[Ansteorra-missile] Fwd: classic baldar blunts

[meggiddo at netzero.net]

Eadric - Head cold. Not good, not with what you have plan on Monday. 
Hope things get better.

The only reason that I have the Classic Baldar Blunts was that they were
the quickest way on getting on the battlefield for me at the time,
2000.  I have since switch over to UHMW combat heads on fiberglass
shafts.


On the subject of modifications for the Egg shape Baldar Blunts.  After
Gulf Wars 2003, Hosey and I was driving back to Dallas and we were
discussing the egg shape and their design.  During the discussion, the
topic came up about how to make these safe and legal for the
battlefield.

Keep in mind that the following is a suggestion, with the hope of those
people who have the Egg Shape Baldar Blunts would be able to use them. 
Otherwise, I guess they could be used for paper-weights or something
like that.

The idea was take the egg shape baldar as the core or center and wrapped
it in closed cell foam.  In other words, build up the diameter until it
reaches the 1 1/4 required by our rules today.  I know this does defeat
the major reason that they were design and produced in the first place.

Of course, testing would have to done to determine if this modification
would hold up to the rigors of the battlefield.  I have no idea if this
would work or not.  If it did work, then all those blunts could be put
to use and people would not be out any more money.  Of course, the
actual use of such a modification, meaning the performance might be such
that the arrows / bolts that these are mounted on would not fly properly
at all.

It is something to think about, perhaps give it a try and see.  The only
thing anyone has to lose is time.  All of you already has these
blunts...

Yes, I did contact Tessa and send her the above idea as well.  So, I do
not know if anyone has done any sort of investigation or testing in
this.


Michael Fray
Unit Combat Artillery for the Condottieri

Eadric Anstapa wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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