06-29-2009, 03:37 PM
Excellent kit and equipment. The scales certainly make an impression. As an experiment I would like to try an arrow or spear against them
Do you have some sort of African thing going on? It's a very Maasai style stance. And........do I see a heel on the sandal ?:lol:
What sort of leather was used in the tube and yoke? Vegetable tanned, but whitened with alum? The repousee work on the copper alloy plates looks really nice.
I'm very jealous.
I've spent a few days lately as a Greek cavalryman and I'm learning slowly.
Do you have some sort of African thing going on? It's a very Maasai style stance. And........do I see a heel on the sandal ?:lol:
What sort of leather was used in the tube and yoke? Vegetable tanned, but whitened with alum? The repousee work on the copper alloy plates looks really nice.
I'm very jealous.
I've spent a few days lately as a Greek cavalryman and I'm learning slowly.
John Conyard
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