Why do you reenactment / Living History

[Magnus]

For me it's changed...in the beginning, I was heavily influenced by Matt Amt's group, so my focus was on public events. Then in 2007 the focus changed to private events. Now we did an event at the ROM this year, and I can see the value of doing both types, and they are both a lot of fun. For me it's the living history aspect,plus the company of good friends. But I also very much enjoyed the public reaction at seeing something different.

Having said all that, the actual "living history" part is handy for learning how things may have worked in the past. Which is always interesting.