Many thanks to everybody in the Shire of the Northern Outpost for once more putting on such a great event. It was a fun day, as always.

And special congratulations to Olaf on his OTC. Well deserved!

Menken

Carpet armour and freon helms trump that any day and were still around when I joined in 1978. ...but ya' tell that to kids today, and do they believe ya'? I wore such crap myself in the fall of '78. Mac You didn't start off in flawless Maximilian plate? All of my illusions have been shattered!

Lovely kit, Niall. Do you mind if I inquire about your lineage? Just curious - your squire belt (with the gold edging) resembles those of House Sylveaston... Menken That was my thought - I was a "grand" Sylveaston squire. But the buckle (there was one) looked too nice. We always had the classic SCA...

The edging on the belt has nothing to do with lineage, just bling. My knight told me when I squired that I could wear any color belt I wanted on any occasion as long as it wasn't white and it looked period appropriate. I did research and decided that the gold edging was something I could do simply ...

Lovely kit, Niall.

Do you mind if I inquire about your lineage? Just curious - your squire belt (with the gold edging) resembles those of House Sylveaston...

Menken

I don’t often read the Armour Archive, but was referred to this thread by friends, and I’m only entering the conversation at this point because Brian Price chose to bring my wife into it. It is, however, gratifying to see that the truth about Brian’s unsavory business practices, which has been well-...