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Opening weekend MDRF
Sir William:
Ha, learned that lesson the hard way myself...one of my katana has faded ito wrap due to exposure to the sun. I keep the blinds closed but a sliver of light always made it through...just enough to bleach the handle wrapping. lol
Sir Edward:
Yeah, sunlight (UV specifically) is quite evil. I have a tapestry/banner that I hung over a window (instead of doing the normal thing and getting curtains). Even though the blinds were kept shut most of the time, the back-side of that tapestry has lost nearly all of its color.
Even the little bits of sun that make it through the blinds can ruin things. It's nuts.
EDIT: BTW the weather is really nice today here. And of course it was nice on Monday/Tuesday last week. Why did the storm have to hit right on the weekend? All this nice armor-weather is being wasted on work-days. I'm hoping this coming weekend looks good.
Sir Brian:
Hear hear! I just returned back from a walking inspection of the waterfront and thought the entire time what wonderful weather to wear full armor!
Sir William:
I had a great time, rain notwithstanding- one of the things I wanted to experience was wearing armor under adverse weather conditions...even though it was mostly mail (coif, hauberk) I also wore splinted bracers and plate greaves. Naturally the moisture made my clothing heavier than usual, and the cloak was especially waterlogged. I also noticed that my hauberk is stainless but my coif is not; the splinted bracers from Merc Tailor held up better (showed less signs of rust) than the plate greaves from Mad Matt's armory...probably just a matter of the protectants and polishes used (the greaves are brand new and basically untreated). Also, mud gets into everything!
I'd do it all over again given the chance. :)
Nathan, I hope your Dad feels better soon...being sick sucks.
Sir Matthew:
I've spent hours after faire the last few weekends cleaning my armor, musket and sword. We had rain at least once every weekend since opening, I've gone through more oil this season already than the last 5 put together. blueing the armor did help inhibit rusting, but does still happen.
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