ARS Conference
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:28 pm
I feel tired. It was a long time in a car, and it was a lot of lost sleep. Was it worth it? Oh, yes.
First off, it was a pleasure to meet Tasha, Ralph, and any other Archiver I missed. It was also good to see Otto, Chuck, Doug and Brian again, amongst everyone else I knew. It is, of course, always a pleasure to talk to Patrick, but I also got to meet, shake hands with, and discuss clocks with none other than Mac himself. Great guy. Dr. Capwell was more than patient with a poorly worded question of mine (so I still suffer from hero-worship, cut me some slack, eh?
) and answered completely and clearly in the few minutes between presentations.
And that's just the people. Let me tell you about one of the presentations (my title):
Tobias Capwell - 15th Century armor in the Glasgow museum, particularly the Avant harness: Spectacular. Much information including how some items appear to have been modified, some are examples of common in period but hard to find (presently) pieces such as maille sabatoons. His presentation of a breastplate discovered in storage not only highlighted the piece, bus also was helpful for seeing how to look at armor for authenticity and quality.
Note: I originally was going to comment on all of them, and plan on doing so still, but not tonight, as I'm very tired.
The high point, besides the learning and the people, was the Oakeshott Institute's display of armor and weapons. While wearing gloves, we were allowed to touch and hold these pieces, which included an intact 14th century arm harness and a 4000 year old sword.
I've now held a weapon older than most civilizations. I can die happy.
To sum up, it was a spectacular success for me, and a great time. Kudos to everyone involved, and I look forward to 2007 (Next year's in England, right?)
First off, it was a pleasure to meet Tasha, Ralph, and any other Archiver I missed. It was also good to see Otto, Chuck, Doug and Brian again, amongst everyone else I knew. It is, of course, always a pleasure to talk to Patrick, but I also got to meet, shake hands with, and discuss clocks with none other than Mac himself. Great guy. Dr. Capwell was more than patient with a poorly worded question of mine (so I still suffer from hero-worship, cut me some slack, eh?
) and answered completely and clearly in the few minutes between presentations.
And that's just the people. Let me tell you about one of the presentations (my title):
Tobias Capwell - 15th Century armor in the Glasgow museum, particularly the Avant harness: Spectacular. Much information including how some items appear to have been modified, some are examples of common in period but hard to find (presently) pieces such as maille sabatoons. His presentation of a breastplate discovered in storage not only highlighted the piece, bus also was helpful for seeing how to look at armor for authenticity and quality.
Note: I originally was going to comment on all of them, and plan on doing so still, but not tonight, as I'm very tired.
The high point, besides the learning and the people, was the Oakeshott Institute's display of armor and weapons. While wearing gloves, we were allowed to touch and hold these pieces, which included an intact 14th century arm harness and a 4000 year old sword.
I've now held a weapon older than most civilizations. I can die happy.
To sum up, it was a spectacular success for me, and a great time. Kudos to everyone involved, and I look forward to 2007 (Next year's in England, right?)