The Armour Archive

Noe

Er, Alan, I'm having trouble telling if you are joking or not. I mean Ashcraft/Baker -- "A/B" -- it's not a huge leap. Maybe not imaginative, or terribly well-advised, given the number of AB armourers out there, but still reasonable. I do a modest amount of business with Kelly on behalf of our newbi...

Noe

Weasel-Chick and I had a blast in Hong Kong. It was a nice-looking city and the fighting was great fun. Lance was a good host and Alfred, Kalun, and Dominic kept me intertained with lots of sword work. They even tolerated my habit of going off on wild-eyed rants! And man, the food... oh the food! I ...

Noe

Zerker, you are about to understand the reenactor's big secret: Authentic medieval clothing is considerably more comfortable than modern clothing. Not necessarily more convenient -- a near-incident concerning a gastrointestinal illness and what seemed like 400 point closures was almost the death of ...

Noe

Brian said: I find that Fiore's positions tend to be pretty close to the body, I think this is supported by the treatise. I think this facilitates the turnings that generate power and define the footwork. If you look at Vadi.. he illustrates many of the same positions but they are markedly more "for...

Noe

Bargrills!! i HATE them, i DESPISE them, i have a pic of an SCA battle containing at least 40 visible helms, ALL WITH BARGRILLES!!! i dont see one visor or anything in it.... You know, I used to feel the same way, but I have since backed off on it a bit. The one thing that I realized is that there ...

Noe

Also, I for one, would like to learn more about this:

something like that, or this or even the 24 hour battle....

A 24 hour battle? God, I would love that. Tell me more about it.

Noe

Kel, you have a lot of interesting ideas to bring to the table. When you make a comment like this-- Its historical study not social climbing in fun recreational community. No better or worse, just totally different objectives. --all reasonable discussion of WMA theory and skills stops dead. A lot of...

Noe

Not the ultimate...the most dangerous. Its a close in fight, that dagger can seek the soft bits faster than any other weapon.. but it is dangerous for both. I have seen a fellow dominate the range game, always keeping the other guy on the defensive with the sword.. but get totaly gacked when it wen...

Noe

Heh, sorry, I hadn't meant for that "passing" comment to be a major conversation topic; it was just the first point of difference that I could readily think of. The bulk of the footwork samples came from the video of your students practicing in your wonderful salle. I would kill to have a place like...

Noe

Very likely I am not getting a good view of the cuts from just the videos. I would need a better selection. Thank you for your efforts to explain your interpretation of the theory behind the passing step. Incidently, when I said that it resembled the kenjutsu strike, I only meant in terms of the tim...

Noe

Brian, So our understanding is similar. Excellent. In that case, did I err on my observation from the videos? It seems like in many of the shots, the foot leads, followed slightly by the sword, with the sword making contact at approximately the same time as the foot completes the pass. Actually, it ...

Noe

Who do you normally ship with. UPS is usually ruinously expensive, so I have kind of given up on them.

Noe

All of the instruction I have seen emphasizes closing the line of attack before entering into range. Where I am armed only with a sword this means putting the sword in to close the line (and, preferably, to simultaneously create a threat that my opponent must respond to) before entering. With a swo...

Noe

In addition to the discussion points mentioned above, I would like to add another: In the other thread, Brian said: ... fortunatly I'v been studying how to wrestle on the ground in armour for some time.. Could you offer some suggestions as to where I can find medieval ground fighting techniques? I f...

Noe

Armourers: From time to time you may receive orders asking to be shipped to Japan. All things considered, the best way to ship is Global Express. However, for some reason, many of the armourers that I have dealt with have been told by postal workers that they do not provide insurance and they cannot...

Noe

Thank you, gentlemen, for your informative responses thus far. For myself, I am with a small group in Tokyo. I have studied WMA (primarily Ringeck, German wrestling, and I.33) for three or four years now -- small shakes indeed in present company. Avalon does skill work (with wasters) during the week...

Noe

Hi guys. I thought the chest thumping was getting us a bit off topic. If you like, let's discuss AEMMA and its view in the other thread that I started. How about we leave the obligatory threat displays behind and just assume that we are all big, tough silverbacks and get back to talking about how to...

Noe

Hi folks, The testosterone was getting a bit thick on the historical techniques thread, so I thought we could start a new one. Brian, I would very much like to hear a bit more about AEMMA's take on swordwork and combat. In parcticular, you made the following comment: Now that said... some SCA fighte...

Noe

Our current KEM does not permit the study (not fighting, study) of such things. I am hoping to convince the new KEM that such study is safe (as demonstrated in the Midrealm, East Kingdom, and many non-SCA organizations) and desirable. Does not allow the study ? I mean, of course he would be death o...

Noe

I use one of Steve's 8mm riveted shirts, and I love it. I wear a thin leather belt under it, reinforced iwth steel plates. It's my favorite armour, although thrusts to the stomach tend to knock the wind out of me.

Noe

Nah, keep the gauntlets; just add thumbs. If you added reinforced thumbs to your guants I would have no problem recommending your kit to new members. Although your basic strapped guantlet is interesting, it would not allow the fighter to grapple or, in the SCA grab other pole weapons in a fight.

Noe

Excellent. Thank you for the link. I am still surprised that you don't end up with more broken arms than you do. Not that there is anything inherently wrong with injuries in the line of studies. I would just expect a few more broken bones or injuries to the back of the head (because of the open-back...

Noe

Ah, that makes more sense...

Er, wait, you are thrusting with aluminum swords in padded jackets? Impressively studly.

Say, where do you get your aluminum swords? The ones we got from Valentine came with edges so rough you could use them to saw wood.

Noe

That said, this boggles my mind: Everyone learns how to fight in armour.. but only about half ever do it. Although I am now, and probably will forever be, a middle-rank fighter, the idea of training that much and then not actually fighting kind of weirds me out. I'm not saying there is anything actu...

Noe

The good news for Avalon is that we already have options for many of the rules Brian suggested, plus the added advantage of living in a country that isn't generally very litigious. The one thing I regret is that Japan's sword laws are so strict that we can't even get rebated weapons to practice with...

Noe

Avalon (the Japanese Avalon) doesn't fight with quiet the same system as the SCA, but it is close. We share the same safety standards. At our current stage of development, archers are considered entirely support troops. They are sworn to a particular fighter, and must do everything they can to suppo...

Noe

WHO? My wife, as you know, is devotedly working on Samurai armour. She fights with her helm and gauntlets regularly while waiting for her body armour and other parts. That would be Lord Corwyn -- I can't recall his Japanese name at the moment -- in Sendai. I doubt if you have met him; he hasn't bee...

Noe

Otagiri: Sorry you can't make it this year. Actually, you may be better off waiting anyway. This year will sort of be a test run. If it is successful, we can make a much bigger production of it next year. Be advised that, although these events are held all over Japan, they are usually more fo the ci...

Noe

Otagiri: Crash space is either camping on the riverside, or possibly a hotel room, although I think they are all about filled up. This is going to be interesting. Half of the battle will be reenactment style: We will basically act out our fights. For the second half, though, we will cross a wide, de...

Noe

Will your future model have a way to attach voiders?

Noe

What size is it?

Also, is that stainless?

Noe

Say, what is the price? Also, for those of us who do not get a chance to use U.S. measurements, what would a 46 be? Would that be chest size?

Noe

I am in a place where rattan is hard to come by. I am a huge fan of the siloflex swords, particularly for longsword, which I used to go through quite rapidly. They seem to be safe and durable: don't screw with it if it isn't broken.

Noe

Just to be clear, is this steel or plastic we are talking about. If steel, then what guage?

Plastic, ABS.

Darn.

How much would you charge for a copy of the pattern, so I could do it in steel?

Noe

Noe

Just to be clear, is this steel or plastic we are talking about. If steel, then what guage?

Thankee.

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AEMMA and its take on historical techniques