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Sir Wolf

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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #15 on: 2011-02-18, 00:57:24 »
what did u do?
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #16 on: 2011-04-04, 17:39:13 »
Well I decided to order one of these.



I ordered mine in green of course so I can wear it with my ren-garb as well as practical use @ MASHS. Very reasonable @ $50.00 with shipping. :)

(now I can retire my homemade hybrid recycled dog collar gorget!)  :D
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #17 on: 2011-04-04, 21:20:14 »
Nice!

I use some of his Bazubands for my forearm's & elbows (though I will be going to hidden elbows next year).

It's good to see my friend get some business.

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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #18 on: 2011-04-04, 21:47:14 »
with or without the beard?
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #19 on: 2011-04-04, 22:16:36 »
What is wrong with you!  ??? With this warm weather starting...of course it's without the beard!  :D
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #20 on: 2011-04-05, 01:38:35 »
HAHA i wear a beard year round unless I'm doing a WW2 event ehhehe
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #21 on: 2011-04-05, 01:49:41 »
I do not look right without my goatee.
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #22 on: 2011-04-05, 14:32:09 »
I look like a beached seal if I shave off my facial hair...not a good look.
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #23 on: 2011-04-08, 07:48:18 »
I keep my beard, I look 6 years younger without it.
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #24 on: 2011-04-08, 16:42:06 »
It might seem like a curse now, Sir Ulrich but trust me when I tell you- as you get into your 30s you will value your youthful good looks!
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #25 on: 2011-04-08, 16:51:25 »
Heh, I'd settle for just some decent looks of my youthful 30s!  ;)
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #26 on: 2011-04-08, 20:26:21 »
Well, some of us mature into our looks and actually look better now than we did as youngsters.  That is sort of true for me (I was just a scrawny kid up until I hit 25).  I'm in better shape now than I was then...but I could absorb a lot more abuse back then than I can now.

Weird, huh?
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #27 on: 2011-04-08, 22:32:51 »
Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2011-04-08, 07:48:18
I keep my beard, I look 6 years younger without it.

In 20 years, you may be doing quite the opposite and shaving all the time so you don't look as old as you are. That's what happened to me.
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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #28 on: 2011-05-21, 12:17:24 »
Ok I received my new gorget Wednesday after I had to send a few e-mail inquiries to when it would be done. I have to say that the hardened armor grade leather is excellent and it was well constructed just not correctly constructed for my neck. It was more oval shaped than circular which made the back portion stick up oddly. Instead of returning or re-engineering it I simply separated it and strapped each piece so now I have a pair of gorgets instead of just one. It will suffice for both WMA and fighting in garb – i.e. demonstration fighting in armor I eventually hope to do in the near future. I also said to hell with it and ordered an ice hockey type of gorget for WMA classes.  :-\


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Re: Time for a gorget!
« Reply #29 on: 2011-05-21, 12:27:59 »
Doesn't it get really hoy wearing all the armor...At the PA Rennassance Faire, I try to get away with the minimum.
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