Sabotons/Sollerets - An opinion poll

Micah_Rose · Post by **Micah_Rose** » Sat Apr 07, 2001 11:55 am

How many of you wear sabotons/sollerets as part of your kit? Aside from a nice finishing touch to your harness, have you noticed any benefits? Drawbacks? I understand they're great to have when fighting in close quarters, like a bridge or castle.

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Owen · Post by **Owen** » Sat Apr 07, 2001 5:45 pm

They'd look really silly on my 1st C. Roman gear.

You did ask.

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"Death is but a doorway-
Here, let me hold that for you"

Otto von Teich · Post by **Otto von Teich** » Sat Apr 07, 2001 7:22 pm

I wear them, but dont see any real benefits,
unless somebody steps on your toes. The only real drawback, is wearing them in a muddy field, it takes forever to clean all the mud out from between the plates....Otto

Bernhart von Bruck · Post by **Bernhart von Bruck** » Sun Apr 08, 2001 9:41 am

Chello!

I plan on getting a pair from Mad Matt sometime this summer. The most typical complaint I've heard is that they're like wearing stell-toed boots...something I've never had a problem wearing. ~shrug~

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Kicking the butts of bad guys is a good thing. I'd like to see butts kicked inside and outside of America. There should be more butt kicking for all.

Josh W · Post by **Josh W** » Sun Apr 08, 2001 11:50 am

I almost always wear my sabatons. I love the way they look, and I absolutely don't care what the other, more sport-oriented fighters say about them. They have to be put on right, though, or I wind up tripping over my own toes...

Gaston · Post by **Gaston** » Sun Apr 08, 2001 5:27 pm

Speaking of which (since no one but Matt is going to answer my post in the Armouring forum).....how DO you put them on right? Straps, laces and points, are they soled, etc.?

I'm stuck making this kit until I get that question solved, and I need it in a week and a half.

Bernhart von Bruck · Post by **Bernhart von Bruck** » Sun Apr 08, 2001 7:32 pm

Heilsa!

lol, Gaston! I've got my full steel legs and I don't think I'll have them with me at Kinser! (Ask Murdock about my "depressed" b****ing on chat a couple of weeks ago)!

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Kicking the butts of bad guys is a good thing. I'd like to see butts kicked inside and outside of America. There should be more butt kicking for all.

randy · Post by **randy** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 1:33 am

gaston. are your sabatoons an over shoe ar a spat, the are strapped very different

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 2:20 am

I've got a set. Hard to fight in em, well actually just hard to run in em.

pdepamiers · Post by **pdepamiers** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 8:06 am

Gaston,

I have a set and love them. I have no problems in large melees or single tourneys with them. They are a nice form of foot protection in bridges and the such. I do not wear them at indoor events all of the time as they can scratch wood floors.

I use a lace point at the toe and a strap under the foot between the heel and the ball of the foot. The toe point raises the tips up for things like running.

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Midrealm

Templar Bob/De Tyre · Post by **Templar Bob/De Tyre** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 8:14 am

Gaston:

Isn't that how I told you Bascot did his?

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Gaston · Post by **Gaston** » Mon Apr 09, 2001 9:23 am

Yes, Robert, but I'm one of these guys who has to know exactly where the points go

Thanks to all for some great answers. Sorry to be so insistent, but if I don't get my leg harness finished soon I can't try some of the experiments in combat we planned for Kinser.

I also finally found a picture of the child's sabaton from Cherbourg that has a pair of points at the toe, and at the top of the instep.