Armor is a go

Fought in my re-strapped elbows tonight, and they felt good. And my sword felt good. Matter of fact, everything felt good tonight. So I'm as ready for Crown this weekend as I can be.

Came across these photos recently of the last time I fought in Crown.

Look at that squire belt! So new and shiny! And dig the thrusting tip on my sword... no such thing as "low profile" tips back then. This was about 14 years ago, I think. I made that basket hilt myself, if you can believe it.

Fearsome! I bartered for that chainmail drape, and it lasted maybe a couple months after Crown. It was some soft metal (brass?) that just couldn't hold up. And I didn't know how to knit chain to fix it (still don't). And check out that giant leaderboard in the background. They trooped that monster out for several Crowns, then it went away. Too bad, it was really impressive. They did up your name in fancy script on a slip of cardboard for the slots... I still have mine in a box somewhere.

Me and Sir Amaranth. He killed me shortly after this photo was taken, knocking me out of the tourney, I believe.

So, yeah, it's been a long time since I've fought in a Crown. Had no real desire to... until now. I'd love to make my wife Queen of the Middle Kingdom. Man, she'd be a great queen.

Only four days to go.