[Ansteorra] Gauging interest for a Cut Test BBQ

[James Crouchet]

Sounds like fun, though I am not sure I can attend. Any plans for video?

I hope some of the samples involve skin and clothing so they have
experimental as well as entertainment value. :-)

BTW, anyone know what metal was being used in armor by the end of our
period? Obviously it was not tempered stainless. Is our mild steel a good
approximation of their state of the art? I know steel was in use for very
small applications but did they make it in quantities sufficient for armor?

Doré
On Feb 15, 2011 4:18 PM, "Casey Weed" <seoseaweed at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a very special guest coming down to visit me from Minnesota the
> weekend before Gulf War who has an extensive sword collection, is a friend
> of world renowned sword maker Chris Poor, and shares my sick fascination
> with grisly historic knowledge at the practical level. I'm considering
> hosting an afternoon of cut tests and BBQ at my home in far north Austin
> (Leander). I'd propose you bring your toys: soda bottles, cuir boulli
> samples, tatami mats, pork sides, hog heads, riveted chain, padded
> gambesons, artifacts, daggers, melons, maces, long bows, etc. and we go
> after it all like a Gallagher concert for the criminally insane. With a
> mind for safety and the lofty goal of greater clinical knowledge, of
course
> ("Honey, we are not a bunch of rednecks waving machetes in front of the
> neighbors... this is *science*!").
>
> If you would be interested in spending a few hours maiming dead pig parts,
> produce, Pepsi plastic, and sleep impedimenta followed by a little lunch
of
> Texas tastiness and perhaps an adult beverage let me know privately.
>
> Sharp swords + Ansteorrans + Week Before GW testosterone. The potential
for
> a "Hey y'all... watch this!" moment is simply too good for me to pass up.
> I'm definitely inviting Don Aubrey.
>
> I wonder if my home owner's insurance has a clause for this kind of thing?
>
> Sir Dieterich
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