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Help with Roman cavalry and melon beads in Germania
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04-09-2010, 09:25 AM
Wonderful John. These are really nice.
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04-09-2010, 09:43 AM
It's nice to see them in action (as it were), we're glad they arrived safely and are now being used so well. Thank you for commissioning them. We've been tracking down some more research on the subject,; there is a display in a museum in Scotland also showing horse harness with beads, about which we're hoping to find more information shortly. We'll post any relevant information as we acquire it.

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#18
04-09-2010, 08:56 PM
Cheers guys. Beads seem to be an area Roman re-enactors have overlooked.

These are some melon beads on a very tired horse. [attachment=0:2gh3zfg6]<!-- ia0 IMG00012-20100409-1419.jpg<!-- ia0 [/attachment:2gh3zfg6] Hal is being worked around 3 hours a day and he will still not be fully ready for the nrew season. But it is fun learning with him.
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#19
04-09-2010, 09:39 PM
Quote:Cheers guys. Beads seem to be an area Roman re-enactors have overlooked.

Nice to see the beads on a horse, thanks. We're trying to remedy the problem of beads being overlooked, slowly but surely.

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04-10-2010, 12:44 PM
Quote:It's nice to see them in action (as it were), we're glad they arrived safely and are now being used so well. Thank you for commissioning them. We've been tracking down some more research on the subject,; there is a display in a museum in Scotland also showing horse harness with beads, about which we're hoping to find more information shortly. We'll post any relevant information as we acquire it.

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Not the one in Edinburgh is it? I thought I saw the harness sets in there! Can you let us know where, just for curiosity sake please?
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04-10-2010, 03:53 PM
Quote: Not the one in Edinburgh is it? I thought I saw the harness sets in there! Can you let us know where, just for curiosity sake please?

Will do as soon as I can unearth the info. It's in the studio somewhere, I'll post any info I have as soon as possible.

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04-10-2010, 05:50 PM
Thanks very much!
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04-15-2010, 11:31 AM
It is in the museum in Edinburgh. I put in a call to the person in charge of the collections, no reply yet. May have to follow up with a letter, asking about finds, etc.

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04-15-2010, 03:08 PM
I was trawling my pictures, but I only seem to have pictures of the phalerae harness for Edinburgh.
I look forwar to learning more about this one.
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#25
05-06-2010, 08:04 PM
Hmmmm.....

When you get kicked in the cheek the melon bead which fastens the helmet bruises the chin nicely.

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#26
05-06-2010, 08:14 PM
Probably best not to then...looks painful... Confusedhock:

Was looking again in Edinburgh but did not come across them... :?
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#27
05-06-2010, 08:32 PM
seems a repair is pending. Hope your head is still okay.
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#28
05-06-2010, 08:43 PM
The greeve, thigh guard and helmet will all be mended by the end of this weekend. I was fine, but my pride got dented. I had to switch helmets and reduce the amount of equipment the horse was carrying.
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#29
05-06-2010, 10:56 PM
That damage looks painful! Was your amount of padding satisfactory? Glad to hear you're OK.
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#30
05-07-2010, 09:53 AM
Brutal!!!! Confusedhock:

How you get kicked? By the horse, or falling down?

I hope you are ok! Imagine you havent'n wear the helmet...

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