Spurs 50% off

[Sir Edward]

Sir Wolf pointed this out to me:

http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/armour/spurs.html

I'm not sure how long the sale will last, but I thought I'd go ahead and point it out, even though these are brass. I still think Quiet Press is the better deal since you can get gold plating without spending too much:

https://www.quietpress.com/spurs.html

[Sir William]

Oooh, I need spurs, I do!  Or should I wait for the knighting ceremony?  Are we to get our own and then start a pool of them for future initiates?

[Sir Edward]

Oooh, I need spurs, I do!  Or should I wait for the knighting ceremony?  Are we to get our own and then start a pool of them for future initiates?

I'm open to suggestions. I know Sir Brian and I have them already, but I think we're the only ones so far. We still need to work out the initial accolades and so on. I still like the idea of them being gifted to the new knight, but I have no problem with people buying them in advance too if that's what they prefer.

[Sir Wolf]

i have a super nice pair of brass ones. i think each should get his own. just can't wear them till after the ceremonies.

[Sir Edward]

You know, with how sharp some of the historical spurs were in some periods, I always wondered how much they'd get the horses bleeding. Well, I spotted this on myArmoury... I guess it happened often enough to capture it in artwork:

[Sir William]

I know they felt them necessary at the time, but were they really?  I'd never wear them if I were going riding...as for my own, I'll get mine.  I'll wear'm too...I'm already a knight, just wanting the Accolade for my own heart's content. 

[Sir Andrew]

   I have a pair of quietpress that Sir Brian graciously bestowed upon me as well, Sir Edward.
  Another thought to consider, I don't know how malleable the brass set ups are, But the plated
  are a breeze to "form" to the heel of a boot, which makes them look nicer, and they "ride" better.

[Sir Edward]

   I have a pair of quietpress that Sir Brian graciously bestowed upon me as well, Sir Edward.
  Another thought to consider, I don't know how malleable the brass set ups are, But the plated
  are a breeze to "form" to the heel of a boot, which makes them look nicer, and they "ride" better.

That's an excellent point. The gilt quietpress ones are indeed very malleable. The brass ones I have (though not from talbot's) are very stiff and would be difficult to bend to conform to your boot or shoe if needed. Brass is a very stiff metal so I would suspect talbot's to be similar.

[Sir Ulrich]

Wish they sold an iron pair of them. For some reason fancy metals like brass and whatnot don't appeal as much to me as iron does. Guess it's cause the Knights Templar used rather plain equipment to show they took a vow of poverty.

[Sir Brian]

Sir Wolf pointed this out to me:

http://talbotsfineaccessories.com/armour/spurs.html

I'm not sure how long the sale will last, but I thought I'd go ahead and point it out, even though these are brass. I still think Quiet Press is the better deal since you can get gold plating without spending too much:

https://www.quietpress.com/spurs.html

Well I prefer the quiet press spurs which although having a little bit of a long lead time (around 4-6 weeks) if you opt for the plating and straps with buckles the cost with shipping runs $85 - $95 which won’t be too bad if we are taking up a collection to present them as a gift for future new members. Since we are still at our infancy stage in this order perhaps we would best be served if we provided our own spurs for the initial knighting to establish our core of future knightly “sponsors”, after all we as the founding members have the somewhat daunting task of establishing the future traditions of the order. 

[Sir Edward]

Well I prefer the quiet press spurs which although having a little bit of a long lead time (around 4-6 weeks) if you opt for the plating and straps with buckles the cost with shipping runs $85 - $95 which won’t be too bad if we are taking up a collection to present them as a gift for future new members. Since we are still at our infancy stage in this order perhaps we would best be served if we provided our own spurs for the initial knighting to establish our core of future knightly “sponsors”, after all we as the founding members have the somewhat daunting task of establishing the future traditions of the order. 

That sounds reasonable to me. The first of us are already having to establish ourselves to establish the order anyway. Works for me.

[Sir William]

I'll go along with that, sounds good to me.