Pictures of reproduction pistol boots can be seen here-
http://www.theborderers.info/horses4.html

John Damian was court alchemist to James IV of Scotland. He was merrily ripping of the king's coffers and producing distilled spirits to the court as a cover for his more extreme experiments and to remain popular. This was around 1500.

Tower of London foot melee 2003
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We can- it's just that we couldn't ever go back again

You might want to contact Arne about a jousting exhibition, he might be able to help you out, since he has a foot in both WMA and jousting at the RA. I'll suggest it to the event organizers... I was involved with a debriefing meeting for the last SWASH with a view to planning the next one and incor...

Phil, which Jeff let you hang around and fix fences/stabling and play with horses? Jeff Wasson? Yes- Mr Wasson so that makes me a squire to his squires ;) 'Cept I didn't realise it was him 'til most of the way through the day. He was just a nice fella I met trying to refelt the roof of a stable whi...

Squire Challange? Beware what you wish, Ken.... Muhahahahaha! It's not for me to appraise my own skill level... I'll leave that to those who know me. Seeing as I know you both, and have met Jeff- though he didn't let me squire he did let me spend an afternoon fixing his fences/stabling and playing ...

or you could go for something like this-
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or this
http://www.aplaisance.co.uk/Other-Proje ... er_123.jpg

That'd be the brass rubbing centre in Carubbers (pr. "caruthers") Close- just after John Knox house and before th eexpensive kilty shops.

I wouldn't want to live anywhere else! Concentrate on the Royal Mile to start with- start at the castle end and work down as there are several museums (whisky, childhood, police etc), St Giles' Cathedral, Heart of Lothian, Tolbooth, John Knox's house, the Canon's Gait before you get to Holyrood Pala...

I have one of their first generation of that belt- worn here with my riding sword (now retired)


A lot of the displays at the Leeds RA have them too if that's any recommedation.

I hope it doesn't turn too soon- I need an early basket hilt from Darkwood Armory

If you can handle the exchange rate these are the most basic hanger makers you find in the UK and are reasonable enough
http://www.twojs.me.uk/SwordHangers.htm

Tod of Tod's Stuff normally has very nice castings in stock for making your own- one day I shall have his silver fittings for mine

My Dutch mate was test shooting some from a new maker on the Army ranges (he's ex-forces) and was highly impressed as they never misfired and was talking about them when we last met but never mentioned a maker.

I'll likely be seeing him this weekend so I'll ask.

yup- all shotguns and other firearms are registered and licenced here. Fairly easy to get a shotgun licence (for longarms with a 24+" smoothbore barrel) though (you must have approved storage, the usual mad/sad/bad exemptions, brief police interview and £50), just never had the desire to own firear...

Only got my licence yesterday- first blackpowder session in a month or so...
However getting wheellock pistols here is easy as the Czechs make really nice ones that I can get through my Dutch mates.

C17th Secret (defensive iron hat liner)
[img]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/ ... secret.jpg[/img]
Hand forged and to fit large head. Holes in the "legs" to allow it to be stitched into a hat.
£65 ONO inc UK P+P.
Paypal accepted.

C16th falling buff to suit burgonet. Two lames in the "fall".
[img]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/ ... CN1129.jpg[/img][img]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/ ... gbuff2.jpg[/img]
£45 ONO inc UK P+P.
Paypal accpeted

K+K Art gauntlets. C16th approx. No fingers but I can include scrap flat link rivetted if you want to add some protection.
[img]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/ ... CN1125.jpg[/img]
£45 ONO. inc UK P+P
Paypal accepted

Flat link,wedge rivetted mailshirt 60" chest Worn once and never fought in as I now do more stuff with my perrier these days. Long sleeve and comes to midthigh ( I am 6'3").Short splits front and back [img]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/buggersgrips/DSCN1128-1.jpg[/img] [img]http://i75.photo...

If you mean a pre-Henry VIIIth type light horseman/jinetti/hobilar/chasing stave/pricker then you'd be looking at something like these- http://www.revival.us/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=127 and dressed somewhat like Alan here- http://www.gaddgedlar.com/15th_century_photo_gallery.htm I can't...

But an Elizabethan boot would differ a bit, would it not? That boot looks like second quarter of the 17th century, to my eye. Great for 30 years war, or ECW, but not so right for the 1560's-80's True- that the C17th version. Round the toe and get the stacked leather heel and a slimmer fit and they ...

Mine are made by Sarah Juniper and are totally handmade and fitted- however with the exchange rate you'd be paying $1000 before postage! http://www.sarahjuniper.co.uk/17c.html (towards the bottom, above the buff coat). They are immortal and have served me well in all manner of circumstances (from ha...

I wedge into a portuguese saddle and have geat difficulty getting on or off but, if I fall, they inflate and I bounce ;) The codpiece now has two metres of braid stitched on it to make it more impressive and a couple of bells too and I have to figure a way to stitch a pearl I have securely to the ti...

The only ones of me in kit I have, and taken for my tailor's website so the bare minimum to show it off. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/buggersgrips/Tudor/t_ptg5resized_169.jpg There are 6 yards of cloth in the britches alone, another 3 in the doublet which is I am wilting slightly in this s...

They were issued for sea service and mirrored the fashionable Elizabethan "top hat" ( a bit like this ) yet were constructed in the same way as the jacks with thin plates in between canvas and corded externally. I don't have any pics as I visit the RA fairly often so tend to a have a look when I am ...

location of the original pieces? Those two are in the Royal Armouries at Leeds, and there is another in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. They were used for sea service, as civilian privy armour for travelling and are commonly associated with the borders families of England and Scotland.

http://www.theborderers.info/bodydefences3.html There's a start for you. Ignore the bit about different families having different string patterns- I keep meaning to get that removed as it is bollocks. I have a load of washers, a mound of fustian, a doublet pattern and miles of string but have yet to...