{"id":226,"date":"2015-08-21T13:56:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/?p=226"},"modified":"2015-08-21T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:56:20","slug":"measuring-success-martial-gauges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2015\/08\/measuring-success-martial-gauges\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Success &#8211; Martial Gauges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends!<\/p>\n<p>as I get closer to becoming a CA martial there were\u00a0two glaring omissions in my kit. A bow scale and a martial gauge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whats a bow scale!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>when you purchase a bow, it will display the poundage usually, or if not you typically choose the poundage you want. What if you dont know the poundage?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where the scale comes in. One end attaches to the string, and then you the other end. The scale will tell you how many lbs were pulled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/the scales I found on Amazon are you a Prime member? http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001CJ4EZU\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001CJ4EZU&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wyzfam-20&amp;linkId=4XVXYLGY7ODR4NPI\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a scale on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a martial gauge?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>in combat archery and siege, there are safety minimums. \u00a0The gauge will help determine whether a persons equipment passes muster or not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"225\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2015\/08\/measuring-success-martial-gauges\/image\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-225\" src=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Checking things like the width of helm grills, depth of helm penetration, diameters of ammunition and more! Believe it or not these little guys are the Swiss Army Knives of martials and armored combatants alike.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re a martial or not, I highly recommend getting these if it relates!<\/p>\n<p>Someone on the SCA Combat Archery community on FB recently posted he had these pictured (top is geared to siege, bottom for CA) for sale. I just ordered two!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"fbLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/95468199155\/\" target=\"_blank\">FB Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are several places where you can get these. The above is from Evan Jones. I will update with links when I get them. Looks like $25 for CA, and $15 for siege ($8 S+H). \u00a0Post in the comments if you want to share your sources or wares!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends! as I get closer to becoming a CA martial there were&nbsp;two glaring omissions in my kit. A bow scale and a martial gauge. Whats a bow scale!? when you purchase a bow, it will display the poundage usually, or if not you typically choose the poundage you want. What if you dont know &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2015\/08\/measuring-success-martial-gauges\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Measuring Success &#8211; Martial Gauges<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[29,30,3,31],"tags":[6,32,34,8,33],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6dEBX-3E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":585,"url":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2017\/04\/spring-fling-iii-is-upon-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":226,"position":0},"title":"Spring Fling III is upon us!","date":"April 25, 2017","format":"status","excerpt":"Friends, Spring Fling is coming very soon! this an event dedicated to Combat Missile weapons! 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