they were doing armor inspection. When we asked to get inspected we were told:

"Hell, you guys got enough armor on for THREE Ansteorrans, go have fun"

Cedric

I use fiberglass bows when I can get them.

Cedric

Im interested.. dont know if I can swing it right now, but definitely interested.

How much?

Cedric

Actually was plannin on sniping at the last minute, sorry

Cedric

Yeah, those metal ones sound cool and are a lot of fun to play..

Cedric

What condition is head in? Thats one of those plastic heads right? How does it sound??

Dont really need another drum, but I've wanted one like that one for some time now...

Cedric

I wear a gambeson with built in pockets over my ribs that I put pieces of heavy leather in.

Cedric

Well, there's these:

http://icefalcon.safeshopper.com/7/42.htm?70

Cedric

Rawhide stretched over a 1/2" rope edge works quite well.

Cedric

Biggest problem I would have is finding a two week chunk of time that I can stand being without my helmet!

Could you do this over Thanksgiving or the Christmas/New Years timeframe??

Cedric

Absolutely. How long would it take you to turn one around?

Cedric

Cant decide... I love them both.

Cedric

Forth Armoury rocks.. I love the chainmail I bought from him.

My only complaint was the same as yours, they cant seem to make that stuff fast enough. I've never had to sit on that much money for that long before.. (actually, never been ABLE to before).

Cedric

Sorry, but it does seem a bit excessive... Lamellar was the best armor I have ever worn for SCA combat. I actually had a hard time feeling most body shots in mine.

Anyways, wasnt tryin to give ya a hassle or anything.. Nice armor by the way, looks like you put alot of time into it.

Cedric

What is the inside plate for?

Cedric

God.. I remember my first year of fighting, when a good fighter practice meant I couldn't get out of bed the next morning. I'd have to kind of roll out and try to land on my feet, balancing with one hand on the desk.. If you start out with a 24 inch side-strapped round, wear good leg armour. Now th...

Cedric

www.hhperkins.com

Cedric

Five years ago we didnt have to sign waivers and sign in rosters to fight at fighter practice.

Cedric

If you want to fight:

Bring your own cup. Most people dont loan theirs out, and most people dont like borrowing them.

Money spent on a good cup is never wasted.

Cedric

An Tir - Duke Steingrim Stellari

Cedric

Just outside Klickitat Washington, maybe 2 hour drive from Portland Oregon.

There is a mailing list on Yahoo Groups: Ragnaroc_Announce

Cedric

I was the long haired squire in the flatwire Forth Armoury mail hauberk. We fought a couple pickups in between the single sword and the dagger tourney.

Cedric

This was a very fun event.. I particularly liked it when the Midgard Serpent tripped over a railroad tie and we dogpiled it I have been to a number of events on that site, and they are always non-SCA events.. I really do enjoy playing the SCA's game without all the SCA red tape (no marshalls, no arm...

Cedric

I've always liked calling really hard thrusts as "Tippy".

Cedric

Oengus Lok Cruithni wrote:***Not to mention it took me 8 years to get a hauberk. Real life and all that rot.

Yeah, took me longer then that...

Cedric

One more thing that really helps: Keep your helmet out of the sun whenever possible. I always cover my helmet with my shield when its not on my head. Nothing worse then sitting in the shade and sipping water and then throwing a 100+ degree piece of metal onto your head right before you go fight. Als...

Cedric

I think his email changed within the last year, so if its been a while you might want to check his webpage and verify you have the current one.

"Going underground" doesnt really sound like Forth Armory, he was always very quick to respond to emails when I did business with him.

Cedric

Saw someone who had done that to the poles in his merchant tent quite a while back.. someone in the booth asked the guy what kind of wood his tent poles were and he replied "Not wood". The other guy says "Knot wood? I've never heard of that".

Hehe

Cedric

Paul Chen does make "SCA" helmets very similar to that one... they have been all over Ebay for several months now.

Cedric

Here's a little Stephen Lynch song for you guys:

http://www.whatarerecords.com/sl/bitch/

(I know Im probably not helping...)

Cedric

Yeah, and you might also want to send a couple to me, I can test them for ya too

(seriously, would like to buy 2 of them as soon as they are available... got a LPTT mailing list??

)

Cedric

How about just requiring the assumed armor?

Cedric

Count Aveloc

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www.mandrakearmory.com sells them.

Cedric

The reason we want to make swords and not other weapons is because swords are infinitely cooler then any other weapon made prior to the Colt .45.