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Sir Ulrich:
Is anyone here going to it?
http://www.njrenfaire.com/Home.html
I am going this weekend on Saturday but I am not sure if I am gonna go on sunday because it's gonna rain on sunday or maybe I will go on sunday in a different kit than I will saturday.

Bernarr:
Bah, if I wasn't working I would have gone, it's only about an hour from me. Maybe next year. I did hit the Smithville one though, thats right around the corner from me, literally.

Sir Ulrich:
I went and actually met and talked to a lot of people there.


Full kit with ill fitting kettle helm.

I really wanna trim down the coif, it's too excessive and I could use the "square" design coif which was popular in the 13th century. Besides I could use the excess trimmings to construct a ventail.

Met this dude and we had a long convo about maille and traveling to europe.

Overall I had a pretty good time, again I stripped my kit down slowly as the day went on due to everything being too ill fitted and overall the heat did not bug me, but again the weight did. A guy told me at the faire that you gotta bulk out the maille and let it hang OVER the second belt and it will weigh it to your hips instead, initially this worked but the belt stretched and it all weighed down on my shoulders again. I have better luck with non period belts, these period belts are hard to get used to putting on seriously. I cant stand how they dont go on tight enough. Hard enough to find a belt that will fit me plus I got NO padding on my belly being extremely lean and thin my maille all literally HANGS down my shoulders, prolly would of been worse with a bigger size hauberk.
Of course the food there was really good, they had an italian chicken place there and the chicken was SOAKED in herbs and whatnot very good quality food from there rather than the usual "chicken fingers" you see everywhere else. Also everyone liked my kit, cept some LARP nerds who said "oh I'll just shoot you with a crossbow and kill you" dunno if they were joking but it was kinda rude to say to a knight in all honesty. I had tons of people ask for my photo looking forward to people posting some photos of me on the facebook page.
Did learn one lesson though, do NOT try to force a helmet on tight when it's got a coif on, the rings dug into my forehead and made me bleed >< time to get a helm that will fit over the coif.

Joshua Santana:
Sounds like you had fun Sir Ulrich.  Yes be careful concerning the mail coif.  Period belts are tricky indeed which is why you need a custom made period belt. 

Sir Wolf:
sweet.

do us a favor, lay out your sword belt on the floor and take a picture of it.

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