The Armour Archive

Cuan

This year at Pennsic, in almost every scenario, the Midrealm was greatly outnumbered. And yet the Middle and her few allies fielded every day and fought with determination, ferocity, and courtesy. What glory there can be in simulated battle, goes to you few, you happy few. So I salute a worthy oppon...

Cuan

Excellent tutorial, Your Grace! Thanks for the pics. When I played with center grip, I left the strip of shield in the middle as well. Hand in the plane of the shield makes a world of difference to the balance and comfort IMO.

Cuan

Cuan

Nissan, I know that normal guy . . . he is the one who came out to a couple practices because he met a girl in school and she was into the SCA. He tried a couple of practices, thought, "wow, these guys are not normal", and then quit.

Cuan

Cuan

Don't sleep on Palymar! I have seen him fight recently and my money's on him.

Cuan

Nice helm, Gunthar. Who built it?

Cuan

I wear one of Icefalcon's spring stainless COPs for both rattan and steel fighting. It is comfortable, low maintenance, and extremely protective. I highly recommend it.

Cuan

Excellent work, Jonathan! I really love it when an artist realizes the patron's vision.

Cuan

I will be marshalling. I have no idea who is fighting, but here is who I expect to fight and to be in the semifinals: Count Robert de Rath, Duke Logan Ebonwoulfe, Duke Valharic, St. George (the fighter formerly known as Duke Alaric). I have not been very active of late, so this list could be affecte...

Cuan

Note that Atlantia has defaulted to Society armor standards for the most part, but for the first ten years I was playing, we mandated thigh armor. We have never required forearm protection.

Cuan

Cuan

Forearm protection makes too much sense. It has always bothered me that some kingdoms (including my own) required thigh protection but not rigid protection on the forearm, where a catastrophic injury is far more likely. I understand that our injury rate is actually quite low, but I have witnessed 3 ...

Cuan

Just a quick note, 'everybody else' is overstating it a bit. The Middle/East side will have some allies. Just not that many.

Kenric rex

Your Majesty:

How many is "just not that many"?

Cuan

Cuan

I like learning from the experiences (including failures of others). It is more efficient. I have enjoyed watching this project come together. Thank you for chronicling your progress for us, Mac.

Cuan

Chris:

I will stop down on and inspect your scaffolding.

Cuan

Cuan

BdeB:

You are such an instigator!

Cuan

Well done! Beautiful suit. Are you self taught or do you have a teacher? Now we want details.

Cuan

Cuan

By the way - nobody mention my post to my wife and child. They are both lefties. Which is why I am so committed to finding a cure! Please, please dig deep and give what you can.

Cuan

Good luck on the move, Max! From everything I have seen of Glen Abhen, I think you will have a great time.

Cuan

That is a very good idea. And take Crown out of it (the sample size is too small in most cases). If you identified a "Pro Tour" of tourneys and took the top guy from each one it could be a lot of fun. If you let people know ahead of time what those tourneys are, then you might actually increase atte...

Cuan

What can I say, Thor . . . being the squire of a lefty Duke is like being an altarboy in the Catholic Church: the scars never truly heal.

Cuan

Cuan

You know, it's not your imagination, there really are fewer and fewer lefties every year. Clean water, better nutrition, and efforts to educate the public about preventing the spread of sexually transmitted disease - all have helped. We are getting so close to our goal of completely eliminating this...

Cuan

Very well done. I have been doing this an awfully long time. Sometimes we need to be reminded what inspired us in the beginning. This video made me feel good about the young folks who are still investing themselves in the SCA.

Cuan

These are all very interesting lists. Just to be honest, I barely know which end of a glaive is which. In a tournament where you get to challenge me and I have to match, smart people pick glaive!

Cuan

Cuan

Just curious. I know the tournament was this weekend.

Cuan

You may not grasp the edge of the opponent's shield with your hand - gauntleted or otherwise. That is SCA wide. We used to be able to do this, but now it is outlawed. Calling it a snatch does not make it legal. You may snatch a shield with the edge of your shield or with a basket or haft - but not w...

Cuan

Two of my favorite people clubbing each other in the head repeatedly. I am so glad I got to see that. It made my Friday morning.

Cuan

The bar moves but we do not move it.

Cuan

One of those Atenveldt numbers has got to be wrong or there could be a typo.

Cuan

Cuan

Hit a guy in the helmet with mine a couple of weeks ago and the last four inches broke off and flew across the field. Mine was not strapping taped but had not seen very much use. Nor was the blow I threw a particularly hard one (I have certainly thrown harder with that stick).

Cuan

Cuan

Grounding a 12' spear might present a problem to an opponent in our game. Grounding a 9' spear? Not so much. Please ground your 9' spear when I come after you. If you are going to drop your back foot and brace against that while standing, then your angle will be all wrong and I will hit you somewher...

Cuan

Very nice work! Can you post pics of the armor you wear for BotN? And is all your BotN armor hardened spring steel? I may be interested in custom work, depending on price. Fair warning though, I am 6'3" and weigh 290lbs, so my metal and fabric requirements are more extensive than yours

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Cuan

I own two of the stainless and two of the aluminum and I can vouch for the quality of these. And it's a good price, especially with free shipping.

Cuan

Cuan

Guy can only play if he promises not to be nice.

Cuan

Donal:

He lived in Atlantia for years. He was partners with Bryce on a lot of bardic stuff. He was my squire and then Forgal's squire. Niall Dolphin? I am surprised you don't remember him. Used to play the bagpipes all the time. He would sing when we marched to the Pennsic field.

Cuan

Cuan

It will not rain for Crown Tourney tomorrow. At least not once I arrive. Bet me, Bryce? Oh and you are fighting; you are fighting for that brave, sick little girl who only wants you to flat snap somebody into next week just for her. You will be there and you will be fighting. NP does not only stand ...

Cuan

I am trying to work a deal to have Crown carried on the Ocho.

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