The Armour Archive

Bastior

Your opponent is also permitted to grab your spear haft. Carry and practise drawing and striking with a seax (or whatever a knife is called in your century). Often your opponent is too close to see what you're doing making it much easier to stab them a few times*. B *Nota bene some people will not ...

Bastior

It's worth mentioning that while rivetted does stand up much better it does still get moth holes and they're more of a pain to fix since you then need rivets and a setting tool as well as links and unless you made the whole lot yourself you may have to shop around to find a good match.

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http://blog.britishmuseum.org/2014/02/2 ... in-russia/

not a spike per se but it'd still leave a mark

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A very quick look at google lead me to these. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=65056&partId=1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=65102&partId=1 Good size and weight specs, dece...

Bastior

I don't know how practical it would be to do this but wouldn't the easiest thing to do would be to raise the parapets so it's not so easy to push people over. I've fought on bridges with side rails high enough I couldn't be accidently pushed over them (Raglan, Hardtburg) and while being squished aga...

Bastior

The royal rumble's a good idea but why stop there - any of the circle/last man standing type fights work with until x number of wins too which adds a tactical element. If your local hot stick is sitting on 4 wins and it's first to 5 you just know they're going to be getting a very spirted next round...

Bastior

3) If I'm simulating an 11th century glaive (fauchard really), instead of constructing some strange thing on the end of my stick, could I just use an unpadded polearm? No. VII D 7. [DW] To promote an authentic appearance, weapons must have EITHER a crossguard OR a recognisably shaped head which is w...

Bastior

GrimR called it. Jarl Lief was victorious over Sir Atli.

Congrats to Their Highnesses.

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Haldan wrote:
It's would be an interesting reign.....

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That it would, the undiplomatic corp would have a blast if his ideas on voice heraldry haven't been revised

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Bastior

From today's post on the Drachenwald Mailing List. An impressive list but I'm far too out of touch these days to even think of handicapping it. B We are proud to announce that the following couples have been invited to fight in the list of Spring Crown Tournament held in the Shire of Polderslot, Apr...

Bastior

There's a place down near ThorvaldR Skegglauss where a friend bought me a 2 inch stick so maybe ask him, I'm not active anymore so I couldn't tell you what their range is like now.

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Circle of treachery/Last man standing Everyone on the field at the same time, everybody else is a target fight till there is one fighter left. The winner gets one point, repeat until one person had 5 points. Alliences are permitted but the format means they tend not to last. However good you are you...

Bastior

If you want to be a part of the SCA as well as the University hit people with sticks club form a college. III C 6 ... A special type of local branch is available for use at schools or military bases, or in other situations where membership is likely to fluctuate for reasons beyond the members’ contr...

Bastior

I would guess the biggest problem is the fit of your current armour, so I would suggest either something that adjusts well such as lamellar or using a breastplate. Since custom made steel armour is a tad pricey and will more like than not fit well after you stop breast feeding I would suggest covere...

Bastior

I modified my Windrose hilt by drilling, tapping, and inserting a hex set screw. The screw is long enough to bite into the rattan keeping the hilt from spinning or moving and sits flush at the hilt surface so that it's nearly unnoticeable. Tape the blade and grip snug to the hilt for added durabili...

Bastior

Oh I've seen worse on the field, I was just checking for known problems before my sword brother parts with his hard earned cash.

Cheers

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Bastior

Hi,

Does anybody have any experience of these gauntlets, or the company in general?
http://www.aus-omas-truhe.de/detail/id/ ... nge,-stahl
If you've seen a pair in the metal, so to speak, would you let a sword brother buy them?

Cheers

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Bastior

That is just ridiculously good.

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Bastior

If your interest is the mid 12th C you're beyond what is commonly thought of as the viking era, it may be you'll have more luck with searches and so on if you drop the viking era bit. Saddly other than a couple of snippets about the Danevirke, finished by Valdemar I, if memory serves, I can't actual...

Bastior

Most people don't have a good idea about anatomy. http://download.videohelp.com/vitualis/med/kidney_post.jpg This! A million times this! I quite regularly have marshals check my ar$e for kidney protection and in the case of one martial, a very experienced martial and fighter, I was forced to resort...

Bastior

Baron Alcyoneus wrote:Block more.

I used to wear splinted cuisses, but have armored my legs with virtue for many years now.

Most of the time it works.

With all due respect to Baron Alcyoneus I would suggest that if you do wish to armour your legs an intangible then prowess might serve you better.

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Bastior

They were stolen in Scotland. the poster I seen on FB describes them as about 120mm tall, this is a mistake as it would be under 5 inches, in fact they are about 4 foot tall ( 120cm ). the theft happened in Scotland I believe Yep, thus I took the liberty of changing mm to cm as I copy pasted their t...

Bastior

Spreading the word Good morning everybody. We are gutted to report that we had a break-in at Duncarron Saturday night and 8 of the large shields that make up Rosie's roof were stolen. The shields measure around 120cm in height, they are dark red in colour and they have the 3 lions of England painted...

Bastior

These are all variations on a limited field battle theme but prehaps worth mentioning. Loot the castle - Bags of 'loot' (wet sand is good) are scattered about the castle, defenders can move and hide them. The attackers get points for loot and for killing defenders, the defenders get points for killi...

Bastior

There was also a variation where it is everyone vs everyone BUT if the fighter who beat you is in turn beaten then you return to the field. Which means that it won't end untill one fighter has beaten every single other fighter without a loss. How did I forget that, it made me think of another forma...

Bastior

Last man standing - Everybody fights everybody else - temporary alliances may or may not be allowed. For extra fun repeat until one person has won x times.

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Bastior

A shield is very good body armour if you're fighting in a shieldwall in the style of many earl mediaeval peoples, like say the vikings.

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Nice! I've gone with a mail shirt over my leine myself. My leine is a bit shorter, and I fight bare shinned. For body armor under the mail I'm trying evoshield shirt (http://www.evoshield.com). Works REAL well. How's the evoshield for durability? It looks good but their website talks about mould it...

Bastior

Very interesting. I don't know that you would see a dormant table like that in a camp, but rather in the setting you see it in, or a part of a manorhouse inventory. Such a table would shortly be destroyed were it lugged around in a cart or wagon over rough roads. Do you have a picture of it from th...

Bastior

You know what they say, remember to drag them into the boat if you don't kill them in it. "It is with deep regret that I must report that this band of unruly Frenchmen came wading out through the surf as we were cruising by, minding our own business, and viciously attacked my vessel and crew. Alas,...

Bastior

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/95-13 ... el-oseberg

Something for the viking/vendel fans out there.

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Keiran, While making an axe head is not actually too hard if you've never made one and never used one it wouldn't be too hard to get a sub optimal result. The Mandrake heads aren't bad and are easy to fit. I like a chunky haft for polearems of any type this means you can 'ring' the haft at the busin...

Bastior

I hope guys don't try to game the rules on this one, that just tends to make the marshals dig in on a question. Give it some time, it will sort out. The problem there is the rule as written doesn't answer the basic question is that 2" before or after you trim to shape, if there are 2 reasonable way...

Bastior

Effingham wrote:
Gregoire de Lyon wrote:The damn viking personas... they are like bedbugs.
But bigger, they bite more, and they're harder to kill.

There's a reason that a bar grill or visor is required ...

Bastior

Not ready to drop the cup hilt, but any suggestions of where to go would be nice. That's a nice kit. I'd go with long sleeves to cover the arms. Mail might be more typical than lamellar. I'm wouldn't be surprised if the mail drape on your helm were too long. I'm leaning towards the idea that they w...

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