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Polishing Renaissance Slippers, LOR Mockup

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:25 +0000

While I was cleaning up my shoes after the Escondido RennFaire, I thought I’d pass along a tip for working around those cutouts. I cut a piece of blue painters tape the shape of the slash and cover the underlay with it. I work around the holes with a Qtip and then buff. The tape keeps the polish from smearing onto the under lay.

The strider prototype is ready for it’s fitting. Pedro was the one who tackled the pattern and he usually nailed it on the first try. I’ll see tomorrow.

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Elizabethan Meets Pirate Successfully

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:59:28 +0000

I delivered our composite pirate/Renaissance boot at Great Western War on Columbus Day weekend. Andrea loved them and wore them all week. Functional success and beauty, the best combination. The blue was just the right shade to accent her Renaissance garb.

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Renaissance Fencer’s gloves

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:16:13 +0000

It looks like I can officially add a padded glove for the SCA fighters to what we can do. I’ve had several fighters test them in practice sessions and they’ve been pleased. Both the heavy weapon fighters and the fencers found them satisfactory. They’ll be available in standard black and brown with the options for colored cuffs. A coat of arms can be appliqued on to the cuffs for a very personal, custom look. They will have the look of a Elizabethan gauntlet, but will work for time periods from the 14th century through the 18th century. The only remaining problems is to scale the sizes for men and then to work on creating them for women.

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