I was speaking to a vendor at a renaissance faire recently, both the location of the fair and the name
of the vendor is deliberately withheld.
I was wearing my harness and he had mentioned that he liked my belt buckle, which I readily endorsed
Raymond’s quiet press from whence it came. I also pointed out to the person that my spurs had also
come from the same place. The person replied that they were nice but he wasn’t impressed with the
way spurs in general are made because they were made wrong. Curious, I asked why and he in all
seriousness informed me that they are suppose to be bent outwards more because most people
incorrectly thought that spurs were meant to be used on the horse when they were actually meant to
be used as a weapon by the knight to kick out and backwards to attacking footmen if they were to
press in on the knight! – WHAT?
I was hard-pressed to keep a straight face as I politely pointed out that Raymond’s Quiet Press basis
for his designs were off of actual archaeological samples. The person removed any doubts to him
making those preposterous assumptions out of fun when he continued with the debate by further
stating that was the reason for them becoming longer in the later middle ages and also the reason why they started adding exaggerated and pointy toes on the sabatons…to be used as a weapon…well sure they could be utilized that way…but…but...at the point I politely withdrew from the debate.
Anyways, I have heard some pretty absurd assumptions before, but that has to be one of the more
ridiculous ones.
