The Armour Archive

Noe

Matt,

Is your email on the site okay? I sent a message a while back about your current stock. Do I need to resend it?

Noe

Rhys: Although I am sympathetic with the trend if not the extremism of your ideas, I would like to point out that your "if bows then why not wizards" argument doesn't pan out, since you are arguing from differing suppositions than those of many of your audience. In their minds, what we are doing at ...

Noe

long heater/kite shields that cover from shin to head and it will hurt our fighting more. Why do you say so. The long shields were fairly common in period. I'm a sword and buckler man myself, but i have nothing against the longs shields. In my mind, longer shields would be better than short shields...

Noe

Would removing the "combatant" component relieve your opposition to having people participate as archers? What I am suggesting is a "gallery" or galleries from where those who would may shoot missiles onto the field in support of their "side". Placed strategically, the archers wouldn't even need ar...

Noe

The good news: I get to practice using almost all of good Sir Rhys' suggestions. The bad: I only get to do it with 20 guys or so at a time, at best. They are great guys, but still I would like to have full on battles. I would only make a few additions and alterations, based on my experience. 1) Woun...

Noe

Whoo hoo!

Noe

I study the German school, I use a modified version of it for SCA- style (the the Avalon variant of it) combat. I have been told that I have become fairly competent with it. It can be used with good success against everything but sword and shield. Against a good sword and shield man, your chances of...

Noe

Please give us a link to his site, if he has one! That is wonderful work.

Noe

I love it! $250.

Noe

Hal has contacted me, and I think we are in good shape now.

Noe

Yep, but no news. I've also done business with Hal for a long time. I hope everything is okay.

Noe

Several months ago -- before Pennsic -- I placed an order at Therion arms. He said that he put it into the pipeline, but one of the peices was going to take a few weeks. Since that point, I have tried to contact him several times with no response. Now, i have always had good luck with Hal, so does a...

Noe

Thank you, Thorvaldr. I had a great time with you guys. I think you have a fun group. If nothing else, Freiman's greeting was excellen: "Welcome to Bavaria -- Have a beer!"

It brought a tear to my eye.

(As did some of the combat, I am a bit contused from one of my fights with Cadogan)

Noe

Well, it is a month later, and I have returned to Japan. Now that I have a better grasp of the theory, I get to spend the next few years working on the execution. Stefan Dieke was a very capable and patient teacher. He had a lesson plan and definite order in which he wanted me to learn the skills. I...

Noe

Im studying 4-7 hours a day with Stefan Dieke at his salle in dusseldorf. I will learn longsword or die trying. Plus some saber, dagger, and staff. I want to be able say, "Yes, heres how you bloody well fence with a longsword."

Noe

Just tell me that you are not getting rid of your linen gambesons. I have used mine since Pennsic last year and have really loved it.

Noe

PM sent

Noe

I thought it was very pretty. Very gymnastic. I applaud their skills as dancers and gymnasts. I'm sure that all of the 5 year olds in the audiences were suitably impressed by shouting and posing. Look, if I sound annoyed, it's because all too often, television is lazy. They threw big money at the pr...

Noe

I thought it was very pretty. Very gymnastic. I applaud their skills as dancers and gymnasts. I'm sure that all of the 5 year olds in the audiences were suitably impressed by shouting and posing. Look, if I sound annoyed, it's because all too often, television is lazy. They threw big money at the pr...

Noe

I got to fight alongside some Tuchux at the Champions and Allies tournament last year. They seemed like decent blokes to me. I was also impressed at the group cohesion they maintained the battles, and at the way they "encouraged" Tuchux to move along whom they felt were lingering too long in the res...

Noe

You have a very talented 15 year old working for you.

Helm number one: $110
Helm number two: $ 85

Noe

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but, for my part, I don't mind bargrills on helms that were historically openfaced. I can tune them out with no problem. What I hate are grills on things like great helms. Gosh....I wish for SCA standard combat that full visors were proof against face thrusts.......

Noe

Well, I had meant intentional humor. Dude, that needs to be in a caption contest.

Noe

Okay, between McBane's "Duelling Whoremaster" stories and Silver's "Cob's Traverse", I am putting up the Brits as the funniest of the fechtbuch writers. Are there any contenders? For any who have not read McBane's "Expert Swordman's Companion", I cannot recommend it enough if for nothing other than ...

Noe

Hooker surround sound: My hotel was in the red-light district. My room was in of a cluster of windowless rooms in the center of the building. The walls were thin, and it was abundantly clear that business was good that night. Adam: You have to be careful with invitations like that. I plan on being i...

Noe

No sweat, man. Hooker surround sound was pretty funny, I have to admit. And, like you said, at least it was cheap.

Noe

All your armour are belong to us! Seriously, Aaron, you did us a world of good selling off all of that armour. You could tell the guys -- especially the new Avalon group down in Osaka -- has really been in need of some gear. It was a bit of a feeding frenzy there for a while. And I agree, despite th...

Noe

I'm glad I have access to both venues. That's the sort of thing that I love to hear. Hey Jay - I love nothing more than when somebdy gets close enough for me to grab them and pull a dagger Oh yeah. Of course, the cycle of violence continues. We have a fellow now who has the nifty knack of grabbing ...

Noe

Myself, I prefer to be good at fighting. Then bending that to fit the rules of the place I'm playing. That has always been my preference as well, although I have done a poor job of achieving the goal, I think. Part of the problem is that -- unless you have access to a large population of disposable...

Noe

i still wanted to respond to your question about boxing noe. you opined that two guys sparring all day with only one of them having the benefit of being able to read a boxing manual should meet. that goes without saying as to which one has the advantage. however, your scenario didnt match wht i was...

Noe

1) No blade orientation. You have to practice with a real sword to gain that, a thick line on a cuddle is no where near the same. Even a wood waster will not teach you how to cut properly; you need a sharp sword and a target. 2) Lack of knowledge on how arms work against armor. That is what most of...

Noe

I've moved this away from Sir Gemini's thread: Duke Logan said: Quote: if there is anyone out there that has never boxed and has a friend that has never boxed that would like to help me end the silly debate over book fighting vs actual fighting let me know. ii have five or six books on boxing that t...

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voluntarily removed for being too off topic

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voluntarily removed for being too off-topic

Noe

Well, it is a duel. I hope he hasn't got to worry about his opponent's buddies kicking him in the head while he is wrestling around. Suddenly, I have an image of someone tagging out of the list a la pro wrestling. Hmm. This brings us to a dry area for me. So you of the German school: What is the wre...

Therion Arms still up and about?

Pilgrimmage continues

Humor in Medieval Fighting Manuals

WMA and SCA heavy not totally incompatible