[MR] learning on borrowed armor

[Laurence Lagnese]

A nice policy is you can't get authorized in borrowed armor

On 9/25/09, Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This recent armor discussion reminded me of a question I've had for a long
> time.
>
> Sorry if this was discussed and I didn't see the subject as I didn't have a
> lot of time for the current armor conversation and had to delete a lot.
>
> I tell my friends who are interested in SCA to try visiting different
> cantons, going to meetings of different cantons and seeing where they are
> comfortable with this most because each canton develops its own culture,
> etc.
>
> Along the way they meet people who are very willing to help them out with
> garb, gear, tentage etc. and then armor.
>
> So now MR. Newbie has borrowed armor and started to learn how to fight.
> He's authorized and is starting to get pretty good - not really winning tons
> but doing pretty well.  At what point do you say "you really should get your
> own suit of armor and get well versed with that instead of borrowed armor"?
> If you get really good with armor that is not your own are you in a sense
> setting yourself up to fail?
>
> Sort of like the horseback rider who wants their own saddle, or the golfer
> who wants their own set of clubs.  Obviously you want to get people suited
> up in their own armor as soon as possible, but is it really bad to learn and
> maintain on borrowed armor - especially if a canton has several loaner suits
> that nobody's using.
>
> How big a change is it to flip to new armor after having used borrowed armor
> for months?
>
> Rebecca
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