(July 11, 2012 at 5:50 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: I've seen some SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) battles with very real looking chain and plate mail with very real looking swords, metal, not rattan. They were great! They took turns defending this castle-like structure in Avery Park in Corvallis Oregon. We always tried to find a place to hide so we could watch the battle up close, but they always found us and told us we would get hurt if an arrow or spear (PVC foam tipped) found it way to our heads.
Interesting, but I'm not so certain that was a regulation SCA fight. Metal weapons are prohibited in SCA combat, so it's possible they were just doing stuff on their own time with their SCA armor.
If anyone's interested, I can pull out my SCA armor and post a picture for you guys to see what it looks like.