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- Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:12 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: D3O
- Replies: 5
- Views: 767
Re: D3O
Thanks. Yeah, makes sense. A jousting friend of mine swears by it, I try to base my decisions on more than "guy I met at a tournament said.." I'm rethinking my helmet padding following a concussion-- not helmet related but still making me a bit concerned
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:10 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: D3O
- Replies: 5
- Views: 767
D3O
Anyone use D3O for helmet lining? Been thinking of replacing current historical stuffing with it.
- Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:14 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Days of Knights 2016: A Living History Timeline Event
- Replies: 12
- Views: 942
Re: Days of Knights 2016: A Living History Timeline Event
Been following your pics on Facebook-- you guys rock. Love the fact that you're not only doing a spot historical impressions, but that you guys have serious martial skills as well.
- Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:38 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Dice - now with MORE progress pictures
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3362
- Mon Oct 17, 2016 10:40 am
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: Wish I watched some montante sparring videos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 335
Re: Wish I watched some montante sparring videos
Demi-gods don't worry about montante.
Seriously, awesome work. If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought it was a real metal figurine. May I ask the polycount? I'm thinking like a kajillion.
Seriously, awesome work. If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought it was a real metal figurine. May I ask the polycount? I'm thinking like a kajillion.
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:14 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice game?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1068
Re: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice ga
As far as the odds go, the internet is a wonderful place. Look, someone wrote a paper on just that very question! https://msh.revues.org/3546?file=1 SUMMARY – A game called “Azar” is presented in the second part of the Book “The Book of Chess, Dice and Tables” by Alfonso X El Sabio (The Learned) (12...
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:11 am
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice game?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1068
Re: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice ga
Looking again at it, I think you're right, Sean. I jumped to the conclusion that it would be played like later Hazard, which (like modern craps) has the shooter holding and rolling the dice while others place their own bets, passing the dice if he loses. But (and again, working from a translation he...
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 4:37 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice game?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1068
Re: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice ga
Maybe someone else out there has another reference from between the 13th and 17th century sources, but without that I think we're just guessing. Personally, I'd go with the earlier rules, just because 1260 is "only" a century away from the time period you're reenacting. When we talk about Hazard as ...
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:28 pm
- Forum: Historical Research
- Topic: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice game?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1068
Re: Documentable & easy to learn/quick to play 14thC Dice ga
This may get you started-- http://jnsilva.ludicum.org/HJT2012/BookofGames.pdf Good old King Alphonso the Wise, with another awesome how to book from the 13th century. It actually has the first discussion of Hazard (Azar) that I know of. Unlike it's later period descendant, which I suspect you're ref...
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 11:21 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2016 Show us your kits!
- Replies: 68
- Views: 51954
Re: 2016 Show us your kits!
Very nice, Ken! Not using the lance rest that day?
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 11:17 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: TED talk: Why helmets don't prevent concussions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1585
Re: TED talk: Why helmets don't prevent concussions
The torse and mantle? That's really just decorative-- don't think it really provides much extra padding.
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:28 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: TED talk: Why helmets don't prevent concussions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1585
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:21 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: TED talk: Why helmets don't prevent concussions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1585
Re: TED talk: Why helmets don't prevent concussions
Agree on the infomercial aspect of the talk, but definitely some good points here. Ideally, immobilizing the head and neck would help prevent acceleration-- look at the grand bascinet and frogmouth jousting helmets. Outside of jousting, perhaps not very practical, although I heard of a local guy in ...
- Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:47 am
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Rapier Hanger Build
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3338
Re: Rapier Hanger Build
Very sweet. Wear it proudly at your elevation!
- Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:00 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2015 Show us your kits!
- Replies: 142
- Views: 36247
Re: 2015 Show us your kits!
Me being all late 14th at the SCA 50 Year in my new breastplate from Darkwood. And yes, pony needs less modern eye protection, next on my to do list!
- Sun Jun 26, 2016 5:04 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: Rapier Hanger Build
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3338
Re: Rapier Hanger Build
Nice work! Hope to get a chance to see it in person.
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 11:13 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Darkwood Armoury to the White Courtesy Phone, Please...Darkw
- Replies: 6
- Views: 939
Re: Darkwood Armoury to the White Courtesy Phone, Please...D
Or their phone number, under contact information? I've done a lot of business with Darkwood, and almost always can get a hold of them within 2-3 working days.
- Thu May 05, 2016 1:21 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: SCA 50th Year - Who's going?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1030
Re: SCA 50th Year - Who's going?
Hoping the wood joust will be awesome. My horse is going, company is still being coy about my vacation award :/
- Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:17 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Where to buy Period Musical Instruments?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 965
Re: Where to buy Period Musical Instruments?
For harps, there's a number of makers but I'm fond of Ardival's work. http://www.ardival.com/ If you're in the UK, it's very much worth the trip to Strathpeffer to take a class with their instructor in residence, Bill Taylor.
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:26 pm
- Forum: Armour - Design and Construction
- Topic: We has buffcoat
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1854
Re: We has buffcoat
Has it been two years? Still have the buffcoat; repaired it a few times, though. The faux butt stitch I described above is a bit weak, to be honest, for all that it looks like a regular butt stitch. When it tears, it tears along the stitching holes. I've learned to be careful of the peblums when hop...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:09 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Next West Kingdom Crown Format
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6266
Re: Next West Kingdom Crown Format
Wish this would be adopted by the group as a whole, at least for tourneys. Knee fighting is just silly and looks worse. Counted blows fits much better into the SCA fighting as tournament fighting model.
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 3:05 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: I Want to Make a Buff Coat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1461
Re: I Want to Make a Buff Coat
I glued the leather together and stitched the edges (which resembled the stitching I'd seen on an extant coat lined with deerskin). Two years now, it's mostly holding up. The faux butt stitch seems a bit weak for the weight of the leather-- I've had to repair that periodically. But if you're not doi...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:16 pm
- Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
- Topic: I Want to Make a Buff Coat
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1461
Re: I Want to Make a Buff Coat
FWIW, when I made my buffcoat, I was completely unable to find proper leather for anything approaching a reasonable price (like under a grand). I went with gluing/stitching the heaviest elk hide I could get to a deer hide lining in order to get the thing to lay right. I created a faux buttstitch by ...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:41 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: ISO late 16th early 17th century english or german boots
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2616
Re: ISO late 16th early 17th century english or german boots
I like those, how do they fit.. did you go a size down? I just got my normal shoe size (9). I wear them with my wool hose and a pair of knitted overstockings. FWIW, I got them for English Civil War stuff, but take the butterflies off when I do SCA (with a circa 1588 portrayal). Dan is unsurprisingl...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:36 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: $1000 Museum Replicas helmet?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1109
Re: $1000 Museum Replicas helmet?
Dang, I've got this GDFB pignose I need to unload. I was thinking of asking $100, but clearly I need to move the decimal place to the right.
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 8:51 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: ISO late 16th early 17th century english or german boots
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2616
Re: ISO late 16th early 17th century english or german boots
Got mine here-- they've lasted me about three years of a fair amount of riding and walking both.
http://www.re-enactmentsupplies.co.uk/? ... duct_id=62
http://www.re-enactmentsupplies.co.uk/? ... duct_id=62
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:01 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2015 Show us your kits!
- Replies: 142
- Views: 36247
Re: 2015 Show us your kits!
Rod, you are a serious inspiration. Curious about the saddle-- who made it?
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:45 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2015 Show us your kits!
- Replies: 142
- Views: 36247
Re: 2015 Show us your kits!
My friend Lady Courtney of the White Meadow on my horse Skye at the Pas da Santa Kolfinna, Great Western War 2015
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:43 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Newbie: How do I start jousting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 692
Re: Newbie: How do I start jousting
I took my first riding lesson in 2011. Just starting to do wood jousting now, hope to compete in IJA /IJL tournaments next year. I've already done a fair amount of SCA foam tip jousting (more on that in a bit). FWIW, I've been the Caid equestrian champion a couple of times (the SCA's SoCal/Vegas bra...
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:20 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: For Sale: Brooch/Cloak Pin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 417
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:09 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: For Sale: Brooch/Cloak Pin
- Replies: 5
- Views: 417
Re: For Sale: Brooch/Cloak Pin
Pretty. I'll start. $20
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:55 am
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: 2015 Show us your kits!
- Replies: 142
- Views: 36247
Re: 2015 Show us your kits!
Looks sweet!
- Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:49 pm
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: FS Hand Painted Heater Shield
- Replies: 9
- Views: 660
Re: FS Hand Painted Heater Shield
Wow... I'd be afraid to fight with that, but maybe someday as a Christmas present to myself
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:24 pm
- Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
- Topic: Heavy Longsword manual in the style of Meyer.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2379
Re: Heavy Longsword manual in the style of Meyer.
Very awesome. Thanks so much for doing this!
- Sat Jul 25, 2015 11:40 am
- Forum: Classifieds / Want Ads
- Topic: Hjalmarheim Armoury Closed!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3974
Re: Hjalmarheim Armoury Closed!
Always sad to see someone close shop. But it's a tough business to do even part time.