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Ren Faire Peeve
scott2978:
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--- Quote from: Sir Douglas on 2015-06-04, 19:33:27 ---Plus, dealing with all the unwashed, uninterested masses makes it all the more sweet when you do run into somebody who knows what's up. :)
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Two years ago, while in civilian clothes, I noticed a gentleman in a sweet mail hauberk. This was not butted, nor poorly fitted off-the-rack mail. This was very nice wedge riveted mail that was well fitted; noticeable from 50 feet away. I made my way over, politely introduced myself and complimented his kit.
He was genuinely pleased that someone had noticed so we “talked shop” for quite some time. That is, until we both realized that our wives were bored with the “shop talk”. :-[
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It's pretty rare for me to run into anyone who is as enthusiastic about armor as me, but it has happened. It's really great to meet new people who share your passions and who can offer an honest, knowlegable critique of your impression.
Sir Humphrey:
Renn Faires are the realm of costumes, fairy wings and elf ears. You can't expect the paying customers to know the difference, or be able to tell if you are a visitor vs an employee. You will get some of this even at living history events. Just grin bear it. What else can they call it that is more accurate? It is not a uniform. They could say "outfit," but that is not much better. "Kit" is the only thing that might be appropriate, but that is not in the lexicon of most Americans.
Sampf:
Only thing I have heard someone say to me about my kit is "Look honey a knight" Although it wasn't much I was still so exited haha
I feel bad for the people who actually ask me question of which there are few but because of that lack of questions any one who asks gets a history lesson.
Sir Sondergaard:
Well, here in Denmark we have a lot of people doing the LARP thing. Running around in the forests every weekend, painted ork green, wearing elves ears, troll costumes.... you know what I mean... We call those people roleplayers here in Denmark, while people like us - my fellow knights - are reenactors...
When we are at a medieval market, we often hear the phrase "roleplayers"... When we do, we grab hold of the "ill educated persons" and teach them a little lesson our selves.
No offence toward roleplayers, but they wear aluminum chainmail, paperthin armour that dents when you sneeze on it, and they use silicone swords....
When we let people hold some of our chainmail, their eyes grows double in size, while they make mumbling "wow" sounds.... sometimes we let them try it on, and it certainly does impress people... When we tell them that we wear 60+ punds of armour while we fight, and that we use realistic steel swords - except they are blunt of course - they are starting to get the difference between a roleplayer costume, and a reenactorkit.
Most often it is more than enough to let them hold my houndskull helmet with aventail - which are around 15 pounds - to get them convinced that this is the real deal :D
Well, you allways has to remember that people dont mean it in a bad way, they just dont know any better. And we never have any problems with people beeing rude or stupid... So it is allways nice to educate a little ;D
Sir Humphrey:
Well, said Sir Sondergaard. I accidently attended a "Medieval Faire" last week when visiting Crecy Battlefield in France. I had always thought that we are behind the curve in the US being so far from Europe. I was wrong. There were just as many goofy dressed knights, some with a heavy Game of Thrones influence. Some were trying hard and looked pretty good, but the fellow in this pic was the norm.
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