SC - pewter casting & multiple feasts

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

re: pewter casting in soapstone molds....
where do you live? there's a number of us here in An Tir who do this....

- --Anne-Marie

At 05:19 PM 3/16/00 -0800, you wrote:
>At 10:48 AM 2/28/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>>I do pewter casting using the period technique of using molds carved out
>>of soapstone. The main reason I took this craft up was to do site tokens.
>>I was getting tired of the multitude of site tokens made of bits of yarn
>>or leather that were indistinguishable from each other and that six months
>>later I couldn't remember which event I had gotten them at. They typically
>>cost 15 cents to 25 cents in pewter to make. While it would be nice to be
>>able to provide them for free, this adds up for a 200 to 300 person event.
>>What I do however, is provide a set price that is at cost or a little
>>below and then buy back any tokens that aren't used. These can be melted
>>down again, although you never get back 100 percent because of processing
>>losses.
>
>COOL!  Where can I learn to do this?  That sounds like fun.  I have Bronze 
>eagle that I cast when I took Metal Shop in high school (I've always had 
>many varied interests!) but haven't really done anything with any sort of 
>metal since then.  I'm afraid it's been more years than I care to admit 
>since I took that class!  I suspect our Shire would be delighted to have 
>someone (or a team of someones?) who would make really nice tokens for 
>local events though...  That would be neat!
>
>>Unfortunately, I sometimes lose out to the cheaper bits of leather or
>>string. And my barony, at least, has recently been doing without the
>>site tokens at all. Autocrats choice I guess.
>>
>>There was one fair-type event where I wandered the fair selling the
>>tokens rather than those at the event getting them at the door.
>>
>>Along those lines, I've often wondered why there must be just one
>>big feast at an SCA event. Why not have the one big feast, be it
>>whatever, and have a second, perhaps more expensive feast, of period
>>foods for those interested in this. But the logistics of having only
>>one kitchen may rule this out. But I think it is worth considering.
>>Free-enterprise and all that.
>>- --
>
>The very few Big events that I have been to, when there was a feast served 
>it was always ONLY for the crown and entourage.  NEVER open to the 
>populace, even for a fee.  I remember once there was this impressive HUGE 
>roast beef in a delicious smelling ... au jus? that permeated the entire 
>encampment.  I inquired about it, and was treated rather shortly and told 
>that it was ONLY for the Corwn and Nobles.  That the peasantry would be 
>allowed to purchase a bowl of onion soup if they had signed up ahead of 
>time.  (We had not, because we knew nothing of it!)  It was rather 
>disapointing, and seemed exclusive and... clickish.  I think it is one of 
>the things that had soured my husband's taste for the SCA. They claim it is 
>open to everyone, and indeed everyone is welcome to pay the grounds fee and 
>walk around and look, but you have to be a special member of "the club" to 
>really take part in the extra fun stuff.  Anyway... I like your 
>idea.  There could be a sign-up sheet at the gate at registration/ check-in 
>time (I Do in fact understand the need to know how much food to buy!) which 
>would serve as additional notification of the existence of the feast.  It 
>sounds like fun!
>
>-Laurene
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