Wednesday, July 20, 2005
WHAT A HOOT!!!!!!!!!!
I had forgotten just how much fun that is. Yes, it happened. Roz actually got to put on the whole armor fit, and swing a stick at a live, moving target!
For a while this evening, it seemed as if my fighting debut was going to be postponed, yet again. But the heavens cooperated, and did not open upon us...
Got all the gear on, and of course found several things that need to be adjusted. The c-belt and legs--- the belt stretched so much with the weight of the legs and the legs might just be too long period that the knee cops were 6 inches below my knees. Mike says he has an extra set of legs that are much shorter, and will bring them to practice on Sunday for me to try out, in the interest of authorizing in time.
Additionally, I have decided to remove the side straps from the breast plate, as they are way and are way too hard to fasten for myself. A belt around the whole thing will be plenty to hold it together. Don't know why I thought I needed two straps to close it at the side. ;)
The spaulders I hung right from the leather straps of the breast plate with leather lacing, but that seemed to be rubbing just a bit on the points of my shoulders. I think I need to rivet straps to the spaulders and then rivet the straps to the straps, but am a bit concerned with the rivets doing the same thing.
The gorget is way too thick, with the heavy padding, and I am trying to decide whether I want to just make a new one (it looks really easy compared to the spaulders) or re-pad this one. I will more than likely go with making a whole new one, lined in suede. Sounds like an easy afternoon project.
Michael, our marshal, says that there should be no problem with me authorizing by the 30th. I know the rules of the list, understand the target areas, and most importantly, he said I don't flinch when he hits. Given the difficulty with my legs, we started off doing slow work. We spent 15 minutes going over basic moves, then went at it. I think I surprised him a bit. I actually got through his defense and tagged him a couple of times (as he would have tagged me more that twice, had he actually been throwing with any speed), and he sees no problems with the calibration on my blows.
Anyway, I had a blast. Wish I had done it sooner....
Til next time---
For a while this evening, it seemed as if my fighting debut was going to be postponed, yet again. But the heavens cooperated, and did not open upon us...
Got all the gear on, and of course found several things that need to be adjusted. The c-belt and legs--- the belt stretched so much with the weight of the legs and the legs might just be too long period that the knee cops were 6 inches below my knees. Mike says he has an extra set of legs that are much shorter, and will bring them to practice on Sunday for me to try out, in the interest of authorizing in time.
Additionally, I have decided to remove the side straps from the breast plate, as they are way and are way too hard to fasten for myself. A belt around the whole thing will be plenty to hold it together. Don't know why I thought I needed two straps to close it at the side. ;)
The spaulders I hung right from the leather straps of the breast plate with leather lacing, but that seemed to be rubbing just a bit on the points of my shoulders. I think I need to rivet straps to the spaulders and then rivet the straps to the straps, but am a bit concerned with the rivets doing the same thing.
The gorget is way too thick, with the heavy padding, and I am trying to decide whether I want to just make a new one (it looks really easy compared to the spaulders) or re-pad this one. I will more than likely go with making a whole new one, lined in suede. Sounds like an easy afternoon project.
Michael, our marshal, says that there should be no problem with me authorizing by the 30th. I know the rules of the list, understand the target areas, and most importantly, he said I don't flinch when he hits. Given the difficulty with my legs, we started off doing slow work. We spent 15 minutes going over basic moves, then went at it. I think I surprised him a bit. I actually got through his defense and tagged him a couple of times (as he would have tagged me more that twice, had he actually been throwing with any speed), and he sees no problems with the calibration on my blows.
Anyway, I had a blast. Wish I had done it sooner....
Til next time---
