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Topic: 15th century appropriate tent suppliers
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Anne-Marie
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Member # 8
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posted 05-08-2000 02:16 AM
    
hey all from Anne-Marie
I feel comfortable with the conclusion that our particular group would be housed in tents.I have a cute medievaloide homemade tent which i love, but its starting to show its age (over 10 yrs old, which for a home made job, in our climate, isnt bad!). I am looking at replacing my cute blue tent for next season. I am NOT interested in making a tent, but could be persuaded to make my own poles. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm hoping to end up with one of the ubiquitous round bells, a la King Rene, preferrably in some particolored pattern (hmmmm....it occurs to me...is this even right? or were they all painted?). any suggestions? I found the tent I want on an English website, but something tells me shipping would be prohibitive  ..... thanks,
--AM
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Fire Stryker
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Member # 2
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posted 05-08-2000 07:46 AM
Hey AM,
We are looking at a Tentsmith pavillion. Though we do not own one, Jeff and Gwen do. They may be able to attest to the soundness of the designs. All I remember is that horrible rain in 1998 on the side of that mountain and the thing nearly taking flight. Anyhow, their URL is: http://www.tentsmiths.com They do not do particolored tents that I am aware of, just the basic designs and all the trappings like stakes, poles, etc... Though you can make your own poles. I think that most tents were painted, though don't quote me on that, I haven't done any research except for looking at the contemporary artwork and it seems based on that, that they were painted. I have seen solid color tents in contemporary artwork and think that it might be made our of a died material rather than painted. Those are my thoughts based on circumstantial evidence.
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Templar Bob
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Member # 6
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posted 05-15-2000 03:03 PM
To Ann-Marie, etc:I'm working on my second Tentsmiths tent (only because we outgrew our first), and they're great. Durable, mostly made of Sunforger CPAI-84 fabric, and they pay attention to the details. We have an 15-foot diameter round pavilion (Tentsmiths measures at the eaves, not the base), and couldn't be happier. We will probably have them make us a Geteld wedge in the future that we can use as a weekender type tent, though. I highly recommend the work of the Marques. They are helpful, friendly, and willing to try something new (as witnessed by their wanting to draw up my geteld). They do, however, encourage you to make your own pole systems (knowing that most of us can) to save a bit of money. Having looked at the Big Five tentmakers that cater to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
(Tentmasters, Tentsmiths, Spinning Winds, Panther and Dragonwing), I tend to prefer the treatment I get from Tentsmiths. Besides, (to the point of your question) they make a double belled wedge as big as 15' wide, 30' long, 10' tall...I've seen it, it's a monster! They will paint panels and do striping on the tent...but it'll cost you Their e-mail is <tents@moose.ncia.net>. Their URL is http://www.tentsmiths.com Robert Coleman, Jr. Those who beat their swords into plowshares end up plowing for those who don't.
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