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Main => The Campaign => Topic started by: Sir Wolf on 2009-09-08, 09:06:09
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anyone else planning on attending the faire this day?
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Are you wearing your new and improved late 12th C harness? If so then and it isn't forecasted
for rain then I'll be there in armor, otherwise I might go into work to make some extra $$$. ;)
We all still need to get together for a group photo! :)
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That day will be my triumphant return to faire, after this long hiatus. :)
I hope the weather is good for armor! I'll be able to wear my 14th Century stuff as long as it isn't too hot.
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So many knights will be there I wish I could join you. Alas I can not. I will be returning to my Alma Mater, Penn State, for the football game agains Iowa. Have fun anyway.
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I will be there as well. A Saturday I finally have off from work ;D
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well great. do we want to establish a time and place to meet?
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Sounds good to me, how about 11:30ish at any location of the general consensus?
11:30-ish will give us each enough time to hopefully make it to where ever it is we decide to
meet at. I have YET to make a complete circuit of the village while in armor! ;)
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sounds good. say meet then in front of where else but the place to buy swords and armour? Blackswords? hehehe by the jousting field :)
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That works for me! ;D
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Yep, that'll work. Of course, one of our defacto places to look for people in our circles of friends is either the at the White Hart on the food-court side (between it and Piland's jewelry), or at Middletons (now called O'Shucks) on the side that faces the White Hart. If all else fails, take a peek there from time to time. :)
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hey guys, wife says we can't do it this weekend. the kid's dr bills came due so that elasves us NO cash till next paycheck. Sir Edward, will you be there Oct 24th? the last weekend?
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Oh man, bummer!
On the closing Sunday, yes, but not the Saturday.
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Ah crapola! :(
I was looking forward to us all getting a picture together. I guess closing weekend will have to do! :-\
Are you still going to be able to make it Silvanus?
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Yup, I will still be there, Sir Brian ;D
Sorry you can't make it, Sir Wolf. I wanted to show you the cool sword belt I made, but there will be plenty of time.
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There's still a threat of rain all weekend. Grrr.. I knew that would happen. Lots of great weather the last 3 weeks while I was away from faire. At least it'll be cool though. Mid-60's tomorrow!
So anyway, no plate armor this weekend, but my 14th C kit will be good to go tomorrow.
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It will be fun to trudge about in the rain ;D
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Sorry I missed you guys today. I arrived late. I have the new sword belt and surcoat ;D
There was one problem.... One of the security gentlemen at the outer gate gave me some grief for my sword hilt and scabbard.
I showed him that the blade was cut 1.5 inches from the hilt.
He told me that "they prefer" no hilt at all, just the scabbard. I mentioned that I (and others) had been doing so for weeks, even during last year's Faire. Still he said they "prefer" no hilt....
He still let me in.
I am beginning to dislike the security people.
Hope to see you all before the Faire ends.
Silvan
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its not their fault. the faire is owned by lawyers that have a strict no weapons policy thanks to many years of stupid people.
how is your sword hilt attached to your scabbard?
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Silvanus! We missed you, Sir Ed and I tried to find you but our progress was greatly hampered with
numerous photo ops.
Yes they inquired about my sword as well and the real irony was we met an older guy dressed as a
Scotsman who had THREE weapons! He had an axe, a claymore and a dirk all without even being peace tied! :o
He was even bragging about not even being checked at the gate! >:(
So I don't know how much longer they'll let those of us in with the scabbards and sword hilts. :-\
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Hi Sir Wolf,
I have the hilt tied to the scabbard with leather lacing. I took it out and showed him the one inch of blade....
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Hi Sir Brian,
It will be lame having to walk around with just scabbards again :( .... I don't see what the problem is with just a hilt.
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still a weapon ;) i believe Sir Edward and Sir Brian have theirs epoxied into the scabbards so they can not be taken out thus its a scabbard with a fancy end ;) Maryland law also says its illegal to carry anything over 3 inches i believe in public etc. too many stupid people do stupid things when alcohol is involved.
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Yes, so far they haven't even checked mine at the gate this season. Last year they checked it twice, the first time being rather detailed scrutiny, but when I showed that they could pull with all their strength while I leaned away from the pull with all of mine, and the hilt could not be removed, they allowed it. After that they've either not noticed, or just checked quickly.
It's the inconsistency that bothers me. If it's clearly fake, I don't see what the problem is. Though I suppose they'd make the argument that they can't train all their security guys to know where to draw the line, so it's easier to ban everything.
Silvanus, I'm sorry we missed you! We kept our eyes open all day, but of course it's a large enough site that you can easily end up circling on opposite sides and never spot each other.
We took a group photo on Saturday with all of the armored folks we could muster on short notice.
(http://ed.toton.org/photos/2009/faire/b1065.jpg) (http://ed.toton.org/photos/2009/faire/b1065b.jpg)
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still a weapon ;) i believe Sir Edward and Sir Brian have theirs epoxied into the scabbards so they can not be taken out thus its a scabbard with a fancy end ;) Maryland law also says its illegal to carry anything over 3 inches i believe in public etc. too many stupid people do stupid things when alcohol is involved.
Yep you've got to have it epoxied into the scabbard. They definately look for that. ;)