[Loch-Ruadh] [Fwd: Re: [Ansteorra] Armor Clarifications]

[Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin]

A clarification on the previous missive.

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Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Armor Clarifications
From:    "Jean Paul de Sens" <jeanpauldesens at gmail.com>
Date:    Tue, March 20, 2007 2:40 pm
To:      "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
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Oops, you are correct. #1 should read

#1) If it's *rigid*, it does not have to be padded.

JP


On 3/20/07, Kenneth Smith <ulfarnfinnson at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Just to clarify some if I thougth if the gorgets were rigid they did not
> have to be padded.  As you know mine is leather but is definatly
> ridgid.  Ulf
>
> Jean Paul de Sens <jeanpauldesens at gmail.com> wrote:  I'll be adding this
> to next Months Black Star Report (May) but I wanted to
> get these clarifications from problems at war out into the populace.
>
> Regarding Gorgets and neck protection:
>
> #1) If it's metal, it does not have to be padded.
> #2) If it's an aventail or camail, and it doesn't touch your larynx or
> spine
> (C7 vertebrae or above) while hanging down, it does not have to be padded.
> #3) If it's an aventail or camail, and it *does* touch your larynx or
> spine
> (C7 vertebrae or above) while hanging down, it does have to have 1/4" of
> padding on those areas.
> #4) Leather gorgets require 1/4" of padding.
>
> Regarding demi-gauntlets:
> #1) They do no have to be padded.
>
> Those seemed to be the major issues, and I'll post if any other ones crop
> up.
>
> Jean Paul
>
> --
> There are no simple answers, but there are many simple questions.