[Ansteorra-missile] Hand Protection when using Longbows and Recurves

[Greylond Aston]

Lord Lothair Wildharre has one that he is going to put
on his bow and I thought that our newest Royal
Huntsman also owned one that was going to be used for
that purpose. At Arkham workdays we've looked at them
for this use and I think the one I last saw belonged
to Owen. I'll ask him, since he doesn't always check
his email in a timely manner and maybe we could set
one up for you to look at as a "finished product"

Are you coming to Coronation? If I can get ahold of
Lothair and/or Owen I'll see if one of them could
bring it mounted on a Combat Bow.


Greylond
--- Eadric Anstapa <eadric at scabrewer.com> wrote:
> Greetings to Archers and Marshals of Ansteorra,
>
> As you all know when using a Longbow or Recurve in
> combat archers may wear a
> half-gantlet on the hand used to draw the string but
> must wear a Full
> Gauntlet on the hand used to hold the bow.  This
> level of protection is
> required by the SCA-wide combat archery rules.
>
> At Steppes 12th night I was approached by Lady
> Alienor Lewelyne of House
> Arkham who asked me if it would be acceptable to
> mount a basket hilt on a
> bow so that the archer could wear half gauntlet and
> still have the required
> level of hand protection.  I believe the plan was to
> perhaps use the
> injection molded basket hilts produced by Duke
> Baldar.
>
> My first impression was that this is a good plan and
> it seems to me it would
> be of particular benefit to troops switching between
> acting as siege crews
> and archers.
>
> I have thought more on the idea, I have consulted
> with archery marshals from
> other kingdoms.  I have learned that this is not a
> new idea.  It seems that
> it has been allowed in Meridies for some time and
> that there is event an
> armorer there that makes and sells bow baskets for
> just this purpose.
> Therefore our neighbors in Meridies have no problems
> with this and we might
> actually see it in use at Gulf War by Meridian
> troops.
>
> I have consulted with our Earl Marshal and we have
> made a decision.
>
> Instead of a Full Gauntlet on the bow hand,
> Ansteorran archers may have a
> basket hilt mounted to the bow and use an
> appropriate half gauntlet.
> Provided the basket is of sufficient strength and
> coverage that it would be
> allowed in armored combat with rattan weapons with
> said half-gantlets.
>
>
> We will incorporate these changes into our next
> rules set.
>
> In Service,
>
> Lord Eadric Anstapa
> Kingdom Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
> eadric at scabrewer.com
>
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