[Ansteorra-missile] Fwd: classic baldar blunts

[Eadric Anstapa]

Michael is correct.  The Classic Baldars are still legal.  The Egg Baldars
are NOT.

So far there are NO approved modifications for the Egg Baldars and quite
honestly I cant give you a date when there might be any.  During  testing of
modifications there have been some punch-through problems.  I think Duke
Baldar is coming up with a new design but I am not sure what can be done
with the thousands of Egg Baldars that are already out there.

For what it is worth, I encourage everyone to make UHMW cored modified
Markland heads rather than use Baldar Blunts.  The UHMW cored heads are
legal essentially everywhere fiberglass shafts are legal.  You can make
about 4 UHMW cored heads for the price of a single Baldar.  You can repair
UHMW cored blunts.  The UHMW cored blunts are lighter and therefore you can
get a little extra range out of them. The UHMW cored blunts are not single
sourced and the materials to make them are available from many places online
and at multiple places in most major metropolitan areas.

The classic Baldar Blunts are not a bad product but I think they are really
more for folks that have more money than they do time.

Also, the KAM isn't recovering yet.  My surgery is scheduled for Monday
morning at 7:30AM.  I have a bad head cold today so I am not sure if that is
now in jeopardy.

Regards,

H.L. Eadric Anstapa
Ansteorra
eadric at scabrewer.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <meggiddo at netzero.net>
To: "Missile combat in Ansteorra" <ansteorra-missile at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-missile] Fwd: classic baldar blunts


> Yes, this is correct, the egg shape baldar blunts are illegal.
>
> I was addressing the Classic Baldar Blunts and how they should be
> attached to fiberglass shafts as oppose to how the egg shape baldar
> blunts are attached.  The Classic Baldar Blunts are still legal for
> combat archery.
>
>
> Michael Fray
> Unit Combat Artillery  for the Condottieri
>
>
> HL Agnarr Thorvaldsson wrote:
> >
> > Hey Michael and to all other CA on this list.
> >
> > Just a friendly reminder that it was announced back in April that the
Society Earl Marshall and the Deputy Society Marshal for Combat Archery that
the "Egg Shaped Baldar Blunts" were illegal for use on any Combat Field
until some serious modifications were made to them, and they went through
the whole process of being tested again.
> >
> > The entire message is located at the Ansteorran Archery - News, notes
and Policy page.  The ansteorran archery website is:
http://archery.ansteorra.org/
> > The direct link to this message is:
http://archery.ansteorra.org/oj/messages/0418031652.html
> >
> > I believe our recovering KAM can give us some insight to any changes or
approved modifications for them that has been approved??
> >
> > I remain in service to the Kingdom and the Dream
> > HL Agnarr Thorvaldsson, CAMA
> >
> > >Just felt the need to explain the attaching process and where it is
different >from the "Egg" Shape Baldar Blunt which required only one piece
of tape >across the head and around the shaft.
> > >
> > > Michael Fray
> > > Unit Combat Artillery for the Condottieri