The Armour Archive

William Arwemakere

A friend taught me a valuable lesson regarding archery and marshals in the way. Treat them like a linesman in hockey; don't deliberately shoot them, but if you can shoot past them take the shot. If they're in the way and get hit, they'll move. (My friend was apparently shot 17 times at a GW when he ...

William Arwemakere

I can get Siloquivalent pipe in 20' straight lengths in Vancouver BC. Really cheap too. I think I paid $0.40 / foot last time I ordered. Contact waterworks wholesalers, or the like. You're looking for "Geopipe" or "Poly drop pipe". It's often used in geothermal systems, as it's hard to push a coiled...

William Arwemakere

Slow to reply, I may miss some points. That fellow I eyeslotted a few times was fairly new to war fighting. I was using the situation as a bit of a teaching opportunity. They were in a defensive position inside the castle, and a charge out to get me wasn't really an option. They did already have 3 a...

William Arwemakere

Sometimes that courtesy is there, but goes unseen. I don't draw attention to the hundreds of "easy kills" I pass up in a battle to take the more important shots, or more challenging ones. It has been said that an archer won't hit the fighter who is watching him; that's one of my favorites. Arrow jus...

William Arwemakere

For your dividers in your quiver, use the clear plastic "fluorescent tube covers" from Home Depot. Golf tubes are too small in diameter. Lose the back quiver, they're generally too slow to draw from, too easy to dump if you bend over, or too deep to draw the arrow from. On the field my primary targe...

William Arwemakere

The issue I take is that if nothing is done to correct the equipment because of several failures, there is a definite bias and hipocrisy in the system. After the Pennsic incident, it was determined that even foam was dangerous, and was not allowed to enter more than 1/2" into a grille. Eve _feather_...

William Arwemakere

Anyone remember what happened at Pennsic a few years ago? Tubular arrow, overly thick and squishy foam. Foam penetrated the eyeslot and struck the eye (of a friend of mine). What happened? Short term, I believe all arrows were pulled from the field until their diameter was increased. Long term, Tens...

William Arwemakere

You may wish to consult with your KEM or KCAM before dropping money on one. It appears that they may not be permitted in the Middle. It depends on if your Kingdom defines them as a "stone bow". Many do.

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William Arwemakere

A great starter bow is a Ragim Victory (or Wildcat), same thing as a PSE Buckeye, and several others. http://www.fsdiscountarchery.com/greatreearcherymoheganyouthandbeginnertake-downrecurvebows-freeshipping.aspx They're takedown, so look a little less period, but if she loses interest, they can be s...

William Arwemakere

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From The Man:
"I can allow the punching of wooden badgers with SEM preapproved specially designed wooden badger punching gauntlets.
I'll write it in on your card."

William

William Arwemakere

Does this mean we'll have to talk nice with Sir Asoph regarding the wooden-badger-punching gauntlets?

Hope you enjoy your "retirement" and can play more than work.

William Arwemakere

William Arwemakere

Thank you General John for introducing me to the _entire_ Gleann Abhann army right before battle so that they would know who to target. I consider that, and your thread on the GA FB group to be some of the highest praise I have received.

William Arwemakere

William Arwemakere

Sidewraps on shafted arrow heads. The Pennsic helm/foam penetration was from a tube arrow with too much squishy foam.

William

William Arwemakere

The justification I got from one local madu-user was that it wasn't the african horn weapon, but rather he's trying to emulate a sword in hand with a buckler (I don't have the exact reference from the period manual he was using). I asked why his buckler would be bolted to his sword. He had no justif...

William Arwemakere

I've been using plastidip on my arrowheads for about 3 years now. Most have not needed any repair. When I was first testing it, I was "whipping" the head against a bare sheet metal edge. There were a few scuffs, but no cuts. For more frequent impacts, I wonder if wrapping the sword in cloth may help...

William Arwemakere

Once again, I will be there. Still no other An Tirian fighters willing to come. They have no idea what they're missing! This year I will be bringing my lady with me. It will be her first SCA experience. Travelling 2000 miles (straight line) to a first event is crazy :D *looks at His Grace William of...

William Arwemakere

You can use streamers on your "fire ammo" as long as they're not longer than 1/2".

We're apparently afraid of ribbons hurting us.

William

William Arwemakere

SNIP I didn't really put it all together until I caught myself leaving Gulf Wars for the fourth or fifth year in a row without having fought the castle battle, because by then the points are basically decided, and standing around for 20-30 minutes (twice) while CA's and siege weapons shoot at each ...

William Arwemakere

But you see, I may wind up killing a lot of Knights and Royals, but that is most often coincidental. (Okay, Royals are usually easier to spot). If you've seen my footage on youtube, you'll see that I don't take much time to look for impending threats. I'm taking the ones who are currently threatenin...

William Arwemakere

But you see, I may wind up killing a lot of Knights and Royals, but that is most often coincidental. (Okay, Royals are usually easier to spot). If you've seen my footage on youtube, you'll see that I don't take much time to look for impending threats. I'm taking the ones who are currently threatenin...

William Arwemakere

I get annoyed when CA are accused (as a generalization, I know) of belt hunting. 90% of the time, I can't see your belt, or care. I kill the guy killing my friends. I will also take requests, but feel my skills are wasted asking me to shoot the spearman who's 10 feet away and 300# wide. (I was comma...

William Arwemakere

How about the obvious reason it's not allowed. Mundane law.

Willful damage of private property. Accidents happen, stuff wears out and needs repair / replacing. Deliberately breaking someone's stuff for whatever reason is wrong.

Or, Count Johnathan, are we invited into your camp to break your stuff?

William Arwemakere

Off topic here.. Balin, what _is_ your avatar here? When I see it all I can see is Pikachu.

William Arwemakere

And while you're at it, please show the insurance company the number of broken bones sustained by hand-held melee weapons, the number of cardiac incidents (because our fighting culture pressures people to fight regardless of health issues or environmental concerns). I spent a night in emerg one war ...

William Arwemakere

Johnathan, The two incidents I was referring to have been described on the AA, _incorrectly_. One fellow claimed that the headless arrow at An Tir / West had been shot at him. I can certainly guarantee that he was not the target. (If you're here, please contact me and we'll chat). Oh, and aluminum a...

William Arwemakere

Aaron we are talking about the shaft of the arrow being a safety risk either due to a punch through (failure of the head on impact) while the grill holds the head in place and allows the .25" fiberglass rod to lance your face Example... http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m214/johno1count/Random%20s...

William Arwemakere

And T&B is fine for your kingdom, as strong as they may be in CA. Tube ammo will never fly in _my_ kingdom. Correction, I think there are 5 people (of 200+ ca) who use tubes. Try selling tube ammo to Trimaris, or Ansteorra, both very active Kingdoms with a long SAFE history of CA. Oh, and please exp...

William Arwemakere

Nah, nothing productive will come of it, so let's talk tape.

I was once gifted with red duct tape, 4" wide. I've also got a roll of silver, the shiny flexible stuff, not the aluminum foil tape.

William Arwemakere

"Hard to find" is relative, I guess. In 45 seconds I found nylon filament tapes up to 3" wide.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#filament-tape/=crgyos

William

William Arwemakere

I did try on a fencing mask once, and "couldn't see". I heard the same from many of my rapier fighting friends the first time they had the mask on. They got used to it. I'm definitely NOT advocating requiring it, but just saying that it's an option, and we should stop coddling the fighters. Of cours...

William Arwemakere

Regarding "compromise" and rule changes, the only changes to CA rules have been in favor of non-ca fighters. I will agree that most of them were driven by increased safety, but at no time (that I am aware of) have non-ca armor or weapon standards been changed to compromise with ca. I know, some will...

William Arwemakere

Except that a shafted arrow is reinspected after every use, to find any damage that would cause it to be unsafe. Arrows are often failed for having a small (c. .25") flap of tape hanging off the head. NOT the structural nylon filament tape that was underneath, but the extra tape used to protect the ...

William Arwemakere

There was mention that the eyebrow was touched. Is it possible that his eyebrow was closer to the helm (outer surface) than 1/2" I know I've seen some noses within 1/8" of the bars.

Sounds like the 2" tip needs a 1/8 thick sidewrap, or an apd taped to the front, just in case.

William

William Arwemakere

Because it is not nearly as good without a good buffet in slow-mo ! For my former Squire, now Sir Miles from this past weekend Uther Wow. And I thought Your Grace's buffet of my knight (Vs Ieuan) was good. The hotel was 150 yds from the ocean, but I swear I heard the splash! William Arwemakere

William Arwemakere

I had some issues with a longbow from - I'll say it - Elk Ridge Archery. It was a lovely Osage and Bamboo bow, with buffalo horn nocks. The tiller (curve of the limbs) was off, and the nock grooves weren't quite right. I emailed them, they said to send it back, and they replaced it, free of charge. ...

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