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Dietrich von Stroheim

Never had any doubt

I put in my order yesterday. I understand this is the pre-order; is there an estimated release date?

I am understandably-excited because this is a Fechtbuch I have never studied before!

Dietrich von Stroheim

Oh HELL yeah...sign me up! Time to add some new fechtbucher tricks to my SCA heavy arsenal...

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JB, you have got your moments, bro, and this is definitely one of them!

Great song, I would be surprised if we don't hear some minstrel playing it at War of the Wings...

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Nissan, You really make awesome weapons bro. I use that kickass greatsword you gave me for ceremony and the occasional important tourney match. As rough on rattan as I am, it is just too awesome for 'regular' use. Keep up the great work in devising instruments that cause squeals of pain for the 'end...

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Nissan Maxima wrote:I reccomend ya'll salute by pulling that stick out of your ass.

Probably don't want to whack yourself in the helm with THAT stick, once it's out.

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Livia, Cardio and conditioning appear to be majorly-overlooked areas of training in SCA heavy combat, and I am glad you are planning to take it seriously. First off, I recommend getting yourself a pedometer ($3 on ebay) and making a point to do 10,000 steps a day, whether it be walking, running, etc...

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Hahah, this thread has the scent of the Drama Llama about it. I don't think my opponent's salute, or lack thereof, could provoke much of any reaction from me. Unless it involved a penis. In which case, it would just be funny. SCA fighting is the most courteous combat sport I have ever played by FAR,...

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Here is a beautiful little clip of badassery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DirqGyZjqQ

Pretty much any movie with Gemini toasting people is inspirational

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Melees DO get a wee bit chaotic, especially depending on your style. At Panhandle Skirmishes 2009--a war between Meridies, where I lived at the time, and Trimaris, who was hosting us--my friend told me a story about how he was dead, talking to another Meridian knight on the sidelines, who asked him,...

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Konstantin the Red wrote:
Even particularly crazy Irishmen can learn 'em some French.

Why bother learning French, when to get a Frenchman to listen to you, all you have to do is start shouting in German?

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Ursus, Your photos have been one of the major incentives for me to improve my kit. I'm sure you remember the thread about why I switched from hockey elbows to bazubands...that was solely because I wanted to look better in those great action shots you catch of me! On the hockey glove behind shield su...

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This is more along the lines of 'Will either make a new guy have a crap on the spot, or else will hook him for life'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YUvL2WK9q4&lc=gQCYm-Af0exuKxXZf7QkApfyaG_U2YNrR5EszA8kJSU&feature

I'm kind of an odd bird, but I think this video is amazing

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*Deliberate* breaking of an opponent's weapon is unchivalrous and tantamount to douchebaggery. But unintentional breaking of a spear happens all the time, and isn't that big a deal to me. Last time someone broke my spear, he apologized and offered to pay for a replacement, but I just accepted his ap...

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Dietrich, unless your sword is 20"+ longer, the fact that you can hit the opponents body means that your sword arm is in range. Hitting that wins almost as much as a head shot. When you throw to the offside leg, unless you have a *STRANGE* shield, the mechanics mean that your arm will be in a ...

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Dietrich, be careful about using your reverse cross cut opening cold. There is a simple counter the obviates both a real flat snap, and the fake + offside leg. A diagonal cut aimed along the line of your sword shoulder to shield hip combined with proper shield position will foul the combo at best, ...

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Audax, Here are a couple of my favorite openers: Offside-to-cross-cut: This is a fairly 'safe' opening move since it starts with a punching offside head shot into the opponent's sword, just to get you in range and prevent a riposte. The hand immediately flips over into a nice hard flat snap, designe...

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On my sinister, Victor by Highest Bid, Lord Priss!

Congrats! I will PM you payment info, and we'll get the ball rolling!

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Congrats, Guillaume. It sounds like you have successfully executed a version of the 'Rising Snap', or 'Batter Up!' shot, that will serve you well if you keep working on it. I use a modified version, that you might like too. This is designed to screw with people's heads. It starts off from a high gua...

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Ok, today is the last day of the auction! At 5 pm, it will close, and one of you will own a bitchin' Thai darb set

Currently, Kielreid is in the lead, with a bid of $75...do I hear $80?

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For a few more bahts you can just bribe a priest to say a sutra or two and lift the curse, then you'll be off to the races!

Or, perhaps the curse will make this sword even more badass!

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I use a lightweight 66 inch greatsword (I am 6'3) with a thrusting tip, no pommel spike, and a nice amount of counterweight. My style revolves around fast, sweeping feints that redirect quickly into combos. A good compromise between lightweight and balanced is to use a pipe cap or other decently hea...

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They looks nice, and in good condition. May I ask where you acquired them? I'm particularly interested in the long "rat tail" at the end of the sheath, as I don't think I've seen that before. Mykaru, are you familiar with it? I think I've about saturated my collection right now... at leas...

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Oscad, It was great to have you hanging out with us and I enjoyed our pickups. Dietrich-that would be a great coffee mug, with the caption of "Today you should remember to block." -Aradd Hahah, yeah, I love those SCA Motivational Posters. I think my favorite is the "Knee to the Groin...

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Just a reminder, this auction ends at close of business on Friday!

So if you've been thinking about adding this set of Thai Darb to your collection, you've only got tomorrow and the day after to place your bids!

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Windrose has excellent bucklers. I recommend getting one sturdy enough that you can use for heavy, too--my buckler is 14 gauge. It is fun as hell to fight with in SCA heavy list...and it weighs enough that people can't just blow through it when you punch-block. Don't think I have any pics on hand, b...

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I blow through rattan like kleenex. 2 decent-sized tourneys sounds about right, for a single-handed sword. I made a new one a couple days before Mannanan, in Atlantia, fought 14 rounds with it. I made the mistake of thinking, 'Ehh, I bet it's got one more tourney left in it' before Ymir, one of our ...

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You are looking for arm and leg armor that will protect you, but still allow a high degree of mobility?

Sir Haroun is your man--I wear his hidden leg armor and bazubands.

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::announcer voice:: Ok, in this corner, we have Kielreid, with the current high bid of $65...and over here, Priss, preparing his riposte, and finally, Mykaru, who is currently outside the ring, but working hard to talk the missus into letting him get his gloves on and jump into the fray! Subtitle: B...

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Woo-hoo, Oscad and I made the front page! http://www.bogpages.com/SCA-photographs/2011/Sapphire-Joust-Saturday/i-dKBCk3h/1/L/IMG4991-L.jpg And what a great action shot! Although Aradd might not want to put that one on a coffee mug... http://www.bogpages.com/SCA-photographs/2011/Sapphire-Joust-Saturd...

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That I can certainly understand! I hope your Lady Wife gives you the approval for a darb upgrade, then!

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A bump for the weekend!

Mykaru, did those pics help you figure out if the steel was the Spanish/Italian?

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Ok, I just took some more pictures of the blade for Mykaru. Here they are! This shows the end of the blade and the squiggly makers' marks http://mustang-solutions.com/sitebuilder/images/DSCN6950-600x450.jpg Here is the copper slug inlaid into the back of the blade http://mustang-solutions.com/sitebu...

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LOL with the way the US dollar's been falling, payment in baht doesn't sound so bad!

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Guys, these will be well worth the wait! If you haven't read them already, here are my reviews of Sir Haroun's leg armor and bazubands: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=130881&hilit=review+sir+haroun http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=134...

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Mykaru: You betcha! I will give it a try when I get home from work, to get some better pictures. If it helps, you can see much better pictures on the link I posted...the steel looks just like that. But I'll see what I can do. Priss: Great! I was hoping there would be some folks whose personas might ...

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