Any reenactors on this forum?
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That really is rather good you know.Nope. However I knew a guy who was heavily into WW2 re-enactment and used to be part of an SS group that did all that sort of stuff. I used to call it the Tom of Finland Appreciation Society Home - Tom of Finland Foundation - https://www.tomoffinland.org/
since they never seemed to do any 'living history' type of things but just get together at a dodgy pub in East London.
Joke has gone right over your heads hasn't it. Why don't you Google "Tom of Finland" when you're sure nobody's looking over your shoulder.
They do all look like a bunch of pipe smokers
Yes, the flesh pipe.
A buddy of mine was in a Civil War cannon crew. He only did it to get access to that specific gunpowder they use, which he made into homemade fireworks. Weird Hobby. That was like 20 years ago, and he only did it for a short time. We all gave him hell for it though, because only "certain types" do those civil war things here. And, he didn't have a sister to sleep with, ha ha. He is now just a millionaire car collector that hangs out with Jay Leno these days.
I used to act like I was Scottish bagpipes player with full regimental uniform. But that went out of fashion and the bands decided to go with civilian day wear.
I started Civil War reenacting when I was in the 8th grade, my social studies teacher and math teacher were big into it. We had before school clubs that we could join and they had a Civil War club. I was a new kid at the school that year, having moved from Kansas to Nebraska the summer before. I signed up for it. I know it seems like a really odd thing to do, but I feel in love with history because of those two guys.
I reenacted from 13 all the way up to 33, when the group I was part of was absorbed by another group that was a little to hardcore about it all. I still do some living history work with the museum here in my hometown and the one in the next big town over.
To answer your question if I smoke my pipes when I am involved with the living history side of things, it depends. If it is an event that it would be appropriate for me to do so, I do. If it is demonstrating something for a group of school age kids, no.
I reenacted from 13 all the way up to 33, when the group I was part of was absorbed by another group that was a little to hardcore about it all. I still do some living history work with the museum here in my hometown and the one in the next big town over.
To answer your question if I smoke my pipes when I am involved with the living history side of things, it depends. If it is an event that it would be appropriate for me to do so, I do. If it is demonstrating something for a group of school age kids, no.
I was very involved in medieval recreation for almost 20 years. Full armored, live steel combat.
Sadly, I do not have much in the way of photos and nothing scanned that I can post.
Kinda like this:
but not as team oriented and there was a social structure similar to the SCA.
The organization still exists in the form of The Adrian Empire of which I was a founding member.
Sadly, I do not have much in the way of photos and nothing scanned that I can post.
Kinda like this:
The organization still exists in the form of The Adrian Empire of which I was a founding member.