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Robert of Canterbury

You should read, "Fools and Jesters at tthe English Court" John Southworth Sutton Publishing ISBN 0 7509 3477 8 It is a must read for anyone with an interest in Fools, Minstrels, Jongleurs, Jesters etc. It has a chapter on Warrior Fools, the gist of which I will not go into here, as you ne...

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I'm with Chef. I wear flat soled leather medieval shoes. (some of Darmours ones) They have a 1/8" leather clumpsole, but nothing more. I find them fine for traction on cobblestones and grass, though on wooden floors I find it helps to wet the soles a little to get a bit more traction. Wearing t...

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Pick up the relevant osprey book, it's probably a good start. Most of the material availabe for this period is drawing on Assyrian and Egyptian triumphal monuments. As an aside, "semitic" is a broader term than perhaps you realise. Certainly in in the historic context, Akkadians, Canaanite...

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From Mikael, There is some stuff on Iron Age Carelia - mainly in Finnish and in books and journals though. m (Crusades here frefer tio Swedis crusades in the Baltic) (The most spectacular findings of the time seem to be on other side of country though.) No helmet finds that I know of. Pirjo Uino: An...

Robert of Canterbury

6'2" 11 stone 2 (156lb)
39 yrs old

Rattan, S/S, Poleaxe
Dabble in fencing but dont practice
8yrs

Kingdom Fighting Award. (Silverguard)

Robert of Canterbury

Thank you Blackstone. I do what I do because I enjoy it. Happily others seem to find it adds to rather than detracts from their game. Duke Icefalcon, Why not next year? This event will not be around for ever, better sooner than too late.. Thaddeus, that is the other Vitus Pan Vitus Polonius, Baron, ...

Robert of Canterbury

As I've said before, If any archiver comes to Raglan, I will endeavour to have a shield of your preferred size & shape painted in your heraldry waiting for you. If you prefer Great weapons, I will have one of your liking set by. make your plans for 2010, There is no field in all the world so gl...

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Took me a little while to find you in the those pics Wulfgar but I found ya. It was like a medieval where's wally when you weren't in your regular kit. If he'd carried the shield that was painted up with his own arms you'd have found him a damn sight quicker. A Combat advantage lasts the day. the P...

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Countess Kaylah the Cheerful was elevated to the Order of the Chivalry at Pennsic this year, and chose Mastery at arms.
She is married to the other Master at Arms in the pics, Count Trumbrand the Wanderer.

Regards,

Genevieve
(using Robert's acct)

Robert of Canterbury

Thanks. Chef, What do you think of the overall styling? I suspect I'm closer to early 15th than 14th really. The design is original as far as I know. I've spent quite a lot of time looking at jewelery lately. The treasures of the Black Death exhibition at the Wallace was really cool, and thats where...

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Have you seen C&T? - Yes - Lately? - not in four months. Is it permitted in your area? - Yes - If so, is there a requirement for historical study or at peer pressure for it? Peer pressure only, to the best of my knowledge. Have you actually done C&T? -Yes, a little Have you studied any WMA? ...

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I had a chance to work in lost wax casting, and this is my first attempt. I made the wax model, the casting was done by Master Etienne Fevre, using a modern matrix and centrifugal casting set-up. The post casting cleanup and polishing is my work. I need to get a better burnishing tool to finish off ...

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Hi Sean, We went, We saw, and we kicked arse! Asbiorn and Tom have come along well, Wulfgar was back visiting, so we had him on side, Katherine, our newest fighter took her spot in the shieldwall and came out of her baptism of fire a much better fighter. It was great to see the change at practice la...

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Update; Date announcement. Raglan Fair VI, August 5-9, 2010. It is on again! http://members.armourarchive.org/robertdc/RaglanCooks.jpg Five days in a castle, Tourneys, Melees, Dancing, Pas d'Armes, Campfire cooking, Shooting from the castle walls.. A damn fine time was had by all, it's on again nex...

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If you're in the south then Winchester is well worth a look. St Cross Hospital, The city Museum, Town Hall, Cathedral are all worth a look in. Salisbury and Southampton too while you're there. If you are around at the end of next week then drop by Raglan castle from thursday on, and say hello at Rag...

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Lanolin. It has worked extremely well for me.

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By your criteria, In Drachenwald, None. Double Wars in Sweden might come close to 30 a side, but it's been a couple of years since I've been Raglan Fair in two weeks time is the biggest event in the (Soon to be) principality of Insulae Draconis (The British Isles & Iceland). There will be 30-36 ...

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Thanks gents, That's just the kind of thing I'm after.

The more the merrier, Do keep them coming.

Robert of Canterbury

Does anyone have any links to good SCA fencing videos.
Good kit, technique, location, and camerawork.

There's plenty of good Armoured video out there, but I don't know where to find fencing stuff. I'm sure its around, I just can't find it.

Cheers

Robert

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What is the Video for? if its so people can critique the technique of the people involved, it would be better without the music. (Can't hear what's going on) If its for PR, Then the footage could do with cutting. Edit out the repetitive bits, the swapping hands, the walk on & walk off time etc. ...

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Does anyone know where I should look for examples of Military service indenture contracts? Online is ideal, but I'd be grateful of any leads. I understand what they are, but I want to read the original wording. I'm limited to Early modern & middle english, or translated texts. Cheers Robert

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Ronan,

The one source you give indicated that Gallowglass were Hebridean and highland Scots Gaels rather than Irish.

Do you wanna be Irish, or a gallowglass? it appears the two are different creatures.

Robert

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6d per man per day.

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Out of curiosity, if you cut from the right why is your left foot forward? Because my technique sucks? I didn't know I was on the hook to take part in that part of the demo. I hadn't thought it through much. I just took my distance where I didn't need to take a step, and took a swing. I had a fear ...

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My first ever test cut with a longsword!

Die, Milk bottle, Die

Massively overcommitted, but there you go.

Robert of Canterbury

Have you tried not using a drawstring, but belting them on or tying them on with a fabric belt/tape and then rolling the top edge of the braies under the tie/belt.

It works for me.

Robert of Canterbury

You want this thread. I wanna be Romano British 5-6thC.

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Not sure about universal,

Greek: Oxi
Arabic: La
Turkish: Yok

That's just off the top of my head...

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Great Progress! It's always a pleasure to see someone upping their appearance. Have you Considered Covering the exposed Aluminium back of your shield with fabric? I think it would improve your look a great deal, at very little effort or expense. I am not usually a fan of Plastic baskets, (I rant aga...

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Roibeard, Do you have a definite idea of how you want your final portrayal to look? I found that helped me enormously in my long and slow climb into the light Quick & Dirty fixes, Wear a longsleeved linen tunic, rather than knit cotton. (Ideally get a gambeson, as others have suggested) Replace ...

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and the Shire of AlcaÃ§ar de Brioga has a few spaniards in it.

Martin Bermexo and Leonor Martin to name but two.

Robert of Canterbury

I've been trying to find a reference to the green bean coffee that Digby refers to without success, but I know I've read of it somewhere. (either a lonely planet guide or an in-flight magazine..) I seem to recall it being in a yemeni context, with boiling water poured into the glass with green or sl...

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you want one of these, m I use one at home, and my other half uses one at camping events. You do need to mind you don't melt the handle when brewing on an open fire, by the do make great coffee. It delivers espresso strength coffee, so you may also need to water it down to suit the American palate. ...

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http://members.armourarchive.org/robertdc/Pewter/AABadge.jpg This is from the old mould. How do you like the basic design? Its made to be stitched onto fabric, around the base of the hammers. I'll work from fresh on another one, and see if I can't work in a proper Pin-back as well. Reproductions ar...

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True, but having some lead in your pewter gives you a lot of leeway in both casting flow and malleability of the final piece. I'm stuck with lead free pewter. Medieval badge consumers were also, I suspect, of a different mindset to the modern re-enactor. When a pilgrim buys their cheap piece of tour...

Sir Kaylah

Re: Cut and Thrust - Total BS or What?

14th C Ring?

Raglan Fair 2010

ISO Fencing Videos

Looking for Military service indenture contracts.

First time Test Cutting