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Post by Horsie on Jan 1, 2015 20:20:17 GMT
Let's get back to discussing guns, swords, and armour!
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 1, 2015 20:49:33 GMT
My girlfriend got me a Rawlings bastard sword trainer. www.warriorsandwonders.com/Rawlings_Sparring/Rawlings_Synthetic_Bastard_Sparring_Sword_PR9042Might have gotten the last one too! Whew. So why didn't I get another one of these Longswords? www.warriorsandwonders.com/Rawlings_Sparring/Rawlings_Xtreme_Synthetic_Sparring_LongswordBecause the pieces are interchangeable. You see, the bastard sword has a blade length that is the same as the single hander... but an extended pommel that makes it useable as a longsword. So now I can longsword spar... BUT, as I said, the pieces are interchangeable. So I can put that extended pommel on my longsword, to create an even longer handle for it. This is sort of like a greatsword, sure, but it gives leverage like you wouldn't believe. But on top of that, I can put the shorter longsword pommel on my bastard sword, and thus turning it into a single hander. My next acquisition is going to be a proper single hander: www.warriorsandwonders.com/Rawlings_Sparring/Rawlings_Xtreme_Synthetic_Sparring_Single_Hand_Sword_PR9020This way I can spar with single handed swords as well, which may be more my girlfriend's style, she says single handed just feels more natural. Unsurprising, given both of our fencing backgrounds. I take quite nicely to the two handed style though, I must admit. The other benefit of another single hander is that I can put those shields I've made to use for sparring. That will be fun. I would still like some better gloves/gauntlets/lacrosse gloves. That would be nice. |
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Post by Horsie on Jan 1, 2015 20:52:56 GMT
No, no, no... full armour. If you're going to do something, do it right.
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 1, 2015 20:57:26 GMT
I've got my fencing equipment that includes the fencing jacket, which, when put over a good thickish other type of jacket, simulates armour pretty well. That is, my movements are restricted, hits just kind of hurt instead of really hurt, and I heat up really quickly. It is gauntlets I really need.
You just want me to post a video of me flailing around like an idiot... while wearing actual armour, don't you? Because I already look like I'm flailing around like an idiot.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 1, 2015 21:09:47 GMT
Believe it or not, but I couldn't find a video or photo of someone tripping, falling over, or generally failing while wearing some kind of armour, so have a guinea pig.  |
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 1, 2015 21:14:01 GMT
Apparently armour is harder to fuck up in than we thought.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 1, 2015 21:24:10 GMT
And the people who have access to armour don't make hilarious mistakes, at least not when someone has a camera around.
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 1, 2015 21:37:54 GMT
A lesson we should all bear in mind...
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Post by wordweaver3 on Jan 2, 2015 7:38:18 GMT
I have an idea for making inexpensive, lightweight armor out of canvas and latex paint. While it certainly wouldn't protect you as much as steel armor, it would be more than adequate for sparring purposes. The pain in the ass part would be building a form to build it around.
Also, any girl that buys you a sword is a keeper.
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 2, 2015 19:13:34 GMT
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Post by Horsie on Jan 2, 2015 19:23:30 GMT
That's pretty neat, and it doesn't look like you'd need a form to build it around, you'd just have to fashion a template to mark the fabric with, glue the pieces together on a flat surface, and bend them into shape when you put it on.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 2, 2015 19:40:54 GMT
Hey Word, have you ever heard of Yildiz? I guess they make shotguns, and I looked at their TK-36 .410 the other day.
It's a single-shot with a fixed modified choke (or at least the one I looked at was), it has a tang safety, a second trigger outside of the guard that opens the action, walnut stock, and it couldn't have weighed much more than 3lbs.
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 2, 2015 19:48:25 GMT
Greeks were smart. Macedonians too... it must have been preferable to wearing metal armour in the Persian climate.
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Post by Horsie on Jan 2, 2015 19:49:38 GMT
It would have been cheaper and easier to produce as well.
Looking at those things they could even be used as a base for metal armour.
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Post by Canuovea on Jan 2, 2015 19:53:26 GMT
Probably so, true.
And you could almost make it in the comfort of your own home. Though I don't really need armour, per se, just gauntlets. I do have some extra dropcloth laying about.
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