I am very excited to share a guest author here at The Fox & Thimble. My darling Chevalier has decided to contribute a series of articles to the blog, concerning military costuming & accoutrements. Here is his first contribution:
Sutlers, Seamstresses, and Swords
I bought a pair of Fugawee Paul Revere
boots back in February 2012 (so almost 3 years ago). A couple of
months ago I went to wear them and noticed that the sole was becoming
separated from the upper. I contacted Fugawee to see if they did
repairs. Instead they promptly sent me a brand new pair of boots and
paid shipping both ways. Now that is what I call customer service!
So, Theo made me a nice, new waistcoat
and we decided I needed a Cobb Creek Hunting Coat to compliment it. I
sent them a swatch of the waistcoat material and they promptly
returned a recommended fabric plus half a dozen other choices if I
did not like that one.
So, I ordered the coat on the 3rd,
it was done and shipped by the 17th, and I received it on
the 19th. Excellent fit, well made and it even has inside
pockets – very useful when shooting.
A good friend of mine in Medford,
Oregon runs Castille Armoury. Castille produces historically accurate
hilts and blades, they can pretty much make anything you want. I have
been exclusively buying hilts from him for many years (pre-dating the
Castille Armoury name) and exclusively buying blades from him for the
last couple of years. He is working on a more accurate sabre
simulator and gave me a call today to borrow a couple of my pieces
for research.
Also on the subject of swords, William
Wilson's long awaited Bolognese Sidesword book came out last month.
This is a sort of sequel to his Italian Rapier book “Arte of
Defence.” Neither of these are straight translations, instead they
are a very useful introduction and overview of the systems discussed.
“16th Century Single Sword
Combat:”
“Arte of Defence,” 2nd
edition:
“Arte of Defence,” 1st
edition:
– Chevalier
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