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[david friedman]

>I don't know how far I'll take this. I'll never be completely 
>authentic in my kit, for a variety of reasons (many having to do 
>with transportation - if I'm traveling on the train, or getting 
>rides from friends, I'm doing it with a dome tent - space and weight 
>are important considerations.)

Space and weight were important considerations in period, too--I 
expect a pack mule carries a lot less weight than an automobile. 
Wouldn't it be an interesting project to figure out a period tent 
design that was comparable in weight to your dome tent? It wouldn't 
be a pavillion with a diameter of twenty feet--but it might be a 
small gjeteld.

Obviously we can't all do everything--but most of the time "I haven't 
gotten around to figuring out how to do that in a period way" is a 
better reason than "of course there isn't  a period way of doing it." 
I do, for example, have a period rope bed design that's comparable in 
weight and bulk to a modern folding cot.
-- 
David/Cariadoc
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/