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Patrick Kelly
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| G. Scott H. wrote: | | I bet Mr. Kelly is the only state trooper in the country who's patrol car features both a Remington 870 and a two-handed great sword! |
You may laugh now, but there have been times when that was true!
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Patrick Kelly
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| Alina Boyden wrote: | | Hey! I love knights. I just hate plate armor. The heyday of the knight was long before even transitional plate armor imho. The 13th century is the pinnacle of western civilization. I'd love to get a type XII, full mail armor, a nice destrier, and go at it. But the category was describing icky plate armor. Compared to the cool fabrics, nifty clothes, camel riding, fun lance techniques, and superb swords, plate armor doesn't hold a candle. |
Amen! Mail rules!
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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Alina Boyden
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| Patrick Kelly wrote: |
Amen! Mail rules! |
Tactfully avoiding the harem pants I see...
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Patrick Kelly
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| Alina Boyden wrote: | | Tactfully avoiding the harem pants I see... |
Only in public. 
"In valor there is hope.".................. Tacitus
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G. Scott H.
Location: Arizona, USA Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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| Patrick Kelly wrote: | | Alina Boyden wrote: | | Tactfully avoiding the harem pants I see... |
Only in public. |
How about chain mail harem pants?  
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Alina Boyden
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| Posted: Wed 04 May, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| G. Scott H. wrote: | | Patrick Kelly wrote: | | Alina Boyden wrote: | | Tactfully avoiding the harem pants I see... |
Only in public. |
How about chain mail harem pants? |
I think that really loses the allure. I mean, silk, billowy, mail?? Nah...
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Helen Miller
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Not in my world Petri, a shinai is a sorry excuse for a two hander.
-"A woman's tongue is her sword, and she does not let it rust."
Proverb
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Nathan Bell
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Well, I reckon it's #2 for me, the Celts.
HUGE surprise there, eh?
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Joe Yurgil
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Well I do have piratical tendancies but.... IT'S TIME TO GO A VIKING BOYS!!!
Sjá, þar sé ek föður minn.
Sjá, þar sé ek móður mina ok systur mina ok bróður minn.
Sjá, þar sé ek allan minn frændgarð.
Sjá, kalla þeim tíl min.
Biðja mér at taka minn stað hjá þeim í sölum Valhallar, þar drengiligr menn munu lifa allan aldr.
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Elling Polden
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Knigit swashbuckler!
Kill things, in the name of the king, while beeing as flamboyant and fiendishly charming as posible...
Further more, I have long been an advocate of the chainmail Burka as the ultimate protective garment...
"this [fight] looks curious, almost like a game. See, they are looking around them before they fall, to find a dry spot to fall on, or they are falling on their shields. Can you see blood on their cloths and weapons? No. This must be trickery."
-Reidar Sendeman, from King Sverre's Saga, 1201
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Aaron Schnatterly
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Official "Aaron" diagnosis:
Full-blown Knight with Viking tendencies.
With both a full late 13th C Templar kit and a full 16th C harness nearing completion, discussions for a full Gothic harness in the works, and plans for (and good start on) a collection of swords covering the entire Okeshott Typology, the Knight is a more than obvious category.
Along with my 1/2 German blood, I'm also 1/2 Swede - and it shows. My Icelandic Thor's Hammer never comes off, and I spent a very cold season at MTA in the Viking camp (or raiding the other camps) back in 1992 or 1993. Blue ribbon camp, and a heck of a lot of fun. Oh, and I can tell you what happens when a WWI US Infantryman gets interrogated by Valgard and Thorfinn at spearpoint!
-Aaron Schnatterly
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Fortior Qui Se Vincit
(He is stronger who conquers himself.)
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Alina Boyden
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| Aaron Schnatterly wrote: | Official "Aaron" diagnosis:
Full-blown Knight with Viking tendencies.
With both a full late 13th C Templar kit and a full 16th C harness nearing completion, discussions for a full Gothic harness in the works, and plans for (and good start on) a collection of swords covering the entire Okeshott Typology, the Knight is a more than obvious category.
Along with my 1/2 German blood, I'm also 1/2 Swede - and it shows. My Icelandic Thor's Hammer never comes off, and I spent a very cold season at MTA in the Viking camp (or raiding the other camps) back in 1992 or 1993. Blue ribbon camp, and a heck of a lot of fun. Oh, and I can tell you what happens when a WWI US Infantryman gets interrogated by Valgard and Thorfinn at spearpoint! |
Will you please post pics of your 13th century Templar kit? That's right up my alley time period-wise and I'd love to see it.
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Aaron Schnatterly
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| Alina Boyden wrote: | | Will you please post pics of your 13th century Templar kit? That's right up my alley time period-wise and I'd love to see it. |
Yes, would love to! Your input would be GREATLY appreciated, as I want to get it dead, dead on. Maille is nearly done (some mods to the chin in the coif, the upper halves of the cuisses plus soles, and mittens on the hauberk still to go). I am working with a tailor to get the clothing correct - from the braies to the surcoat. The shield and the leatherwork are in my plans for this next couple of weeks, but will likely need to wait a while to order the right Albion... still reeling from the hit I took from Uncle Sam. Let me get a little further down the path, and I'll share as much as you want to see.
I'm basing the kit on plate H (p. 40) in Osprey's Knight Templar, 1120-1312. So far, it is pretty close. I'm debating the coat of plates...
Though this is a project I have been wanting to do for years, KoH as well as some other recent reading has lit a fire. My intent is to have it complete for the Texas Ren Faire.
-Aaron Schnatterly
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Fortior Qui Se Vincit
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Anton de Vries
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Mostly Category 4: The Knights and a bit of all the other categories.
| Helen Miller wrote: | | a shinai is a sorry excuse for a two hander |
On the other hand: shinais are great if you don't have an excuse to use a two hander.
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Eric Nower
Location: Upstate NY Joined: 22 Dec 2004
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I'd have to go with a major in the Knight and a minor in the Barbarians.....
It's all good.
May God have mercy on my enemies, for I shall have none.
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Edward Hitchens
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Hey! I love knights. I just hate plate armor.
Hey Alina, what don't you like about plate armor? Just FYI, I'm somewhat more of a maille person myself but I still think plate is cool. -Ted
"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest." Thomas Jefferson
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Alina Boyden
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| Edward Hitchens wrote: | Hey! I love knights. I just hate plate armor.
Hey Alina, what don't you like about plate armor? Just FYI, I'm somewhat more of a maille person myself but I still think plate is cool. -Ted |
Ummm...it's ugly?
That and Islam never had it 
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Mark Mattimore
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Definitely Category 4: The Knights. (Although I do have some leanings to Category 8 and Category 5 as well.) Everything about the noble lord in his castle appeals to me. And I have to say you guys are whacked … plate armor is cool and beautiful. I love mail too, but plate rules!
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Kjell Magnusson
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Well, it will take me a few hours to get my world back in shape again after seeing the tachi put forth as an example of chinese swords, instead of japanese, so I guess I have little choice but to put myself in #5. Oh well, time to go and dice the neighbours car.
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This is a standard topic
But you can just pick out that it's the