LINKS
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Stamford Member's websites/pages |
Sgt. Carl Thelen's Slow Match Web Site -
all about match, including tests, recipies, etc. |
| Musketeer Patti Ballard's "Hobbies Gone Wild" site |
| Pikeman Barry Siler's online Drill Demonstration pages |
| Thorne's ECWSA-inspired Pike Drill pages |
Thorne's Matchlock Advice -
So you've got a new Matchlock.pdf |
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Thorne's ECWSA-based Black Powder Safety Rules |
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Thorne's page on converting modern footware to period-look Latchet Shoes
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US Organizations & Regiments |
| Free Artillery Co'y, Army of the Marquis of Montrose, ECWSA |
ECWSA - Largest US ECW organization,
and not directly linked to either ECWS or SK |
| English Renaissance Reenactment - St. Michael's Guild |
| Blackshire's Company of The Sword (So. Faire) |
| St. Maximilian Landsknechts (No. Cal) |
| English Company of Foote - SF Bay Area pike and sword group |
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UK Organizations & Regiments
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| Sealed Knot Official Site |
| Sealed Knot "Beer Tent" Public Message/Discussion website |
The Earl of Stamford's Regiment of Foote (SK) |
| Pennyman's Regiment - great costume, weapons and drill pages (ECWS) |
| ECWS Message/Discussion website |
The Marquess of Winchesters Regiment -
check out 'Military Structures' and 'The Three Arms' (ECWS) |
| The Siege Group - 17th C Reenacting |
| Routiers Pike and Musket Socitey (Australia) |
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17th C Resources |
| British Civil Wars and Commonwealth site |
| Tattershall's Making a Matchlock instructions |
Period Firearms descriptions with animated gif graphics
(see musketeer above). |
| Luke's 17th Century Reenacting and Living History Resources (Blackwells) |
| L'Age D'Or - Fantastic collection of 17th C paintings and artwork |
| Sealed Knot Rules for Musketeers and Black Powder handling |
EuroWeb's FANTASTIC collection of 17th Century paintings
- check out the Dutch painters. |
| Costumes.org 1600-1630 fashion plates and links (very cool!) |
Fairfax Battalia's new combined site
check out The Snapsack section. (ECWS) |
Renfaire.com's Elizabethan Songs - great traditional drinking songs! |
Bright's Regiment modernized Barriffe's 17th C Drill Manual |
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Hand Gonnes and Matchlocks - plus GREAT links |
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The Arquebus and Matchlock Musket Page |
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Monmouth Caps - history and photos from Morris Team site |
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The Civil War in Worcestershire - very cool site! |
Robin's Matchlock Page - a collectors site with great pics of locks. |
Cannon 101 - SCA & reenactor artillery drill and info |
Gunner's Glass -
1646 English treatise on Artillery |
Thorne's suspension plan for unlined helmets
- perfect for those eBay combed morions. |
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Merchants/Suttlers |
BE SURE TO CHECK THE ECWSA SUTTERS PAGES FIRST!
These suttlers know the ECWSA uniform and kit requirements,
and often offer substantial discounts for members. |
| Syke's Suttlery, good ECW uniform and Bandolier source |
| Tentsmiths - US makers of period tents
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| Panther Primitives - US makers of period tents
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Jas. Townsend - US tents, barrels, tall stockings, spectacles & more!
Their "Convertable Wedge Tent" is the best suttler-style tent for the price.
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| Sarah Juniper in the UK makes extremely well-regarded period footware. |
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Tattershal Arms - US Custom Matchlocks & swords
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Loyalist Arms - Canadian Dealer, Matchlock & Doglock muskets on p. 2
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G. G. Godwin - some 17th C kit, plus period lanterns & cookware
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Hatcrafters - an ASTOUNDING selection of hats -
the Charles, Salem, Puritan & Quaker models are recommended
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MacKenzie-Smith - Rob makes functional pike & cavalry armor
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| Thunder Ridge Muzzleloading - best prices for high-quality tumbled ball
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Cabelas.com - Hard-Side Black-Powder Gun Case for under $200 -
best protection for your matchlock, will hold musket-rest and swords also.
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Dixie Gun Works - inexpensive ball with sprues at about $20/100,
tons of other gear, every shooter should have their catalog (limited website)
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| Great Northern Trade Co - hand-forged gun and cooking tools
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| Albion Small Arms - matchlocks, wheelocks, and doglocks from the UK
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 Age of Chivalry sells several helmets for pikemen,
the Cabasett ID# 14-232 for $150.00 being the best. |
Derek Cole makes light but functional armour in the UK,
check out his Cabasett, Pikeman's Pot, and Back, Breast & Tassets.
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Paul Meekins makes the best bandoliers in the UK,
be sure to get them sized properly & order early.
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Swordsmiths (UK) carries Armour Class weapons,
both 17th C "Hangers" are PERFECT ECW soldier's swords.
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Sally Green (UK) makes great Singlets (sleeveless doublets),
Casaques (coats) and breeches at nice prices.
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Arrow Leather makes leather snapsacks (order the large size),
and also carries great flint & steel kits.
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John Buck has a website showing the many guns he makes -
the largest US matchlock maker!
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17th C Links and Reenactor sites |
| White Oak Fur Post - US Reenactment Links (mostly Buckskinner) |
