Season's greetings!

 Since I have several submissions on here, I had decided to stay silent.  Still, I would like to have heard what people thought of them, so I will first critique my own submissions.  Or at least poke fun at myself.  A (**) in front of a number indicates my own submissions, and my own commentary upon that submission.
Now, on with my pitiful attempts at commentary, as I teach myself what to look for and how to give Good Commentary.  Once again, I have little to no experience with Names, so I will stick to Blazons.

+++++

1:  I like this device, it makes me want to yell "Go Mountaineers".
   More seriously, out of several entries for 'gore' and 'gore sinister', I find nothing with less than 2CD, and most with 3 or 4.  I can find no problem with it.

2.  "Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny Rah Rah Rah!"  *ducks thrown objects*
    Again, on the serious side, a casual search of the O&A found the following:
# Brennan MacDuffie
    * The following badge associated with this name was registered in May of 2002 (via the Outlands):
      (Fieldless) A rabbit's head cabossed sable.

# Ishiyama Gen'tarou Yori'ie
    * The following badge associated with this name was registered in March of 2009 (via AEthelmearc):
      (Fieldless) On a hexagon Or a rabbit's head cabossed sable.

# Eógan Mac Ailpein
    * The following badge associated with this name was registered in July of 1999 (via Atlantia):
      (Fieldless) A hare's head cabossed argent.

# Kirsten Øndirsdatter Skram
    * The following device associated with this name was registered in November of 2002 (via Drachenwald):
      Or, a rabbit's head cabossed sable jessant-de-lys gules.


Most of these examples are Badges; the other results for "hare" and "rabbit" heads had 2-4CDs to clear this device.  It's visually simple, it's cute, and it's going to be up to a better Herald than I to make the final call on this one.


3. The 'per pale wavy' sets this device off well with a nautical look. The following seem to all have 2CDs, assuming the 'wavy' is 1CD.
# Geoffrey de Wigmore
    * The following device associated with this name was registered in August of 2004 (via the Middle):
      Per pale argent and azure, a griffin within a bordure embattled counterchanged.

# Edward Wensleydale
    * The following device associated with this name was registered in June of 1987 (via the West):
      Per pale argent and azure, an hourglass within a bordure counterchanged.

# Cynthia du Pré Argent
    * The following device associated with this name was registered in July of 1995 (via the West):
      Per pale argent and azure, a seeblatt and a bordure counterchanged.
What the blazes is a "SeeBlatt"?  The O&A dictionary didn't have a description.
Ahha, thank you Google... NO!  It's a GERMAN WIKIPEDIA!  Spracken sei Deutch?

Ok, it's a stylized Lilypad, and Google led me to "Precedents of Bruce Draconarious of Mistholme":
[A seeblatt] Lord Leveret (now Lord Brachet) has brought up a possible conflict with the badge of Douglas, Earls of Douglas (Fox-Davies' Heraldic Badges): [A heart]. His staff has found evidence that the blazon seeblatt could be emblazoned either in its standard form, or in a form indistinguishable from a heart (in the arms of the Duchy of Engern, 16th Century). I've found corroboration in Neubecker & Rentzmann's 10000 Wappen von Staaten und Städten, pp.147, 285: the arms of the Bishopric of Vyborg, in Finland, were blazoned (and emblazoned) either as three hearts conjoined in pall inverted or three seeblätter conjoined in pall inverted.

There are still enough distinct renditions of seeblätter and hearts in period (e.g. the Armorial de Gelre, or Siebmacher) that I hesitate to rule them purely artistic variants. However, there can clearly be cases of visual conflict involving the charges, and the [submitter's badge] is such a visual conflict [returned for this and also for conflict with a water-lily leaf]. (House Windsmeet (Caitlin Davies), May, 1993, pg. 17)

No, I don't know what that has to do with this device, other than hopefully proving 2 or more CDs. ;)

** 4:   Do you know how hard it is to draw a bat that doesn't look like either the Batman logo or the Bacardi Bat?  Stupid thing took forever for me to get it centered, and the wings *still* look too small.  On the other hand, I could find no conflicts with the bat, although there may be conflicts with other flying critters.

5. I can't find anything to conflict.  I may not be looking hard enough.

6.  Very simple and stunning, imho.  I can find no conflicts.

** 7:  Another that was a pain to draw and have the 'horse's rear' look right on the hippogriff. (yes, we got a LOT of jokes out of the 'horse's rear.) I believe reversing the azure and sable from the 'norm' is one CD, and the red hippogriff has no conflicts that I found.

8.  Sable and Argent really stand out, especially with a design like this.  However, I did find two devices that are very close.  The first should pass from the change in posture and the border.  The second should also pass for the same reason. 
# Mathilda die Knochenrichterin
    * The following device associated with this name was registered in March of 1997 (via the West):
      Per pale argent and sable, a raven close counterchanged.

# Rhianwen of Ravenspur
    * The following device associated with this name was registered in January of 1990 (via the West):
      Per pale argent and sable, a raven volant to sinister, wings elevated and addorsed, within a bordure semy of roses, all counterchanged.

** 10:  My second attempt to have my own device passed, so I can't say anything.   Except that Bermuda sovreigns and US quarters are good for getting the gear-teeth even.  Ok, I think it's too damn simple to not have SOME conflict Somewhere, but I couldn't find one.  I also think I screwed up the Blazon.
  One of these days I'll officially change the registared name to Kathryn MacLuing. It's been so long since I've even USED that version I keep forgetting that's the 'official' name.

11.  Awful busy for a badge, isn't it?  First time I saw it, I wondered why the device was printed on a square.  I know the counter-ermine/ermines is one charge, but with the fimbriation it seems overkill.
# Artemisia da Quieto d'Arzenta
    * The following device associated with this name was registered in January of 2002 (via Lochac):
      Purpure, a bend sinister ermine between two compass stars argent.
The Purpure clears this one, although at a distance there might be slight confusion between cross and compass star.

** 13:  My husband, currently stuck with the nickname of "Martin the Manx" or "Martin the Sick Husband".
He is willing to take any variation on Kemmish/Kinnish/Ginnis/McGinnis, as long as it sounds similar enough.  He's not that active in SCA due to illness, but he's making the effort. Due to his family roots, he wants to keep the tie to the Isle of Man. If we can prove "The Manx" as a period nickname for a resident of the Isle of Man, he'll accept that as well. 

** 14:  Can you tell Odette did her own drawings? ;)  Again, I found no conflicts for the chevron or the rams heads.  It might conflict if there's another horned critter out there, but that's why we have Commentaries, right?

16. Again, this is so simple and striking I have to applaud.  I find nothing that comes close to conflict.

17.  There's nothing that conflicts with the chevron and the dumbeks, but I have to question the 9-man-morris.  If not for the blazon, I'd have thought it was a fret of some kind.

18. I find no conflicts, although whomever colored this needs to use yellow for Or.  Orange and red blend together too much.  The bear's pawprint could be a little smaller, to show the pily a bit more, but that's just my opinion.  A nice little device.

19.  How can you tell a Cinquedea dagger from a normal dagger?  Other than that, it seems no have no conflicts.


Thus concludes my poor attempts at Commentary.
Critism and aid in correcting my misconceptions appreciated :)

--
Lady Kathryn MacLuing, OK
Onyx Pursuivant
Barony of Blackstone Mountain