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I love the fans. Can't wait to see pics of them on

Kitty x

YAY! May print this out and send to my brother Doubt that will stop me being the one to sort out his kit though

If you visited the Matt Black Armour stand at TORM you may have seen my new breastplate. Well today I finally got some photos of me wearing it and thought I'd post them. It was made by Matthew Bayley as a present to wear whilst banner bearing. I broke my elbow last year and had the metal out almost ...

That's fantastic, have bookmarked it and sent it to my brother. Thank you!

Superglue?

Wow, the skill is amazing.

Kitty xxx

I am slowly learning to make armour, although most of my own will be made by Matt as I want nice armour. To me nice doesn't mean having lots of fluting or over the top decoration, it's more about having a good authentic shape, the metal having been work hardened, it fitting correctly and it being ea...

That is very cool. :D

Don't forget my breastplate! :D

So pretty, I've been looking at the HE stuff and wishing I had some spare money. Admittedly most of my drawling has been at the cuirass Jeff and Luke have been working on.

Yeah, that counts as cool. :D :D :D Then again, many of the strangest jobs on this thread count as cool and interesting too.

Wrong one, it's from the Toys page.

'Back in time' doesn't work from the Cosmetics page. Love the site otherwise though. :D

They look fantastic!

Thank you for all the suggestions, I'm just off to find them now.

I'm thinking of representing someone quite high up the social scale in mourning and am not really sure how to start researching the various customs that would be followed in England. For example are there restrictions on the activities one can take part in?

Very nice! Would be nice to see it with the whole harness

I'm guessing she's talking about the bit that gets sewn inside the band.

Thank you both very much. It's not part of my work, but it got me thinking and I hate just leaving things.

Hi, Sorry, it seems that every time I post I'm asking for help! Anyway, I'm looking at some parish records and under one set of entries for 1570 of those Baptysed it reads, 'Era. et concord. cum registro' Anyone got any idea what this means? I can kind of guess using the tiny amount of Italian I kno...

lidimy wrote:Oh go on, it's not all that bad... it doesn't hurt, at least, not if you're used to the eyebrow routine anyway! :lol:

Oh, I'm used to pain, but I'm not sure I'd want my hairline further back. :?

I think plucking my hairline is just a step too far for me! :P

Thank you very much for your help Merlon. Unfortunately I didn't get my Athens password until this morning, but thankfully it all turned out ok.

Well, I've spent all day trying to find online written resources on Restoration London and so far have had no luck. This work was set by my University Lecturer, so it must be out there somewhere! I don't suppose some kind soul could point me in the right direction? I'm not asking for you to do the r...

Thank you everyone for your help. Makes sense that it's just one of those girl things.

Kitty xxx

:lol: That thought did cross my mind!

Hi,

Could someone tell me what the black loop around the top of this Lady's head is?

Thank you,

Kitty xxx

OK, I can't think of anything else without being able to actually shout at said garment! :lol:

Depends where it is tight, I thought it may be too tight around the actual arm, not that the arm hole is too tight. This was a problem I had with a kirtle as I'd fitted the arms with nothing underneath, once I added a shift it was too tight to bend my arm!

PS - That helped perfectly!

Erm...not quite sure what you mean there. Sorry :?