30 and ladle?
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alystenAfter Yule, I started thinking about my fencing forms, where I want to go with my fencing in the new year, and how to best use what to learn from my new don. It all started with the honing steel as a rigid parry object.
So in keeping with the whole kitchen theme, we came up with apron (non-rigid), spoon/ladle (rigid), stock pot lid (rigid) and sheet pan (melee). I brought my kitchen apron (complete with Yule stains) and my large metal ladle to practice Wednesday. I fell in love all over again. It was hard to believe 2 hours just flew by.
The ladle functions like a dagger. The bowl makes a very effective set of quillions. The metal holds up to being whacked by blades and vice versa. If the tip gets caught in the bowl... I own it (though not very likely to happen, but when it did, it was sooooo cool).
The apron has enough weight to flow well and be effective. I just have to figure out what to do with the straps. They fling around like tentacles. Which could be all sorts of fun, but I was only successful in hitting myself in the head with them.
I love my dagger. Lots. It is my favorite weapon. So we talked about the potential of going out ladle and dagger. Which is when we stumbled upon 30 and ladle. I will have to play around with this a little more. Ian was suggesting it might actually be useful in melee, as I am not the person who will be running around killing everyone. I am more apt to be the person defending something stationary(ish). Though a handle and strap mounted to a full sheet pan would make a great kitchen themed kite shield. Not too heavy. Perfect for being a meat shield.
All of these things would fit with the German armor I fence in. Camp followers would be the people doing work in the camp and looting the bodies/killing the mostly dead.
So in keeping with the whole kitchen theme, we came up with apron (non-rigid), spoon/ladle (rigid), stock pot lid (rigid) and sheet pan (melee). I brought my kitchen apron (complete with Yule stains) and my large metal ladle to practice Wednesday. I fell in love all over again. It was hard to believe 2 hours just flew by.
The ladle functions like a dagger. The bowl makes a very effective set of quillions. The metal holds up to being whacked by blades and vice versa. If the tip gets caught in the bowl... I own it (though not very likely to happen, but when it did, it was sooooo cool).
The apron has enough weight to flow well and be effective. I just have to figure out what to do with the straps. They fling around like tentacles. Which could be all sorts of fun, but I was only successful in hitting myself in the head with them.
I love my dagger. Lots. It is my favorite weapon. So we talked about the potential of going out ladle and dagger. Which is when we stumbled upon 30 and ladle. I will have to play around with this a little more. Ian was suggesting it might actually be useful in melee, as I am not the person who will be running around killing everyone. I am more apt to be the person defending something stationary(ish). Though a handle and strap mounted to a full sheet pan would make a great kitchen themed kite shield. Not too heavy. Perfect for being a meat shield.
All of these things would fit with the German armor I fence in. Camp followers would be the people doing work in the camp and looting the bodies/killing the mostly dead.
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Date: 2009-12-12 12:54 am (UTC)What...
Date: 2009-12-12 01:59 am (UTC)2. Scared that my Don actually is encouraging this behavior?
3. Giggling at the though of stripy, girly fencer facing off against a big, burly guy at Pennsic with ladle and dagger?
4. Shaking your head thinking, "there there young fencer, you shall grow out of this phase too".
5. Some combination of all of the above.
Re: What...
Date: 2009-12-12 01:17 pm (UTC)