I was out of communications range over the weekend, but made some notes. While I could not communicate with anyone, I was able to re-read the costuming guide more deeply, and have a think.
4 May 2014 13:53Â
Quite frustrated at not being able to get any reliable connection – or power – at the moment, as I’m at Hastings for the Jack In The Green. Phone coverage is negligible, and nobody here does wifi.
I’ve gotten as far as putting up the initial posting on The Masthead listing what I need to get, and begun building a page for the main site which echoes the static state of affairs.
Current thinking is:
- the boots I can get from Plantagenet will sort me out for shoes
- I’m fine for harness and jack, and the petticote  is good.
- braies and shirt I’m fine, but an extra shirt would be good
- good hose, doublet and jacket are needed.
- if i can get the wool (linen I have sources for) then the pattern for the jacket could be built up pretty quickly from the pattern for my petticote
- the sleeveless jacket appears to be exactly the same as the other jacket, but without sleeves, so if making one may as well make two.
- both fastened down the front with hooks and eyes, so need to get some large ones
- I think i can get a good hood and cloak from SPES historical, and some ‘tent linen’ of a good weight to make a bed roll (and a couple of hide-stuff sacks, if I have time)
- although they warn that the fringed ‘german’ hood that SPES have is not common in Burgundy
- the black wool hat is probably the best I have, I will need to retry it to see if it fits, otherwise possibly the black felt hat
- a small cup in lieu of my tankard would be good, and it would be good to get a better bowl/plate. The spoons and knife are fine.
- i need to find out whether blunted or live weapons are needed. if blunt is fine, then my arming sword is good, but the scabbard is rubbish. on the other hand the belt for the scabbard is good.
- if a live weapon is needed, I could be out of luck unless I could lay my hands on a decent messer or dagger in a hurry.
- If i can get the wool, the livery would be straightforward
- given the event is in the 1470’s, which would put me as being born in the 1420’s, I can justifiably claim to be a veteran of English conflicts of the ‘40s and ‘50s (so what was going on then?)
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