5 years of membership

[jvrjenivs]

Time has passed fast since I joined RAT 5 years ago. I did read some things on here, and finally joined as I wanted to have some thoughts about which helmet to buy. That helmet would fast become the start of an expensive but very nice hobby with lots of new knowledge.

In the mean time RAT didn't bring me only knowledge of the Roman history. It also did a good job on my English, which I'm happy about everyday in college where I now get all stuff in English. It gave me a lot of new friend, which whom I share my interest for Roman (military) history. I really liked the idea of Christian of the RAT conference. Last year we had the third, and they were always like a holiday with good friends and nice museums!

I joined like a noob, barely able to see the difference between a trooper and and a better helmet, and now I answer questions almost every day, be able to make some nice replica's myself, both in wood, leather and brass, all with the guidance of fellow RAT members. Yes, in the meantime I also wrote a couple of how-to's, which is great as it give inspiration to everyone, including the person who wrote the piece.

So, Thank you all!