[MR] learning on borrowed armor

[logan]

oh i see how it is larry, quote a policy that someone has used for 15 years
but dont give him credit for it.  uh huh....

anyway, i stopped using loaner armour some time ago as its nearly impossible
to properly fit someone comfortably in a bunch of junk nobody else wants.
most loaner gear really is junk armour.  it makes sense, if you have a nice
piece of armour that you personally dont use because youve upgraded you pass
it on to someone else.  largess.  the stuff that fills most bins are
mistakes or cheap stuff someone bought off ebay.  now i just make stuff with
them and put them in comfortable stuff.

;^)
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-----Original Message-----
From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Laurence
Lagnese
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 6:48 PM
To: Becky McEllistrem; atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] learning on borrowed armor

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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