05-27-2016, 07:38 AM
(05-26-2016, 03:24 PM)M. Val. Naso Wrote: Vanilla as in I'm so sweet?
But totally depends. Would you consider an 80 or 90% wool totally inauthentic? I've seen many people use it in Hungary, even guys with high self-esteem, since most of the time a proper meter of 100% wool can cost 25-30 euros, which may not be much, but the Hungarian average net salary is below 500...
As in ordinary....
As to cloth thats up to you and your group rules if you have any, my main reason for not using artificial fibres other then the practical and accuracy reasons for clothing is the fire risk...
Any cloth not made from 100% natural fibres would of course not be accurate but then you'd also have to consider:
Weave, Colour and the dye method, Machine verses hand weaving and spinning, stitching etc...
Most will stop at wool etc in a reasonable colour so you might say thats the bench mark, its clear though that when you consider everything that not many reinactors are going to be walking around in authentic clothing, the best you can expect is they look like their walking around in authentic clothing... which is fair enough.
The cost thing has been around since reenactment began... My advice would be get the best natural cloth you can afford in a reasonable weave and colour thats fit for purpose and hand stitch it together....
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
