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Sat 10 Jul, 2010 7:09 pm

Sorry to bump this so many months after the fact.

Headband turned out very nice. : D
Neither of us are finished...Boyfriend is lacking his mail skirt, breastplate, and pole axe, and I would like to continue to improve my armor as well. This picture is old now, but was taken not long after my last post.

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Jean Thibodeau

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Sat 10 Jul, 2010 8:08 pm

Very nice: The headband really works and the lack of breast plate or maille shirt on your boyfriend is " hidden " by his surcoat and his kit really looks good now and should be awesome when the missing bits are added to it.

So, what kind of reactions did you get !?

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Brogdon Combs

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Posts: 52 Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 7:23 am

Terribly sorry for a quick off-topic question, but... what exactly is the war hammer you're using there, Margot? It's stunning! I must have one. ;D lol...

Your kit looks fantastic, really one of the best I've seen (though I hang out around SBG more then here, so I don't see too much armor, unfortunately....). I especially love the hammer and the mail coif. EPIC, to the max, I assure you. ;-)

Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

-Brogdon

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Jean Thibodeau

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 7:43 am

Brogdon Combs wrote:

Terribly sorry for a quick off-topic question, but... what exactly is the war hammer you're using there, Margot? It's stunning! I must have one. ;D lol...

-Brogdon

The warhammer this would be it: http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=...War+Hammer

Not very expensive so I wonder on the quality of the haft i.e. durability of the wood as some of the " cheap " polearms use very soft or easy to break wood.

At the price if the head is of decent quality one could replace the haft.

Maybe Margo can give you her personal experience with it ? It may be a really good bargain or just a nice looking " wallhanger " ?

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Ken Speed

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Sun 11 Jul, 2010 8:12 am

Margot,

You don't, by any chance, babysit do you? I'll bet the little brats would go to bed when you told them to if you were in full kit!!! LOL!!!

The headband looks very good, much better than the helm. I still think you'd do better with a sword than the war hammer but I can imagine that there would be questions of scale with a lot of the larger swords. I imagine a riding sword wouldn't be too big.

Good job to you both,

Ken

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Brogdon Combs

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Posts: 52 Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 10:16 am

Jean Thibodeau wrote:

The warhammer this would be it: http://www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=...War+Hammer

Not very expensive so I wonder on the quality of the haft i.e. durability of the wood as some of the " cheap " polearms use very soft or easy to break wood.

At the price if the head is of decent quality one could replace the haft.

Maybe Margo can give you her personal experience with it ? It may be a really good bargain or just a nice looking " wallhanger " ?

Thanks, Jean! I actually did a bit of research myself and found out that it's made of stainless steel and produced by the infamous BudK, so there goes that idea, I'm afraid... unless Margot has some redeeming comments for it, of course! 8-)

I appreciate the help... now I just need to start a thread on a Windlass hammer I found for $70 that seems pretty decent. I wonder if anyone has experience with it?

-Brogdon

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Chad Arnow

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Posts: 9,545 Location: Dayton, OH

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 10:28 am

Brogdon Combs wrote:

I appreciate the help... now I just need to start a thread on a Windlass hammer I found for $70 that seems pretty decent. I wonder if anyone has experience with it?

-Brogdon

Yes, please do start a new thread so this one doesn't become off-topic. When you start the new thread, please let everyone know which Windlass hammer you're speaking of. Thanks!

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Scott S.

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Posts: 108 Location: Central North Carolina

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 11:18 am

Aww, you guys both look so freakin' cool that I'm somehow annoyed by it. ;)

Good call on ditching the helmet Margot, and I still think the warhammer was a nice change of pace that added a lot of character to your personna. You guys would have definitely been the hit of our recent Ren Faire in Raleigh. (or perhaps "Pirate-Fest" would have been a more appropriate name for it.)

Thanks very much for the picture update!

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Robert S. Haile

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Sun 11 Jul, 2010 11:36 am

Boyfriend reporting for duty...

The warhammer she borrowed was one of my buddy's he'd bought back in middle school. It's a complete piece of junk, truly, but we didn't have an appropriate sword that didn't drag the ground.

Hilariously, we weren't much of a hit at all. Margot was inspiring to a number of little girls though.

Pirates didn't approve I guess, but we had fun anyhow. The faire really isn't anything special these days...the lack of anything truly medieval is annoying, and once the Schola St. George quit showing a up a few years back, it really lost its luster.

Here's a picture of us at a wedding precession we unintentionally crashed.

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(This picture makes me realize that I really need to get to work on that period legwear and full greaves as well)

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Brogdon Combs

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Posts: 52 Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 11:49 am

Chad Arnow wrote:

Brogdon Combs wrote:

I appreciate the help... now I just need to start a thread on a Windlass hammer I found for $70 that seems pretty decent. I wonder if anyone has experience with it?

-Brogdon

Yes, please do start a new thread so this one doesn't become off-topic. When you start the new thread, please let everyone know which Windlass hammer you're speaking of. Thanks!

Yessir, will do. 8-)

Thanks for the tip; it WOULD be kinda stupid if I didn't mention what it was. ;-)

New thread to be started post-haste, as requested.

-Brogdon

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JE Sarge

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Sun 11 Jul, 2010 11:55 am

You guys look great, I am sorry to hear there was not more of a positive response to the outfits...

My .02 on faires now days:

This year was probabaly the last time we will go to the Atlanta Faire. I went to the first one when I was 14 years old back in 1985 - and have went nearly every year over the 25 seasons which have passed since. You are right in that they do not really offer much for a medieval enthusiast or history buff. The Atlanta Faire is now all about pirates, imported junk sold at over-inflated prices, and vendors who drink profusely on the job and are plain out rude, crass, or inconsiderate of what few customers they have. The faire is more and more about the people who work there and not the people who attend to pay the bills. It's not even a family atmosphere anymore really, at least by my middling standards. I mean, they are actually considering putting in ye olde tattoo shop and piercing parlor next year at ours. :wtf:

I think we are finished with faires ourselves. They just arn't fun anymore; which is quite sad because I see people such as yourself put so much into giving atmosphere to the faire I used to enjoy to going to.

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Robert S. Haile

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Sun 11 Jul, 2010 12:07 pm

I can agree with just about everything you said Sarge, down to having first attended at the age of fourteen. Ours is the Norman Medieval Fair in Oklahoma, and despite the less convenient location, I think we'll be taking our business to Scarborough Faire in Texas instead. Never been there, but I'm hoping to find something a little more appropriate and enjoyable. If that doesn't work, I'm giving up on the faire aspect entirely... :confused:

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Nathan Robinson

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Posts: 11,553 Location: San Francisco

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 12:09 pm

JE Sarge wrote:

I mean, they are actually considering putting in ye olde tattoo shop and piercing parlor next year at ours. :wtf:

That is a terrible idea. My disclaimer is that I'm a tattoo elitist.

The thought of being tattooed in a tent or otherwise non-permanent building in a dust-filled fair is not a good environment for hygiene and proper healing. Then there is the fact that most people are heavily drinking at these things. Now I know it's a long-time tradition in tattoo culture to get wasted and get a tattoo, but that's a recipe for getting a bad tattoo. Alcohol thins the blood, dehydrates a person, and makes skin a less-than-adequate medium for a quality tattoo. The thought of people leaving after getting a tattoo at the fair and walking around in said dust-filled outdoors environments is another recipe of disaster. Proper after-care of a tattoo is crucial to retaining its quality. Nothing is worse than an infected, scabbed up, piece of crap tattoo with areas where ink fell out and the lines expanded due to dryness and poor after-care methods. What a stupid and irresponsible idea.

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T. Hamilton

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Posts: 85 Location: United States

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 2:02 pm

Robert S. Haile wrote:

I can agree with just about everything you said Sarge, down to having first attended at the age of fourteen. Ours is the Norman Medieval Fair in Oklahoma, and despite the less convenient location, I think we'll be taking our business to Scarborough Faire in Texas instead. Never been there, but I'm hoping to find something a little more appropriate and enjoyable. If that doesn't work, I'm giving up on the faire aspect entirely... :confused:

You guys should try the St. Louis Ren Faire. It's a decent-sized faire and is very family friendly. Best of all, it's in a wooded setting so it doesn't get scorching hot!

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Jean Thibodeau

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Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada

Sun 11 Jul, 2010 9:16 pm

Robert S. Haile wrote:

Boyfriend reporting for duty...

Hilariously, we weren't much of a hit at all. Margot was inspiring to a number of little girls though.

Pirates didn't approve I guess, but we had fun anyhow. The faire really isn't anything special these days...the lack of anything truly medieval is annoying, and once the Schola St. George quit showing a up a few years back, it really lost its luster.

Here's a picture of us at a wedding precession we unintentionally crashed.

Well, sorry to hear that but first of all one does it for oneself any praise is just bonus points but certainly it might be better if you can find a fair or a group that takes the costuming more seriously and are generally more knowledgeable than the " subhuman " ORCS and ELVES that inhabit what is loosely still called a Renfair. ( My apologies to any ORCS out there: If it's fun I have no problem with it, it's just nice to find a group with stuff we might find interesting ).

Oh, then there is the reverse problem of groups that make it difficult to fit in if one's buttons are 10 years out of date. ( Again, nothing wrong with that either but lets not suck all the fun out of it by being intolerant of compromises to kit to be able to afford it or just the learning curve of knowing all the minutia of period costuming or customs ).

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Jean Thibodeau

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Sun 11 Jul, 2010 9:25 pm

Nathan Robinson wrote:

JE Sarge wrote:

I mean, they are actually considering putting in ye olde tattoo shop and piercing parlor next year at ours. :wtf:

That is a terrible idea. My disclaimer is that I'm a tattoo elitist.

The thought of being tattooed in a tent or otherwise non-permanent building in a dust-filled fair is not a good environment for hygiene and proper healing. Then there is the fact that most people are heavily drinking at these things. Now I know it's a long-time tradition in tattoo culture to get wasted and get a tattoo, but that's a recipe for getting a bad tattoo. Alcohol thins the blood, dehydrates a person, and makes skin a less-than-adequate medium for a quality tattoo. The thought of people leaving after getting a tattoo at the fair and walking around in said dust-filled outdoors environments is another recipe of disaster. Proper after-care of a tattoo is crucial to retaining its quality. Nothing is worse than an infected, scabbed up, piece of crap tattoo with areas where ink fell out and the lines expanded due to dryness and poor after-care methods. What a stupid and irresponsible idea.

Yeah, that sounds dangerous and unappealing ! Just wait until they get sued for $10,000,000 because someone got flesh eating disease ! :wtf:

How about a piercing shop next to that combined with maille making where all the rings are riveted into the skin. :p :lol:
( Just an over the top " joke " for now until someone is insane enough to try it to win a Guinness record for the most piercings :eek: :lol: Sorry, couldn't resist the image when it popped into my head, although your warning about the tattoo hazards are very serious. :cool: ).

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Robert S. Haile

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Sun 11 Jul, 2010 10:32 pm

Jean Thibodeau wrote:

Robert S. Haile wrote:

Boyfriend reporting for duty...

Hilariously, we weren't much of a hit at all. Margot was inspiring to a number of little girls though.

Pirates didn't approve I guess, but we had fun anyhow. The faire really isn't anything special these days...the lack of anything truly medieval is annoying, and once the Schola St. George quit showing a up a few years back, it really lost its luster.

Here's a picture of us at a wedding precession we unintentionally crashed.

Well, sorry to hear that but first of all one does it for oneself any praise is just bonus points but certainly it might be better if you can find a fair or a group that takes the costuming more seriously and are generally more knowledgeable than the " subhuman " ORCS and ELVES that inhabit what is loosely still called a Renfair. ( My apologies to any ORCS out there: If it's fun I have no problem with it, it's just nice to find a group with stuff we might find interesting ).

Oh, then there is the reverse problem of groups that make it difficult to fit in if one's buttons are 10 years out of date. ( Again, nothing wrong with that either but lets not suck all the fun out of it by being intolerant of compromises to kit to be able to afford it or just the learning curve of knowing all the minutia of period costuming or customs ).

Of course, of course...also, there are much cheaper ways of attaining praise than a multi-thousand dollar kit.

I'm sure we'll find something that will work just fine eventually. :cool:

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Bryce Felperin

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Posts: 552 Location: San Jose, CA

Mon 12 Jul, 2010 10:40 am

Nathan Robinson wrote:

JE Sarge wrote:

I mean, they are actually considering putting in ye olde tattoo shop and piercing parlor next year at ours. :wtf:

That is a terrible idea. My disclaimer is that I'm a tattoo elitist.

The thought of being tattooed in a tent or otherwise non-permanent building in a dust-filled fair is not a good environment for hygiene and proper healing. Then there is the fact that most people are heavily drinking at these things. Now I know it's a long-time tradition in tattoo culture to get wasted and get a tattoo, but that's a recipe for getting a bad tattoo. Alcohol thins the blood, dehydrates a person, and makes skin a less-than-adequate medium for a quality tattoo. The thought of people leaving after getting a tattoo at the fair and walking around in said dust-filled outdoors environments is another recipe of disaster. Proper after-care of a tattoo is crucial to retaining its quality. Nothing is worse than an infected, scabbed up, piece of crap tattoo with areas where ink fell out and the lines expanded due to dryness and poor after-care methods. What a stupid and irresponsible idea.

As someone who with his wife just got a few new tattoos I have to agree. She would never have gotten one in a tent at a faire. Also there is the time issue. It takes upwards of two hours for a "small" tattoo with a lot of color in it. I can't see any patrons or faire staff having that much block of time for a tat at faire. Doesn't make sense at all!

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Lloyd Clark

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Posts: 508 Location: Beaver Dam, WI

Tue 13 Jul, 2010 7:15 am

Robert S. Haile wrote:

I can agree with just about everything you said Sarge, down to having first attended at the age of fourteen. Ours is the Norman Medieval Fair in Oklahoma, and despite the less convenient location, I think we'll be taking our business to Scarborough Faire in Texas instead. Never been there, but I'm hoping to find something a little more appropriate and enjoyable. If that doesn't work, I'm giving up on the faire aspect entirely... :confused:

That is the faire that started my jousting career (way back in '81!). The duckpond will always hold fond memories for me.

As for faires, after jousting, managing, and directing many, many faires over the years the honest truth is that they are craft fairs with entertainment. The entertainment follows what ever is "hot" at the time (just Google the number of Robin Hood shows at faires this year) and making $$$ trumps historical correctness in most faires. With that being said, there are 3 renaissance guilds (St. George, St. Michael, and St. Lawrence) that demand historical correctness and do a completely under-appreciated job in keeping the history alive in the face of pirates and fantasy consumerism. If you get a chance, make sure that you stop by these guilds if/when you get a chance to learn and appreciate what they do.

As for you two, to quote Billy Crystal - "You Look Marvelous!"

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