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<td>IMPORTANT: Combat Archery Ruling (Baldar Blunts)</td>
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<td>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:32:47 -0400</td>
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<td>Siegfried <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:SiegfriedFaust@gmail.com"><SiegfriedFaust@gmail.com></a></td>
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To all who receive this ... Please forward to any/all Combat Archery
mailing lists, archers, & Marshals.<br>
<br>
After consultation with numerous officers & Society Earl Marshal
Hrothgar ... The following ruling is going into effect:<br>
<br>
"Effective immediately, due to manufacturing issues, all one-piece
Baldar Blunts are banned from use on the field. These are the style of
blunt that have been made for the last two years, that are all black
and from a single mold. Baldar Blunts made of a two-piece mold are
fine. Marshals, when inspecting Baldar Blunts that are all-black, look
for the circumferential partition line that will exist on two-piece
blunts and fail any that do not exhibit this."<br>
<br>
For reference (I will get some better pictures up later), here are some
photos I snagged from the web (Thanks NorthStar):<br>
<br>
Old two-part mold blunts:<br>
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href="http://www.northstararchery.com/images/black_blunts.jpg">http://www.northstararchery.com/images/black_blunts.jpg</a><br>
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New one-part mold blunt:<br>
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href="http://www.northstararchery.com/images/Resized/NStar17.jpg">http://www.northstararchery.com/images/Resized/NStar17.jpg</a><br>
<br>
NOTE: Duke Baldar has graciously offered to replace ALL one-piece mold
blunts with the older two-piece style at his cost. Details of how to
effect said replacement will be posted on his website soon: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://houseasgard.com/BaldarBlunts/">http://houseasgard.com/BaldarBlunts/</a><br>
<br>
ALSO: Just for your information, Duke Baldar has decided for various
reasons at this point, that other than the replacement batch for the
last 2 years worth of blunts, that he will not be making any more
Baldar Blunts. All two-part blunts in service will remain legal in
Society Rules. He is investigating switching over to providing UHMW
style blunts instead in the future.<br>
<br>
Again, please forward this email to all CA mailing lists & Marshals
to ensure that everyone knows.<br>
<br>
If you have any questions about this ruling, please contact me at this
email address.<br>
<br>
In Service,<br>
Lord Siegfried Sebastian Faust - Deputy Society Earl Marshal for Combat
Archery<br>
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Siegfried Sebastian Faust - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://crossbows.biz/">http://crossbows.biz/</a><br>
Barony of Highland Foorde - Kingdom of Atlantia<br>
Society Combat Archery Marshal
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