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I seem to recall being told of a very good source for things of the 14th Century being "The Paxton (or Paston) Letters". Does anyone have any idea as to what I am rambling on about??? I gotta admit... On a side note... This is the type of query that I just don't understand. I see it all the time in...

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It's sort of like how all Arabs today fantasize about being the heir of Saladin. Who, for what it's worth, wasn't an Arab. He was a Kurd.

The greatest irony is that Soddam Insane had delusions about being considered the heir of Saladin while persecuting Kurds...

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want to start a fight with a Greek? tell them that Alexander wasn't Greek!

But... he wasn't...

Ever try telling a Frenchman that Charlemagne was German? Yeah, their great natiional hero was just the first German to roll right over Parisian defenses...

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Ditto. I just sent this message: Glad to know you're still alive. Sorry to hear you're pulling out of the biz, though. You've got talent. In case my records were among the ones eaten by the computer crash (been there -- lost four months of work on the writing of a thesis and several chapters of a bo...

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I'd like to see the finished product. I've never been able to satisfactorily do something with fur trim. I've wanted a fur trimmed/lined houp forever, but could never figure out how to get the fur trim on the edges not to turn back.

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I still have a lot of work to make the fur lay nice on the inside.

(Insert your own naughty joke here

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Charlotte, will you be posting a photo of the finished outfit? I'd love to see how it comes out.

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Eff was probably doing a quick rendering just so I could see, and didn't bother with that detail. No biggie to me, looks excellent either way.

Actually I just missed that you wanted 'em going the other way. Sorry.

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It's just a sneaky, underhanded way of bumping the original question.

Mmmmmm.. bumping.....

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"Per fess dovetailed sable and azure, in pale a talbot sejant and a dolphin embowed argent."

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Eff, the church of the girl genius is still working out doctrine, so you might get an interesting and totally arbitrary penance, though likely to fit whatever the crime might be. That's good, because a good, snug fit is so critical. Effingham (I'm sorry, I'm pathetic. I couldn't help m'self...)

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Pssst... Eff, you could always go to the "for charlotte" thread on OT and offer to be part of the "church"... Would there be an interesting pennance if I made a naughty confession? Actually, I've tried working with some of the softer fur bits, too (rabbit, in my case). It was a bear (okay, a rabbit...

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Dang it, Charlotte, when you start a thread with a title like that, but ask the question that clearly, you give me no wiggle room to turn it into a kinky or even naughty topic.

You've spoiled my evening. Now I'm going to go pout.

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Please don't.

That's an obnoxious phrase that deserves to die.

I can't recall who said it, but I like this: "It's not so much 'dream' I have problems with. It's the 'the.'"

Everytime I hear someone say that, I think, "A dream to some, a nightmare to others."

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You might want to rethink that. The hand piece is huge and bulky, and the solid wrist restricts your range of motions.

Kendo kote really are VERY poor for use with our kinda fighting.

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Matsushita-san already has a coffee monkey. Nothing is made "in shop" anyway. What, they get their coffee from outside, now? I know I've asked, but I can't recall if you answered: Is Usami-san still managing the shop, or is someone else in (and if so, what happened to Usami-san?)? Effingham

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That is just SO wrong....

But cool as hell.

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I'm reminded of the statuette for the Hugo awards.

And it is a retro rocket if the rocket is actually landing tail first like the Heinlein ship in Rocketship-XM. (Plus the design is classically retro...)

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Very few people who have an operating business -- say, a gun shop IN TEXAS -- have NO money.

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By the way, I bought your 0200-1500 AD Samurai (maybe wrong title) off of Amazon and my wife was up until 3:30 AM reading it -- she said that it ranks with the Harry Potter series on readability and interest value. Thanks! I just hope it doesn't rank with Harry Potter for believability. No worries,...

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Effingham, perhaps you are a bit quick to judge a culture you're not too aware of. Perhaps the one jumping to judge is not I. I have been in kingdoms with DP. I abhored it then, and I abhor it now. And I don't care how "curteous/chivalrous/kind/helpful/smart/kind-to-his-mother" a duke is -- if he (...

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Jeff, keep in mind "artists' conventions" -- blue/black generally means "iron." I don't think therre are THAT many surviving suits that were black.

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Next time you see HG, tell him Edward of Effingham sez "Hi."

James is a tremendously cool guy of whom I am very fond, though I haven't seen him for like -- ten years.

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Feel free!

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I think I got in trouble from the Japanese translation of sane -> scales when it may be more correct to say sane -> lamellar plates. The problem is the kozane armours are lamellar. By definition. But armours made of solid metal lames are... um... lamellar. By... um... definition. Crap. Effingham

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Personal rant: I think ducal perogative is shite. And I have less respect for any duke who uses it. Acting as "spoilers" in a tournament is little more than cheating, in my opinion. If you don't want the crown, don't fight. You have NO right to enter a tourney to knock other people out unless you're...

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It's possible, but as a rule, I doubt it; that would be too unweildy, I'd think. One or two may be heavy mo-fos, but I just don't know. I'd hate to be in a battle swinging a 30 pound bat -- if I missed, the recovery time would be fatal Here's the photo: http://sengokudaimyo.com/Tempstuff/tetsubo001....

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Okay, I've checked some refs. First, there's no single, official size. I'm looking at a photo of a pile of 'em. One is roughly the dimensions of a largeish baseball bat; the difference is that the "handle" (the part that you wrap with tape) is about 1/5-2 times longer than on the bat. The thing is h...

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Let me go through some books here and see if I can find anything concrete.

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It's stitched, almost invariably. Take a look at that interesting (:roll:) helmet in the pictures that Ron linked. See all the holes at the edges? They're there to secure the lining.

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Two words:

Suh WEET!!!

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Gak.

That's the third time I've seen something like that. I prefer to pretend I am hallucinating when I see them.

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Some are -- just the usual one or two layers of fabric, or a leather backing. Most aren't, I think. Headband attachment is either with rivets or crosslaces -- you've got a bit of leeway with those. If you're doing the tied headband attachment, the ties seem to typically be extensions of a fabric lin...

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There's not that much to them, nor much to tell. There are two types: Solid one-piece demi-bowls, and the same made up of horizontal lames (the latter sometimes can collapse, with rivet "hinges" at either temple). There are two fastening methods: One is a cloth foundation that wraps around the head ...

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Tell Max I said "hi!"

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Gillaume, you will be one trÃƒÂ¨s sexy samurai.

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