[Ansteorra] armors list

[Sir Morgan Buchanan]

This is one of those areas where personal responsability comes into play.  A 
person who's activity on the heavy field is limited to combat archery may be 
able to do a lot of things to avoid getting hit...  being good one one's 
feet, yielding quickly if being charged down...  But the reality is that 
person will likely still get hit sometime.  If the benefit of the lighter 
helm outweighs this occasional risk in the eyes of that individual, so be 
it.  I can only say, as Michel implies below... "It's not MY head."

Kind regards,
Morgan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Gideon" <mg1m at swbell.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] armors list


Although the likelihood of being struck may be less, you will be struck as a 
Combat Archer.
The same rules of physics apply.

Michel mac Donnchaid


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From: Michelle Dodd <lygabrielerdb at hotmail.com>
To: Ansteorra <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:01:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] armors list


I can understand having the heavier helms for combat but what about for 
combat archery? It is my understanding that archers are required to wear 
full armor including helms when in combat situations i.e.; not target 
archery. With the likelihood of being struck being less, would the lighter 
weight helm be sufficient?