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Effingham

Would that come with Iron Cross and sig-runes etched in, or is that extra?

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I'm one of those not allergic to Urushi.

Okay, now I hate you. I was itching for two weeks and couldn't sleep. Bastard. Grrr.

OTOH -- you can really have some fun, now.

How is the kozane testing going?

I wouldn't know... haven't had my hands on any yet.

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Mykaru:

Damned nice work!!!

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So the answer of "Just google search" or "Just look it up in the library" is not always viable. In fact I read this board because there are many people here who do know what they are talking about. Well, I would think that would be obvious. This is an armouring forum (ostensibly... ). Questions on ...

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However, that's just my take. I apologize in advance if I have misunderstood Effingham or Chef. I really WASN'T trying to speak for you guys Can't speak for Chef, but for me, you get ten out of ten. I defy any one to point to a time I've refused to help. I may make side commentary, I may suggest th...

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Conor -- I'd like to offer a thought. The very title of this thread is a concept we often see: "Authenticity vs. fun". I maintain that's a FALSE analogy. Authenticity and Fun aren't even on the same bar. It's "Authenticity vs. Inauthenticy" and "Fun vs. No fun." You can be authentic and have fun, an...

Effingham

Historical money -- basically the pre-Meiji era penny.

In this case, though, I think a typo for "man." <G>

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I found a NICE sendai style 16 kan suji bachi last weekend for 7 mon. Too bad I'm flat broke.

Yet another of the 120 reasons why I need to win the lottery.

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Basically, "What Chef said." Your initial post didn't indicate you had any idea of how large a hide was. It didn't say that you'd looked into it. You said (and I am paraphrasing, but this is the gist): "I read a book, it mentioned XYZ. So how big is XYZ?" No indication of anything else. That was wha...

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I think it would be perfectly acceptable to give your shoes "clump soles". Or go one better and make or buy a pair of pattens. The easiest option (though you'll get odd looks) is to make the normal turnshoe and then go to your local shoewright or cobbler (anywhere you can get shoes re-soled) and as...

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Oh, for the love of Pete. I looked it up myself. From: m "HIDE (Lat. hida, A.-S. higId, hid or hiwisc, members of a household), a measure of land. The word was in general use in England in Anglo-Saxon and early English times, although its meaning seems to have varied somewhat from tithe to time. Amo...

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You would be surprised at the numbers of people who wish to portray the Germans. Actually, for me, the appeal is the spiffy uniforms. Fascists always seem to have great military style. But in related concepts, I've kind of always wanted A VW Thing that I could tart up as an Afrika Corps kubelwagen....

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I was just wondering.

This is like the fourth time in two days I've seen something like this in forums I'm on, where someone asks a question (and then has to wait for someone to respond) rather than look it up himself and find out right away.

It just stuns me. Really, it does.

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Helmut, don't take this personally... I've never ceased to be amazed at the people who will go online and ask a question in a forum or group, expecting someone else to provide (or look for) an answer to a question HE could easily look up himself in a dictionary, or encyclopedia, or -- since he's onl...

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Which raises the question...

What about people re-enacting the Nazis? What's the public response to them, their families' responses, and so on?

It can't be easy to choose -- and then portray -- people who are generally considered history's greatest villains.

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My dear Effingham, I was curious what width of lacing should be used with Noble's kozane. It's designed for 3/8", although 1/4" would work but look anemic as hell. 1/2" would be luxuriant, and would really lend a pre-1400 look to it. And, being that white os the colour of death, would it be a no-no...

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oo late, I'm "that plastic armor guy", I'm ALREADY evil incarnate; what's next?

Well, you're more like the Prince of Insufficient Light...

There is a... um... darker and victorious (ahem

) armourer who works in plastic who is more evil and more incarnate, apparently.

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So does this mean a haramaki dÃƒÂ´ of kozane (pref. from Noble) will have some movement? I love it when I get to say this... It depends. Seriously, though, it does depend... if you're making a 15th (or earlier) style dÃƒÂ´, it floats free. If you're making a 16th century armour (a "tÃƒÂ´sei-dÃƒÂ´")...

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Effingham: If I admitted that I wanted to lace my mogami do so that the lames were flexible, would I be a bad, bad person? It's really tempting, it would be very comfortable to fight in. Yes. You would be evil incarnate. That being said, feel free to do what seems more comfy. It's ultimately your a...

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Hey, remember what "amateur" means. It doesn't mean "doesn't really know what she's talking about" -- it means "does it because she likes it." I've dealt with a lot of pros who don't love what they do, and that's just pathetic. I'd much rather deal with an avowed amateur, especially if that amateur ...

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As I understand your point Effingham, the only primary source for a 15th C. dress is an existing 15th C. dress. A painting by van der Weyden is a primary source for painting, but not for the garment. Is that correct? That's my point, yes. If what I understand is correct, then there are no existing ...

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Effingham: You are arguing that a source of information must be self-referential in order to be considered a primary source! This is, to put it mildly, a new one to me. Actually, no, I'm not. What I'm saying is that you can't use a painting of a dress to document the dress. You can use the painting...

Effingham

I use paintings as primaries but you have to take many artist stuff with a grain of salt before the 15th century and anything dealing with Romans and religion. I've always argued that the only thing for which a painting can be a primary source is the technique/style/method/medium of the painting. N...

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Oops... I didn't even look at who'd written that. Sorry, Jeff! (And sorry, Bob!)

It just seemed like a quintessentially "husbandy" thing to say, I just read that line and... erm.... assumed.

Damn, next time I'll actually look at the post. Sigh.

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"Sainte Kass" You guys don't know her very well, do you?

Just repeat to yourself, "The couch is my friend. The couch is my friend."

Been nice knowin' ya, Bob.

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Answering a pile of commentary: Lestat scripsit: I was wondering what the pom poms on some of the under armour garments were for...anyone know? Sometimes they look kinda cool, but I have no idea what the purpose for them was. Kikutoji. They're not pompoms -- they're flat; they're disks of threads (t...

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How about Kass?

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You realize that the English doesn't make any sense, right? It switches from second person imperative to third-person passive in the middle.

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Effingham, you totally like rock, dude. I just ran upstairs to get my Primer, and back-checked you. Not that you ever need it. Well, I do from time to time. Why, I remember once back in 1987, when... Kids, you all need to hear, before you die, Effingham speak Japanese with a Swedish accent. Or, bet...

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The generic Crusader battle-cry was "Deus Vulte" (Dieu lo Vult in the French). I'm not too up on Medieval Latin, but there is (as far as I know) no Latin conjugation that ends -TE. Third person singular ends with a -T in all instances, and God is a TPS (Trinitarian discussion notwithstanding ). The...

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As I understand the translation, it means "God Unconquered". I thought in order to refer to me, there would have to be the word "sum" involved, as in Deus Invicto Sum. All those case endings in Latin are critical to meaning. The "invicto" is totally incorrect, but if you applied "sum" to "Deus invi...

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We now return you to your regularly scheduled Kyrie.

Khristos anesti! (and all that other stuff)

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Now I'll stop my car in the middle of the road to pick up a piece of steel.

Be careful how and where you stop the car, or you'll have more scrap steel than you expected.

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Alcy -- never heard of tempting fate?

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And I will prominently display the motto: "Deus Invicto" Why? That means "God, I am undefeatable." If you mean "God is undefeatable" it's "Deus invictus." ("-o" is the first person verbal ending in Latin -- and as "Deus" is both nominative and vocative, it can only mean that you're talking to God a...