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Thorsteinn

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Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« on: 2013-03-16, 20:01:26 »
Tomorrow I think I'll get to be kitted up for the first time since June. I'm so rusty that all the members of the SCA war unit's  The Grendel's and Tribe RotMahne couldn't knock it clean off.

Also, I saw this on the SCA Heavy Combat FB page:

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Thorsteinn

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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #1 on: 2013-03-16, 20:03:12 »
I plan to make a 30" round sometime this year.
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #2 on: 2013-03-16, 23:26:40 »
Armor projects are always fun! Good luck with it. :)
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #3 on: 2013-03-17, 00:34:22 »
You mean the project where I get beaten around the practice field tomorrow?
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #4 on: 2013-03-17, 00:37:56 »
Quote from: Thorsteinn on 2013-03-17, 00:34:22
You mean the project where I get beaten around the practice field tomorrow?

The 30" round shield project. :)

The field rust is less important than making the effort to get out there and trying to shake it off. Congrats on (hopefully) getting back into kit again!
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #5 on: 2013-03-17, 01:07:10 »
Quote from: Thorsteinn on 2013-03-17, 00:34:22
You mean the project where I get beaten around the practice field tomorrow?

Yes. That project where you become a human football. :)
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #6 on: 2013-03-17, 18:30:13 »
And practice was cancelled.  >:(
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #7 on: 2013-03-17, 20:29:26 »
Quote from: Thorsteinn on 2013-03-17, 18:30:13
And practice was cancelled.  >:(

You can still kit up. :D
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #8 on: 2013-03-19, 21:37:03 »
And go swing your sword about- that can get tiresome in and of itself in full kit.
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Re: Rusty self, fighting, & Norse round shields.
« Reply #9 on: 2013-03-24, 14:53:30 »
I find (I'm old (50) fat (5'11 280#) and slow) that footwork is very important when fighting this style (c/b Norse round) 

fwiw, I use a 24" round c/b when I go s/b.
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