The Armour Archive

Said ibn-Ali

I do not do an Arabian persona but I am familiar with it. The biggest question would be, what time period are you looking at? The "Arabian" culture varied wildly from region to region and over the span of 1000 years. Around the first crusade you had a huge abundance of single handed swords, much lik...

Said ibn-Ali

I wear Under Armor football compression shorts with pads for the thighs and tailbone and hip points. Nothing else. My theory on your legs is... don't get hit in the legs.

Said ibn-Ali

Depends on my weapon. My mace, still has the same rattan haft it has had since 2010. It is a bit beat up but otherwise still good. But I don't hit with the haft. And I use it pretty at 1-2 practices a week for 6 years and events. My swords... they go about 1-2 months with regular use at practice and...

Said ibn-Ali

Outside to inside. Mail Hauburk 8" hardened leather kidney belt with a 3inch riser in the back for additional spine protection. Under Armour MDZ padded shirt My arms are protectect by simple floating elbows, and my legs are covered by Under Armour MDZ compression shorts, and Stryker motorcycle shin ...

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Any good patterns for garb to match this look? Until I get surgery (and recover from it) I can't fight. But I reckon in this heat, I need me some Arab Garb. I happen to do an 11-12th century Andalusian Berber Moor as my persona, and the garb is pretty simple actually. Most of the shirts are simple ...

Said ibn-Ali

My faults in fighting are simple.

I have been fighting with a mace and shield so long that my sword technique is junk. I no longer no how to fight at range and lack the confidence to do it. Something I am working on getting over.

Said ibn-Ali

Sorry Luca but I have fought against the Tuchux and beside the Tuchux. I have seen some dirty play by them and by those "upstanding" members of the Society. So to say ALL Tuchux are bad because of one or two asshats just makes you as bad as those individuals. I have seen SCA members go out of their ...

Said ibn-Ali

Someone asking about maces? There are really are options when it comes to two handed maces, but the best looking and least likely to kill your opponent is the By My Hand design heads. I believe he offers a larger flanged mace head that is already passed by society, you can add a bit of padding to th...

Said ibn-Ali

What about non-Moorish items from Al-Andalus? Was it all Islamic or were there Christian items too? A question. Short answer, yes. Up until the Almohads the "Moors" were quite tolerant of all religions as long as you paid your taxes. The Almohad rule was a bit more restrictive and became almost opp...

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Hand protection is always one of the most expensive, delicate, and personal decisions to make. I wore hockey gloves for many, many years. My hockey gloves are good protection, but, yeah, they look like ass. I had steel gauntlets, but they slowed me down a bit, so I gave them away. (I'm 53, and don'...

Said ibn-Ali

Common misconception that the al-Andulas Moors had a great deal of contact with the Persian Muslims of the middle east. While they did have contact with them, they weren't seeing "eye to eye". The Almohads at that point were very much their own people with very distinct styles. Before I go off on a ...

Said ibn-Ali

As a person who fights in rivited maile I can say that after a year you will hardly notice it. I fight in my maile all the time in melees and a vast majority of the time in tourneys. The best tips I can give to get your maile to sit right on you when you put it on is. -Lay down when belting it, befo...

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Hamish Nisbet wrote:I killed one, Rick... the thing I love most in the world.
A hooker. Oh Jesus, you killed a hooker!
No, a panda.

Tropic Thunder.

Great movie, but Jack Black stole the show when he was tied to the tree.

Said ibn-Ali

joleicia wrote:-fighter cheering squats and support (can happen, but not as much fun)

Sorry the Warhammer 40k fan in me only thinks of this...

Said ibn-Ali

Most of those images you post are great for late 18th Century Persian. But earlier Persian garb wasnt that difficult to make for men. The biggest question is what exact timeframe are you looking at? What region of the Persian Empire?

Said ibn-Ali

Said ibn-Ali, I'm pretty sure I do not fight like an over zealous larper... Wanna find out?... Thor. The only problem I have with it has been covered by some people prior to me. Shaved weapons, Solid rattan maces, and carved swords. It looks better to see those on the field to me, than the round 1....

Said ibn-Ali

The only problem I have with it has been covered by some people prior to me. Shaved weapons, Solid rattan maces, and carved swords. It looks better to see those on the field to me, than the round 1.25" whip sticks that are flung around like over zealous larpers.

Said ibn-Ali

Is there any list of who was on what team for the US?

That is my only complaint of this years BOTN, otherwise great job Team USA!

Said ibn-Ali

Icon Field Armor Stryker Knee/Shin Guards Unfortunately, those do nothing to protect the thighs. :) My old armour I used catcher's knee/shin guards, covered in leather, and had upper leg leather armour. My thighs are protected by Under Armour MDZ hex pad compression shorts. Gives me a good gauge of...

Said ibn-Ali

I wear these.

Icon Field Armor Stryker Knee/Shin Guards

http://www.motorcyclegear.com/street/ar ... uards.html

I added some rondells on the sides of the points of the knees. Other than that nothing else needed to them.

Said ibn-Ali

I always call it the "Hollywood" effect. >SNIP< But I have found a great many of newcommers to the SCA get inspiration on what is currently popular on TV and in theaters. So if "Pirates of the Caribean" is hot, we will have a massive influx of late 16th early 17th century personas. History Channels...

Said ibn-Ali

I always call it the "Hollywood" effect. If you look back over the names and personas of people when they joined the SCA, you will find that some persona culture and times were more popular at certain times. Like in the mid 90s there was a HUGE number of Scottish and Irish, why? Because of the HUGE ...

Said ibn-Ali

One minor correction to the list. My name is... Sa'id ibn-Ali ibn-Yusuf al-Maghribi Its ok, I often misspell my own name when in a hurry. Here is the link to my page on the OP. http://op.atlantia.sca.org/op_ind.php?atlantian_id=7308 Thank you again. Its funny my real name and my scadian name are ALW...

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I finished doing what the Army started 14 years ago, at Pennsic 40, I tore my right ACL, and completely seperated my interiour medial meniscous. The surgery took about 3 hours, I had to have a "Tight Rope" graft to replace my ACL, and a doner memiscous. The surgery was in October of 2011, I was back...

Said ibn-Ali

Was a great event, just wished I hadnt hurt my GOOD knee early in the fighting.

Said ibn-Ali

Your neck bends in all directions and has exquisite ennervation along the front middle, particularly in the area of the larynx. You have large blood vessels close to the surface where they normaly lose heat, unless you have covered them in an insulating collar. When you buy a helmet the armourer as...

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Who was the knight who was fighting Sir Tak(cant spell the rest of his name) with pole arms. That was an epic fight, I could watch them fight all day. That was a great fight! It is Earl Dafydd Whitacre Thank you, it was an amazingly fun fight to watch. Who was the knight who was fighting Sir Tak(ca...

Said ibn-Ali

Who was the knight who was fighting Sir Tak(cant spell the rest of his name) with pole arms. That was an epic fight, I could watch them fight all day.

Said ibn-Ali

I am not a heater user, I have a teardrop kite, but I have made a few heaters for newer fighters. I dont like baskets or hard handles at all, they are often uncomfirtable and dont sit naturally with your hands relaxed position. I wont ever give a new person a flat heater, or kite for that matter, th...

Said ibn-Ali

You can also wear a gambison under a tunic and be just fine as long as you meet your kingdoms minimum armor requirements.

Said ibn-Ali

1: What do you use with the soft kit if you dont use mail? Can you just use the soft kit and be ok? 2: Do you use soft kit arms and shins? If so what do you use? I am sure I will think of more questions later. Assuming you're talking about the SCA then you absolutely don't need mail, it completes t...

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Its a common misconception that Janissaries were slaves, or captured Christian children. Trueth is they were often recruited as child from their Christian parents. It was considered part of the tythe that Christians had to pay while living in Ottoman lands, that the second male child was to be given...

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Helllo all Have a friend that is looking for sca legal middle eastern helms, 11th century firsts crusades. Looking for info and may a few pic any help would be nice. Thanks William What area of the middle east are you looking for? Persian? Saracen? Byzantine? Mamluk?(Egyptian) Some of those helms a...

Said ibn-Ali

I use a mirror and sometimes I go to fighter practice and I concentrate on defence, keeping my blows to a low number, say 3 or 4 blows total.

Said ibn-Ali

Duke Logan Ebonwolf won the armored tourny.

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