Has my name as been mentioned , I do make poles to size for `other` tentage .
Solid or split ,, And I sell all the pins ,rings and sleeves [ tube ] separate,
if you need any Vic

Yes ,, Email from EH this morning ,, A big hole has just opened up

Excellent event ,, excellent photos , and you don`t need to be on Waste of Space Book [ Facebook ]
to view them .

Well up to 150 Sk / ECWS types will be maning the trenches at Grolle this coming weekend ,, either defending Spainish honour the `Red Regiment` mainly , or freeing the Dutch from Spainish oppression `Lord Ceicils`, about 90+ booked in ,,, plus odds n sods who travel under thier own steam and just jo...

I should also say for those that don`t really want to read the 16th Comission of Enquirys which deals with tents and harness. That Mr Maberley had been making these tents since 1803, when he explains , Mr Trotter gave the design to the nation . And that the `Bell tents` that `other poeple` made had ...

Hi Andy Yes I have primary sources ,, Up untill 5 years ago I thought that Walled bell tent came in around 1812 , cause thats what people said and what was in a couple of `easy read` Napoleonic books . But a vist to the National Arry museum turned up a good detailed drawing watercolour , which you c...

Hi Tiamat No I don`t have a website as I am hardly ever out of work ,, :-) Email me on victortents@tiscali.co.uk and I`ll send you a catalogue . also am in the Netherlands quite offen ,, last week in fact and will be at Grolle in a few weeks time . As for you using Bell or Flanders in the Dutch forc...

Just checked the `tentsmiths` website and will say that they make a large range of tent designs and sizes ,,and are putting names to those`British` tents so they have a name and not a catalogue number . Best too say ,, is If you are doing late British Napoleonic , a walled [ 12inches or less ] Bell ...

For most of the 18thC the British used a vast selection of walled ridge tents and `A` frame tents ,,some flat ended ,some later showning a `Bell end` one end . In 1793 Mr Trotter [ of the pack fame] made a walled bell tent for the Duke of Yorks , Flanders campaign . Known as ,, The Trotter tent , th...

Stephen I`ve cross referances the imps for the 1st time ,, and heres the contact
Gillian Roberts strathalba@btinternet.com ,,,errrr hopefully i don`t trust these imps .

vic

Hi Sorry no info on the contact as I was not clever enough to write it down / cross ref on the imp box . But the Email from Bosworth Center this morning [ Tuesday] said that Traders were "Full up" :-( What with Kelmarsh and Berkely being canceled ,, this as rather set back my income this s...

According to the Email I received on Wednesday ,, it is `General issue` for those that turned up / set up .
I got my cheque Thursday with out asking

I might be able to help you on a Bell tent either new ,, or has one is
being traded in for a new tent ,, second hand , its med bell tent [ 12`6" dia, 8fthigh]
white n blue . Coming in August Bank . If your interested call me on 01283 510285
Victor James you know he makes Tents

Hi A Dutch Friend as just asked me for a contact to trade at Kelmarsh
and all my bits of paper are at the accounants !!
So could some one let me know a Email / address / phone number
Please

Thanks Vic

I saw this thread last year ,,but didn`t comment then . I had a same problem in Jan 2011 and then was asked for quotes/invoice by the same person/group in April , has `funding` had come through . I sent 2 different quotes and booked them in for 3 weeks work . And heard nothing more . I know a trader...

I`ve got to admit ,am finding `Trade` fine :-) While my profits are somewhat down due to my prices not reflecting the large rise in cost of canvas this 60% + ! I`ve got more orders on the books than I`ve ever had at this time of year :-) And my new van [ 2 year old now] has really helped to cut the ...

I`ve used `home brewed` slow match for many years instead of tinder. Never failed to catch ,but that says more about
what I`ve drunk Though my musket block and alot of 80year war re enactors in Nederland [ Holland] `swear` by it
vic

And in answer to the 1st part of the question. In the Netherlands ,, yes . If your peroid clothing is good , your are `safe` eg, an experienced re enactor , and discrete ,, and are known for taking good photos. You made be offered a pass to go on the field ,, See Ellies post down this page about Gro...

Ho my GOD !! Check out what Bucket does in his spare time ,, !!! Just wonderful workmanship

Sorry ,,just read my last post ,, That should have said `1540s` .
Theres a copper powder`horn`,eg in the shape of a cow horn, but
made of copper in the Victoria n Albert museum dated 1547.
vic

I agree with Andy R , the leather flask is not like the issue french powder flasks of the 18thC I`ve seen. `Osprey , Louis Army [3] ` page 5 has photo of the powder flask `horn`1730s as Andy describes . Though due to Louis reforms of the army in the 1740 , the lever and spring cut off was replaced b...

Sally / Martin
I totaly agree with Bob and Grahams comments . If its an SK major then its worth a try ,,,
But if its not the SK ; then thats a different story ;to coment on the pros and cons
wise old heads would need more details .
Vic

It may sound `odd` ,, but Ellie has got the best photo of my back ever taken in this lot . :-) And all the battle shots were taken from the crowd lines on the Zondag ,,So well done :-) She dusted off her drum and stood with the rest of us under the exploding tower onthe Monday ,, A bit miss it by 3i...

Dathi , speaking of `sins` in the eyes of many . What type of feathers are they in the hats of your 1st two paintings ? They would not be from a large African bird would they ? And one of thems dyed , or maybe its a fox tail ? :-) And to add more , theres a large painting in the Rijks museum of a pu...

The animal fat from the breakfast fry up, or evening roast , has been serving my boots and shoes
well for the last 10 years ; appiled warm . Its the same `stuff` that was in the leather to
start with ,, its free ,,and works well . vic

Sorry Neil ,, I will be in Delft this weekend , looking into as many museums as `she` will
let me If you had asked earlier, i could have sent some up with Bret / Dave ect in Cess
Hope it all gos well . vic

Lots of people , who don`t find it necesary to post on this forum .Maybe ?

Am sooooo glad am on one of the French camps ,, No F%$king football
And according to the list the french have 150 horse ,,,,, Its going to be fun ,,, vic

Yes its a great event ,,AND ,, we get payed to do it and free BEER

Think it was booked up for this October by the end of February. So if you
want to go to it in 2012 , you need to start contacting people November time
2011 ! vic

And of cause we need to mention the `Georgian Weekend` at Cromford Mill ,,this coming Easter .
Where this large `up and coming` site , will be brought to life by CESS and friends .
Peddlers ,artisans , workers and militia ,, meet wreakers and breakers ,,,
Should be fun vic