Well, I met Tim in person for the first time this weekend at Colonial Plantation where we did a 17th Century event. He was incredibly nice and a pleasure to meet. The tent was purchased by James, the Capt. of the 16/17th century group I belong to. It was in great shape, despite it's age. The poles will definitely need replaced sooner rather than later, but the canvas shows very little wear and that is the most expensive part of a tent. I wound up purchasing the shoes he was selling, even though the size said 12, I'm an 11 1/2 and they fit me great. I have a pair of size 12 latchets that do not fit me so I wanted to get nice shoes that would. I was told the latchets ran small, but that was not so, sadly. But now I really nice shoes to wear when I want to look fancy.