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Equipment and Facilities
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tiltyard. It gets a little dusty in the summer and autumn months,
but it serves us quite well, being spacious and level. In the spring
it's quite green and gorgeous. |
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Darth wears an armour typical of what we endeavor to train in.
He's outfitted in an Italian cuirass and great bascinet of about
1450. All these pieces are handcrafted of heat treated spring steel
by our instructor and master Armourer, Jeffrey Hedgecock. You can
learn more about our Armour and jousting equipment, including lances
and shields, in the Arms and Armour department of Historic Enterprises,
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We prefer simple equipment, like our quintain.
It's a simple post sunk in the ground, with a rotating crossbar
set on a pivot at the top. We have different arms with varying
size shield targets for different purposes. The target shown
at right is only about 4" square, making it very useful
for aiming exercises. |
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Our training is not limited to skill at arms and jousting...
We periodically fight on foot with pollaxes. In many ways this
is more grueling that jousting and can be a bit more dangerous
too. We've all agreed that it's very tiring! |
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