[Loch-ruadh] For the armor wearing types

[Adam Harrison]

--- Sluggy <slugmusk at linuxlegend.com> wrote:
> Weylyn and Brenna MacAllister wrote:
>
> > I as well would like to request a set of these.
> Also, clarification from the
> > experienced fighters, if one wears full gauntlets
> for heavy fighting, does
> > that same person still need to use a basket hilt
> on their swords?

The full gauntlet takes the place of the basket hilt,
assuming it meets the standards for full gauntlets(and
if it doesn't you shouldn't be wearing it anyway).

>
> According to what I'm reading, though you don't need
> a basket hilt with
> gauntlets, some form of integral hand protection is
> atill required, such
> as a quillion or tsuba. It doesn't appear that you
> can have just a
> stick.

For swords that is true, quilions of some sort are
required; however, the quillions can be very
small(like one of my daggers, which has just a strip
of leather wrapped around the rattan base a couple of
times).

For axes and maces, that is not true.  no quillions
are required.  I tend to put a strip of leather on
mine anyway just cause it looks better and it clearly
defines where the gripping surface is.  That being
said, the weapon doesn't have to be gripped there, it
may be gripped anywhere along the haft as long as it
does not break weapon standards(ie: allows punch blows
or "shoveling").  Many weapons are desinged with the
original grip set for powerful blows or in a spot that
is visually appealing, however the weapon is normally
grapsed farther up the hilt for more control.  My mace
and Jareth's axe are prime examples of this.

For polearms, that is definitely not true.


Hope that helps!
-Bjorn

>
> For the semi-final word, check the weapon standards
> at
>
http://lonestar.texas.net/~catsden/PartHbk/PART-HBK-SEC3.htm#II.
> WEAPONS
> STANDARDS
>
> That URL probably won't work in an email, so you
> might need this one
> instead:
>
>
http://lonestar.texas.net/~catsden/PartHbk/PART-HBK-SEC3.htm
> and read
> the specifics...
>
> Sluggy!
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