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I was wondering if we have a good idea what it was like for the day to day life of a gentle training in one of the schools or salons back in the day.

There are several of us here in PDX, its been a bit lax. Once my back injury is on the mend, ill be back in the swing of things....pun intended. BTW USCG vet here.

You see these chains on some armors during the transitional period. They didnt last all that long. My bet is that they where far more of an inconvinience to use than the loss of a weapon. The chain could get all up in your buisness whilst weilding it. Not to mention, its a great thing for someone to...

Let me know if you need a ride or something if you get stranded in Wa.

It looks like an overlong vest.

Ya, but I had no other way to describe the way it was made of several lames. I think it was a circa 1475 or so.

One thing to remember when useing a mace, You dont have an edge. Now all this is based on my own experimentatiion and not founded on any period resources. Not haveing to use a clearly definged cutting profile to strike with affers fro some more versital and "hail mary" type of swings. If y...

Hi, So i have done quite a bit of fighting in a transitional harness. Now that I am getting back into the swing of things (no pun intended) I would like to build myself a low gothic harness. I have made a sallet or two, and other pieces that corospond to that type of armor in the past. The one part ...

Do you have to tell someone in their driving manual to put gas into the car? No, its a basic part of operating a motor vehicle. I bet test cutting or practicing cutting on things was so intrinsic to the practice of swordsmanship that the masters never even bothered to jot it down with commodious pen...

I too once lived in NYC, and often go back. I would love to make a routine out of WMA in Brklyn during my vists

In the pierod lit. the armor of the day would have been either jacks, or some version on plate. So I would think that the armor they where talking about when they cautioned cutting across armor they might have been refering to such harness. The problem with maile is its motility. Even with a good ga...

Good Lord, I wouldn't want to get a zorhau in maile. There is a video of John C. haveing a go at a poor dead piggy in chain with a longsword. It leaves a wound that would, if not prove mortal, certainly hurt.

Hey all just a quick OT message to say happy holidays, however you may or maynot celebrate them. I hope all the sharp metal you want is wrapped in pretty paper, and that books of Meyer, Silver and Clements are found galore.
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I am not sure how much is theirs, but a few years back they did a whole exhibit in the side room on fetchbooks.

Is there a contact for this event yet? When is registration due? I am pretty excited about this, cant you tell?