<<snip>> ... <<snip>> My wooden rivet spectacle frames came from Sweetness and Light: http://www.candlemaker.org.uk/personal.htm And they looked like this:...
58997
EaldredSCA@...
ealdredmoneyer
Feb 27, 2012 4:19 am
Hello, My boys group at church wants to make bows and arrows. I am looking for advice on where I can buy bow wood that is ready to be carved/shaped into bow...
58998
LJonthebay
wodeford
Feb 27, 2012 7:02 am
... Ah, memory serves me correctly! http://search.3riversarchery.com/nav/cat1/bows/cat2/bows_bowbuilding/cat3/bows_bowbuilding_backinglumber/0 Saionji no Hana ...
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Derek Estabrook
ironhandofal...
Feb 27, 2012 11:38 pm
I'll look around and get back with you if I find something good. I'm from Letcher, SD so I'll see if I can find any local sources or otherwise. Derek...
59000
EaldredSCA@...
ealdredmoneyer
Feb 28, 2012 2:23 am
Thank you Saionji for the link. Derek, do you go to the SCA group in Vermillion? I'm part of Coldedernhale. Dawson ... From: Derek Estabrook...
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groomporter
Feb 28, 2012 4:00 pm
... I compromise with some 18th century style frames from Jas. Townsend & Son. Their frames are only $30....
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cat tillotson
iridaea
Feb 28, 2012 5:44 pm
And the lenses? How will that work? - Cat the Nearsighted from Caldarium (West Kingdom) & I still can't figure post-trimming on tis stupid phone! +++++ ...
59003
Heather English
theiadora
Feb 28, 2012 5:48 pm
From their Site "Clear sample lenses are included in the round 1-3/16 inch openings - ready to have your prescription installed at your local optometry shop....
59004
Folo Watkins
folo1...
Feb 28, 2012 5:56 pm
... When I purchased a pair twenty years ago for use in 18C reenacting, t5he lenses were easily replaced at Pearle Vision. They told me they did similar things...
59005
groomporter
Feb 29, 2012 3:31 pm
Yup I had a local shop put my reading script into the 18th cent. frames I got from Jas Townsend. I recently saw some magnifying reading glasses done in 18th...
59006
groomporter
Mar 15, 2012 3:58 pm
I was going through some stray bits I had and rediscovered this... Here's a really easy and fast moving card game that would be easy to play a few hands if...
59007
mechthild_quattermart
mechthild_qu...
Mar 15, 2012 6:48 pm
Hello I have a problem with a new 13.th century cotta I made. Please have a look at the photo in the album "Mechthild Quattermart" here in this yahoo groupe. ...
59008
quokkaqueen
Mar 15, 2012 9:38 pm
<<snip>> ... <snip>> I've seen similar necklines in the 14th century "Maciejowski Bible", but on the outer layers instead of a kirtle/tunic. eg....
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jewett_christine
jewett_chris...
Mar 15, 2012 10:34 pm
I just remodeled a brown gown into a sleeveless kirtle with pin-on sleeves a la the Braque Family Triptych, but I don't want to wear that type of headdress. I...
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GaleL
ecarian
Mar 19, 2012 5:24 am
I have this vague idea about people in the middle ages having a stew pot that they might eat out of for a long time (keeping the food hot being a way to...
59011
Kim Gibson
kgibson1228
Mar 19, 2012 12:26 pm
I don't know documentation for medieval sources, but my granny had a soup pot going most of the time that sat on the stove when I was young and was added to...
59012
GaleL
ecarian
Mar 21, 2012 5:39 pm
Really interesting article. The find was from around 664 AD (they think she died of the plague that happened then). ...
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timfarleynj
Mar 26, 2012 6:31 pm
It's my understanding from various history courses I've had that indeed the stewpot was kept going throughout the year, and changing it out and startying anew...
59014
lilinah@...
urtatim_alqu...
Mar 28, 2012 2:11 am
... And that's how this idea is perpetuated without documentation. I won't accept it until i read something more credible than "i heard it somewhere". (this is...
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Tiffany Brown
tbro3a
Mar 28, 2012 2:43 am
I wonder if instead of stewpot, this was a pot of stock? Stock should be a lot easier to keep from going off than a full stew (especially if you bank your fire...
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Joe Jj
lady_leonard...
Apr 15, 2012 9:14 pm
Greetings, I found this on a late night perusal of the the Los Angeles Craigslist central LA Arts and Craft section. I can't for the the life of me make it...
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Elizabeth W
e_walpole
May 16, 2012 2:22 am
Our College could do with a new war banner (as the old one is made of cotton and very faded). The current plan is to appliqué this design ...
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Cristal Delamer
cristalmer
May 16, 2012 5:48 pm
Contact Baroness Rebecca Mary Robinson, from Caid. She is an expert on medieval flags. You can contact her at astonhall@... Tell her I sent you. ...
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quokkaqueen
May 17, 2012 3:34 am
<<snip>> ... <<snip>> Some examples: Banner of the de Blonays, late 14th century http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/herself.htm (click on the image for a...
59020
ssd0231
May 25, 2012 2:16 am
Hello all, My mother has decided (finally) on a time period unfortunately its pretty narrow and not one I'm at all familiar with. Its 1480s-1510s, so basically...
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Elizabeth W
e_walpole
May 25, 2012 2:50 am
The Tudor Tailor group has recently published a book on this period 'The Queen's Servants: Gentlewomen's dress at the accession of Henry VIII' ...
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Isabella D'Angelo
jubileel_ins...
May 25, 2012 2:26 pm
Hello! I would suggest the Period Pattern No. 51. http://stores.renstore.com/-strse-283/Early-Tudor-Patterns-for/Detail.bok However,t here are several other...
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GaleL
ecarian
Jun 1, 2012 6:10 am
Under the two tudor "play-houses" there's a gaggle of historic tents. Some have instructions (or in progress pics which could help you figure out how to do...
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Ann Seeton
annakaiara
Jun 1, 2012 3:34 pm
I love authenticity. My shelves are full of books written by scholars of my period of greatest interest, and lots for earlier periods to gain background for my...
59025
LJonthebay
wodeford
Jun 1, 2012 3:46 pm
... Yes. Stop stressing over the nature of an RV to be an RV, park it in the RV parking area and set up a day shade if you need something camp-like closer to...
