Posts: 2,160 Location: New Hampshire
Sat 12 Nov, 2005 2:00 pm
Thanks, Patrik .... interesting indeed !
Earlier in this thread I'd mentioned that when we arrived at the Culloden Visitors Center that
Vince & Grace had got to have a look see at a baskethilt & dirk that they had donated to the Trust, back in 2003, for educational purposes !
The National Trust has been using these pieces for live demonstrations as well allowing the kids a chance to get to handle something that is in keeping with their original counterparts, save the sharp edges !
The Evans were very curious to see what the effects of all this use had done to them over the course of 2 years !
Targemaker Joe Lindsay, of North Kessock, was also kind enough to donate a targe to the center for the same purposes, as everyone figured .... "we now have a sword & dirk, guess we need a targe, so we can do this right" :-)
All the pieces seemed to be holding up extremely well !
We also got to meet Duncan, the gentleman who does all the sword bashing & reenactment stuff, and he was quite thrilled to have these pieces available, and commented how excellent they truly are !
Here are a few shots from our backroom visit to see them, with Ms. Smith leading the way !
Also included is a shot of the targe Joe made for the center, as well as a shot of his beautiful Drumossie
targaid !
The
Drummossie targe, based upon an original in the collection there, is only sold at the center !
(kind of a special deal they worked out for the Trust's gift shop).
2nd to last shot is of the pending construction plans that will totally redo the whole site, and actually adjust certain aspects of the battlefield to make it even closer to they way it was back in the day !
- Mac
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