The Armour Archive

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You're right, Christopher. I'm sorry.

I hear "Ooo the heat!" so much, it's become quite a hot button issue.

Still not cool to harp on you.

Bob

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most of the Dc, VA, PA, MD LH groups i think are splinters off of markland I think that's true to an extent. Some just have Marklanders in them. Some started off as a Markland sub-group but the Marklanders hardly ever do anything anymore. There are groups like Gardiner's Company - m - which don't h...

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JohannM wrote:
brewer wrote:Why?

Like I said...I wouldn't do it again. I didn't trust turnshoes to be "grippy" enough. I know better now.

That's what I'm saying.

Gotta learn how to use the equipment.

Bob

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Well, yeah. Blanket-weight wool is hotter than linen. One must exercise one's wisdom, after all. What I'm getting at is that historical clothing works pretty damn well if we don't fiddle about with it. Wool over linen works just as well as linen over linen - and having the right material means that ...

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From a purely SCA view, registering this name could be a bitch. Mixing the two languages/cultures is what we call a Weirdness, no matter how detailed your persona story. I think Jan is on the right track - by the time several generations have passed, your given name would have been Polish (Zygmunt),...

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Regarding the age of the recipe, I have no idea what was brewed in the 1700's, but I suspect that braggots and meads were sort of out of fashion, so it's probably a beer, so listen to JimC . They were and they weren't. Hopped beer was the standard, but there were recipes floating around well into t...

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Isn't hops added as a preservative agent? Yes. Hops have multiple properties which made it win out over other herbs. In fact, most brewing historians say that hops were merely just another bittering herb until its antiseptic properties were discovered. It is thought - hops in brewing chemistry are ...

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Christopher, Re: It's hot. Dude. It's hot. All clothing is hot. When it's hot, you're hot. Period. You're hot in shorts and a t-shirt. You're hot in Ottoman Turkish. You're hot in full-bore Elizabethan. Fact is - and you can look this up - when it's hot you're better off wearing wool over linen than...

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OK, I'd like to throw some guesses about the tunic and what to wear with it at you good folk: 1) Not lined. Wear with a linen undershirt: St. Louis style? IMO, that's as good as any. 2) Wear with slim-fitted (not baggy) pants...or braies? I'd presume you want to wear the Bocksten tunic with the Boc...

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As far as I know, medieval beer was not bitter and had a very low alcohol percentage. I've been told this by a brewer in my living history group and saw the same thing on various Discovery Channel productions (most notably an episode where they recreate an ancient Egyptian beer. I think it was one ...

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Don't forget you can call or email if you need assistance, Guillaume! Today is weird, but we're back at the phones tomorrow.

866-518-1558

Bob (RH Heavy Lifter)

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@Johann - Thanks! You can also tell them we'll be at Reading this weekend if they want to stop by in person.

Bob

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...Aaaaaaaaaand there it is!

(I had a side bet with Kass how long it would take for someone to post something like, "If she comes with it, I'll buy it!")

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Alcy: She was standing right there. That's the whole mind-bending thing about it!

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@Maeryk: I'll tell Dana (the model) you said that. She'll be devastated.

@Big Fred: Her very touch is electric.

@Eirik: Now you know why I was so keen to get the hell home from AEWP!

Cheers,

Bob

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What are those silly people at Reconstructing History up to now? Here's a taste:

Watch our website and the rh_intern blog to find out!

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Mord,

Thanks for your thoughts. You have a very well-considered approach!

Bob

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Yikes, Mord. Take your time!

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Mord, Don't get me wrong - my interest is in the history, social and economic, of the periods I enjoy studying, far more than a simple collection of material-culture items. The material culture permits me to attempt to insert myself, or at least pretend I'm there, to a greater or lesser extent, when...

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I think Blazek has the right idea, personally. Like you, I am interested in damn near everything. But after a while I found a specialization (1580-1650 England) which I really dig, and which I "do" most often. I've oriented my material culture collection, and the bulk of my wardrobe, aroun...

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Earnest, I recognize a few of those fellows - and the backdrops in the photos - from Embleton's The Medieval Soldier. Yer famous, dude.

Kaos, you're a lucky bloke. Nice pictures.

Bob

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http://www.karlwilcox.com/?page=shield

...is an online option to make simple armory. I've been using it lately.

Bob

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Maybe I have misread or misinterpreted, but when I buy from an American supplier I think that product should be made by Americans. Maybe this is the reason so many have lost the support of their own people. They aren't being loyal to their own people. When you state that Americans are not willing t...

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And if the merchant that is selling the top quality items CAN NOT DELIVER those of us willing to pay the price are forced elsewhere. Sorry folks but it's not all about cheap knock offs here. I'm willing to pay top dollar because I am not a tailor, I do not sew, I do not want to learn to sew, I alre...

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Document your deviation as well as if not better than the norm. In other words, the original recipe could be your only source (though I'm more impressed my multiple sources) if you were going strictly by that recipe. If you're going to deviate from the original recipe, you have to document that reci...

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Like the title says, we'll be there. If there's anything special you require, let me know via email or PM. I won't be bringing non-SCA-period patterns unless someone asks, for example. I'm hoping to have a selection of body linens, though they're going fast through the webstore! (hint! ) Cheers, Bob

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Michael, I flatter myself that our patterns are easy to use. That said, they can be challenging. Our patterns make historical clothing using historical techniques. Frankly, the instructions are oriented to the rank beginner. If you follow the instructions strictly you'll be fine. Plus we're the only...

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Please put Robert P Davis on your list.

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Go viral, boys!

Thanks!

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I suspect "mahoitered" *is* the correct term for the ball-topped 15th-century doublet sleeve. Where did you see the word in an Elizabethan context, Brewer? I don't know the exact etymology of the word "mahoitered". I'm not marrying myself to anything. I seem to recall it with a ...

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Brewer Bob, the myth of the late medieval illiterate priest has been thoroughly refuted. Really? Must have missed that. Seriously, no snark. If I need to update my knowledge, I will. If you cite some sources, I will seek them out. See, I was always under the impression that various De vita et hones...

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I'm not going to get involved in an argument with you about doctrine and dogma, Bob, because that's no fun. So I'll leave the whole veneration of saints and relics thing alone, apart from saying that the average illiterate priest - not to mention peasant - during the later Middle Ages was absolutely...

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Glad I could amuse! So far as a mahoitered sleeve, what do you mean by "mahoitered sleeve"? Mahoitered to me means "a sleeve made out of many little bits", and I've only ever encountered it in an Elizabethan context. The "ball-top" sleeve is made of two parts, yes, but ...

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>Societal backlash? Sorry; I just don't see that. < Everyone's world-view is different. Some of us live in a world where things happen in a vacuum, some of us live on planet reality. I'm sorry you felt it necessary to take a cheap shot like that. I assure you I live in reality. I live in a reality ...

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