[Ansteorra] Polls

[Morgan Buchanan]

My broken arm was in a fairly minimum vambrace, but certainly more than the society requires, and was broken by a sword shot.  The other broken forearm I've personally seen was also a sword shot.  My 2 pieces of evidence are of course anecdotal at best.  I agree with Brother Lyonel about the extreme legislation we have on this  rule, but I'd really hate to see people stop wearing vams in Ansteorra, or any of the harder hitting half of the kingdoms out there.Morgan> From: sirlyonel at hotmail.com> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:47:49 +0000> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Polls> > Salut cozyns,> > >"Should we *require* vambraces as minimum armour?"> >> >You can vote by going to http://marshal.ansteorra.org/armored/> > Three points worth noting:> > First, the vambrace is *not* an SCA marshal's requirement. This is an > Ansteorran requirement. Several kingdoms "strongly recommend" forearm > protection (including Gleann Abhann and Meridies), and Trimaris requires a > vambrace only if no shield is present.> > Second, even if we require rigid forearm protection, I can see no reason for > the heavy legislation we're currently carrying--unbroken rigid *and* padded > coverage from wrist to elbow cop, closure only on the inside with a gap no > larger than one inch. I've always worn forearm protection. I wear more armor > (coverage-wise) than most of this kingdom. This rule is excessive.> > Third, I've seen no data supporting a need for this regulation. Most of the > broken forearms I've seen in SCA combat were from jumping or falling, and in > each case I recall, the arms were in vambraces.