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Eastern Court on Wednesday in the Barn I believe. Check the schedule to be sure.

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....latchet closed shoes.... What are those? And yes, those do look better than most shoes. latchÃ‚Â·et A leather thong or strap used to fasten a shoe or sandal on the foot. The leather tie you commonly see on commercially available turn shoe-esque recreations. Where one thong goes through four hol...

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Turn shoes or latchet closed shoes. Buckled shoes or boots might be appropriate although probably pretty upscale for a militia man. Toggle boots are probably evident somewhere in the archeological record, I just dont know of any evidence. I am really only ribbing Adam. Until my kit looks better than...

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Well the toggle boots are all wrong.

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Also at the Great Northeastern War in Malagentia Klaus Rother was invited to join the order of the Maunche, the East Kingdoms mid level Arts and Sciences award.

Well done Klaus!

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Only copy I have seen out there is the $125 version from Amazon.

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Karl let me echo Sir Michaels words. At least keep what items you have that are dear to you and would be hard to replace.

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Where in New England? And what is your budget.

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Very nice work Ray!

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Which revival?

Revival.us or revivalclothing.com?

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Note to self, more caffeine before posting. Actually D. that's my point you are doing a very good job. When you first showed up you were a big ball of enthusiasm who seemed to mostly ignore any attempts to guide or advise. Now you are a big bundle of enthusiasm tempered by a couple of years experien...

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D. Sebastian wrote:Take it from an opinionated & struggleing-to-be-humble person like myself.

Express yourself, but be mindful of offending. How you are viewed will reflect. Thats how I do it.

And this from D. "Damned the torpedoes, full speed ahead" Sebastian

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Wow

Wish I had the cash on hand for that.

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Yeah I measure 14 times and still manage to screw it up.

have fun, go slow.

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Rolland, I would advise talking to Klaus, if you want to sew your own he can help point you in the right direction. Marla has those patterns and can probably help you draft something reasonable from them. My experience of that companies patterns are that they are a good starting point but require a ...

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Hopefully next summer I will be able to drag Aldwyn along to Pennsic - I will be sure that he finds Logan and gets some good shots. He is a fantastic photographer. The tournament was a backyard barbecue and brawl rather than an official sca event, although my understanding is that Aldwyn and his lad...

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Klaus seriously you should be there in your kit just in case. It was a hell of a good time. And if Angus fights in it again you might find yourself a shoe in as the premier squire.

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Rolland you might try historic enterprises, Jeff was getting some rivet setting tongs to go with his repair kits if memory serves.

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I use 1" electrical conduit that I hammer half round on a padded anvil, flatten the ends and drill. Comfortable and gives good rotational control on my shield.

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Man you were hanging your leg that much? Makes me sorry I missed the tourney.

I'll give you an 8 just for the area covered.

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So Karl I am gathering that you havent sent the box then?

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Do they make good gifts?

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Thanks guys. I should be well kitted out. Eventually I want to make a jack along the lines of the ones drawn by embleton, and acquire a sallet in the italian veign. I know that you have a lot of them already Bob, just really like the aesthetics. Maybe I could go for a mounted archer presentation. I ...

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Thanks Bob, I have a pretty much complete soft kit in the italian style coming shortly, might be here today. Once I get done with the house project - at least through the construction phase I'll have some time to explore a little more with the higgins and what not.

Rolland yes that was the tunic.

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Thanks for the info all.
I met Gavin once a long time ago back when gwen was selling those enabling t-tunics. Still have the one I bought from her

it now gets loaned out to new folks in need of something to wear.
Bob - yes.

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I have lost my copy of TI with the article written by Gavin Danker about the research he did on the fifteenth century padded jacks. Does anyone have this online? The TI was I believe number 103.

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I have been fighting in one from Master Cad for about three years now. The leather I used is too thin for hte fauld and has worn through in several places, but the plastic is in fine shape.

Sir Gaston also makes a fine kit available here.

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Ahha! Thanks for the update.
Stands to reason, seem to recall MRKS saying something about having a hard time getting ahold of titanium at the prices he used to.

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Eck is a Goth. He wears a roman helmet with what looks like a sports face on it. It is all done in the vein of someone who is aping the romans - so it looks like a cavalry legionaires gear but not quite as refined.

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No Master Eck's lames do not contact the rattan. They are padded by felt, he said that he has taken direct shots from Master Tierlach and suffered no ill effects , Master Tierlach is one of our polearm gods here abouts for those listening in from abroad. Might be some pictures from Panteris of Shire...

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I also have an order in with him, sent a couple of emails recently from two different addresses asking for an update with no answer as yet. Figure he must be busy, vacation or something similar. He has always been communicative and reliable in my past dealings with him.

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You could stuff them... alot.

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Some pics, big cause I am strapped for time.
http://www.greyside.net/images/boots/

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These are converted from a pair of square toed engineers boots. Black size 13, and most of 36 inches tall. They have been kicking around for a while and since I just got some new stuff from Karl I should get rid of the old. The only thing they need is a liner on the upper to be really showy. Current...

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