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Sir Edward:
Yeah, the mail often will slide back down under the belt, so sometimes you need to hike it back up again occasionally. It'll be less likely to do that if the belt is super tight, but it's a bit of a judgment call as to where you want your discomfort. Of course, having it tailored to you reduces these problems, as we've discussed before.
Sir Matthew:
A couple of guys I reenact with went down Sat., but I opted to go check out a Rev War event in Lancaster instead. A couple of us have been toying with doing F&I or Rev War so we wanted to go see what their events are like and get some contacts, which we successfully did. Now it's time to save up some money to pay for a kit for that. I WILL NOT be going any further FORWARD in time, at least for now ;) . A couple of us were going to come down Sun., but we were all just too tired from being out in the sun all day Sat., either down there or at the Rev War event. Even not in kit, it was HOT. Sorry I missed seeing you.
Sir William:
Sir Ulrich, your kit's come a long way, eh? Definitely go with a padded coif as opposed to just a linen one to pad your head from the weight of the coif and of course, any helm you decide to wear over top of that.
Nevermind the LARP nerds, it was sheer envy that made them say what they did as what you wore was head and shoulders above anything they might've been wearing. Besides, when they miss, they're screwed.
Sir Wolf:
now is this faire different than the nj Renaissance faire kingdom?
Sir James A:
I can't quite tell from the pictures, but it looks like you have a simple "D ring" belt? The best way to keep the belt tight and from letting the mail slide and flop too much is to use a buckling belt (the style with holes in it). You can still use the D ring sword belt, since that won't be doing any "work" with the mail. It sounds like you've got the right idea, just need to tweak the gear a bit - I've personally never had any success with the D ring belts staying as tight as I want either (in soft kit).
And ignore the LARP archers. You went, you had fun, they're irrelevant.
(These are nice simple belts - http://www.revivalclothing.com/talbotspremiumsimplethinleatherbelt.aspx)
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