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are they documentable to sometime in SCA Period or earlier? ... I'm fairly sure the bell back wedge tent is an 18th c. configuration. The bell portion afforded a space to store the horse tack, or other camp gear (kettle, axe). Remembered from Lochee's Essay on Castremetation . 1778. Though an artic...

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by Gerrit van Honthorst

This one appears to be lined in cloth. I do know straw sailor hats in the 2nd qtr. 19th c. often had black cloth sewn to the underside of the brim to reduce glare. This may be a similar application.

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One example of native long bow. Watercolor by John White of Secotan Indian from the Roanoke Island (Lost) Colony. 1580's

http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/ ... ite47.html
FWIW....

Regards,

Tom A.

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Rule #3: Document for commonality. Dare to be average! The SCA portrays people of nobility correct? If you were to portray the "commonality" you would be portraying the peasantry of the Renaissance period. That would be boring IMO. Guran I think you are talking this logic too far. Think about this ...

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I think you might want to be more clear about the kit requirements. I remember years ago looking at Grey's company and thinking they had requirements very black and white. "We allow this. But you can't do that." Things you might want to be adamant about would be good. That is good advice. We do nee...

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Excellent, Tom!! Very wise move. Gives you a much broader scope and the capabilities to play with a lot of other excellent groups! Thank you for your encouraging words! We're a small group right now, but there seems to be a lot of interest. Our hardest task is finding decent medieval events to atte...

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The Hussite Kompagnie living history group has expanded its scope and changed its name to the Vintenar's Compagnie. Recognizing the limitations of the Hussite impression and seeking a more generic identity that will allow us to morph our kits to other 14th and 15th century impressions we have expand...

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If you are looking for an example of woman combatants you might want to contemplate Hussite. They were early-mid 15th century Bohemian (Czech) religious dissenters. There are documented cases of women wearing armor and fighting together. They even use boys as slingers. Sort of the whole family going...

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I am interested to find out how to make a more accurate torch (pitch?), and also any tips to make them burn longer. I've seen cressets used with a chunk of fireplace log for illumination. Usually they are lined with wire mesh to catch sparks and hot ash. Here is an example of cresset that Colonial ...

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Arrows nocks were reinforced with horn, I bet the ones that came off Mary Rose where of mostly white-brown color. mm.. why not? What part of a horn are you getting your nocks from ? Off the top of my head, it seems they would come from part of the horn that is thicker walled or even solid. Which to...

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Greetings All, Recently while messing around with a horn spoon, I recalled a conversation about the fact that 18th century cow horn from Western Europe and North America was usually not predominantly black in color. Wondering about the applicability of that statement to medieval hornware, I used Mar...

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Yes, bandoleer or bandolera seems to be the most commonly used period terms for the chargers. Apostles from what I understand is anachronistic. If apostles was used it was rare because as far as I know, no one has found a period reference using that term. In De Gheyn's images, the musketeers (large ...

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There is plenty of archaeological evidence for red clays being used in England. I have a book on Surrey-Sussex wares and it cites several pieces being in red clay. The glaze, a black manganese, looks fine to me as well. You'll note from the photo it was dipped in the manganese for primarily exterio...

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[*]Overall, the choice of eating-utensils is good. Something about the cup looks slightly off to me, though ... and since you asked for brutality :wink: I guess that's what I'd question in that picture. Something about the evenness of the glaze on the outside, and the use of red clay (instead of wh...

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You should perhaps study this compilation of stitches used in period clothing by Jennifer Carlson http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm But typically I think you'll find the seam closed by a back-stitch and then the seam allowance felled with a overcast/hem stitch. If the f...

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Here's a 14th -15th century Pilgrim Scrip I just completed. It is a composite with details taken from three images from Karen Larsdatter's site. It is constructed from 16 oz. hemp canvas, oak tanned leather, and handsewn with linen thread. http://webpages.charter.net/apples/medieval/scrip01.jpg http...

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This is my interpretation of the baldric in the Sebastian Vrancx painting.

Regards,

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Here is another good image showing a baldric.

By Sebastian Vrancx, 1616. Attack on a Convoy

The guy with dagger, lower left corner.

[img]http://www.pinn.net/~tuckahoe/costume/s-vrancx1.jpg[/img]

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I can say that, too. :lol: Start looking in http://larsdatter.com/pilgrims.htm (the pilgrims' satchels are a similar sort of bag, though those were probably leather) Karen, Having recently poured through all your wonderful Pilgrim Scrip links, I would say that certainly some are leather as indicate...

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Can you make one of these? See, that looks way more 16th-17th century to me. Agreed! The Roemer glass comes in around the 1630's. Nowhere near appropriate for the 14th c. Period Dutch paintings usually depict the Roemer glass filled with white wine. The Germans still use a variant of that glass for...

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Thomas Powers wrote:And not all of them were against Muslims---

Also against the Hussites in Bohemia in the early 15th century.

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Richard Lanni of BuckleCastings has made them in brass.

Give him a try.

bucklecastings04@yahoo.com

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For lead or pewter you can make a mold for a few castings with RTV engine gasket sealant from the auto parts store. You can also buy higher grade RTV for multiple castings but it might be best to try with the cheaper automotive type until you get the hang of making molds. You will need a pattern/mod...

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IMHO - and this is pure conjecture - the ridiculously high waisted doublets of the 2nd quarter of the 17th c. made waist hangers impratical. I am pretty certain that waist hangers were more or less permanently attached to doublets. I have seen references to reinforced bands for stitching the belt t...

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I read that differently than you do. To me, it looks like the author is comparing the Virginia with tobacco he has seen growing elsewhere, not that both kinds of tobacco are being grown in Virginia. The next line of the quote reinforces this: the salvages here dry the leaves of this apooke over the...

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having smoked from one for a period of time, I can attest that the ends DO have a tendency to get somewhat "gamey" after a while. If your pipe gets all gooked up don't break off bits of the stem, just toss it into the coals of a good wood fire and let it heat it up to glowing then pull it off to th...

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Rolfe couldn't get the Spanish leaf to work, tho. He wasn't the first to try that. He had to work at crossing different varieties to get a sweet-leafed tobacco to grow here. Christopher, I am curious as to your source on the hybridization of the Spanish leaf. I can't find it anywhere in my material...

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Native Virginia tobacco was harsh until Rolfe came up with his hybrid tobacco in 1614. Actually Rolfe smuggled in seeds of the Spanish variant nicotiana tabacum from Trinidad because the Native specie nicotiana rustica was not marketable. He did not hybrid the native tobacco. But knew the commercia...

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A church warden pipe seems to me (as a noobie) to "feel" like it fits but I am guessing that is from Lord of the Rings rather than history. Any thoughts? Church warden pipes are 18th century. Late 16th c. clay pipes are very small because tobacco was expensive and only available to the English via ...

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For the belt keeper, should that be leather or metal? The belt keepers I've seen were originals from the Netherlands. Those particular ones were metal, brass or some other copper alloy. They were fairly simple mostly, some had a little decorative floral or leaf motif cast into them. Richard Lanni h...

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LR of E wrote:I get a 404 on the Richard Lanni link

Oops, sorry. I shouldn't have put the slash after the address.

Try it now.

http://webpages.charter.net/apples/medi ... stings.pdf

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Nice baldric - a nice change from the 7 buckle configuration I make (I can post pictures of a couple if anyone cares). Is Richard Lanni still active? I had some issues a few years ago getting stuff from him. I would be happy if he was because that catalog has some new stuff that looks great. Richar...

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5. Knit hose were virtually unknown. There is evidence Queen Elizabeth had a pair of silk knit hose. A pair. Think about that. ;) The most prevalent netherstocks were 'cut hose' of twill wool. Think C14 chausses cut down to a couple of inches above the knee-joint, and you won't be too far off. A co...

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And a shot of one of my soft kits...critique away! A couple minor comments: 1. Don't wear a belt with the tail hanging down as in medieval style. The front of the belt should hook closed. There is another buckle off to the right side that has a buckle for adjustment. There are often little sliding ...

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What I liked most about the book was the descriptions of the landscapes. How the fields and forest would appear, the disorganized arrangement of cities, etc.

Regards,

Re: Authenticity of Bell Back Wedge Tents?

Re: 1630 straw hat

Re: Bow length through history- WAS: english military struct

Hussite Kompagnie is now Vintenar's Compagnie

Re: Tourches

Medieval Hornware

Re: Baldric question

Re: Smoking a Pipe