So,I accidentally poisoned my self with fumes from my welder last friday. I had been working on a new burgonet to sell on armour archive when I felt a bit woozy. When I stood up from my work bench I felt dizzy and thought I was going to hurl. I get rushed to the hospital for blood work and oxogen therapy, somewhere in the middle of all of this I ( Read more... )

I have been making a new helm for my buddy mark, it is a sallet like sir Lothar's old one.I think it is comng out pretty good but I have to adjust and finish the bar-grill. So today since I have been feeling a little sick I decided what the hell I will try to get this bad boy finished ( Read more... )

So I went to practice on tuesday only to be told by an un-squired un affiliated marshal that I am a rhino and I cant hit. When someone yells across the field to my opponent"if he wont take a leg shot hit him harder"then proceeds to lecture to me about calibration I get pissed. So I reply, "then why dont you get your crap on and get out here,I am ( Read more... )

I have been working on this helmet for 4 months! it has challenged all of my armouring skills and pushed me to expand my knowledge of welding and fabrication exponentially. I have to finish up the grill and touch everything up but we are getting near the end of the road for this project. I just hope it works!

Well I am nervous about fighting in crown, I need to practice more. I do a significant amount of pell work but my power is just not there recently. My body dynamic can guide my shots in and generate the force I need, but my elbow hurts after an impact. When I was going for my OTC I blew the bursa in my sword arm and soon after developed tendonitis ( Read more... )

Car broke down..

Can't get it until saturday...

May not be able to go to Mudthaw...

I hate it when real life cuts in at the worst moment.

So, I have been rebuilding a helm for a poor young SCA newbie for the last 6 months.He bought this little Japanese princess off of armour archive and it had some... problems. Looking at it myself, I as a marshall, could never have passed this helm off as legal. It had so many structural issues it could have literally killed him to wear it ( Read more... )

I visited the foundry in Cumberland Mass. last week. It looks like my new tool line will go on the market soon which is good because I am up to my neck in pre orders.Im a little nervous about getting into tool manufacturing, before when It was just me making armour it didnt matter what happened, because there was minimal investment in materials my ( Read more... )

Well, tourney season is in full swing and I cant seem to stop breaking weapons on my opponents. A single sword for instance, will usually last me about a month before I split it in half or turn it into a dust broom. But lately I use a sword twice and the tips tear off or I just break them out-right. Feral has been working hard to make sure that I ( Read more... )

So today I got to study original fighting manuals from Capiferro, Agrippa, Morotso, and Viggiani as well as Thibault Damn! I love my school, where else would they let me juggle 3-500 year old books in their original bindings!