The Armour Archive

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humility: (noun) the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc. respect: (noun) esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or a...

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Geoffrey of Blesedale wrote:WHY do the rules have to be ever-changing?

Because if you ask 10 SCA fighters their opinion of the rules, you will get 11 different answers.

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The "three points down" is not a rule from any of the marshal's books that Im aware of, but rather a common description of what a helpless opponent looks like for those who can't seem to tell. Same thing for the "90 degree" rule. I have seen it used to explain to a new fighter who is still not that ...

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I think a big factor for alot of people in deciding to buy stainless is where they live. When I lived in New Mexico, my entire rig was mild or spring steel since the environment was easier on the armor. When I moved to Missouri, my armor had an almost severe allergic reaction to the humidity. For th...

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I just have one thing to say.......

WOW!

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We have also been working on a mentoring program. Its not implemented fully yet, but its almost there. Basically, we assign an experienced member to a newcomer that is showing some honest interest. That person is responsible for getting the person to events and showing them the ropes, etc. until the...

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1. Once a month, move the fighter practice to a nearby small town city park. Have all the fighters meet up and caravan to the park. In the course of a year, you will probably hit every small town with a good distance of your shire/barony. Don't do this in Quakertown PA. "You guys can't do that here...

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Here are some ideas that I have seen work in the past: 1. Once a month, move the fighter practice to a nearby small town city park. Have all the fighters meet up and caravan to the park. In the course of a year, you will probably hit every small town with a good distance of your shire/barony. 2. Do ...

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PM Sent regarding the breastplate.

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Ogier,

If InsaneIrish doesnt want the Peascod I will take it.

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PM sent to your e-mail address. Thanks, Chris Greetings I have watched your post to see if you would get any bits. If you have not got any offers yet I would be interested after the first of the year in a trade I can send you some PIC of my work or you look thought AA and find some of my post Here i...

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Here are some pictures. For further pictures, http://new.photos.yahoo.com/cblackthorn ... 1153#page1 or e-mail me.

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Insane Irish was nice enough to come over and take some pictures for me so they I will be posting them as soon as possible.

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Well, I dont want to get too specific on armor dates, since its all up to negotiation and Im open to ideas. I would say any armor 1300 to 1600 for a range. The body of the car is in very good shape. No body damage and no major rust areas. I will get pictures up as soon as possible. There is one rust...

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Hello, I have an '89 BMW 750il. I bought it as a project car. Something to drive around town and work on the weekends. Ive done alot of work to it, but its not mint condition yet. It drives fine and looks good. Im going to list it in the paper locally, but Iam also in the market for some armor for m...

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Victory without honor is an unseasoned dish. It will satisfy your appetite, but it wont taste very good.

My knight told me on day one after I squired, "If you cant win with your honor intact, whats the point?"

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For me the important distinction here is the mental state of the person in the fight. If your goal is to win the fight, thats fine. If your goal is to deliberately cause pain or hurt your opponent, thats wrong. To be hurt or injured is an unfortunate possibility in our sport and is just a risk you t...

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Their Majesties decided to make the first round a challange round and divided the competitors evenly by precedence. Then the lower precendence competitors challanged the higher precendence fighters for the first round. This is unfamiliar territory for Gleann Abhann, but folks got into it. Now THAT ...

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Anyone that walks onto the field with the intent to hurt someone and seeks fame for doing it, needs to re-evaluate their definition of chivalry and humility.

You can win a fight without itending to hurt your opponent.

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What I dont understand is that in alot of these cases, the armorer says the items are at a certain level of completion, when it appears they are not. Therefore, they are flat out lying. In this case he said the legs were ready for polishing in Febuary. That tells me they are done and just need brigh...

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Animal, Most experienced SCA fighters would have little to no difficulty fighting in Adria. The armor requirements are usually the biggest hurdle. Adria doesnt allow ANY exposed skin and requires alot of rigid protection. The narrowness of the eye slots has already been mentioned. The most important...

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"ps dont ever spray paint anyones weapons. its silly and serves no purpose whatsoever. orange, pink, yellow, its all pointless and stupid. " This year's color at Pennsic was orange. God knows I sprayed enough spear, poles, and swords with the stuff. I did not make up this system: if you have a bett...

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What size would you consider them to be? Medium, Large, etc.....

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InsaneIrish wrote:Ok, you like the look. But, what if the ubiquitus "horse hair crest" is not historically accurate and infact is a fantasy look. Are you still going to do it?

Dont feel bad vonkrouwel, I have had this discussion with InsaneIrish for years.

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InsaneIrish wrote:Desire:
All other qualities are secondary IMHO.
NOTE: you said the "BEST" qualities for a fighter. NOT the BEST FIGHTING QUALITIES.

Actually, I was focusing on physical qualities on this question. Intangible or mental qualities were going to come later.

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This is a pretty classic example of a rigged survey If you want people to tell you what they think are the two most important attributes, ask them to do that. If you want them to pick from a list you offer, phrase the question so that you are asking them to prioritize your list. As it is you've tol...

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Hello, If you could pick the two best qualities for an SCA heavy weapons fighter from the list below, what would they be? Admittingly, its ideal to have a blend of many of them, but for the sake of this discussion you can only pick two as the most important. There are no right or wrong answers in th...

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Thanks for advances . I think that question what is better deal : order my stuff or local armourer's it is decision of customer. I have English version of web site. Just click on English flag Here is the link m I must consider this : first sending a helm and wait for payment. It is very risky. Plea...

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Hello Thorkil, Very nice work. There are a couple of issues that you will have to overcome. First, you are overseas from the United States, so any potential customers from the US are taking that into consideration before ordering. The delay time for shipping, costs, and risk are all great. Your pric...

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Yes, I ordered a pair of the curly toed boots about a year ago.

The boots were okay for the money, although I think their sizing is a little on the small side (i.e. a size 9 is really a size 8 or 8 1/2).

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Hey Natalie, Thanks for the heads up. I heard from him today and he is starting one of his advanced armets for me... I soo love that helm! He is doing it with a 14ga visor, holes on just the right side and I love the eye guard for jousting! If you wheren't stuck in the 15thC ... or is it 14thC '-)....

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Ive purchased 3 helms from Beathan in the last two years and they have always been good transactions.

To my knowledge, he doesnt sell on Ebay. Although, a competitor of his that does sell on Ebay, that is also in eastern Europe, has tried some rather questionable tactics to hurt his business.

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I just received my armet from Beathan and posted a review in the Classifieds section with pictures if interested.

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Greetings, I have just received my new helmet from Beathan. Its listed as the "Advanced Armet" on his web-site. I requested the helm be made to SCA heavy fighting regulations (e.g. Less than 1" eyeslots, 14/16 gauge steel, etc.) I also requested stainless steel since I live in Missouri where humidit...

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audax wrote:The site says the account has been suspended and I ordered a heml form them a few days ago. Anyone know what's up with that?

I sure hope not. Im still waiting for my helmet.

Re: (SCA) Why ever-changing rules?

WTT: BMW for Armor

Two Best Fighter Qualities

Armour and Castings - Armet Review

Re: Armor and Casting out of business?