[Ansteorra] online Compleat Anachronist

Synrik synrik at earthlink.net
Fri Jun 1 15:51:05 PDT 2001


Ooooppppssss . . . . . . My goof.  Hallmark and not Whitehall.

But I'll contact you off to the side good Sir.

"Mark.S Harris" wrote:

> Gustave alf Blitzgarten wrote:
> > High Praise and most Glorious Salutations unto Thee Dear Sir!!!!
>
> Well, thank you kind gentle.
>
> > I have been diving and reading through your archives only for a little while
> > now, but it is very enjoyable and refreshing in most all respects.  And I
> > know it must not have sprung up over night, but the shear volume of
> > information is astounding.  You must have a small army to keep up with
> > everything.
>
> I've been doing the Florilegium (although until 96 or so, it was
> known as the Rialto files or Rialto Archive) since 89 or so.
>
> Well, as for the editing of the files and the maintenance of the site,
> really there's just me. HOWEVER, most of the material at the site is
> not from me, it is from many, many SCA and some non-SCA folks who have
> been willing to share their knowledge through the years over various
> Internet newsgroups and maillists and through authors who have been
> willing to contribute their work to help improve the knowledge of
> the collective "Known World".
>
> I would love to have additional help with the Florilegium. From as
> simple as sending me useful messages from mail lists I'm not on
> (there are literally hundreds of such SCA lists now - I can only
> keep up with a few), to sending me useful articles that they may
> have written. If someone has some other idea on how they would like
> to help out, please contact me.
>
> > But in some ways, line drawings are necessary to 'illustrate' a point,
> > particularly costuming and weapons design.  And no matter how you cut it,
> > pictures just hog down memory.
>
> Well, there aren't many pictures in the Florilegium because most of
> material has come from the newsgroups and maillists, which don't
> have such things. There are getting to be more and more files in
> the Florilegium that do include pictures and diagrams, mostly in
> articles submitted to me by their authors. If the author has
> permission to use a picture or diagram, I'm happy to have it.
>
> > Not to get personal, but how much space dose your current archive take up?
>
> Don't worry about the space. It's my hosts machine. Traffic is what he
> is paying for. Currently the Florilegium, with most files in text, HTML
> and RTF formats takes up just under 200 Mbytes.
>
> > Do you have an opinion as for this line of inquiry or is it 'just beating a
> > dead horse'.
>
> ???? I do have some period horse recipes. I can't remember if they call
> for tenderizing or not. :-)
>
> > I do have a little experience in scanning/archiving/d-basing information.
> > And though this would be a huge project covering the Known World, I believe
> > it would be profitable to all to undertake it (just wish I had more Java
> > training).
>
> I'm still not sure if you are volunteering to help with the Florilegium,
> or have something else in mind or what. Please feel free to contact
> me by email.
>
> > As a side note on White metals:  Reo Grande (www.reogrande.com) has a better
> > price once you take into account S&H in quantities less than 42 pounds.  42
> > pounds and over you would go to White Hall as you suggested in your
> > archives.
> >
> > Also White Hall is becoming more and more interested in the SCA due to the
> > fact that we now make up about 1/8 of their over all business.  They are
> > also had up for someone to remake their web sight.  Being that I'm a really,
> > Really small fish in the sea, could someone contact the local Barony
> > (somewhere in RI) so as to make proper introductions?
>
> I've not bought from either of these places myself. The place I'm
> currently buying my lead-free pewter from is
> > Hallmark Metal Co (hallmark.metal at juno.com) 1-888-467-8000
> > http://www.hallmarkmetalscorp.com/
> >
> > MPK is a Tin/Copper/Bismuth/Silver alloy melts 5-600 degrees f $4.25 lb.
> > 928 is a Tin/Antimony/Copper alloy / melts 550-650 degrees f $3.75 lb.
> >
> > Call before ordering as this material is a commodity and varies from day to day.
> >
> > The bars are available in 7 lbs, and are notched for three pieces
> > or can be cut at the factory.
>
> Shipping was about a dollar a pound, I think.
>
> For those who would like to find out more about period pewter casting,
> consider attending mine and Alexandria's class at the upcoming King's
> College in a few weeks.
>
> Or check the: pewter-msg, casting-msg and soapstone-msg files in the
> Florilegium. :-)
>
> Stefan li Rous
> stefan at texas.net
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