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Indeed. Except he's back in Australia as of today, his 9 week world jousting tour starts at Abbey.

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Does Fred *ever* take himself seriously????

Journo- might have missed that if we didn't have an Aussie in residence these days. Journo, doco, servo, Davo, biffo.....

Gwen

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Before anyone starts throwing rocks, think about it- this is the PRESS, and the press *always* misquotes the person they're interviewing. This time is no exception, as Fred says - "Could have been a bit better but could also have been much worse... many data are more remaled to in between inter...

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http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v282/120/110/593316207/n593316207_1418961_9426.jpg This will be a team event Jeffrey Hedgecock will captain one team- http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v282/120/110/593316207/n593316207_1325139_1216.jpg And Luke Binks will captain the the ...

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More like teasing or joking than bragging. In the US it would be pulling your leg or yanking your chain.

Taking the piss

And Fred won't be 'in his 40s' for another couple of years....

Gwen

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For sale- Burgundy, black and straw gold foliate chenille 15th/16th C. ish pattern Pattern is flat weave, background is velvet textured 52" wide Fibre content- Unknown but I suspect it is cotton and rayon Heavy garment weight but has nice hand/drape (i.e. it makes up into clothing very nicely)...

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That whole 'honesty about what we're doing' thing is the bear to wrastle, I suppose. Question is, what *are* we doing? Fred Piraux went home from the last event and mused on his forum that the event had been the closest thing to 'living history' he had experienced to date, because the focus and inte...

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Yeah, same here, absolutely agreed! 'Work with whatcha got' has become my mantra (especially at 5:45 as I head out the door to the gym..... ) I hope you can come out, it would be great to have you here to see what we're doing in person. I'm not making any great claims about what the event is or isn'...

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It's a great colour, kind of second bath madder mordanted with alum and iron. Great stuff. Watch the website as we've just done a run of Dark Ages and will have short ends left over. Oh, and by the way we're doing a run of linen DA trousers next week, and there shopuld be some short ends from that. ...

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Just put up a couple of linen bundles, one of which is a Regia colour. I will probably have more to put up next week.

Gwen

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Brent, you crack me up. You really have to learn to lighten up man! You are even more serious than Jeff. Life is too short to be that serious all the time. However, you are absolutely right- I do love Pete more than Jeff sometimes, and Tristan is running a close second, the little rat. The mounted m...

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Yikes, these photos look like adverts for Black Swan Designs! (or maybe not and I'm the only one that can pick my stuff out at 50 paces....)

What a lot of work! Well done!

Gwen

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Well, I was going to make a formal announcement in a couple of days about the glass, but this might be a good opportunity to mention it now. I've seen the glass exhibited at the UK shows by various vendors like Forest Glass and while their wares are fine, I still believe Le Verre Historique does the...

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Luke says he's seen Polocross but has never played it. He agrees that it looks to be great fun and adds that he'd like to try it, now that he's played polo. I love him to bits but Petrus is a goose, pure and simple. He can be the bravest horse in the world one minute and stand up to gunfire, cannonf...

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Thanks for the kudos, the linens are one of my favorite products. I think for me only the glassware gets higher cool points than the table linens. I've been wanting to cut a tablecloth up into either cafe curtains for my kitchen, or a skirt, or a caftan coat kinda thing, but haven't found the time. ...

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Thankfully, we haven't run into any rabid animal rights people yet. A few cries of 'animal abuse' from off-site, but everyone on site seemed cool with things, and the riding club is onboard with this not being cruel to the horses. One of our lady judges is a vet, and she's on the field for every jou...

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Well, with Jeff it's usually a look of intensity, rather than smiling- http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v275/80/85/568724398/n568724398_475531_3442.jpg Luke wins the smiling contest hands down http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v282/120/110/593316207/n593316207_1369488_5663...

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(Posted just for fun) What does a jousting horse do on his day off? http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v282/120/110/593316207/n593316207_1357580_2448.jpg Play polo of course! http://photos-e.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v282/120/110/593316207/n593316207_1369508_3425.jpg Jeff, Luke and ...

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Almost missed this! And here I was worried that the green wasn't an exact match for what you had! I'm glad you're so pleased! Credit has to be given to my fabulous staff- Francena who handles Customer Service, Jody, my #1 seamstress who turned the gown around in record time, and Stephanie who ships ...

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Just received 2 CDs of new images from the event. Here are a few- Images from Chuck Berridge- Helmets belonging to Jeff Wasson, Fred Piraux and Arne Koets- http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v282/120/110/593316207/n593316207_1325080_388.jpg Competitor's banners and gallery. It may be of ...

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[img]http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/b3/300px-Federico_da_Montefeltro.jpg[/img]

Yup, some guy. Should be one of the names anyone with an interest in medieval history should know.

In my opinion.

Gwen

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Sorry for the sidebar here, but I'm rather shocked that noone seems to recognize Federico da Montefeltro, or to know who he was. [img]http://www.moleiro.com/facsimile_books/El-Arte-en-el-Renacimiento--Pedro-Berruguete-Federico-de-Montefeltro-y-su-hijo-Guidobaldo-Urbino-Galeriacutea-Nacional-de-las-M...

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Garment has been sold. Thanks to everyone for your interest.

I have some other things hanging around from custom orders that didn't work out, maybe I'll put them up as well.

Thanks-

Gwen

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This style is meant to fit close to the body, and the measurements given already allow for a comfortable fit. Your measurements indicate you'd fit into a stock XSmall (38 chest/32 waist) better than you'd fit into a Med (42 chest/36 waist). Sorry Murdoch. I'd love to help but I've already gotten the...

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Brand new, never worn custom made Cotehardie from Black Swan Designs Size Medium (42 chest / 36 waist) Linen outside lined in oatmeal linen. Particolour with red on right as worn. Red wood ball buttons on front. Blue wood ball buttons on red sleeve, red wood ball buttons on blue sleeve. This was a c...

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Lance/right. The strike hit the shield and broke, bounced off the shield and got stuck up his vambrace, broke off further down, then hit him in the shield again. At least I *think* that's what Luke told me. I believe vamplates were preferred, but it was up to the competitor if he wanted to use them....

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I have a DVD from Doug Herring which may have some video on it, but I've not had the opportunity to look at all of it yet. I live in hope that someone got some video, and that it will surface.... Yes, some of the guys jousted without gauntlets. Jeff didn't for a few sessions and ended up with an 18&...

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If what you are looking for is a 3 handle drinking mug, I have some from Trinity Court Potteries. They never came up with the documentation I needed for any of the Tudor pottery I bought from them, so the stuff is sitting in our storage container. I should post pictures of the pieces- as with all of...

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We hire a flat down by the train station, but I get your drift.

You might want to contact Arne about a jousting exhibition, he might be able to help you out, since he has a foot in both WMA and jousting at the RA.

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HA! Just got a text from Jeff, who is at the International Jousting League Tournament in Belgium-

'Well bloody hell...I won it! Woohoo!!'

Waiting to hear it it was an HE sweep, if Luke took second place.

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We're absolutely committed to everything on the field having the correct 'look'. To that end, I'm prepared to put anyone on the field in appropriate clothing, at no cost to them. For this event, that amounted to basically everyone on the field.....Oh wait, Griff brought his own doublet, and Jeff W h...

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I'm a little confused. Phil, which Jeff let you hang around and fix fences/stabling and play with horses? Jeff Wasson? Ken, are you planning to come out for the November joust? (World Invitational Joust, Nov 1&2, 2008) We've got something cool up our sleeve for that one, but I can't let the cat ...

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Thanks for that Fulk. I found it on the Zee site shortly after I posted. I also found about 8 other electrolyte replacement products. Since I'm not an expert, I decided I'm going to cut to the chase and consult one of the trainers at my gym to see what they say about hydration. Their job is health/f...

World Invitational Joust 2008- Tournament of the Phoenix

Figured 'velvet' fabric for sale

(Just for fun) What does a jousting horse do on his day off?

FS: Red/Blue particolour cotehardie