[MR] Pole Arm ruling from Omarad

[kevin taylor]

<recognizing concern and speaking with zero authority,> 
sean, i have the same italian bill. plus a few of the others.we all have planted people with full shots. thats just a typical atlantian love tap.the foam material has not changed.
see, the duct tape plus padding add mass to the hit. lighten up on all the paddingand the thumping lightens up too....which is why one wants to avoid using 3 rollsof gorilla tape on it.  (we now have to keep the polearm under the 6 lb limit.)
by the way, i still encourage you to reinforce the back hook of that itialian withfiberglass strapping, or it will rip right off when you hook a few shields. build emmore for speed now, and you can get maximum impacts that way. unless youput in a legal version of a clacker, many just do not recognize the hit.
next officer may have us building differently, until then,
callidore (who loves  his 2" tip spear more)


 

> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 22:31:34 -0400
> From: Sean at SeanSorrentino.com
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [MR] Pole Arm ruling from Omarad
> 
> I have two "Italian Bill" pole arm heads from By My Hand Design. They are
> padded, and if I loan them out I have to warn people not to swing too hard
> as they are lethal. I once hit Sir Aradd with one and he thought he'd been
> run over into by the 6"6" 300+ pound fighter next to him. And that was WITH
> padding.
> 
> Did BMHD come up with a different pole arm head material than the one I
> have? Please tell me that we are talking about a different type of foam head
> than the one I have (Black, seems like it's made of shoe sole material)
> because if we aren't, then this is a really bad rule.
> 
> > These shaped heads add a lot to the authenticity of the weapon’s look and
> should be encouraged.
> Here's a thought, let's just ban unpadded pole arms. Problem solved.
> 
> Domenico
> 
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> Sean D Sorrentino
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