NK - knee

[Frederick Addington]

okay okay i see. i have steel knees but they really
dont match with some things i want to wear. but as i
read in a magazine, "dont sacrifice saftey for fashion
kids" so i will use my good ol steel knees.

you fashionable neighboorhood Baulsac



--- Carl Chipman <cchipman at nomadics.com> wrote:
> Actually heres EXACTLY what the rules say
> 
> Rigid Materials (includes the following):
> 1. Mild steel of not less than 18 gauge
> 2. Aluminum of not less than 16 gauge
> 3. Stainless Steel of not less than 20 gauge
> 4. Other metals of sufficient thickness to give
> similar rigidity
> to those listed above.
> 5. High impact resistant plastic such as ABS or
> polyethylene of sufficient
> thickness to give similar rigidity to those metals
> listed above.
> 6. Heavy leather that has been hardened in hot wax,
> boiled, soaked in
> polyester resin, or treated with some other material
> that provides a 
> similar
> stiffening effect.
> 7. Other materials approved by the Crown and the
> Earl Marshal on a
> case-by-case basis.
> 
> G. Knee Protection:
> 1. The kneecaps (including 1 inch (25 mm) above and
> 1 inch (25 mm) below) 
> on
> both knees, as well as both sides of the knee joint,
> are required to be
> covered as follows:
> a. Knee armor will be constructed of rigid materials
> and will be backed by
> a minimum of 3/8-inch (9.5 mm) of closed-cell foam
> or equivalent.
> b. It is strongly recommended that a minimum of
> heavy padding be worn over
> the thigh of the leading leg for shield users and
> over both thighs if the
> Combatant is fighting without a shield.
> 
> So legally, yes you can wear the bucket plastic IF
> and only IF it has 
> similar rigidity of 18 guage steel.
> 
> If it is not as tough as steel, you can be bounced
> from inspection.
> 
> I agree wholeheartedly with Xenos's comments.  Get
> steel.  If you can't 
> afford to buy it go to Edmund and Tristans.  They
> normally make anything if 
> you go over there and talk to them while the do it.
> 
> JP (who would probably bounce you for plasticknees
> unless it was ABS or 
> REALLY thick).
> 
> 
> Carl Chipman
> Nomadics, Inc.
> cchipman at nomadics.com
> http://www.nomadics.com
> 
> On Friday, March 02, 2001 4:25 PM, Xenos Makellares 
> [SMTP:Xenos at crazedcamel.com] wrote:
> > Polite answer is hell no.  A bucket plastic WILL
> NOT withstand repeated
> > blows with a rattan sword, a pickle barrel yes.
> > Only as a floating knee design that would work for
> WARS ONLY since you 
> don't
> > take many blows to the legs during a war. Tourney
> use, no way. The only 
> way
> > that a heavy leather would work for knees is with
> a pattern that I have.
> > However, due to the heat here in the summer I
> would not recommend it.
> >
> > You are young, protect your joints with steel.
> Don't be foolish like some 
> of
> > us were prior to getting injured.
> >
> > and as a chirurgeon I can say this, don't make me
> do any paperwork, you
> > ain't going to like me if I do.
> >
> > Xenos
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frederick Addington"
> <big_daddy_baulsac at yahoo.com>
> > To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Friday, 02 March, 2001 03:43 PM
> > Subject: NK - knee
> >
> >
> > | dear yahll
> > |
> > | i just looked at the fighter handbook (surprize)
> and
> > | it said "rigid material with 1/4" foam" so could
> i use
> > | 5 gallon bucket plastic and heavy leather for
> the
> > | knees?
> > | Answers would rock.
> > | thanks,
> > |
> > | your friendly neighborhood Baulsac the Impaler.
> > |
> > |
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