01-07-2009, 01:46 AM
Thanks for the comments guys. Caesar,this is my manning helm,donated to me by Kenn Forbis. By own order will have to wait another year to be completed! Javier,it is indeed very warm and extremely heavy. The wool is hard and the goat fur feels somewhat like wearing pins on you,but you get used to it. I do indeed intend to use it in my house,on my bed perhaps or sofa...
The problem with accurate thracian cloaks is that they seem to have had a distinctive pattern and one can't find such a woven piece. I wouldn't want to destroy such a kilim cutting pieces and sewing them elsewhere in order to use it only as a thracian cloak...Perhaps next time i will go search specificly about this re-enacting,but again there is so much great work done on these pieces that it ought to be an expert to convert it into a thracian cloak.
Khairete
Giannis
The problem with accurate thracian cloaks is that they seem to have had a distinctive pattern and one can't find such a woven piece. I wouldn't want to destroy such a kilim cutting pieces and sewing them elsewhere in order to use it only as a thracian cloak...Perhaps next time i will go search specificly about this re-enacting,but again there is so much great work done on these pieces that it ought to be an expert to convert it into a thracian cloak.
Khairete
Giannis
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax