[Ansteorra] thick rattan

[Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace]

Salut cozyns,

 

 

No, the Society Marshal's Handbook says only that the edges must be rounded. Most marshals take a common sense approach to the rounding: if it looks rounded, it's rounded. At a guess, for a big, mucking club, I'd say at least a 1/8" radius for the rounded edge (about like a typical pencil). In the instance Brian describes, I'm surprised the weapons weren't over the weight limit for single-handed weapons (five pounds, now, but I think it used to be six).



En Lyonel 

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> From: StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:52:48 -0500
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] thick rattan
> 
> What do you mean "role/roll" the edges? Do you mean to round them off?
> 
> If so, is there an SCA-wide rule which says what the minimum radius 
> should be?
> 
> For a shaved piece of rattan, is there a minimum width that it must 
> be? ie: 3 inches wide but only a half inch wide wouldn't go into a 
> grill, but that might deliver too sharp a blow. Ummm. Well, I guess 
> it would go in sideways. So I guess the minimum in any direction is 1 
> 1/2 inches.
> 
> Thanks,
> Stefan
> 
> On Apr 11, 2009, at 3:35 AM, jareuter1066 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> 
> >
> > Jovian,
> > I surely hope that you do not plan to shave that down to 
> > width. If you do PLEASE role the edges if you do. My first visit to 
> > Pensic ended up with a broken arm on a monday morning Drachenvald 
> > prize tourney back in 93'. A Locack squire with ( and I quote Sir 
> > Fin Kelly; two curved swords that looked like 2 x 4's in basket 
> > hilts ) we faught and after not being able to realy get a clean 
> > shot in on each other we set each other up for the obvious opening 
> > and he broke my right arm just behind the wrist. I had hardened 
> > saddle skirting vams with steal reiforcing them. Needless to say 
> > the Marshalet court said his weapons were not legal and they should 
> > not have been used. The squire had to roll the edges on the 3 inch 
> > rattan that he shaved down. Sooooo please for pitty sake be kind to 
> > your fellow fighters if you shave them down!
> >
> > Spent the rest of Pensic water bearing and watching some one fight 
> > with my armor all week with my arm in a cast.
> >
> > Have a good one..........every one!
> >
> > Baron Brian du Val
> >
> > Raven's Fort
> >
> 
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