The Armour Archive

Alex Baird

Jeffrey Hedgecock wrote:Max, we're talking about CBS, not Fox.

You really think that makes a difference? Different biases played to, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

Alex Baird

Grimbah: Vambraces are required in Caid, but not by Society minimums. To all: Is there anyone out there putting out a turn-key, off the rack beginner kit of Society minimums? In Rapier, for example, you can get a pretty complete beginner outfit from Zen Warrior. It ain't pretty, and the weapon is mu...

Alex Baird

With that audience in mind, which of the following two flyers/posters do you think might be best suited to that demographic? Fair enough. In my opinion, neither does the job for that target. There is not enough info on them to drive a call to action for someone coming on these cold. People are busy...

Alex Baird

There used to be an SCA blademaker that did stock removal swords and knives by that name. I bought a sword and dagger set from them over 25 yrs ago at Estrella war. At the time, I was given to understand that the Adria people were using them for rebated steel combat, and they had a fairly good reput...

Alex Baird

All y'all are used to the much more common concept wherein the advertising is supposed to do the sales. It doesn't. Advertising generates the traffic (activated behavior) that provides the opportunity for you to make the sales. Any attempt to do both with your advertising will tend to diminish it's...

Alex Baird

'Cause you didn't make it?

Alex Baird

Third, more white space is more better. And more simpler is much more betterer. The poster/flyer is NOT to inform folks about anything, certainly not to inform about what the SCA is about. It is advertising, not informing. As such, absolutely the ONLY purpose of the poster/flyer is to sufficiently ...

Alex Baird

Christian1095 wrote:Back in the day.... Duke Anton would have folks over for fighting and drinking... at some point, they decided that canoe jousting was the thing to do... it's good to know that our drunken fun had a basis in history...

"Lo, Parsival, pray hold my ale and look upon this...."

Alex Baird

Maeryk: We're not selling the SCA. We're selling hanging out with Sangre del Sol. Where we DO have fighting, feasting, and fun. And chicks in armour. Not necessarily in that order, though. And you can fer darn-tooting see the guy in that armour. At practice. Not in old carpets (though that was my f...

Alex Baird

Not quite sure what you are asking. Are you saying "what is the primary consideration?" or "How do you approach armored SCA combat?", or "Where should it/where is it headed?"

Alex Baird

This is where I used to go (haven't been in a while). When last there, they had stuff that big, but it isn't on their site. You may wish to inquire about special ordering.

http://www.caneandbasket.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=P%2DNRPWS

Alex Baird

Look at the nice, meaty throat exposed around the one-minute mark, right after a series of thrusts. They may want to look into fixing that.

Alex Baird

I don't need to break the rules to use my sword simulator geometry to my advantage. I can do things with leverage and positioning with my Del Tin that I cannot do nearly as well with an oval x-section schlager with no taper. Beyond that, the balance is superior without having to resort to heavier po...

Alex Baird

Because they work just fine for what we are doing. Disagree. They work... adequately. They do not work "fine". Flexible blades of the proper geometry work much better, and are now widely available. 20 years ago, they weren't, so oval schlagers were the hot ticket, because the alternate wa...

Alex Baird

Oval practice schlagers are not much in evidence among vendors these days. The diamond x-section blades with a distil taper handle much better, in my opinion. There are several vendors out there, but the most common I see are TCA (Zen Warrior), Hanwei (from China), and Darkwood (SCA builder and vend...

Alex Baird

Can't stop the koolaide...

Alex Baird

$8mil? That's an industrial office building price. I could see $8,000,000.00 if you told me it was illuminated by Andy Warhol. -C I wouldn't pull an Andy Warhol from a trashbin. Repetitive, self-indulgent, and intentionally cheaply made as mass market junk. Half the point of "pop art" was...

Alex Baird

My persona has all the detail and depth of a background extra in a historical drama. The one with 1.5 seconds of screen time.

Alex Baird

+1 on the magnetic attractor trick. It's one I teach in rapier too.

Alex Baird

I just read the whole thread. Maybe learning thrusting isn't that cool of an idea. Tasia I think there are two things at play in this thread, one obvious and one not so much so. The first is that the SCA rules set, as written and interpreted in some Kingdoms allows for sub-par thrusts to be effecti...

Alex Baird

Yann de Kerhouarn wrote:
Do you use a basket on you sword that is historically accurate for you persona?

Yes. A Darkwood schiavona.

http://www.darkwoodarmory.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_24&products_id=29

Alex Baird

Yann de Kerhouarn wrote:It seems silly to treat a demi and basket as legally different from a hilt and gauntlet especially when it gives advantage to anachronisms over historical gear ....

Perfectly historical for us 16th c. types.

Alex Baird

Get your shoulder and torso behind the thrust. Your body mass should drive it, not pure arm strength. Make sure it is landing in line with the axis of the sword, or it might skip.

Alex Baird

I find it cheesy and against the spirit of the game that no one ever bothers to block below the knee. Talk about taking advantage of the letter of rules...

(now removing tongue from cheek)

Hands, like knees, are "off target" because they are delicate, basket hilts are not delicate.

Alex Baird

Tournaments are contests of marshal skill between competitors and comrades in arms. Inflicting mortal wounds is not the objective. It would be rude and disrespectful of me to stab my opponent on the tourney field. I save thrusting for the field of war. Your Excellency, I find this a perfectly valid...

Alex Baird

What I don't like to see is someone with a 4 out of 10 talent level rely on them, and occasionally get a quick kill in a tourney over a top fighter. ... Everyone can block thrusts, especially when they know that their opponent has a thrusting tip. They are just freaking annoying. At the practices I...

Alex Baird

I think it's amazing that people think a £25 fine for NOT using a vehicle you own on the road is reasonable. I think its amazing that people think fighting to the death over a £25 fine is reasonable. But, making the challenge is a wonderful way of pointing out how ludicrous and arbitrary the law so...

Alex Baird

David Urry wrote:I think its awesome the judge charged him 300 instead of the 25, for being so lame.
Come on samurai swords.

I think it's amazing that people think a £25 fine for NOT using a vehicle you own on the road is reasonable.

Alex Baird

That's one way to trim back the bureaucracy....

Alex Baird

Know thine enemy....

Alex Baird

LR of E wrote:I also have my 6th grade diploma framed proudly on the wall.

And we all know what a public school diploma from ATL is worth these days....

Alex Baird

LR of E wrote:"I've never been to Atlanta, but I've seen it on TV. And I'd take an L.A. 2 over an Atlanta 10"

Was this based on an episode of Cops or a Madea movie? Just curious.

Maybe he's talking about shot calibration...

Alex Baird

Also, for those that like 3M "77", is that you can get "90", which is a higher bond. (also 75, which is repositionable)

Alex Baird

Glueing fabric to wood, leather to plastic, and foam to metal, I have had good success with DAP contact adhesive, such as is used to glue laminate to countertops. It will retain some flex after drying. Scuff up the metal with sandpaper, coat both surfaces (fabric and shield) and allow to dry to a ta...

Alex Baird

Caid has blue arm cloths with the Caidan Cross on them for the Rapier fighters at wars. The WS members have a scarf with blue tips and crescents. It's easier in Rapier, since you rarely have your arm hidden behind a shield. You can see one on Lady Rainvieg in this pic. http://www.thelivingmoon.com/0...

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Re: Schlager blades for SCA-style fencing.

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Re: Schlager blades for SCA-style fencing.

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Re: Anatomy of a good sword thrust in SCA Heavy list...

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Re: Legal use of a baskethilt

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Re: Thrusting in tourney.

Re: Thrusting in tourney.

Re: Sir Vitus .... was this you or one of your cohorts?

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