The Armour Archive

I didn't want to derail the other topic.
We had a thread listing the best in various forms a while back, I'd like to see what's going on with these forms now.
I'll start as my picks for the West Kingdom.

Sword and buckler: Sir Robert Woodsende

Poleweapon: Tough one, Brand isn't playing as much, and Dimitry is OoK righ now. Ajax Thermopolakles

GreatSword: My Knight is retired, and there are 2-3 really hot guys coming up, but I am probably the most succesful right now

Two Sword: Nobody is active and tearing it up right now. Duke Fabian?


Impact weapon: Duke Rolf for his scary mace work

Sword/Shield: Take your pick from the top few gods right now: Dukes Jade, Uther, Mathais Connor, Hauc, Count Titus etc...

Looking forward to hearing other opinions and from other kingdoms

MarkH wrote:I didn't want to derail the other topic.
We had a thread listing the best in various forms a while back, I'd like to see what's going on with these forms now.
I'll start as my picks for the West Kingdom.

Sword and buckler: Sir Robert Woodsende

Poleweapon: Tough one, Brand isn't playing as much, and Dimitry is OoK righ now. Ajax Thermopolakles

GreatSword: My Knight is retired, and there are 2-3 really hot guys coming up, but I am probably the most succesful right now

Two Sword: Nobody is active and tearing it up right now. Duke Fabian?


Impact weapon: Duke Rolf for his scary mace work

Sword/Shield: Take your pick from the top few gods right now: Dukes Jade, Uther, Mathais Connor, Hauc, Count Titus etc...

Looking forward to hearing other opinions and from other kingdoms

Middle and Northsheild

Pole
Mid- Sir William Edweards the Black. Known here as Leo Medii
NS-Sir Tom Tinntinnabulum

2 sword
Mid- Duke Dag
NS- HRM Raito

Sword/Sheild
Mid- HG Brannos

West, take II

Sword and buckler -- I think for sword and buckler Hauoc has kind of proved his dominance.. just because it's a sidestrapped triangular buckler doesn't make it less of a buckler Do we still count Hanse as one of ours?

Glaive -- Uther is actually devastating with a glaive. So is Duke Matthias. Ajax is good; Achilles was getting pretty dangerous (and he only uses the point!), but I don't know how active he is, between life and injuries.

Dane Axe -- Brand, if he's active. After that, probably Sir Talorc and Duke Thorfinn.

Bastard Sword -- Marc d'Arundel.

Caid is pretty close to an all S/S all the time kingdom.

THL Mikhail of the Kuma is pretty good with a polearm (finalled in Crown once, final 4 yesterday). Sir Attila, who is in Calontir (IIRC) now but grew up here also doesn't suck.

Duke Edric is pretty awesome with sword & madu (not my favorite style, but I figure I have limited right to complain until I can beat him).

Sir Iain McClennan not only fought sword and buckler but based his style on I.33, and got good enough to get knighted for it...sadly, he doesn't make it out much any more.

That's about it for Caidan weapons depth. There are a few others that are good within Caid, but I wouldn't say world class.

Dmitriy,
Good point about Hauoc, I was being pretty rigid about what consitutes a buckler in my head.
Achilles and Esmerelda took a planned hiatus to work on their house. I hope to see him out this spring, or I would have included him.
Good list for the dane axe

Come out to the Trimaris Spear Tourney at Gulf Wars in two weeks and see who the best spearmen are

G

Drachenwald
A bit tricky to give a single name for some of the categories

Sword & Buckler: Sir Ivan and Duke Elffin

Sword & shield: Sir Siegfried (And what I've heard from others Sir Ulf and Sir Alaric whom I haven't yet met)

Polearm: Lord Macarius

2 sticks: Haven't met any good ones yet

Spear: Sir Ivan, Sir Prothal plus a couple of others

GrimR

Hrolfr wrote:
Middle and Northsheild

Pole
Mid- Sir William Edweards the Black. Known here as Leo Medii

I had several enjoyable passes with Sir William this weekend.

Middle Kingdom part Deux


2 Stick: HG Duke Dag, HG Duke Rangvaldr, HRH Eikbrandr, Sir Giovanni Allegri

Polearm: Sir Daniel of the Lakes, HG Duke Palymar of the Two Baronies, SGT Gawain

Mace: HG Duke Edmund

S/SH: HG Duke Sir Brannos, HG Duke Sir Rangvaldr, CPT Sascha St Martin
HRM Sir Ullr, Earl Lutr

Spear: Sir Gerwulf af Dokktungle, Sir Pellinor, CPT Andrew Blount, Sir Logan
Sir Lucien

There's a list to mull over.

My take on the East:

Two weapon: Duke Balfar, Sir Balin

Spear: Sir Kenric

Polearm: Duke Balfar, Duke Lucan, Count Gryffyth (sic), <bias>Sir Aonghaus of Brus</bias>

Bastard/great sword: Duke Gregor, Duke Brion Tarragon

Mace: Duke Lucan, Master Magnus (of White Mountain Armory)

Saburou wrote:My take on the East:

Two weapon: Duke Balfar, Sir Balin
Spear: Sir Kenric
Polearm: Duke Balfar, Duke Lucan, Count Gryffyth (sic), <bias>Sir Aonghaus of Brus</bias>

Pole - Master Edmund O' Roark

Roger wrote:

Saburou wrote:My take on the East:

Two weapon: Duke Balfar, Sir Balin
Spear: Sir Kenric
Polearm: Duke Balfar, Duke Lucan, Count Gryffyth (sic), <bias>Sir Aonghaus of Brus</bias>

Pole - Master Edmund O' Roark

Of course! I totally forgot.

East:

Spear: Sir Mohammed
Sword & (ack) Madu: Sir Berach

I think I have some pain bank deposits coming soon

Hrolfr wrote:I think I have some pain bank deposits coming soon

I can't imagine why you might think so