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Gregoire de Lyon

Working on a bed too, anyone have a good finish recommendation for a Pennsic bed? Period would be nice, but nicer would be something that will make this furniture last a lifetime of Pennsics. The turned bed of Potifer's wife in the Velislova Bible has always been one of my favorites. Additional inf...

Gregoire de Lyon

Is it too early to ask what the fighters thought about the sides this year? I think that, in spite of best efforts to even the sides, things were lopsided in favor of the East-Mid. I would prefer a hard-fought, even numbers war. Other than that, I thought it was great getting to fight with the East...

Gregoire de Lyon

Hi Isabella -

Will you be posting part 4 any time soon?

Thanks!

Gregoire de Lyon

Hi All- On my recommendation, a friend purchased a COP kit from Polar Bear Forge. He got the Aluminum set and purchased the extra plates just in case. WOW. The plates came completely cut, punched, and deburred. The edges were perfectly smooth with no prep work required. Each plate has a label etched...

Gregoire de Lyon

If you make armor for a living, this letter is for you - I've just spent the better part of the evening trying to put the gloves back in my finger gauntlets. The finger bits were already on the leather, the leather was already stitched to the gloves. All I needed to do was put the gloves in the gaun...

Gregoire de Lyon

(Before I proceed: Do not click on these links if you are going to get squicked out by images of torture, semi-nekkid medieval chicks, or nekkid medieval chicks, because that's pretty much all this block of links is going to be.) I don't normally get squicked. Those are pretty darn squicky... :shock:

Gregoire de Lyon

While I was dubbed with Oathbinder, I was presented a Jaeger sword during my knighting earlier this year.

Gregoire de Lyon

Charlotte J wrote: I believe it was her abstract that said "inconclusive".

That's fair.

Gregoire de Lyon

Actually, I've been in touch with her personally, and she's aware of my hesitation, but I'm treading lightly. And since I want her to keep writing to me, I don't want to contradict her publicly. I suppose the Archive is public, but not like Daily Mail public. :-D It sounds like she disagrees with y...

Gregoire de Lyon

Good lord, there is a wealth of knowledge on this board! Thanks Karen!

Gregoire de Lyon

. I've been going back and forth on commenting on the article that they look just like men's skivvies of the period. I certainly think that you should. It is an important observation that should be made for those that will find the article but not this thread. Hopefully the author of the original r...

Gregoire de Lyon

As I mention above, the crotch is excessively wide for the female anatomy. It would serve to create a convenient pouch for a male, however. Perhaps the argument could be made for making room for material that would assist in the containment of monthly bleeding, but without going into excessive deta...

Gregoire de Lyon

Here is Sir Vitus' tutorial post:

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Gregoire de Lyon

Got the spurs - they are fantastic, thanks!

Gregoire de Lyon

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Gregoire de Lyon

I believe he does.

Nissan can put you in touch with him.

Gregoire de Lyon

Total fighting area, INCLUDING melee field, list fields, and arming/staging areas, but EXCLUDING the woods battle, is about 250 yards by 650 yards.

Gregoire de Lyon

Do you need highly accurate numbers, or would measurements lifted from Google Earth work?

Gregoire de Lyon

I $62

Gregoire de Lyon

I - $50

Edited to add: it always scares me when cool people sell off lots of stuff...

Gregoire de Lyon

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Gregoire de Lyon

Check with Matt Vogt - his lines are sweet and he usually has stuff in stock. I believe he will be at Baron Wars tomorrow. If you aren't going, let me know and I will look at what he has and can send you a picture via phone and purchase on your behalf if you approve.

Gregoire de Lyon

Agreed with Iain.

It would help if you gave us a picture of the injured fighter as opposed to everyone else on the field...

Gregoire de Lyon

Hi Johannes,

Thanks!

Gregoire de Lyon

Can anyone accurately describe the foam (diameter, thickness, total number of discs) that is sold with the 2" rubber thrusting tips? The SEM says: Mandrake style rubber 2" tips (black and red) are to be considered an equivalent to 3" tips for use on fiberglass spearshafts up to 9' in length as of Ma...

Gregoire de Lyon

I have two pairs of "torches" that use wooden slats woven around a tiki torch can to give a very nice impression of a torch that can be either carried or mounted on a pole. Let me know and I will snap some pictures if you are interested.

Gregoire de Lyon

Gregoire de Lyon

Hi Gunther-

Which set are these - it looks like you have two different designs on your photobucket page.

Also, is the thumb hard articulated, or strapped?

Thanks,

Gregoire de Lyon

I'll be there for the day.

Gregoire de Lyon

Helm is sold. Thanks for looking!

Gregoire de Lyon

I have two dibs pending:

First Dibs: Tristan
Second Dibs: Thorvald

Gregoire de Lyon

Luca Sogliano wrote: Sorry Greg!

No need to apologize. Helms are a tricky business to fit properly!

Gregoire de Lyon

Helm is still available!

Gregoire de Lyon

PatternWeld wrote:Any chance you are selling these too?

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1069 ... 6227489666

You're not the first to ask today... Unfortunately, not at the moment, no.

Gregoire de Lyon

Outremer wrote:2nd Dibs...

I'll let you know on Monday.

Thanks!

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