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Sir James A

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Wow, that's a tent!
« on: 2013-02-28, 15:17:17 »
http://reenactmentmarket.eu/en/podstrony/92?~~mode=product&~~id=20659085#!/~/product/id=20659085

It's 6 x 12 meters; in american terms - 18 feet by 36 feet and about 10 1/2 feet tall! That's the size of a small house!

Comes with ropes and poles, too. Never seen a medieval style tent like that before.
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #1 on: 2013-02-28, 15:46:18 »
It seems this one was nearly custom-made just for me:

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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #2 on: 2013-02-28, 16:31:44 »
Quote from: Sir William on 2013-02-28, 15:46:18
It seems this one was nearly custom-made just for me:



Click, click, add to cart - go for it! :D
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #3 on: 2013-02-28, 16:39:26 »
Quote from: James Anderson III on 2013-02-28, 16:31:44
Click, click, add to cart - go for it! :D

Dooooooooo iiiiiittt!!!

It would be the perfect match for your new sword/scabbard and shield!!  It's a must-buy!  You essentially can't afford not to buy it!
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #4 on: 2013-02-28, 17:28:23 »
You guys...are like the worst best friends a guy could have!  And I mean that with all of the positive sincerity in my heart; would that I could drop that kind of money!

Actually, it would be getting to use it that would be the problem...my wife does not do camping.  Which is somewhat of a shame since I used to love it.  *sigh*

In any event, if I bought that tent now, I wouldn't be able to get any armor (or anything else for that matter) for the rest of the year!!!  That would not be good.  :)
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #5 on: 2013-02-28, 17:52:31 »
Quote from: Sir William on 2013-02-28, 17:28:23
You guys...are like the worst best friends a guy could have!  And I mean that with all of the positive sincerity in my heart; would that I could drop that kind of money!

Actually, it would be getting to use it that would be the problem...my wife does not do camping.  Which is somewhat of a shame since I used to love it.  *sigh*

In any event, if I bought that tent now, I wouldn't be able to get any armor (or anything else for that matter) for the rest of the year!!!  That would not be good.  :)

Get a tent half the size then for just you. A good compromise. :)
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #6 on: 2013-02-28, 20:41:25 »
And it can hold your horse too!

Then I saw this:

You keep using that word...

"Viking / Norman Market Tent"

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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #7 on: 2013-02-28, 21:41:43 »
Quote from: James Anderson III on 2013-02-28, 15:17:17
It's 6 x 12 meters; in american terms - 18 feet by 36 feet and about 10 1/2 feet tall! That's the size of a small house!

Wow that thing's huge.
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #8 on: 2013-02-28, 22:34:13 »
That`s truly a big tent, It would take all day to dress the inside of it lol  ;D
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #9 on: 2013-02-28, 22:47:33 »
Here are a few photographs of an event we attended in Marle Merovingian Village a few years ago.
I have never seen a tent like the one our good friend Juan Louis was staying in for the weekend, it`s the second photo from the top  ;)

http://www.benevoleguedelon.com/article-33312892.html

I will try and find photo`s of the inside and post them here. The guys and girls on the continent don`t do things by halves  ::)

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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #10 on: 2013-02-28, 23:00:52 »
Just found a bit of video footage of the same event at Marle, where we were fighting at the barrier.....
 http://picasaweb.google.com/eustache.dencre/PetiteVideoMarle?authkey=Gv1sRgCL2i5e2P8uzOuQE&feat=directlink

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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #11 on: 2013-03-01, 04:13:06 »
Quote from: Sir Edward on 2013-02-28, 21:41:43
Quote from: James Anderson III on 2013-02-28, 15:17:17
It's 6 x 12 meters; in american terms - 18 feet by 36 feet and about 10 1/2 feet tall! That's the size of a small house!

Wow that thing's huge.


Yep, I could fit two of my tents inside there and still have room to spare!

Quote from: Sir Gerard de Rodes on 2013-02-28, 22:47:33
Here are a few photographs of an event we attended in Marle Merovingian Village a few years ago.
I have never seen a tent like the one our good friend Juan Louis was staying in for the weekend, it`s the second photo from the top  ;)

http://www.benevoleguedelon.com/article-33312892.html

I will try and find photo`s of the inside and post them here. The guys and girls on the continent don`t do things by halves  ::)

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WOW! *THAT* is indeed impressive!

As usual, Sir Gerard, your fun and adventures never fails to install a strong sense of envy. :) Would love to see pictures of that interior!
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #12 on: 2013-03-01, 17:00:20 »
Quote from: Sir Gerard de Rodes on 2013-02-28, 23:00:52
Just found a bit of video footage of the same event at Marle, where we were fighting at the barrier.....
 http://picasaweb.google.com/eustache.dencre/PetiteVideoMarle?authkey=Gv1sRgCL2i5e2P8uzOuQE&feat=directlink

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I'm digging all the plumage...Sir James is right, this instills a sense of envy the like of which I can honestly say I have never felt before.  :)

And they show them bathing...how medieval is that?  Really, how medieval is that- everyone knows people did not bathe from circa 600AD til the late 1970s.  lol
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Re: Wow, that's a tent!
« Reply #13 on: 2013-03-03, 15:29:09 »
Truly gentlemen, I am completely amazed every time we visit France or Belgium and I see their displays. There just seems to be more traders and craftsmen making and selling this stuff on the continent, either that or they have too much money  ;)
I can only strive to have a set up a fraction of the quality of some of theirs.
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