The Armour Archive

Noe

You could visit Mr. Miura. He makes pretty spiffy European armour.

http://www.din.or.jp/~alices/armourer/a ... index.html

And, you should come by the Avalon practice some time. We meet every Sunday in Koganei park. Email me and I'll get you directions.

Noe

Great stuff, Stahlgrim. Thank you! Now its going to take a bit for me to digest all of that.

Noe

14-gauge butted wire

Good lord! So, did you actually get shorter as your spine compressed?

By the way, T-Bob, your kit is deeply cool. I feel like I need to go and upgrade my own now.

Noe

And Noe, we do have pics of you fighting in your borrowed rig here in Germany. Do you think we ought to post them? oh god no.... Uh, guys. I was drunk and and hungover.... and... and... and Sir Cadogan swore that the legs were _really_ lacquered leather plates, and of course, he's a _knight_ so he ...

Noe

I've been fighting in a Forth haubergeon for over a year now and just love it. As a matter of fact, I love it so much that I sold it, and bought one of his new, premium 8mm ring haubergeons. Wheee!

Thrusts to the stomach suck. Exercise a lot. Muscle adds armour.

Noe

Asbjorn pretty much sums up my thoughts on this matter, although I would like to draw your attention to this line: primary use for halfswording is to thrust, block and lever, swung blows to cause a strike with the blade while halfswording are not really representative according to what I have been t...

Noe

Is it chivalrous to do so? In the context of a real fight, I would say that it isn't; however, after some deliberation, I reluctantly conclude that it might well be in the specific context of our game. Bear with me a bit here. If the blow is a distraction for its own sake -- e.g. I strike you, and ...

Noe

Some great ideas, folks. I really appreciate it. Keep 'em coming. I've been rather partial to the "natural" method of selection myself, as described by Hrogn. I may just say something along the lines of "Turn up with as many fighters as you can muster to your side." A few exceptions, though: Bribery...

Noe

I'm looking for some ideas here. I'm planning on setting up a series of tournaments to fill several positions: Champion, Bannerbearer, and Warlord. The first two, I pretty much have covered, but warlord is a bit trickier. The warlord will lead in battles. I want to create a challenge for strategic, ...

Noe

To those of you saying that a glaivesman should be dead if he is within 2 feet of a sword and shield fighter -- either you guys are better fighters than the guys I fight out here, or you have yet to face a glaivesman with a decent inside game. Both my knight, Sir Brand (who went to 2 West Kingdom f...

Noe

Aaron, I thank you for your kind words. I have a lot to live up to now.

Noe,

World Domination?

Yep, that's the plan. First Asia, then South Americ... hey, this is an open forum isn't it? Plan for world domination? Nope, not here. I have no idea what you are talking about.

Noe

I have seen few gorgets I would want peopple to calibrate on. I prefer not to hit people on them, although if it happens, in our group we don't get too excited about it (ditto groin). I hit Lord Alphonso in the throat last sunday, I had a nervous moment; still no harm done. I don't like leather-only...

Noe

>. Cut a thick leather circle about 3/4" diameter. >2. Drill with your rivet drill bit thru the center. >3. Let it spin up the drill bit and stay up there next to the chuck. >4. Now, when your arm is tired and the chuck slams into metal, hey no >gouging. Yep, have done the same thing for years. I go...

Noe

It might take a bit to get used to, but you do get used to it. Air isn't a problem, but you do have to get used to scanning for clues. Lord Rainald fought (and perhaps still fights) in a sallet with a 1/4 inch slit for vision and it didn't noticeably affect performance. I fight in either a great hel...

Noe

Trying is definitely appropriate. I think it has really helped my game in the initial engagement, but I have trouble continuing it after the first few blows. Gaurd of the Woman and Priest's special guard rock. The footwork feels like I'm running at my opponent; so long as I can keep it up it seems t...

Noe

Ceawlin,

You may be surprised to hear that some old friends were participating int he tourney. Lord Alfonso the Anvil fought impressively well in the red leg armour you built for me many a moon ago. I've certainly gotten my money's worth out of them. Well done.

Noe

I'm _ALL_ for "armour as worn".. I know I know.. its unpopular, and I'm not going to curry favor with that attitude.. but dammit.. if someone goes to the expense and trouble to outfit themselves in full kit, they shouldnt have to pay a penalty against hte guy who looks like a Play It Again Sports p...

Noe

Heh, one of the new members wanted to make anime armour to fight in. She showed me a picture of it and I laughed; as usual for anime, it was practically unwearable. Keep in mind that fantasy and reality have a certain amount of separation.

Noe

I have no problems communcation with Illusion Armoring. They offer a great product for the price but they are slow with the the production (if you order now you will recieve the helm on april 2005). You can blame Avalon on that. For some reason, full gothic plate has become very popular over here. ...

Noe

oh, and get a gambeson/aketon/arming jacket. It will make your world a better place.

Noe

Pick a time period and look the part as best you can. You can waste a lot of money hodge-podging cheap armour together. Decide if you want to learn to fight or play a sport. If you want to learn to fight like as though it were real, then get as realistic armour as you can; if you just want to win at...

Noe

had that problem too... I had money I wanted to send him and he refused it until he had received my mail, cleaned it, packaged it and had it ready to ship. Yeah, what's up with those strange business practices? I thought the normal armourer practice was to take the money and then put you off for a ...

Noe

Lewis has been outstanding to work with. He is skilled, and he is a big believer in customer service. Actually, he is almost too efficient. Don't write to place a query; place orders only. My typical email exchange with Lewis has gone something like this: Me: Lewis, I've been thinking about purshasi...

Noe

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.

Noe

I did the same thing a couple of months ago. I had to wear a knee brace and visit the doctor about three times before I could fight again. No fun.

Noe

Belgian Trappist Beer. Happy memories...

Noe

Say, Rod, when you answer Redleg, I could use an update as well.

Noe

If I have a favorite shot, it is with the longsword. Standing in shrankhut (sp?), fan the blade in front of you (think windshield wiper) to a krumphau as you approach your opponent. Then extend your arms up and out in a long flat krumphau while running past your opponent with him on the left side. T...

Noe

Hey Freiman, Listen to your inner-Yoda. My two yen opinion is that you should start with the gentle hints and then work all the way up to levitating the X-wing -- in this case, informing him directly but non-confrontationally about your concerns. If he doesn't take the hint, point out the skills of ...

Noe

Here in Tokyo, it's been city parks, the tops of buildings, and along the riverbanks.

Only recently have we gotten access to a riverbank that was isolated enough for us to actually have larger events. It is soooo cool.

Noe

I wear a two layer gambeson, with a wide leather belt for kidney protection.

I advise lots and lots of situps. Stomach muscles are very useful for protection.

Oh, and beer padding. a bit of beer padding is a big help.

Noe

Dame Aleska: Thank you for your very useful advice. Have you folks ever had an incident in which someone was hurt from bounceback? I think the feathers look eversomuch cooler than the APDs. (And I can't tell you how glad I am now that I passed up Realms as our term for our Avalon's off-shoot groups....

Noe

El Bumperino So far, the system remains as stated as stated. On SCAarchery, we are discussing weapon standards, although it looks like a 30 - 35 lbs bow with a fibreglass shaft, w/ baldar blunt and apd will the first choice. The independent "heroic" (congratulations, Corrius, for coming up with the ...

Noe

just commit yourself to this mindset that arrows beat everything and men wore armor only to protect themselves from heavy sword, mace, glaive, axe, hammer, lance, etc. since arrows ripped through it all like butter. then you can understand sca combat better and, so ive been told, history. Say, Duke...

Noe

It is entirely possible that your virtue can be your armour. Unfortunately, you cannot pass inspection until the BOD perfects a Virtue-o-meter to use as a marshal's guage. As I understand it, you will be required to have a minimum of 16 gauge virtue (18 if stainless).

Testing tactical/strategic skill