02-27-2009, 07:55 AM
I'd love to go to Marathon. It would be a dream, and I'm a firm believer in making dreams come true. Get some horses there and it would even be better. We could do some realistic combat training with bodies lying everywhere. :lol:
However it depends on dates and when I'm working. I'm self employed and a day not working is a day not earning. And I do like to maximise income.
I started reviewing the Greek kit we use for the business last July. All our time periods are continously improved as a sort of rolling programme. It normally doesn't take long. However, to get the Greek kit where I want it for this period is taking a very long time. Much of it I'm having to make myself. But it's a very enjoyable challenge.
Back to topic, at first I didn't warm to the idea of alum tanned leather. I think I suspected that we would all advocate what we were used to working in. A 18th century re-enactor would be used to alum tanned leather. I'm used to working with vegetable tanned leather. Bolied vegetable tanned leather is very very tough. I've spent a few days in various lamellar armours this week. They are incredibly tough. But having read abit about leather production lately, I am coming around to alum tanned leather. Due to it's availability, and it's colour. Of course this is my highly subjective opinion, and I'm open to influence.
However it depends on dates and when I'm working. I'm self employed and a day not working is a day not earning. And I do like to maximise income.
I started reviewing the Greek kit we use for the business last July. All our time periods are continously improved as a sort of rolling programme. It normally doesn't take long. However, to get the Greek kit where I want it for this period is taking a very long time. Much of it I'm having to make myself. But it's a very enjoyable challenge.
Back to topic, at first I didn't warm to the idea of alum tanned leather. I think I suspected that we would all advocate what we were used to working in. A 18th century re-enactor would be used to alum tanned leather. I'm used to working with vegetable tanned leather. Bolied vegetable tanned leather is very very tough. I've spent a few days in various lamellar armours this week. They are incredibly tough. But having read abit about leather production lately, I am coming around to alum tanned leather. Due to it's availability, and it's colour. Of course this is my highly subjective opinion, and I'm open to influence.
John Conyard
York
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York
A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.comitatus.net">http://www.comitatus.net
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.historicalinterpretations.net">http://www.historicalinterpretations.net
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