Dixie, is anyone doing any of the Canadian Militia units?

Thanks for the help, the guy in question seems to have retreated from his original statement now.

What group are you with?

Some help needed here - am talking to some bloke on armour archive who's claiming (amongst other things) that all of those who went on raids amongst the Northmen were nobles. His info seems to be purely derived from sagas, anyone got any actual historical evidence that says otherwise?

John Waller wrote:

Alan_F wrote:What unit is this?

There is a clue in the title of the thread

No need to roll your eyes John. I've never heard of 'XVLD' and was merely asking.

What unit is this?

I need to check back but I'd agree with Alan. Part of the "big" plan is to have a kit list. Tod, one of the things that can be said is this is the period when the Highland economy is doing poorly, after years of warfare to bring them into line with the rest of Scotland: Certainly aketons ...

I would have thought that aketons and claymores would indeed be appropriate for Highlanders. I'm not sure why this suggestion was dismissed. Best wishes, Thor Because the vast majority of troops in Scotland wouldn't have carried a Claymore, let alone those from the Highlands. I'm not even sure if t...

Andy R wrote:s'nice

Agreed!

Bumping this up - any news on the event?

Ian, what group is this for?

Northern Alliance: We do mostly 15th century Lord Lovat of Fraser's men, we can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=140529866865 and here: http://northern-alliance.org.uk/ . We ahve a pretty full calender of events for this year with events both in Scotland and England. The membe...

Hobbitstomper wrote:The Battle of Buckie is a good enough concept to get its own wikipedia entry.

Re-enactment of it would be interesting - everybody dons tracksuits and hangs around the bus stop all day shouting abuse at passers by!

Hobbitstomper wrote:Sorry Alan. Stupid mistake. Should have realised as Glaswegians prefer knives and samurai swords.

So instead of the Battle of the Standard, Battle of the Buckie?

Re the Glaswegians. In terms of practicality, wooden handled, centre grip bucklers are rubbish with long 2H spears. Metal handled ones might be better if they had thin grips. Strapped small shields might be most practical as they would allow both hands to grip the spear properly with only a leather...

Theory blown then. Can't see horses who are used to cannon being too bothered by rattles. But i don't do horses. It was one of those strange theories that someone came up with that probably made a lot of sense to the inventor but which wasn't up to scratch when you think about it. A bit like the Si...

Short Kilts - there seems to have been a fashion in the 11 - 12th centuries for Scots wearing a shirt that went to just above mid-thigh, I wonder if this could be a reference to it? The only evidence I have is in Fergus McCann's Scottish Arms and Armour , although he seems convinced that this is all...

Nice site, but could do with some links to the group or groups involved.

Edelweiss, how well do the various pieces of kit do in the harsh (to me anyway!) Norwegian winter?

Art of Love.... Sounds like someone from the SCA!

Mercy!

He is a bit odd to be sure.... More than one person has mistaken him for a pretty woman!

Well he does like to listen to Roy Orbison!

He now works in government, alongside Ed Balls.

Although he did make quite a racket at times.

Was that from drinking too much deuce?

Didn't he serve in a regiment from Herts?

According to his missus, it was all over in a flash!

natalie, can you tell me a bit more about this event?

Yes, as I recall, he showed how you could bypass missiles.