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Cedric

Pretty please?

Cedric

Quick correction (GOD I miss that Edit button.....), I will sometimes yield after an arm shot at practice or in pickups (same thing really), mainly because I don't care to deal with the whole switching arms thing.

I prefer fighting with counted blows, but most SCA events do not use those rules.

Cedric

i had thought long on this question considering the prior topic about 2 wounds and out. Should I have the opportunity in a list to leg a foe I will endeavor to ask if he will yield. If he answers no I shall offer an "act of chivalry" and ask him to rise and continue the fight on his feet....

Cedric

Guess this in another Interkingdom Anthropology thing. I "grew up" fighting in An Tir, where this kind of thing is generally frowned upon. Our Kingdom rules have this (under optional conventions): "It is highly discouraged for a fighter with a long range weapon to take their opponent'...

Cedric

You haven't "established dominance" until one of you has won. Legging someone, and then stepping out of their range and declaring "I win, you can't hit me" is not how I choose to play. Personally, I prefer to best my opponent in such a way that they still have a chance of fighti...

Cedric

You haven't "established dominance" until one of you has won. Legging someone, and then stepping out of their range and declaring "I win, you can't hit me" is not how I choose to play. Personally, I prefer to best my opponent in such a way that they still have a chance of fightin...

Cedric

The point of fighting is to have fun and best opponents. If I leg you and drop back out of your range because you decline to yield, poking at you until you miss a block or get tired is just... dull. Let's start the fight again and have fun. If it means I have to yield because you think you can best...

Cedric

Ghosteh wrote:I think this qualifies as proof that thrusts really can't kill you.

No, this is proof that they don't always kill you. Plenty of other people have died after being stabbed.

Cedric

Does this include initialing a "sign in roster"?

Cedric

To get this back on topic, fought in the shorts for the first time tonight. Overall I have to say the protection is great (had a bit of plastic on my thighs, but got some really good hip shots that I could barely feel through the padding). Has anybody found a good way to wear a cup in these things? ...

Cedric

Marking sides and/or inspection status with pieces of tape on the side of peoples helmets, having to sign in at every fighter practice and being forced to carry one of those little paper authorization cards somewhere on my sweaty body... get rid of those three things and I think the SCA would be a ...

Cedric

Cedric: a) laminate the card. b) why do you carry it with you everywhere? Mine stays in my wallet till I need it, then it comes out long enough to get checked, then it goes back in my wallet. Blackbow A. I would laminate my card, but the only place I have easy access to a laminator is at work. I kn...

Cedric

Not "dumb" exactly. I will say that having to carry a piece of paper in order to fight is one of the more annoying aspects of SCA fighting that I wish we could do without. Marking sides and/or inspection status with pieces of tape on the side of peoples helmets, having to sign in at every ...

Cedric

Anton wrote:The cup holder was designed for a little leaguer's cup or something. I could use it to hold my authorization card or something I guess.

Anton

Ya' know, if everyone did that, marshall's might stop asking us for the dumb things.

Just sayin'

Cedric

Call them and ask for "Maximum Coverage" (shirt or shorts).

Cedric

tlast wrote:Just got my shipping notification from them.

+1

Cedric

Picture taken at a local tourney yesterday. New fighting tunics and lower leg wraps on order...

Cedric

But Machete sounds cooler somehow.

Cedric

These aren't falchions. We call them "An Tir Machetes".

Cedric

I have posted this here before:

(Chainmail, over Hexpad)

Cedric

I have a 15x21' marquee that I set up by myself all the time. It's not that hard, just takes some time due to having to hammer all the stakes.

If possible I do like to get help putting up the ridge pole, but it is definitely doable with one person if you take your time and walk the two uprights up.

Cedric

Doesn't maille heat up real bad in the sun? I am thinking of pennsic in this particular instance. Do you wear a tunic over it? The problem at Pennsic is not the sun heating up your armour. It's the 98% humidity. Nothing like a good sauna to really make fighting fun. I now fight in mail, with a Zoom...

Cedric

Real men wear chainmail.

Cedric

One of the best events ever.

Cedric

Master Grendal does damascus.

Here is a link to Facebook, dunno if he has a real webpage or not:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/GrendalGornych

Cedric

blackbow wrote:lol nope... that's the only complaint anybody has so far as far as I know. Put the thinnest, cheapest t-shirt on you can find under it.

Blackbow

This really helps a lot.

Cedric

Last time I checked we all use Baldar cuphilts. Doesn't everyone?? Personally, I can't stand tip heavy swords. I want a steel basket or a pommel weight on my swords. And said swords are heavy bladed too. This is true. I have had some luck with using Tennis racket balancing tape (made out of lead) t...

Cedric

You can spot someone from An Tir by their basket hilts. Morgan Last time I checked we all use Baldar cuphilts. Doesn't everyone?? Maybe now. It seemed every pic I saw of someone from up there it was one of those leather covered plastic hilts with the colored leather edging. Morgan Oh yeah, I forgot...

Cedric

LR of E wrote:You can spot someone from An Tir by their basket hilts.

Morgan

Last time I checked we all use Baldar cuphilts. Doesn't everyone??

Cedric

Do it after dark wearing jedi robes with one of those plastic glowing light sabers.

Cedric

I very seldom use a rivet set to peen a rivet, but I like using them to set the little washer down on the post before peening. There are a lot of other ways to do it (pliers, small wrench etc) but I have always found the rivet setter to be the easiest. @ Cedric: I called Eugene Leather today, and th...

Cedric

I believe that Oregon Leather used to carry one, not sure if they still do or not.

They even have a store in Eugene:

810 Conger St.
Eugene, OR 97402

Phone:
800-452-5058
541-343-2563

Cedric

Cisco wrote:
-pshaw-

Who lives somewhere where their garage freezes? That's just...barbaric!

Maybe... but it sure beats 99% humidity and 100 degrees.

Cedric

Part of the testing Sir Omarad is doing is to put it in a freezer for an hour or so. If that doesn't answer it I'll find out, but frankly, I just don't plan to fight if it's below freezing. Blackbow Still, would be good to know so people don't leave their gear in a freezing garage or something...

Cedric

Sir Omarad wrote:
tlast wrote:
Jestyr wrote:Was the shirt ever approved by the SEM as acceptable protection for the kidneys and short ribs?

I believe it's still under testing.

still being tested.

Are you accepting feedback?

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