Should there only be one company making gear?

Actually I sold all of my armour except for my great helm and shield. I used to do a lot of mideval re-enactment stuff, with full contact combat. It took too much time away from the family though.

This historical reenactment makes me laugh.

I think they should randomly spray the inside of the helmets with plague, smallpox or syphilis. Now that would make for a real reenactment.

History is a fascinating subject, but I bet it was bloody miserable for the "subjects". Hurrah for modern medicine !

Oh yeah, I sure am glad we don't have horrible debilitating diseases like AIDS, ebola, and syphilus anymore!

Hurrah for modern medicine, or as it was known in ancient times through the middle ages: the occult.

The greek word for occult is: pharmacia. Sound familiar?

I was heading over to the Thai joint to pick up some Phad Thai the other day and almost ran off the road going under a highway overpass. There are some large park-and-ride lots that are empty on the weekends, and some group of large armored men (and women?) were pairing off with large swords and shields going at one another in about half a dozen mock-battles. It was quite a sight as they were all wearing a full body of very convincing reproduction fighting armor from head to toe. Big-ass swords and shields too - definitely not toys! I almost thought a film was being made, but there was no trucks or crew to be seen, just the fighting couples! It was dusk and the lights were just coming on out there. Really bizarre! Oh, and Nrchy in armor add's a whole new dimension to that Quizno's match-up I mentioned earlier!

Marco

Nrchy ... have you had AIDS, ebola or syphilus recently ?
On the other hand in 13th century britain 1/3 of the population was killed by plague, and in some towns 2/3 of the population.

I have had burst appendix and a staph infection in my arm. I'd have been dead twice over if I'd been born 200+ years ago.