Blackmoor Vituperative

I have been trying for a year to find a replacement for the thick black cotton socks I used to get from CostCo. I have purchased literally hundreds of dollars in socks — at least a dozen different brands from a dozen different companies. Almost all were too thin. The ones that were not too thin were too short. These Wolverine Men’s Cotton Crew Socks, FINALLY, are thick and the proper comfortable height. THANK YOU! FINALLY!

ArmStreet just shared photos of a lovely set of actual functional SCA armor made of spring steel, approved by SCA wardens, providing better protection than a lot of approved SCA armors, and it got entirely sidetracked by smirking idiots complaining about “boob plate”.

Contrary to what some keyboard “experts” want you to believe, armor has often been decorative, as well as functional. The ancient Greeks were not the first or the last culture to incorporate an idealized human form into armor (for those that could afford it).

“Not dying is gender neutral” is a great sound bite, but it’s balderdash. Functional armor and decorative armor have never been mutually exclusive.

Van Dykes are not goatees. Goatees are not Van Dykes. For pete’s sake, use the right term. Calling a Van Dyke a “goatee” is like calling your beard your “eyebrows”.