Dave Page (dpage@dial.pipex.com)
Fri, 4 Aug 2000 23:30:51 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: "lindsay" <lindsay@scottish-borders.com>
To: <histrenact@novar.co.uk>
Sent: 04 August 2000 22:13
Subject: Re: [Histrenact] - Re: [Histrenact] : Wearing a sword inpublic
> A hockey-stick bag can be very useful for transporting a sword in
(although I
> personally would have said a hockey-stick was a far more offensive weapon
than a
> blunt sword!!!
>
> Lindsay
Having played hockey, women with hockey sticks are far more dangerous than a
15 stone bloke with a mace
> Leia Fee wrote:
>
> > > My advice would be to try and make it look as anonymous as
> > >possible. I remeber dealing with a member of the publis (and, as it
turned
> > >out a re-enactor) who enquired about carrying a deactivated sten gun on
the
> > >train. I checked with my suporvisor and he aggreed with me... Wrap it
in a
> > >blanket, tape it securely and make sure he didn't leave it unattended
or
> > >unwrap it until he got to the event.
> >
> > This is why my weaponry travelling to events ends up wrapped in the soft
kit
> > at the bottom of the bag in general.
> >
> > Leia
> > Gwerin Y Gwyr (Swansea branch of Regia Anglorum)
> > www.gwerin.org.uk
I seem to recall a member of Regia being nicked for having a shape eating
knife down the pub one evening... That was a couple of years ago now.... "I
remember when....."
Dave
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