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parr@acs.ucalgary.ca (Charles Parr) writes:


>3) determine the weight of *real* armour, and enforce a minimum
>   weight rule for armour based on reality.

A minor point here.  From researches being done by a
re-creation/re-enactment group in Brisbane, it would appear that plate
armour of the 1400s was *lighter* than the SCA equivalent.

IT was apparently constructed with "crimple zones" the idea being that
you could always beat it out after the battle, and meanwhile it absorbed
the shock.

Documentation will arrive in a week or so, and I'll post more info.


The problem with "real armour" is determining what kind of armour?  mail
(as we are assumed to be wearing?  Horn brigandines would presumeably be
pretty light, and using plastic plates could be a reasonable alternative
to horn.

Once you legislate things, then people start looking for ways to get
around the rules.  And other people get into massive arguments about
what the rules actually mean.


>8) Find out, in terms of real hard numbers how hard we have to
>hit, and develop systems of training that *standardise* blow
>strength.

Nice idea, but *how*?  The only way wouldseem to be to develop a
pressure pad or something.  And then how do you decide if someone is
using that strength, or going above or below it without having the
pressure pads belted on the opponent's armour?

Silfren

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