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This is good news, Matt.

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I just have to say how freaking cool this find is. Dang.

Makes me really want to see them live -- or at least in large, high-res, color photos.

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yes, but it has pictures of finished product, I could not locate a section of the site where it had the lacing diagrams. by the way excellent resource site. well done! THanks. From the Odoshi page: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/graphics/05graphs/kebiki-how.jpg http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/kat...

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Have you seen my manual?

http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/index.html

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Sorry, but there aren't enough X's in those XLs.

One day I hope to be a medium again, but for now, still wearing XXXL.

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Oh yes great Socrates, surely your wisdom and judgement shall enlighten and uplift us. -Except from an actual Greek Chorus I guess I will have to get some blue foam, pad it back up properly, take more pictures and charge more for the extra time, so that people who are trolls, have ZERO interest or ...

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I can't be sure, but is it possible you put that first body-wrapping lame on upside down?

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I'm reminded of the wonderful rolled Rs and deep vowels in Old English presentations.

I love the sound of these languages.

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Heath B fraychef wrote:"creative" anachronism after all.

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I get a kick out of the fact that your "hidden armour" looks better than much EXPOSED armour.

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PatternWeld wrote:Thats because I have a pair of flannel pants stuck up in the helmet to take photo's. It is unpadded.

If that's the case, when the helmet sits down where it should, the eyes will be ABOVE the cutout and grill, no?

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The real ones have padding under the shoulder straps.

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MJBlazek wrote:I believe he is going for sometime in the English Civil War-1642-1651 timeframe.
http://www.arthursclipart.org/england/e ... valier.gif

That's the vibe I get, and since the title of the thread is "critique my SCA kit" -- I must say, sadly, that it's not kosher. It's post-period for the SCA.

Nice kit, though.

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I love this guy.

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Speaking of Old French: my favorite Crusade-era tune, Chevalier mult estes guaritz.

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Sweet.

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I changing my mind on this. My previous conclusion was too hasty, and based on too little evidence. It all hinged on the idea that I thought it looked like one of the buckles passed through the waffenrock. I now reject this idea on two points. The first is that I am not sure that we can tell that t...

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Eff, If it were tied with points, I would agree with you immediately. Here, however, the hidden source of attachment is apparently provided with buckles. I don't know of any examples of buckles attached to garments, but it is quite normal to have buckles riveted to mail. Thus, I am inclined (at lea...

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I would suspect the thing is buckled to the padded garment under it.

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Holy crap, Eik is THEO?

Damn.

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I really like Russia's Father Frost: http://booksr4reading.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dedmoroz02.jpg?w=550&h=728 I've always liked this: http://www.moroz.moost.ru/img/moroz.jpg Father Frost: "Okay, *now* say 'ho-ho-ho.'" Santa: "You have no right! I'm an American citizen!"

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Major sweetness! Calendar ordered!!

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Cool. Be looking forward to it.

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I should be done (fingers crossed) by Friday next.

I appreciate your patience.

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Yeah, I did.... and yes, you did....

Really sorry.

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Sorry, meng.

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Responded to in that other thread.

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Man, I'm sorry. I've been bogged down with translation crapola. When I get an avatar e-mail I put it in the avatar folder, and sometimes after a day or so of translation, I forget that I've got stuff in that folder I need to look at. Irish, go ahead and do it -- it'll be at least another couple of d...

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"Interested" is too weak a term.

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Check out the gear and outfit of the right-most figure in the Detail of a miniature of the people of Ghent killing the bailiff of the Count of Flanders.

Click that puppy and behold an interesting choice of field gear. (BTW: What do we think: fringe, or box-pleats on the arms?)

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I may be having a mind fart, but I see "Gloria" in the nominative case. *God* is the one who declines here (heh....), as the one receiving the glory.

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Ernst wrote:
Edited it and still got it wrong!
Thanks for the correction.

Not a problem.

Now if I could just get people to stop saying "knight marshals" and "mother-in-laws" I'd be happy.

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Ernst wrote:What's wrong with cross potents?

Crosses potent.

Just sayin'.

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