[Ansteorra-marshals] Rawhide swords

[Bjorn the Horse]

When I last asked a kem about this, (Sir John) I was told that it was not legal, due to the fact that it does not allow the rattan's natural flex to occur.



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Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-marshals] Rawhide swords

Take a synthetic rawhide bone (large), soak it until it's pliable, wrap it around your sword and trim it to fit, stitch up the seam, and done.  It's a regular rattan sword with a single layer of rawhide wrapped around it. > On Feb 17, 2016, at 15:43, Derryk Carr <wyzdman at gmail.com> wrote:> > I had not heard of this, but would be interested in see if they worked and> how we would work thrusting tips with them.> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Elfsea Marshal <> marshal at elfsea.ansteorra.org> wrote:> >> They have been in use by His Majesty Creppin, His Grace Sven, and His>> Grace Sven's squires for a long time. I have seen them used at practices>> and at Gulf War last year. His Grace Sven would be the best resource for>> any information regarding this.>> >> Absolon of Hereford>> >>> On Feb 17, 2016, at 15:06, Craig Carter <slotshot at sbcglobal.net> wrote:>>> >>> I saw someone comment that this was a new weapon that Sven and HRM was>> experimenting with and I just assumed in tennis ball fireballs!>>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android>>> >>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Andreas von Meißen<scamiz at gmail.com>>> wrote:   Leather dussacks are a completely different animal (and are truly>> bonkers>>> amounts of fun).>>> >>> -- Andreas>>>> On Feb 17, 2016 2:55 PM, "Chris Zakes" <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:>>>> >>>> So this is a *covering* made of rawhide going over a rattan sword, not>> an>>>> entire sword made of rawhide? (Because at a KWAR some years back,>> someone>>>> had some leather dusacks he was fooling around with.)>>>> >>>> -Tivar Moondragon>>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Brandon McDermott <>> brandonsmcd at yahoo.com>>>>> wrote:>>>> >>>>> You can make one easy. You can use regular rawhide, drum head rawhide>>>>> (best), or even the large chew toy rawhide. Get it wet, use a baseball>>>>> stitch on both sides (on the flat sides) to snug it up to the sword and>>>> let>>>>> dry. Lasts much much longer than duct tape.>>>>> >>>>>  Lochlan>>>>> >>>>>    On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:32 PM, Chris Baran <>>>>> chris_baran at hotmail.com> wrote:>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>  I've never even heard of them.  Where could we gaze upon one of these>>>>> things and try it out?>>>>> >>>>> R~>>>>> >>>>>> From: kajiracamber at gmail.com>>>>>> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:13:22 +0000>>>>>> To: ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-marshals] Rawhide swords>>>>>> >>>>>> Have only looked at them and have heard some comments about them (i.e.>>>>>> issues when it rains due to soaking/expanding/slipping/etc).>>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:12 PM Liam Gordon <>>>>> cenliamgordon2005 at gmail.com>>>>>>> wrote:>>>>>> >>>>>>> I know His Majesty has. I was about to start.>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Liam>>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2016 12:11 PM, "Earl Marshal" <>>>>> kingdom at marshal.ansteorra.org>>>>>>>> wrote:>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, who's experimented with them?>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> JP>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________>>>>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>>>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>>>>>>> _______________________________________________>>>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>>>>>> _______________________________________________>>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>>>> _______________________________________________>>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>>> _______________________________________________>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>>> >>> _______________________________________________>>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org>> _______________________________________________>> Ansteorra-marshals mailing list>> Ansteorra-marshals at lists.ansteorra.org>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-marshals-ansteorra.org> > > > -- > “Rise and rise again until lambs become lions.” – Russel Crow, "*Robin> Hood*", 2010> “All men die, not all men really live.”  ~ Braveheart> “A knight is sworn to valor. 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