Garb

Titus · Post by **Titus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:47 pm

Where is a good site to order Garb online from? I am trying to get some ordered to be ready for by the time I get home in July for my two weeks.

Berserker · Post by **Berserker** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:31 pm

I got all mine from Museum Replica

http://www.museumreplicas.com/webstore/Home.aspx

I like their shirts (the brown one and the studded leather belt you saw me wear at the last war you came with us was from this store).

Titus · Post by **Titus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:33 pm

That is kind of exactly what I was thinking and was hoping you would answer the post. I just wanted to give everybody a chance to answer instead of just asking you specifically. I know Gooseman Foreskin knows alot of sites along the ancient lines.

Titus · Post by **Titus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:16 pm

What style did you get? I looked under Celtic and all they had were Kilts

hypo · Post by **hypo** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:08 pm

Tight-Ass,

as far as garb goes Pennsic and Amanda's Mom. Museum Replica sounds good. I got my boots from there.
What Period are you thinking?
What style?

Berserker · Post by **Berserker** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:54 pm

Here's specifically what i bought from them.
The belt:
http://www.museumreplicas.com/webstore/ ... _belt.aspx

The brown shirt (and i also got a blue one of the same kind):
http://www.museumreplicas.com/webstore/ ... shirt.aspx

Black generic pants (no pockets which sucks..really makes you need a pouch):
http://www.museumreplicas.com/webstore/ ... tfits.aspx

These are not the cheapest, so if you can get someone (like Amanda's mom) to make you something that will be less expensive. But at that time i just wanted those items (and i like them a lot -- particularly the shirts and the belt).

Titus · Post by **Titus** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:27 am

Did this site close or is it having server errors?

Berserker · Post by **Berserker** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:01 am

From those errors i think that's just some server issues.

Titus · Post by **Titus** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:30 pm

Okay, I bought one Blue shirt and two Brown ones, we just can't wear the blue ones at the same time. I ordered like 8 or nine pairs of Plaid or solid pajama pants so I should be fine on pants.

Titus · Post by **Titus** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:03 pm

This site seems to have some decently priced garb. More specifically, I ordered a couple of viking tunics. You can customize the main color, secondary color, and trim color all for 66 US dollars. I ordered two, just have to see how the actual size fits.

They have a bunch of other stuff also. All half way decent prices. Think this should be added to the links sites.

http://www.by-the-sword.com

lilkender · Post by **lilkender** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:49 am

"living history" ... poly/cotton... someone take me away from this website before the twitching starts again...

Titus · Post by **Titus** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:58 am

Hey you have to remember that Galatians are a bunch of stick jocks. Your lucky that some Galatians wear clothes at all, and I mean that literally.

109 to 117

lilkender · Post by **lilkender** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:51 am

Hmm, I might not mind SOME of them not wearing clothes.

Some hints from a seamstress:
Poly/cotton is easier to take care of, just wash on cold and throw in the dryer, less shrinkage, fewer wrinkles. Plus it's the cheapest.

Pure cotton breathes better and keeps you more comfortable, the maker should have pre-shrunk the fabric but you might get some shrinkage, and it holds wrinkles.

Linen breathes even better and wicks away sweat well, but you definitely have to worry about shrinkage and it really holds wrinkles. Washing on cold is OK but you do not want to throw it in the dryer. It might keep shrinking and the more you dry it, the more fibers you lose to the lint trap. It also breaks down/wears out faster than a similar weight of cotton, especially if you're fighting in it. Looks most period, but is the most expensive. The sad thing (to me) is that modern linen is made to "look like linen", with slubs left in it. Higher classes in the middle ages would have had much finer linen. Only peasants would have worn the quality of linen generally made today... but you peasants don't mind that do you... 8)

Okay, fine. If anybody needs basic tunics or pants, PM or email me and we'll talk. I can do the basic things cheaper than any of those webpages. I don't have time for fancy stuff though. I want to make myself some new things before Pennsic, too.

Say, does Galatia concentrate on one time and place? I never knew...

MorGrendel · Post by **MorGrendel** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:25 pm

Galatia's period would be ancient Iron-Age Celt (La Tene) from the Carpathian Mountains (Modern Romainia and Turkey) in the year 220 B.C. Most of us are Celtish this being some form of Romanized Celt, or Hellenic Celt, or Viking/Celt. I can't back up that last one.