This is presented here for comparison with Dagorhir style weapons. There is no way in HELL anyone is going to get a weapon like this passed in Anfalas, not as long as I am still alive. ----Vonkar From: Chuck Allen Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: rattan swords It doesn't take much skill to make a rattan sword. Just find the rattan (probably from a merchant or a fighter in your local group), get a roll of fiber or strapping tape (preferably as wide as possible), and some duct tape and a contrasting color of tape. The sword can either have a basket hilt (which you can get from a merchant at an event or an armorer if your group has one) or it can have a cross hilt. We used heater hose purchased by the foot at an auto parts store. Wrap the rattan with the strapping tape first. First you blunt the end of the rattan by rubbing it on a hard surface to remove the "square" end and then cover the end with the strapping tape. Wrap that area with a couple of layers of tape. Then start at one end and spiral wrap the rattan going from one end to the other, just overlap the edges of the spirals, this will cut down on the amount of tape you use and make the sword weigh less. When you reach the end, stop wrapping and do the same with the duct tape, but wrap in the opposite direction so the wrapping pattern crosses. Then you take the contrasting tape and make an "edge" by running a length of tape down both sides of the sword. When you are through wrapping the sword, either attach your basket hilt and tape over the attaching items (usually a hose clamp or something similar) or put on a crosspiece made of the aforementioned heater hose. The heater hose quillion will have to be split in the center large enough to go over the rattan and then tape firmly in place with the quillion aligned with the "edges" of the sword. IMHO a basket hilt is better because it gives you more flexibility in your wrist with a half gauntlet instead of having a full gauntlet on your hand. But that is all you have to do to make a rattan sword. Like I said, there isn't much skill involved in doing so. Istvan Laszlo Shire Lagerdamm Region of Gleann Abhann Kingdom of Meridies
From: ryder@istar.ca Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Starter Armour (Quick 'n' Easy) Thank-You to all for there input via post and several E-Mails I have come up with a good start, I am using the plans sent to me incorperating 14 flank, 5 stomach, and 3 chest plates. Instead of using the recomended 5 gal pails I went with a plastic 45 gal drum which is approx. 1/4" thick. If anyone else is interested I can e-mail these instructions to you, and hopfully when I'm done I'll have a pattern and some pictures to post. Uurad Dhu >>Sorry folks, not Dagorhir legal...plastic hasn't been invented yet. :-)
> Newsgroups: rec.org.sca > From: cochran@netcom.com (Mark A. Cochran) > Subject: Re: New Armor Type?? > > In article <6jhlng$s8d@enews2.newsguy.com>, Tannion wrote: > >Hello Every One! > > > > I just joined a local SCA group, and I am trying to find a cheap > >alternative to making steel or leather armor. One idea I had was to use > >fiberglass. > > The most important question to ask about this idea is: Are your local > musicians willing to play the _Star Wars_ theme for you while you > fight?
From: jim anderson Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: YKYAITSCAW was Re: Simplicity Pattern #8192 > Welcome to the SCA, where men can have boot fetishes and women can > have knife fetishes! > > YIS > > Ekatarina And we can all have fetishes for people with knives and boots! ;-) Magnus BroadAxe -- James W. Anderson III CEO Baron's Haven Freehold Inc.
wrote: > >Toddler??? A toddler will pick the concept up by osmosis from his >surroundings. What's impressive is when the _dogs_ learn what 'Hold!' means >:-) :-) Reminds me of a story some friends of mine from Ansteorra once told me. They own a large Keish hound named Ceir (Gaelic for Bear and he is one). They had Ceir at an event and were walking with some friends who also had their smaller dog (sorry, type unremembered), when the Royal party walked by. Everyone stopped to bow to Their Majesties Ansteorra, and at a signal from the owners, both dogs dropped to the ground, paws outstretched in front of them. The Seneschale (I think it was the Seneshcale) was reported to have exclaimed, "My God, you've even got the dogs bowing!" In service, Corun
From: Louis Stull Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: You Know You're In The SCA When..... Try seeing Hamlet with your mudane friends and being the one who says "Opheila wasn't crazy, just suicidal and depressed. Besides I know that song..." - Conneach
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 12:09:59 -0700 From: Heather Senkler On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Thaddaeus A. Vick wrote: > I heard a story of an armourer checking out the collection in a > museum when he recognized his own mark. That's right, they had armour made > by a modern SCA armourer, labeled as 15th century or whatever. He had to > get his brochures and several more pieces out of his car to convince them, > but the curator was very red-faced. :) > > Hugh the Barefoot > Barony of the South Downs, Meridies A friend of mine spent some time with acurator at a museum explaining that they had assembled the armour incorrectly. The strapping of plates was wrong and they had pieces in the wrong places. After they rearranged things they tried it on again and the entire staff (gathered around curiously by this time) were amazed that it now fit so well. They wondered how you were supposed to move in it when you couldn't bend. Another case of reassessing research by checking if it works. Ciao, Ekatarina
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