When you have the next few centuries of income already planned out, almost exclusively on purchases that set of metal detectors.

...When someone cuts you off in rush hour traffic and you spontaneously yell out something like:

Oh, thanks ALOT there, PEEN BLOCK!"
or
"Nice going, BUTT CAP!!"

HAHA! i actually use peen block as an insult!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i have some from experience!
When on the second day of your high school freshman year, you are already known around the school as "the sword guy"
When during video games you start laughing when the obvious one-hander is called a longsword
When you have had deadlier accidents with hand weapons than guns
When combat knives (excluding daggers) make you chuckle
When your favorite outfit takes you longer to put on than most women do
When during a haunted house amusement park ride, you instinctively reach toward your hip during every encounter with a scary jumpy thing
When during said ride, you almost use a 500 year old grappling technique on the actors......

When you start thinking seriously that Monarchy and nobility were better institutions than modern ones and you start looking for an authentic nobleman that will give you a real title for your merits. When you go to mass exclusively in romanesque buildings or at most you accept early renaissance ones. When you crave for a quill to write, for linen to dress yourself in, when you look at plastic and cellphones in despair and dream of blasting off any concrete building you see around, at least anything built since 1750 or around that. When you call modern anything made after 1490 or so.

When your friends ask you what you did last night and you're response "polished my sword" is not taken as a euphemism

when you see photos on a wall as somewhat ridiculous, because swords and armour could be there instead!!!!
when most of your role models are about 500 or so years old............
when stainless steel becomes something of a heresy............

When your neighbor has jokingly called you Robin Hood or King Arthur, and your response was to bow and say "why thank you!"

When the PC game "Mount and Blade" made you weep tears of joy

When you got your blunt sparring sword approved by Campus Police so you could have a complete kit for your Halloween college marching band rehearsal....

When you suddenly feel a sharp pain in your left knee while excitedly test fitting your brand new helm. :wtf:
You look down to see your smiling 5 year old son with toy sword in hand and he says “but dad, you said I could hit you if you have armour on!” You want to discipline him, but realize he’s right...

When you ask your 5 year old to get your helm and he says “The great helm or bascinet?” (Sniff … I’m so proud)

When your cop friend and sparring partner is denied riot police duty for the RNC because he’s too enthusiastic and demonstrates better baton and shield posture than the instructor. (True story)

When your children understand the command “HOLD!”

Scott, those are great! I look forward to the same with my kids.

Cheers,
Steven

When you look at cane furniture ant try and work out how many SCA swords you could make out of it :)

When you lean in to read this post and accidently scratch your flat screen monitor with the beak of the pigface bascinet you're wearing.

When you finally realize that your typo count might be lower if you took off your mitten gauntlets when typing. ;) :p

WyHHH am IOP havinGGGGG troubbbnle tyypiingg thisssss ....... Oh, forgot I had the gauntlets on again. :lol:

Yeah, typos they are always a gauntlet issue and not forgetting to use the SpellCheck. :p

When you found an image of a hot chick in armor (while browsing for a new wallpaper), but you can bring yourself to use it because she hasn't a padding under the mail coif...

Hehehe! Good ones!
Here's some from my experience:
- When your 5 months old baby-girl goes to sleep only after she listen "Medieval Drum Dance" ...
- When local hardware store managers ask you to show them a picture of the tools you want to buy and how their names are spelled so they could try and find a provider ...

When your neighbours know you as the "spear man".

This topic should be on the home page and never, ever forgotten.

When you look at a drywall hole saw and realize it would make a pretty good Rondel Dagger.

When your seven year old daughter chooses a plastic samurai sword instead of a stuffed animal playing pick-a-duck at the carnival (BTW - I got a light saber playing pick-a-duck too)

When you suggest a Gothic motif for the new bedroom design so you can use swords and armor to decorate and your wife says OK.

When Christmas wish lists have the word "medieval" in every item.

When every time an Albion Baron comes up for sale chills run up and down your spine.