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Rev. George

My argument against what you're saying, Rev, is "common use" and "common interpreteation." The spirt of the law, not the letter. Common sense vs. rule lawyering. Some folks simply didn't know that the metal tapes could do the nasty things they can do. We know that the "plastic" in duct tape isn't w...

Rev. George

you know you'd probly get more interest if you gave us a shoe size.

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Rev. George

NO METAL, PLASTIC, OR PVC MAY BE USED IN THE STRIKING SURFACE OR SURFACES OF ANY WEAPON. Doesnt this men that you may not have ductape or electrical tape on your sword? they are, after all, plastic. Also shot are shrinktubiung, siloflex and the like. Now I know that's not the case, but it seems to ...

Rev. George

Anyone know why artos doesnt post here? Maybe he could give us some insight.

Of course, he's a real stickler for the "Letter of the rules"...so these should be OK:
http://vieuxchamps.com/gweapons/MaceEtc.jpg

They are not "Kong brand"

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Rev. George

I'd say depends on the alloy. One way of doing it would be to overlap/ squish the rings hot. as for the punching (piercing, actually) It might be a problem, and if it is, you could always drill round holes and use round rivets... When you do the annealing step can you damage the rings temper or prop...

Rev. George

As a rule of thumb Rev girls should be at least smaller than you and less hairy than me

Yeah...just make sure that no one gets that backwards... else all we'll have is female "cousin it"s and ewoks... LOL

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Rev. George

when last I was at target, they had hemispherical ss bowls around that size, and I immediately thought of you...

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Rev. George

only had 1 idiot marshal contort his and to reach under my helm poke me with the tip of his finger on my chin and tell me that a l.p. tip could just possibbly by some statisticaly tiny margin hit me in the chin. i figured that wasn't nearly as bad as gettin shin kicked in the jaw with no helm at al...

Rev. George

So, The local SCA group is putting on a viking themed event this weekend, So I whipped up a Rus outfit: "wrap style" Kaftan in Grey wool, lined with ubleached linen, trimmed around the front opening with a nice red woven trim. Green wool "viking poofy pants" Maroon puttees/winnigas/wicklebander (woo...

Rev. George

You could always get a jill here:

http://www.safesports.com/support.html#142

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Rev. George

Preserved vegetables hold no nutritional worth. Uhhh... says who? If you look at the types of vegetable that was preserved,and the way they were preserved in period, you'll see this is patently false. Carrots, turnips, other root vegetables dont need much more than adark hole to stay over the winte...

Rev. George

I'm just curious...

this picture:
http://jjousma.homeip.net/images/Bloods ... age050.jpg

Am I reading this wrong or is this guy a NA/skraeling?

I'm just curious, not passing judgement...

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Rev. George

In a very well planned joke, a large number of tall people decided to die in that one spot to throw future historians off

Yup townton also throws off the people who want to believe that everyone's teeth rotted away back in the day...

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Rev. George

And the winner is?

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Rev. George

I think you misunderstood what was said... You can sew a seam with a running stitch. it will be fine for a shirt, but not if you are going to fight in it. for that you might want a backstich, or a saddle stich, or something else that will hold up better. running stitches are fast, other not so much....

Rev. George

Well, speaking for myself, as a person who sells clothes, it is just not economical. Right now I set my priced based upon a "shop rate" of 7-10$/hr, less than I could make as a networking technician (which I'm certified for), a biological engineer (Liscenced EIT here) or even a pizza guy. This makes...

Rev. George

Actually, as I understand it, your weapons must be to the standards of the local kingdom, but your armour to your home kingdom (usually this is a case in an opposite manner, ie: I go to the middle with my single foam layer polearm and my lack of appendix protection (making that last one up). I would...

Rev. George

Not too sure about the shield blazon though

Sable, a mascule and overall a saltire gules

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Rev. George

Sorry about that... I feel bad about sniping a new guy (though i was the first bidder so it wasn't a crazy conspiricy...)... If it doesnt fit, I will let you/ him know. I'm a fair fellow.

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Rev. George

Individual Machines ($53,970.00 per Mesh Machine/
$22,890.00 per Joining Machine)

So who has 75 K sitting around?

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Rev. George

well, the helmet,...it too is mine....bwahahaha

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Rev. George

the closest you'll get , based upon what i've seen about waffers, is pizzelle. Pizzele are italian wafer cookies cooked on a speciality iron. They are often anise flavoured, but that's not a requirement. the re-enactor from the brittish museum (I saw him on a nova/history channel kinda venue, cant r...

Rev. George

I "bought it now". Is paypal good for you?

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Rev. George

This is just a observation based on some stuff I've seen over the years: Sometimes, It seems that the more hitorically inclined people cling to beliefs as though they were dogma. I used to joke: If it cant be documented, It didnt exist, and if you find documentation, Its either a mistranslation, com...

Rev. George

Was Goliath a bullying prick? Probably. Did he live by knightly standards? I doubt it. Would anyone see him as knightly or chivalrous? I wouldnt think so. Well... he followed his leige-lord's commands He defended those of his people weaker than he he had prowess He had faith (in a pagan god, but fa...

Rev. George

I always garter my hose. Even if I have to use cord/rope. 90% of my problems with "medieval plumbers crack" went away when i did that.

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Rev. George

Hemptraders is a good place to get hemp canvas. they usually have some on thier closeout page. Now I dont know if this stuff is good for tents, but they have 20 oz hemp/flax blend here: <a href="http://www.hemptraders.com/cart/shopper.exe?preadd=action&key=HF-B405&reference=/cart/shopper.exe%3Fsearc...

Rev. George

Here's one thread regarding tents where you see various types

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=19022

Rev. George

buy a "super man" or "body builder" haloween costume. IIRC they usually cost about 40-50 bux

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Rev. George

A reccomendation from the engineer-

Insulate the lid. Either under the board or over it (a cushiopn perhaps?). Not doing so may adversely effect your cooling ability, esp if people are sitting on top of it, or its in a windy environment.

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Rev. George

Ok hal...so I can update my "If I win the lottery" list...

how much would something like that run? (ballpark)

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Rev. George

Yeah...I was thinking some sort of cast resin...

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Rev. George

I was actually planning on having both. While latin would be more appropriate, most people want to understand thier wedding ceremony... that and I sometimes have trouble keeping my latinate pronunciation ecclesiastical, rather than classical... LOL

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Rev. George

I might drop sopme cash for this service, esp for a book of ceremonies, reloigious rituals, ETC. (think a book of common prayer or some such, but geared toward medieval weddings and blessings and the like)

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Rev. George

Mono boob is a bad term. What you are going for is the look of a garment over the breasts- this will eliminate most of the "valley" Look at this pic:

see what I mean?

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Viking Rus outfit