[Northkeep] Forwarded from another list

Thu Mar 22 07:48:17 PDT 2007

Thieves at Gulf Wars   Posted by: "milica_od_tuzla" carrieafl at hotmail.com   milica_od_tuzla   Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:56 pm (PST)   Post from a member of my shire (if anyone has knowledge of any of 
the stolen items - over $1,000.00 - please feel free to contact me 
and I will forward the information) :

Greetings all,

Gulf Wars XVI was great, and later I may write up a nice post on the 
good times,
but unfortunately, my first post must be about the really bad 
experience.. .

Sunday morning we discovered that someone had stolen most of our 
gear that I had
left by our pavilion space Saturday evening at the battlefield. I 
should not
have left it there overnight, however, we had left plenty of armor, 
weapons,
etc. there during the week without incident. I have been in the SCA 
for over 25
years now, and, blissfully ignorant, have never had anything stolen 
before.

Whoever did this stole a goodly number of items of no small monetary 
value,
probably more than a thousand dollars of stuff (in replacement 
value). But of
more import, they stole from me an innocence, an ideal, a feeling of 
comfort and
security. Now, when I take the field at the next foreign war, I will 
know that
someone on that field may be a thief, a low, base, vile, 
dishonorable varlet.
Now I will know that all my opponents and even my allies may not be 
honorable
men and women of valor.

This was unfortunately not a case of mistakenly gleaned items, but 
of theft. Our
very large weapon pile was picked over, the thieves left a couple of 
weapons
they did not want. Crispin's armor bag was turned into Lost and 
Found, but the
helmet and gauntlets had been removed from it and it was found at a 
different
location than it was left. At least one other person also had her 
helmet and
gauntlets stolen in a similar manner.

Please forward this email on to every SCA list that might prove 
helpful. The far
corners of the Knowne Worlde should know these items are stolen. 
Maybe someone
will notice someone coming home from the war with a bounty of new 
used weapons
and armor. Maybe the theives will give themselves away somehow and 
justice can
be served (a police report has been filed).

All told, there were 5 fiberglass spears, 5 glaives/pole arms, 2 
great swords, 2
long swords, 2 chairs, 1 pavilion, 1 helmet and 1 pair gauntlets 
stolen from us.

Spear: Nine foot long Black fiberglass shaft (older, thicker-walled 
variety of
shaft) covered in wood grained contact paper; self-made thrusting 
tip, tapered,
no shield hook; large knob end on the handle with black grip tape.

Spear: Nine foot long Brown fiberglass shaft (newer variety of 
shaft, very
light) covered in very tattered wood grained contact paper; Mandrake 
Armory
thrusting tip kit with shield hook; small knob end on the handle 
with black grip
tape.

Spear: Nine foot long black duct taped shaft with decorative white 
crosses;
self-made cylindrical thrusting tip; the spear was a few inches too 
long and did
not pass inspection.

Spear: Nine foot long black and purple decorated shaft; self-made 
thrusting tip
(tapered) with a decorative yellow fleur-de-lis on the thrusting 
tip's face.

Spear: Nine foot long red fiberglass shaft, un-taped, cracked 
slightly;
self-made thrusting tip and shield hook.

War Glaive: Rattan 7 1/2 foot long shaft, has a unique bend to it 
with shaved
sides; grip tape handle and grip at top of the haft; self-made 
thrusting tip and
butt spike; self made flat teardrop shaped hand guard at the 
juncture of haft
and blade.

Short Glaive: Six foot long shaft, blade silver and blue duct tape, 
haft covered
with black duct tape and spiral wrapped with grip tape; thrusting 
tip and butt
spike self-made using black rubber ball hitch covers; flat oblong 
hand guard at
juncture of haft and blade.

Glaive: Apx. seven foot rattan shaft, stained to look like a darker 
wood; silver
duct tape blade with black contrast edge.

Glaive: Apx. Seven and a half foot long rattan shaft; silver duct 
tape blade
with black contrast edge; two large, red taped, busted-ass thrusting 
tips on
either end.

Great Sword: Apx. six foot rattan greatsword, light and strong; 
shaved handle,
silver duct tape with black tape contrast edge.

Field Pavilion: "First Up" brand 10x10 popup pavilion, blue canopy, 
white metal
frame; black triangular dagging sewn around bottom edge of canopy; 
patches with
Tymm Gard's and the Triskele Legion's devices sewn over the "First 
Up" logos on
the canopy.

Gauntlets: Mild steel mitten gauntlets; Blacksword Armory design and 
make; they
were painted black with white letters drawn upon them.

Helmet: Mild steel bascinet with bar grille; Blacksword Armory 
original item. I
will post links to pictures of the missing items later...

Swords: Inch and a quarter diameter rattan, shaved handles; Asgard 
black plastic
cup hilts; silver duct tape with yellow contrast edges; no thrusting 
tips.

Chair: Wooden framed, short legged "Director's" style; beige mesh 
waterproof
fabric back and seat; sold at Target stores.

Chair: Dark wooden folding chair, period design with a carved back 
piece and
lion head carved into the ends of the arm rests. This chair is 
fairly unique and
not readily replacable.

In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods. They have never forgotten this. - Terry Pratchett

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