[Sca-cooks] wood lathe and buses at Pennsic

[Stefan li Rous]

Haraldr Bassi replied to me with:
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Stefan li Rous wrote:
 > Aislinn commented:

 > <<< Personally, I
 > wish the SCA would hold Pennsic during July, and all the other fringe
 > groups who come to our war could attend their own event in August.>>>
 >
 > I doubt the non-SCA folks attend Pennsic because it is in August.
 > They attend because it is Pennsic. And the non-SCA groups can be a
 > boost to Pennsic, not necessarily a detriment. It was at my first
 > Pennsic, Pennsic 21, that I saw someone working with a pole lathe. It
 > was in a camp on the Serrangetti, and the group was not SCA. They
 > were a reenactment group and their camp was much more authentic than
 > the surrounding SCA camps.

Can you describe what their camp looked like? If it is the people I
think it was then it was an SCA household. But perhaps it was someone
else with the spring pole.
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Not really, although they were on the same block or only a block or  
two away from Ansteorra on the Serringetti. That was 13 years ago.  
This was the first time I remember seeing someone using a pole lathe,  
so it stood out in my memory. I remember that the camp looked much  
more authentic than the surrounding camps and I seemed to remember  
them saying they were not an SCA group. That was my first Pennsic and  
I didn't even know that most of the area down by the lake even  
existed until Pennsic 23. I didn't really see the far corners of the  
Serrengetti until late in the week, and the Serrengetti was much  
smaller then than it is now. I did get down to the Enchanted Ground  
for one of Master Cariadoc's bardic fires, though.  I think that year  
most of the classes were held below the barn on Runestone Hill.

For those that are new to Pennsic or are returning after a pause, I  
highly recommend hopping on one of the hay wagons or the busses if  
they've continued to replace the wagons with these since Pennsic 33,  
and simply ride a complete loop or two to get an overview of Pennsic.

Unfortunately the wagon/bus stops used to be shown on the map in the  
Pennsic booklet, but as Pennsic expanded and they kept to the same  
two pages for the map, things got smaller and harder to read, and  
some things like the bus/wagon route and the stops got eliminated.   
But catch it when you can, and ride it. That will also let you know  
where it goes.

For more on pole lathes, see these files in the CRAFTS section of the  
Florilegium:  :-)
mkng-a-p-lathe-art (12K)  2/15/04    "An Easily Made Primitive Lathe"
                                        by Master Magnus Malleus.
p-lathes-bib      (16K)  7/ 2/03    Bibliography on period lathes and  
turned
                                        objects by Master Magnus  
Malleus.
woodworking-msg   (50K)  4/24/05    Woodworking tools and techniques.  
wood
                                         finishes.

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas           
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