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Rev. George

I picked up a foam mat from walmart. its a nice forest green colour...was sitting right beside the smurf blubber...

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Okami... just to save you some hassle...you might consider changing your name. Reason i say, there was a chap some years ago that frequented the board, and ended up being less than scrupulous in his business deals...

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I forgot to address the picture issue... I'm torn... the whole page, and all its images weigh in at just under a meg. I MAY try some Jpeg compression on them, but i am a lil concerned about image quality... Of course if anything strikes your fancy... check out my site... -+G ------------------ Rev's...

Rev. George

I've seen it phyrigian, and fresian used almost interchangably. At somepoint, i decided to call it a fresian cap, due to some evidence i had seen that it was more period to call it that, but to be honest, i have no clue as to what the evidence was, or from where it came.... As to the hosen comfort i...

Rev. George

I took these pix in the likely hood that I will be offering it as a clothing line

http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/sewing/skinout/Skinout.html

Comments, questions...

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Rev. George

That's probably the best way to think of it...

SPQS Senatus populusque sociatae

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Rev. George

Well the keyrings are generally expensive. As to the sporting goods connection, its, i think, for use in fishing tackle...

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Rev. George

I dont know... However, I am assuming so, I cant press the face in at all with my thumbs...

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Just a few thoughts... I cant see why it COULDN'T have been done. Of course, the farther back you go, the less evidence you'll find for soft goods like textiles and leather. However, making a pennanular brooch shouldnt be too hard, bend some hot barstock over a pipe to form an omega, make a "pin" fr...

Rev. George

Lodhur: I might be able to help with some of that... 6. getting my SO (& her daughter) her OWN garb (I've made her a danish style peplos for Yule) Obligatory garb business reference... LOL http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/sewing 7. making a period tent http://www.hemptraders.com/closeout.shtm...

Rev. George

like many things in the SCA (europeans with japanese armour, pagans, helmets 100 years older than armour, kings that were kick ass warriors) it was possibly done in period, but to nowhere near the degree we see it.

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Rev. George

Le Bump....

Gorget is at its new home, arms are still waiting on valconnan (SP) and the mask is AVAILABLE...

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Still plenty available

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owen, where do you live? do you need an assistant?

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Who would probaly be a better assistant if he got off his ass and finished his biological engineering degree (emphasis bioprocessing)

Rev. George

the fact that one day, i will go...(even if it is a b-day present to myself {pennsic is always over my b-day})

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I have this one, but i have no fricken clue to whom its attributed

[img]http://members2.easyspace.com/revgeorge/pics/cup_hilt_pic.jpg[/img]

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Rev. George

Post plague....i'd figure that you'd have all kinds of religious stuff on it. maybe some skulls, but those seema slight bit passe today..

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Rev. George

Thanks for the vote of confidence. As tot he pic qualities, i just got a new 1.3 megapixel camera, so the quality of my pix should jump. (for those unaware, every pic on my site (save the doublet pix) are taken with a webcam. (this also explains why you'll see pix of me on ladders, standing on the c...

Rev. George

Though its not on the net, i would have to reccomend picking up the boyscouts "leather working" merit badge book. they do a bang-up job of teaching it there in

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Which is interesting, considering people claimed that plugging in your electric car would be too much of a hassle, and that no one could/ would do it...

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Rev. George

I think perhaps you may have missed something... While there certainly is a small contingent that woudl reserve the term "knight" for far western european personae of the high middle ages, i dont believe that was RB's idea. If you portray a viking, and give fealty to your king, and stand ready as hi...

Rev. George

You might consider tabi a type of boot.

Also look into the culture of tall hairy people in the north (i cant remeber the name to save my life) they might have more need for boots...

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Thought of another hate:

Folx who cant differenciate between reality and fantasy.

People who's name i dont know because they prefer thier SCA name.

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Rev. George

Hush, you spoiled it, all this time i thought you were a sprite... LOL

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If i were to do it, Yes, i would try to model it off historical pipes (thus clay would probably be the material of choice. As to the filter issue, given the length of the pipe, it shouldnt matter. you might not realize where it ended, but i'm sure you'd figure it out... http://www.armourarchive.org/...

Rev. George

Funny you mention that conrad. Until fairly recently i had NO idea what race T-bob was. I only found out after hushg made a comment about not wanting to visit/move to the deep south for obvious reasons. i asked gundo why he thought that might be, and he said "maybe its the interracial thing" Then i ...

Rev. George

Most modern pipe tobacco is cured with aromatics (burboun, cherry, etc) to provide a pleasant taste/ smell. It also tends to be a bit moist. Generally speaking, a pipe smoker will savour the smoke in the mouth, rather than inhaling. Cigarrette tobbaco is a bit more raw. Its jsut dried leaves, someti...

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I'll accpt that posiblility. of course, i'd be interested in knowing how thick they were. In theory, they could be of square wire, but i guess we'll never know. Although, i have often wondered why we dont see larger gague/ id maille in period. esp considering the work involved making 18 ga wire. (or...

Rev. George

What I Dislike: I dislike the fact that mentally, i live with a lil daemonpeer. There's a tiny voice inside my head that tells me "you know you probly should put another gore there" or "wait till you can afford the better armour" or "why teach a class? you arent an expert" "finish that seam, you kno...

Rev. George

On the belly dancers not weighing more than the kings. Fine by me, but then, have yo ever seen some of our meridean kings? might backfire on you (but be fine for me http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif As to the smoking thing, i think it does detract... SO I had an idea...what about a pipe. No...

Rev. George

Hmmm... As i pointed out before, Politics, and the whiny suckups that perpetuates the politicios elitist attitude (mainly the folx who wont hesitate to shoot down good ideas from the beltless/brass hatless crowd while praising the bad ideas of the belted/hatted) I dont like rules that arent written ...

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As a total side note, is there a name for the peerage order granted by being sovergn? I mean we have the order of chivalry, of the laurel, of the pelican, and of the rose.

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I still have the cad drawings... whenever a decision is made...

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Steiner, not to be terribly commercial, I offer braies and hosen...

I'd like to think they are affordable...

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Rev George-You may find it rewarding to check with armourers that do raising work for your hollow ware needs. I am not currently set up for it. That's cool <i>Table ware-this always produces a conflict for me. The purist in me does not want to produce a table fork but I see the need to meet the pop...

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