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Freiman,

I don't know what kind of psychology Morrigan has with respect to fighting, but I sure wish I'd had this kind of advocacy when I was a "small, female, lefty fighter". It would have gone so differently, I have no doubt. Hats off to you for your effort on her behalf.

-Tasha

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Please put me down for a pair of the turnshoes. I'll take a size 9-LADIES or a size 7-MENS, and hope I've sized up just right to match my actual US shoe size.

How are you collecting money?

Thanks,
Tasha

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Do the cabins have plug-in electricity? Also, no-one's mentioned T-Mobile that I noticed -- how's reception for that carrier on the site, if anyone else here uses them..?

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Lucian Ro wrote:Tasha, I think you've become my AA guardian angel.

Thank you.

PS Your new avatar is divine.

Shucks, thank you.

It was a coincidence that I'd just read his post about 15thc pants and saw your post immediately after that. I am terminally helpful.

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Is it Stephen, who has a posting down below re: 15thc pants?

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Is Asbjorn done law school and has he taken the bar yet? Someone needs to drag that man back into the fun he started.

Nkante: Oh, the jokes that could come from a giraffe bone club. I'd attend practice just for the heckling opportunities.

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Fantastic, Chris! I hope I get a chance to admire your villa in person come August.

Looking forward to your updates here.

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Isn't Eadric the Potterer of Ironwood Pottery from your neck of the woods, Cian? His mugs are top-notch and historically documented, and he merchants at a ton of northern Atlantian events. All my pottery is from him. It is beloved.

-Tasha

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That is lovely work, Aeiric!

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This is such a boon to us all. Thanks again, Doug.

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Thanks Alcy, I do have that image. It was helpful to me at the time. Milan, they are more like running stitches, which go in-out, in-out, (where whip stitches go in-out-around-an-edge-in-out-around-an-edge) but they don't go in a straight line of stitching. The thread zigzags back and forth in a cre...

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So Cet is making an early armet patterned after the Churburg one that's on the cover of Carlo's beautiful book . He commissioned me to make a liner in the historical fashion. I had the chance to examine a later burgeonet's liner while visiting Wade Allen and his wonderful collection a couple of year...

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The Knowne World Party is Friday night after The Deed. We could meet up there so none of us would have to worry about the burdens of hosting. The challenge then is finding each other. The pewter archive pins could work if enough folks have them. Is it Mac (Billie and Charlie) who sells the pewter A...

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Edited by Yours Truly.

This is a good deal, folks.

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This is stuff I posted in the past... please forgive the awful handwriting and imprecise diagramming in the first image below. http://www.cottesimple.com/armourarchive/fabric_aventail_pattern0001.jpg At one point someone questioned whether the gores would go in the center front and back or on the sh...

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That's a really unusual edge for a BP of this period, with or without the ambiguous muscle/quilting lines... I'll defer to others' knowledge on the shaping of breastplate edges, but what I meant was that the physical quality of the line looks like it's depicting something thin and rigid, not the ty...

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I'm satisfied. I'm using the wreath. It'll be exiled out on the tail, separated from my arms and the populace badge by a motto.

I'm glad Cet said I can direct complainers to him. I love how he handles complainers.

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I hate to keep beating this horse, but does the following passage mean that I would be violating corpora if I use a Laurel wreath (standing alone) on my banner?? Obviously I'm not submitting this as my arms (already have registered arms), so I wouldn't be placing it "on my armory" as state...

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Looks a heck of a lot like a breastplate edge to me, Norman. Water seems clearer all of a sudden.

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Awesome thread. Learned something new. I guess the moral of the story is that technical terms carry giant assumptions behind them. So, if our OP had asked the same question with "integrated elbows" instead of "bauzabands", there may not have been the fast "no" answer at...

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I really like your painting style, especially your figural art. The problem with beautiful shields, however, is that one might be loathe to use them properly and watch the beauty go bye-bye.

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OK guys, you can see the few pictures I got here:

http://www.cottesimple.com/armourarchive/birka2010/

I couldn't remember everyone's SCA name, sorry. There's a guy in lamellar in there and I'm not really up on such things, so I named it "Steppes_guy" but for all I know I'm completely wrong.

-Tasha

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If it is all by it self (a laurel wreath on a solid color background) people will know what it means. Anything else added to it and people will be asking "What group (Barnoy, Shire, etc) is that?" OK, so if I took the blue tyger and put the Laurel wreath around it, would it be unallowable...

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Derailment, I'm sorry, but I have to ask: Can I use a Laurel wreath on a pennon? I'm a member of the Order of the Laurel and am trying to design a banner/pennon. I already plan to use the blue tyger in one section, (so go for it, MJBlazek!), my arms in another section, and would like to in some way ...

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Hi Kenric, yes, that was me.

I have the pictures processed but I haven't had a chance to upload them yet. Sorry, guys. The last few days have been unusually hectic for me.

-Tasha

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Iain, that's fantastic. I'll be by for sure, to visit and check out the infrastructure. I'm staying in a cabin (flying in; can't bring much) I'm curious to see your arming cotte 'in the wild'.

Regards,
Tasha

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olaf haraldson wrote:*bump
Any pictures yet?

I only got a few of individuals posing in their armour for the camera; my action shots kinda sucked.

I'll try to get the armour shots up tonight at some point.

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In awe and feeling terrible envy. Give me it! *sends Svengali mind waves*

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Thank you for the info, Sir Varus.

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Jestyr, did you ever post that article anywhere outside of the Archive? If so, can we have a link? I'd like to make sure it makes its way somewhere onto the East Kingdom wiki. Lord knows the East needs a fresh POV on such things.

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Can someone tell me who Matthew Moravaeous Abdenmork is? I've never heard the name before and he finished very high in the ranks. Details?

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Ah. So that's why Sir William Thomas couldn't be found high in the ranks where he so obviously belonged. He gave his mundane name -- John Sheppard.

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Here's a picture of one of my hosen on. You can see the ankle fit isn't a second skin, but it's not hanging in bags either. I think the good fit around my foot helps this effect, especially when your foot is stuffed in a shoe. http://www.cottesimple.com/armourarchive/hosen_ankle.jpg

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white mountain armoury wrote:Tasha is spot on, its all kinds of ugly all in one small space.

And naturally, guys from your Priory looked great. I think I got a few pictures of fighters you've helped dress. Will post soon.

-Tasha

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Charlotte J wrote:That arrow indicates the grin of the fabric.

I personally like a fabric with a winsome smile, but a grin will do.

1410 Armet Liner, my interpretation