"Water my yard with swords"

On Wednesday nights in winter we've been having SCA-related get-togethers at our house. This week there was swordplay!


We had three swords, eight sword-wielders and 42 plastic gallon jugs full of water.

Note in 2024: Links to videos from photobucket are not working two ways, now, but for anyone who wants to see all the images from that set, maybe with working videos, click the link below, and when you're done, exit with the arrow in the upper right. Water and Swords Day, March 2008 The tiny pictures are thumbnails of the other photos; you can ignore those.

One of Marty's best above, and Holly being coached by her dad, below.


This one is short and good and then scary. Keith made two very fancy cuts, but on the second one the sword flew out of his hand toward Jeff, and I was afraid it had hit him. That's my little squeal in there. I'm not much of a screamer. It was only later I realized it could have hit me or Holly. Quinn was standing up on top of the hot tub, so she was safer, but still. Scary!!


When these guys use SCA/rattan swords they often have a little loop and they have a finger or thumb through that, so some of their shots seem dependent on that. Jeff's sword flew once, too, but not at anyone (or at least it's not preserved in motion picture form).

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Several other still photos and videos are at sandradodd.com/artan/swords.
2024: Same gallery link, plus photos/links, plus links to SCA info on individuals.