clackers

Dale Beatty · Post by **Dale Beatty** » Sat May 04, 2002 5:32 pm

This may be a stupid question, but I'm new so please forgive. What is a clacker exactly, in the SCA? How do you make one? I have an idea for a warhammer in progress but right now it's all foam and I forsee a problem with noone calling the hits because of noise conditioning. I've been told a clacker would rectify this problem. Is this ok in the midrealm?

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Rev. George · Post by **Rev. George** » Sat May 04, 2002 5:58 pm

A clacker is a piece of rigid material, usually rattan, attached over the foam of a mass weapon to make a "clack" noise when it hits.

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Dale Beatty · Post by **Dale Beatty** » Sat May 04, 2002 6:07 pm

How thick does it need to be...or rather how thick does it have to be? what's too thick? too thin?

Morgan · Post by **Morgan** » Sat May 04, 2002 9:53 pm

there are no thickness requirements for clackers as long as their design doesn't allow them to go through an eye slot. It's basically a shaved off section of rattan. If you took a piece of rattan and drew the largest square you could on it, you'd see 4 sections of rattan that looked like a D on each side. That's about the size you'd best use.

losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Sun May 05, 2002 12:57 pm

I use a 4inch piece of ratan split in to quarters shave the back side in to more of a trapazoid cross section and tape it on

theodrik · Post by **theodrik** » Mon May 06, 2002 1:37 am

as an alternative to rattan, try a piece of water-hardened sole leather. It's hard, makes a nice, loud sound on impact, weighs much less. Be sure to round the edges.

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