[Ansteorra] Ansteorra Digest, Vol 59, Issue 28

[Casey Weed]

I'll give you the perf plate and I'll weld it for you for free.

Sir D.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Sean Hertzberg <colsith at gmail.com> wrote:

>  One problem with what you are proposing, Good Sir.  That helmet is not
> legal, as is.  You still need to add the perf plate or somthing to the eye
> slot.  Now, that is not expensive and most people have someone around that
> can help weld it in place or attach it somehow...
>
> But as is, that is not a legal helmet.
>
> Don Avery
> Kingdom ER Rapier Marshal
>
>
> > Message: 15
> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:46:38 -0500
> > From: Casey Weed <seoseaweed at gmail.com>
> > To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] painting fencing masks
> > Message-ID:
> >        <AANLkTi=FDOvGcrDqVJPGG7oK0sC31+Umf2gmKwkZ9wQE at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > Purist here.  To me the painted fencing mask is the rapier combat
> > equivalent
> > of the pink stuffed animal crest on a spun-dome, bar-grill starter helmet
> > (attached with the prerequisite bunjee cord).
> >
> > Entry costs of fencing helmets that approximate renaissance face
> protection
> > has dropped to an all time low (thank you, India).  There's really no
> > reason
> > not to spend the extra $60.
> >
> >
> >
> http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-sports-bikes-Black-Fencing-Mask-FIE-400-Newtons-W0QQAdIdZ250517787for
> > $65 plus another $25 in material for the hood bits
> >
> > or this...
> >
> > http://therionarms.com/reenact/therionarms_c1250.html $150
> >
> > That's three twenty dollar bills and you don't have to sew anything; even
> > if
> > you're as broke as a church mouse you could give plasma twice and you can
> > have some left over.  How much is your time worth?  And Therion is local
> to
> > Austin.
> >
> > Sir D.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Stefan li Rous
> > <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > The subject of painting modern fencing masks used for SCA rapier combat
> > has
> > > come up recently on the Trimaris list. The idea is apparently to paint
> a
> > > "face, an animal, of a helm" on the grill of the mask.  One of the
> strong
> > > points of SCA vs. the LARP groups has been the ability to look for
> period
> > > examples and "see what they did", but I don't know that there are any
> > > equivalents.
> > >
> > > I would be interested in hearing if this is done in your area and any
> > > opinions or ideas, pro or con, on this subject.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >   Stefan
> > >
> >
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