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Hello all,

I'm looking for advice on clothing traders I could approach for an outfit appropriate for a farmer's wife in 1860's American Frontier.

Thank you.

SOLD: Standard Past Tents Pavillion. This is a standard size (12' high, 14.5' diameter base), bleached canvas pavillion tent made once upon a time by Past Tents. I've been the owner for 10 years. It is in a good condition, with mud marks as you might expect from 10 years of use in the field. It has...

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Hello! I was wondering if you would consider making a Romano-British shield such as the one shown here:

I can supply you with sizes and approximate weight I am aiming for.

Yay! Glad to hear it!

FionaDowson wrote:Then again, the spinning guild were taken to task by a re-enactor on the grounds that our wheels were reproductions

Errrmmm... isn't everything we have a re-production!!??!

Agreed with the above. Quite often the "is it a real xxxx" is actually not the question MOP want to ask but they don't really have it in their mind the correct question to ask as they might be embarrassed or a little worried about approaching someone dressed in "strange" clothing. I actually prefer ...

Thank you - I'll investigate Sportscover.

Hello all, Just some advice. In terms of re-enactment, my group has their own public liability insurance covered by the Federation of the Wars of the Roses, or their own group insurance. However, I have until recently been a member of a HEMA sword group but my membership has run out. This means that...

Okay - are you looking to have this on wood then? Or painted on canvas?
Wording as the original?
size?

If no-one on here has one, I could possibly look to burn one onto wood for you via pyrography - which one are you looking for?

Examples of my pyrography here: http://www.medievalartandwoodcraft.com/ ... mages2.htm

Fran

I had been practicing HEMA for about 5 years, when a colleague asked me what I knew of the 15th century - it's history and people. I had to admit that I knew about as much as watching Monty Python and the Hold Grail... So I went along to the Towton Battlefield Society annual remembrance event in 200...

We are not strictly Cambridgeshire (our members tend to be centred around Coventry) but you may wish to check us out: The Vicus. http://vicus.yolasite.com/

Hello Dan, You might want to check out the group called The Vicus. I've joined this year and they do displays which include combat between Romans and native Britons. It's not full-on 'smash-the-crap-out-of-each-other', but it's good fun to find out what the different shields and weaponry can do, and...

That's really helpful! Thank you Sally!

Hello all, I've recently joined a group who do Romano-British re-enactment, and as a starter display, I am showing a display of varieties of wool and how to spin with a drop spindle. I usually let people touch the wools to see the difference between fine and course fleece. It's all been bought from ...

Thanks for the references, though the first one looks like some kind of trade supplier so I don't think I could buy directly from them? There's also no prices stated on the website.

Hi guys, I'm trying to obtain 6 meters of pure 100% silk taffeta in a dark red / burgundy / wine colour. It is becoming very hard to do this as my current trusted suppliers have downsized as it is only cost effective for them to supply pure silk taffeta in bridal colours, i.e. white/cream/etc. I nee...

This is all very interesting - thank you very much!

I have had an interesting but brief discussion with members of my LARP group about hooks which hold up the hem of a dress. Being involved with Wars of the Roses period costume, I was under the impression that the gown hem was usually tucked into the belt, front or back, or looped over the inner unde...

Does this help you at all (scroll to bottom):
http://www.thepeerage.com/p21650.htm

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland (1591 – 25 March 1667)

Hello there, It looks like you may already have looked at some of the on-line fight manuscripts available, but in case you hadn't got this there is a free forum linking all the current on-line fight manuscripts, including 14th and 15th century ones which you are probably looking for. http://www.fior...

Hello there! I'm Frances from Medieval Art and Woodcraft. I have made many banners, from Historical ones through to fantasy ones. Please have a look at my website www.medievalartandwoodcraft.com, and keep up to date with my Facebook site of the same name. Drop me a line with your requirements and I ...

Few books have captured my imagination over the last couple of years as the one I’m reviewing now. But perhaps I’m biased? I find the short period of history known as the ‘Wars of the Roses’ deeply complex and interesting, both for the main players in the conflicts as well as those living their ever...

I was teaching at the Armouries last weekend, there wasn't a single mention of it anywhere. When I muttered about it to some reenactor chums of venerable years who have their ears to ground on most matters they hadn't heard of it at all. It doesn't bode well. Phil, Stuart Ivinson told our group at ...

Hello all,

Please have a look at the meagre pictures I took with my little camera at Mortimers this year - hope you like them. Please use any you wish:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 8eb&type=1

Fran

An awesome set of lovely pictures - thank you so much for putting those up for people to see!!