http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/ New England Rev War Re-enactors List Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:05:04 GMT rgs06232@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6432 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6432 rgs06232@... has sent you a link to the following article on comcast.net:Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found from Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:10:10 GMT Bob Allegretto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6431 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6431 ....and Neils reasons are exactly why Sutlers don't do as good a job as we'd like. If Sutlers were to make good quality proper 18th cenury clothing and Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:04:00 GMT Geoff Campbell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6430 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6430 My two pair went for $125...one pair at $50, the other $75. (It's pattern clocked.) Indigo, and a lovely rose color! Knowing my little sis, she's using the Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:24:13 GMT Colleen Humphreys http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6429 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6429 ... What pattern is she using? 18th C and SCA have different needs/ patterns of stockings. She's good, she is likely doing the right thing (and the biggest Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:39:16 GMT Geoffrey Campbell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6428 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6428 Just as an FYI to all, I happen to have a source for CORRCT stockings...I now own 2 pair, and I'm awaiting a third. I LOVE THEM!! I have to say, they really Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:10:49 GMT Niels Hobbs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6427 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6427 Good questions, Jerry - The biggest thing to keep in mind when shopping for ANY stuff from these or any sutlers is CAVEAT EMPTOR! Make yourself a well-informed Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:46:15 GMT Niels Hobbs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6426 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6426 To jump into this - you make an interesting point, Richard. But, I honestly couldn't disagree with you more. I do a lot of tailoring work, though largely for Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:47:00 GMT Colleen Humphreys http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6425 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6425 ... I got my period glasses from smiling fox forge, maybe? I forget...many sutlers carry them, and the eye glass store can put the lenses in. It seems Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:36:21 GMT Susan Pye http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6424 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6424 Thanks to all I will look into all your suggestions. You all have been very helpful. Sue Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:32:27 GMT KILTONE@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6423 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6423 Enough of this haggling the ten foot rule is out, we are bringing back the? rule from the 1st big Quebec event, throw a blanket over it!! Slainte Mhor! Michael Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:10:42 GMT Rick Lawson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6422 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6422 Sue, I've been wearing eyeglasses since I was 5 years old... (43+ years ago now) and am blinder than a bat without them. I recently purchased a pair of frames Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:12:55 GMT Bob Allegretto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6421 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6421 Sue, As I get older my eyesight is going too and I need glasses to see anything up close. I found a pair of period (or very near period) glasses on eBay for Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:47:12 GMT Shane http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6420 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6420 "The 10 foot rule needs to be looked more closely." Looked at more closely with 18th century framed glasses perhaps? LOL Thanks for the madeira, Mr. Allegreto, Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:32:59 GMT spye125 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6419 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6419 ... As I said I am new and are willing to learn. I have been been an avid reader and have pick up a lot of helpful hints and hope to learn more. Thanks for Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:11:59 GMT Bill Baldwin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6418 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nerev/message/6418 --Bob, As you just observed the 100 foot rule doesn't work either.Nothing of that sort does or ever will.At what distance does a Swiss Army Knife look like an