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Hello all, I have been doing some research and checking into medieval crossbows (circa 14th/15th C.) and I will like to try my hand at making one, I have found a couple of sites with plans and parts/k ...

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Kenny: If you haven't found 'MyArmoury' yet follow the link it will take you to the 'show us your kits and harnesses' page, 64 pag ...

Yea, well we have some guys making or trying to make some gears, lack of metal working tools is my problem, should have a meet up someday as we are in Dunedin.

And rawhide around the edge! I used doggie chews from the supermarket, soaked them over night and tacked them around the shield...my colours a Red/Yellow in a Gronny pattern (I think its called)..I ca ...

Is your shield flat or convex?

Bugger, well fortress Krak de Chevaliers had a good run..thanks broken society..

Not to shabby! The bastard sword, where as you have pinned the grip reminds me of a messer, so now you have to try your hand at a grossesmesser with the knuckle guard!

Hey Kenny do you do any re-enacting and or sword practice?

Just looking through my copy (needs colour all B&W!), and this is just an idea which you proberly already have covered.
on V6 the play from ward 1 starts and is countered with langort, and mentio ...

At a guess a shield strike/bind followed by an inverted thrust/strike...in regards to Milkrons reply below, I have also seen the shield knock to bind up your opponents weapon and shield, to which my r ...

Yes in most of the German fechtbuchs on longsword, they use the term Mutieren or to mutate/transform which is working from the bind, I think when they are weak, by going up with arms (your strong on t ...

On changing, Swiss Master Hugue Wittenwiller (circa late 1400's) talks alot about striking at the sword and changing in uppers and lowers, which in some works talks about should he always go for the s ...

Good call, the little I:33 I have looked into I found working from the bind useful. With the longsword working from the bind is the mastery, I havn't mastered it yet but I have the basics...

The wasters are USA oak soaked in boiled linseed and tightly wrapped in black tape, they do the job, usally to save the wasters we use steel for freeplay. We are slowly getting to wind from the bind, ...