With consultation among Will Deth, Frazier, and myself, I have set up a C&T section of this site. You can get to it from the link at the top of the page or directly at http://rapier.eastkingdom.org/wordpress/category/cut-and-thrust/ If you would like to contribute to this or any section of the East Kingdom Rapier site, please feel fre … [Read more…]
http://eastkingdomgazette.org/2015/02/13/qa-east-kingdom-marshal-of-fence/ This is one of a series of Q&A articles with East Kingdom Officers. The Gazette thanks Don Frasier MacLeod, the Kingdom Marshal of Fence, for answering our questions. Please describe your job responsibilities. The office of Kingdom Rapier Marshal is, as the name implies, responsible for Rapier activities in the East. In its simplest … [Read more…]
Greetings from your recalcitrant webmaster. Actually, I’m very happy to serve the rapier community for the moment -and hope to get this site up to snuff in the next couple of weeks. I’m behind on my to-do list, so bear with me just a bit longer and I hope that this site will be a solid … [Read more…]
At the July 2013 Board Meeting, the Additional Peerage Exploratory Committee (“APEC”) proposed that the Board of Directors create a new Patent-bearing Peerage Order parallel to the Orders of the Chivalry, the Laurel and the Pelican. This Rapier Peerage would be for the related martial arts of rapier and all forms of cut & thrust … [Read more…]
3. PROCEDURES FOR CREATION OF A DROP TESTER It is important not to deviate from the construction specifications given below without approval, as seemingly minor changes can affect the test results. There are three major parts to the tester, the drop probe (the weighted piece), the guide tube, and the round frame (3″ flange, below) over … [Read more…]