Re: [h-cost] Pewter Replicas was Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 4, Issue 463
Thank you all for sharing your stories about Steve and his wife, not to mention the jewelry he makes. Thank you Suzi for mentioning Annie the Pedler as well. I am all to aware of how heavy metal jewelry will be for the hats, which is something I am very worried about. If only it could look like gold, feel like gold, but weigh as light as a feather. I do want a good reproduction of the jewelry that I intend on wearing, but for the hat I may have to go with something lighter, even if it isn't quite portrait perfect. I don't know if buckram and wire can hold up to several metal pieces... which makes me wonder how they did hold up to a lot of metal pieces, especially if they were really big gold "ouches" with stones as the portraits show. Is there a support under there that we are missing just looking at the hoods? I will keep looking around for my project, and see if I can find anything suitable for the French hood. Wish me luck! Kimiko ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Pewter Replicas was Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 4, Issue 463
No criticism intended. The previous poster referred to a shop in Ludlow, which surprised me as I was only aware of the village workshop which isn't officially open to the public. I didn't attempt to make contact as I had only gone there out of idle curiosity, not to buy anything in particular. Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19/07/2005 23:01 >>> Hi, All. I can second Suzi's enthusiastic support of Spike (Steve) and his wife. He was kind enough to allow a random American reenactor to share his home (church) some years ago, and I am in awe of his skill in reproducing interesting historical items. I am also an avid customer of his. I was able to phone him when I visited, so perhaps he was away at an event that weekend, Kate? BTW, his spoons do enter into our period, and I think he still does his repro Charles I coin sets... Cheers, Mike T. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
