[Hellsgate] Geekfest Demo

[Michael Hagen]

Well spoken m'lord Eric.

That being said, rest easy m'lord Tivar. As lord Eric stated dowels will not be in use :)

Ld Keegan


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On Aug 6, 2012, at 10:13 PM, "Joe Simmons" <ESIMMONS001 at hot.rr.com> wrote:

> My Lord Tivar,
> Rest assured we would never actually consider using dowel rods or thin pieces of rattan.  There are those here with, shall we say a unique sense of humor, and are understandably a bit upset over the heavy being approved and the light being banned.
> I am still hoping that we can have light but until I talk again to the coordinator and the campus police it stands that we will only be performing heavy fighting.
> 
> Yours in Service
> Lord Eric Bentbow
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Zakes" <dontivar at gmail.com>
> To: "Stronghold of Hellsgate" <hellsgate at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hellsgate] Geekfest Demo
> 
> 
>> At 11:49 AM 8/6/2012, you wrote:
>> 
>>> A last ditch thought silver painted wooden dowels for fencing. Just explain their police wouldn't allow live steel?
>> 
>> 
>> first, SCA rapier gear is *blunt* steel, not live. "Live" steel means something sharp, and capable of doing damage, like a live round or a live grenade. Our blades are designed to "kill" our friends without hurting them.
>> 
>> Second, I think using wooden dowels to do rapier combat would be a *very* bad idea. As I said earlier, I think we'd be better served to stick to rattan, show-and-tell and maybe some videos.
>> 
>>        -Tivar Moondragon
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