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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #15 on: 2011-05-23, 17:38:53 »
I'd say a glove-slap (no bony fingers involved), or a shoulder-punch kind of thing would be OK. But I'll leave it to you guys as to what you'd like.

Quote from: Sir William on 2011-05-19, 20:23:53
So you had some people shy away because of the colee/culee?  Which is correct?

After some googling, "colée" is how it's spelled in "The knight in History" by Frances Gies. It seems to be the most common spelling I'm running into online.
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #16 on: 2011-06-06, 18:06:43 »
Well I think you did admirably...and the three taps to the shoulders is what we all know to be part of the knighting process.
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #17 on: 2011-06-06, 18:48:49 »
Quote from: Sir William on 2011-06-06, 18:06:43
Well I think you did admirably...and the three taps to the shoulders is what we all know to be part of the knighting process.

Yeah, I think it worked out pretty well. Since the adoubement with the three taps evolved out of the colee, it's just fine. I tried to make the taps nice and solid, pressing downward. I don't know how well you two could feel that through the armor.
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #18 on: 2011-06-06, 19:08:06 »
Well, I felt them so that's saying something.
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #19 on: 2011-06-07, 18:27:21 »
A good kick up the arse also works well lol
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #20 on: 2011-06-07, 23:00:28 »
Quote from: Sir William on 2011-06-06, 18:06:43
Well I think you did admirably...and the three taps to the shoulders is what we all know to be part of the knighting process.

I watched the kids knighting ceremony, and noticed the queen goes head, right shoulder, left shoulder. The 3 taps to the shoulder is what I'm used to seeing as well, so the queen's ceremony struck me as different. Is it because VARF is an Elizabethan period-based ceremony?
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #21 on: 2011-06-08, 00:58:15 »
I'm not entirely sure. I haven't seen anything so far that describes in detail where the taps should occur. From what I understand it evolved out of the colee with an intermediate stage of having a strike with the sword-flat, which presumably might still go to the neck or head.

Hmm, now this has me curious.
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #22 on: 2011-06-21, 14:38:31 »
I still want to see someone take it full-on...I know you didn't feel comfortable with that, Sir Edward (and truthfully, I was thankful for that lol) but who knows, that comfort level may change as time goes on and you settle into the KC role.  ;)
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Re: The Colée/Buffet
« Reply #23 on: 2011-06-30, 15:06:46 »
I got a black eye from my buffet. My knighting ceremony was christian based. The only exemption made for my religious beliefs was that I wasn't required to kneel.
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