... It will be a delight to cross blades with you again, MiLady, and perhaps, if you can keep from blushing too much, I'll even sing for you. And I do hope...
Unto the lords and ladies of our fair Kingdom of Meridies, come greetings from Ulrich von Brandenburg, Tournament Coordinator of what we aim to be the best and...
Sure thing Gerrik! I look forward to seeing how you can recreate the definition of "table-top gaming" once again! -Randalin ... I'll ... past ... into ... ...
We'll just call it a rosy sunburn if we must, MiLord Raymond. I look forward to seeing thee on the field. It has been too long! -Randalin ... past ... into ...
Greetings! A quick question from Meridies. I'm looking at an alchem steppe saber with a 34 inch "nearly straight blade". Is this legal in Meridies? If not, is...
... You can see the list of SCA and Meridies-approved blades here: http://www.sca.org/officers/marshal/combat/rapier/bladetypes.pdf It lists several Alchem...
Thanks for the info! Is it just me, or are others having problems when you open the pdf listed below. I'm getting a clean list of brands and blade names, but ...
There are blades available to 43 inches with grips to 10 inches. A LOT of people seem to be using 40 inch blades lately. The late period hilts are strictly...
My two cents on this: Though our rules do not specifically address the issue of a 2-handed sword, they are very specific in their intent to recreate the Arte...
While I agree with Edmund in noteing that the rules do specify the rapier as the tool we are recreating with.... I disagree that the intent was ever to limit...
My 2 schekels, IF your kingdom was ok with a 2 handed set up I would say go for it, BUT I would also say you would have to always use it 2 handed. Makes some...
This is perhaps why Don Giovanni, while he was Society Deputy for Rapier, made a concentrated effort to retire the use of the term "rapier" as the umbrella...
... Denying the use of any documentable and safely reenactable weapon/style also gives a bit of the lie to the assertion that the 'rapier' community has...
... Or "unarmored combat"... cheerfully, Giovanni, who does his German longsword with great good cheer on the ra... ummm, unarmored field. ;-) ________________...
... You mean, a long weapon, designed for civil combat, used for cutting AND thrusting? Sounds like the longsword of Fiore and Lichtenauer to me... both ...
Are you using it one-handed or two-handed? Edmund ... From: Ursus Grim To: serapier@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 7:34 AM Subject: Re:...
The use of the term "always" begs questioning or clarification. While I agree that losing the use of one of your hands while using a two- hander should often...
... A palpable hit... ________________ Some men will always prefer war to peace; and other men, we who have learned from the past, have a moral obligation to...
... As has been mentioned, Don Giovanni ("Dr. Bill") in Trimaris does some two-handed German-style longsword fighting with a fairly long "rapier" blade (i.e....
Would really depend on the weapon I would think(this part gets weird), if using a shorter 2 handed weapon I will concede going to 1h to finish a series, but I ...