I've been looking for information on how a samuria would have "camped" on military campaign during the SCA period. Would they have used tents? If so, where can...
Hey everyone, My name is Brad, my friends call me Togo, i'm from the southern Michigan area. I play a foam fighting game called dagorhir if some of you have...
... That could be, it's been a fair number of years since I've read up on this subject. The introduction of the horse, trade musket and metal tools radically...
Hello all, I'm a relatively new to the SCA and haven't really settled on a ethnicity (let alone a name). I'm Japanese American (yonsei, so more american than...
... True, there are tipis, and the Mongol and Arab cultures. This seemed to be also due to a lack of trees and brush in the areas that these people lived in....
Onegaishimasu: First an offering. I found a source for what I believe to be 20ga mild steel in 12"x10' sheets for free. Home Depot is selling 4"x10' steel...
... Yes, but my dictionary at the time probably had danchi! It didn't have mansion. Current one does though. ... I would say tents are far more exotic than...
I'm not sure I understand. I've seen manuscripts/paintings of European log cabins (15thC+), that aren't that different from colonial versions. I was not...
Onegaishimasu! I am preparing to rid my encampment of plastic storage bins and cannot think of anything more appropriate than tansu to take their place even ...
... You know, that funniest thing dawned on me last night when I was thinking about how "small" and 8'x8' "room" would be for camping at Pennsic... My entire...
http://www.asianart.org/ Liza Dalby (author of "Geisha" and "Kimono: Fashioning Culture") is lecturing next week in conjunction with the new exhibit on geisha...
Folks, I am 28 years old and I graduated from Law School in 2003. Currently, I am working in a bank in Brazil. I decided to join this group because I am very...
I was looking in a Japanese art book and found one. Suspended from a wood frame, with cords coming from the top corners was a round disk app. 6" diameter,...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! ... Seriously, I suggest that you reposition your wakizashi. There is a Japanese word that you should learn which sounds...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=6908429493&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW Elsewhere (Addall) this is listed at $500, but the owner says...
Konichiwa! I'm back, with several more questions; mostly directed at those who play within the SCA, my apologies to those of you who are in other recreation...
Konnichiwa! I just wanted to message the group and tell everyone that I was awarded an AOA (in recognition of research of medieval Japan / period brewing...
Anyone know what this style of lacquering is called? http://daimyou54.web.infoseek.co.jp/H471/index.htm http://daimyou54.web.infoseek.co.jp/H472/index.htm ...
... I tend to tie mine slightly to the right of center front. I have found that it interfeers less with positioning of the wakizashi or carrying a fan or flute...
This drumming group is performing near me a couple of times over the next few months and I was wonderinf if anyone on this list is or knows members of their...
Hi folks, Thing went well in the test at Market Day of the "sam-like"; armor. I call it sam-like as there are those who do samurai armors much more accurately...
Prototype Three went out to an event this weekend and held up to normal use and abuse. I upgraded the armature from balsa to basswood, having found a craft ...
