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by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:34 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Give a dog a bone? ( Knife handle )
Replies: 21
Views: 515

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    This old man, he played one,
    He played knick-knacks on his drum,
    With a nick-knack, paddy-whack,
    Give a dog a bone,
    This old man came rolling home!
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:06 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Looking for a medieval 'chaise lounge'
Replies: 30
Views: 611

Here is King Phillip's invalid chair.
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More of a recliner than a chaise longue, but it looks like someone who knew what they were doing could create something along those lines, and it would be reasonably portable.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:23 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Looking for a medieval 'chaise lounge'
Replies: 30
Views: 611

Hah, Blaine, ya beat me to it!
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:34 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Arming a Knight
Replies: 11
Views: 380

Blaine de Navarre wrote:Except the titles are switched on the "gauntlets" and "mail standard" pics, so he's not actually wearing it yet in the one that says it...


So THAT's why I couldn't spot it!

Just went back for another look, and I see the captions have been corrected. NOW I see it!
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:36 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: The Woods Battle : Pennsic 2010
Replies: 88
Views: 3473

Sounds like what you're calling the new woods battle area is actually a return to the old. Causeways through the dense woods, with a few small open areas, near the brook?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Arming a Knight
Replies: 11
Views: 380

I'm missing something, apparently. I cannot see what the "maille standard" is.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:18 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Let's see your favorite SCA picture
Replies: 209
Views: 17933

asbrand wrote:"Milord, when I said it cost an arm and a leg...I wasn't being literal..."


Even von Leichtenstein only cut off a finger . . .
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:23 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armour Stand - Construction Guide in Flickr
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

The drawing in my Flickr post is a JPG rendition of a Visio drawing. Anyone who wants the Visio, send me a PM with your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:52 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armour Stand - Construction Guide in Flickr
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

It is Finished.

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The drawing is finished. I posted it along with some of the photos in my Flickr account HERE.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:20 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armour Stand - Construction Guide in Flickr
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

ok so it has to be a 4 x 4.... now... Donal can I shamelessly reproduce your stand design for myself? Have at it! Feel free to copy or adapt the design. However, please keep in mind that the center post is NOT a 4X4. It's four 1X3s boxed. I found my original plan drawing, but the final product is r...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:29 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: Straightening rattan
Replies: 7
Views: 402

I'm interested in this thread for the opposite reason: I want to BEND some rattan.

I tried soaking it but that did very little good. I recently acquired a heat gun, though . . . would that be a good avenue for applying heat to bend rattan?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:51 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Fiar's Habit
Replies: 7
Views: 246

You know, both the picture of St. Francis's habit and the illumnation of him working on making one both show a colour that looks more brown than gray. that brown colour is what I've always associated with the Franciscans (aka Friars Minor). On the other hand, I've read in many places that the "...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:36 pm
Forum: Medieval Combat and Weapons
Topic: The Mustering of the Host of Duke Avery : Pennsic 2010
Replies: 17
Views: 921

Another reason to rue my inability to attend Pennsic . . .
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:32 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armour Stand - Construction Guide in Flickr
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

Well THAT is a puzzlement. I'll see what I can do to rectify that. Has anyone else encountered that problem? In the meantime I'll post some of the pics from there here. The stand folded, bottom view showing the hinges and the plug. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs111.ash2/38909_1451139...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:37 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armour Stand - Construction Guide in Flickr
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

You can set your Facebook account to allow anyone (even people not on Facebook) access to your pics. That's how mine is set. Sander, did you try the link? Yours is the first such complaint I've seen. I HAVE a Flickr account, but it's unpaid so I'm limited as to the number of pictures I can post. Th...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Jul 25, 2010 1:49 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armour Stand - Construction Guide in Flickr
Replies: 23
Views: 1102

Armour Stand - Construction Guide in Flickr

This is the Armour Stand I recently completed. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs211.snc4/38909_145113982172433_100000214968578_425020_854877_n.jpg The full album can be seen here. With its completion, I've done the set! (Armour Stand, Armour Chest, and Weapons Rack). http://sphotos.ak.f...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:19 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armor Bag
Replies: 25
Views: 712

Olaf, that chest of yours is beautiful, but I wonder about portability. It has neither handles nor wheels . . .
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:55 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Armor Bag
Replies: 25
Views: 712

If you're going to consider a chest, this thread contains some interesting ideas about the design of such container/transporter accessories.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:02 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Codex Manesse question
Replies: 6
Views: 184

Piers Brent wrote:JW Thomas

He's the same guy that did the edition of Ulrich von Lichtenstein's Service of Ladies.


I've got that edition, I liked it.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:06 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Herald needed
Replies: 3
Views: 124

Are you asking how to incorporate the boss into the blazon?

you don't have to. You can ignore the presence of the boss and simply blazon it as if it wasn't there.

Your best bet would be what Saritor gave you. If you want to submit it, leave the hurt out or make it plain.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:00 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Codex Manesse question
Replies: 6
Views: 184

It would be extremely cool to be able to read poetic renditions of minnegesang. Can you point us in that translator's direction?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:55 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Tournament houppelande?
Replies: 39
Views: 1426

The one whose arms are "Or, three deer antlers azure"?

I'm puzzled by the black bands at the top of all those banners. Looks like something was censored.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:59 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Latin help
Replies: 5
Views: 86

OK, let's see how well I can remember the declensions. Latin nouns have either 5, 6, or 7 cases, where English nouns have only three (Subjective, objective, and possessive). The cases are: Nominative - same as subjective. Genitive - possessive Dative - used for indirect objects. Accusative - Used fo...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:07 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Latin help
Replies: 5
Views: 86

The only comment I would make is, shouldn't you have used the vocative, "Domine," when addressing your lord?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Jul 04, 2010 7:56 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Lavvu
Replies: 18
Views: 624

I have no answers to your question, but I would like to observe that before you asked it I had no idea what a lavvu was.

Thank you for expanding my own horizons a bit.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:53 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: New armour box
Replies: 3
Views: 394

Where'd the hardware come from, did he make it?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:14 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Appropriate Gemstones - late 14th Century German Paternoster
Replies: 18
Views: 500

Cian, you've piqued my interest. I was thinking that for contrast, I'd like to have a paternoster of onyx beads, but your description of the qualities of jet make me thing that might be a worthwhile alternative.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:11 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Anyone Recognize this Gun-Toting Angel?
Replies: 11
Views: 681

juan wrote: The looping straps or lace on the figure's lower left ilead me to think that it is Gabriel.


How is that a clue?
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Norse Mythology
Replies: 13
Views: 336

Varangian Guard could also be Orthodox Christian. There's a song I've heard several times in Bardics in which a retiring Varangian bids farewell to his comrades who are going back to their homeland, while he's staying behind. Seems he met a dark-haired beauty and for her sake, forsook "old One...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:32 pm
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Appropriate Gemstones - late 14th Century German Paternoster
Replies: 18
Views: 500

Happy to oblige! http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs281.ash1/20857_136336516383513_100000214968578_370787_2102981_n.jpg From the ring to the knot of the tassel, it's 10 in. long. The coral beads are 1/4" and the metal bead is about 3/8." The lady who made it for me describes it ...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:06 am
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: A Display of Chivalric Virtue
Replies: 9
Views: 601

A most commendable act, for its quality, alacrity, and generosity! That artisan must have a noble heart as well as skilled hands.
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:57 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Appropriate Gemstones - late 14th Century German Paternoster
Replies: 18
Views: 500

I recently acquired a paternoster of coral beads. I really like it, the beads have a friendly feel. At some point it dawned on me that there are two reasons for my fondness for pearls and coral. Not only do they come from the sea (for which, as my coat of arms suggests, I have an affinity), but they...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:53 am
Forum: Historical Research
Topic: Anyone Recognize this Gun-Toting Angel?
Replies: 11
Views: 681

Anyone Recognize this Gun-Toting Angel?

Friend of mine discovered this image in a thrift store, it appears to be a print. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs041.ash2/35426_1320876945402_1335170850_30783383_30836_n.jpg What's really unique in my opinion is that the angel is carrying a matchlock in his right hand (and a match cor...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:45 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Tournament houppelande?
Replies: 39
Views: 1426

There's a book entitled Tristan and Isolde , edited by Gabriel Bise, containing numerous illuminations of jousting and battling knights, many of whom wearing short angel-sleeved garments which one might call a "battle-houppeland." I have a copy, but I haven't had any luck finding any of th...
by Donal Mac Ruiseart
Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:05 pm
Forum: Interpretive Re-creation
Topic: Trailers and Hitches on Minivans
Replies: 26
Views: 477

Another potential tranny-saver for a vehicle not meant for towing is an auxiliary transmission oil cooler. Most vehicles have one that's integral with the radiator; this goes on the transmission-oil cooling line and keeps the oil cooler. One time I was towing a U-Haul with my 1970 Mercury Montego. I...

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