LINKS
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Stamford Member's websites/pages
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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 |
| Thorne's ECWSA-based Black Powder
Safety Rules |
| Thorne's
page on converting modern footware to period-look
Latchet Shoes |
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US Organizations & Regiments
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| Free Artillery Co'y, Army of the
Marquis of Montrose, ECWSA |
| 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 |
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The Earl of Stamford's Regiment of
Foote (SK)
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| Pennyman's Regiment - great costume,
weapons and drill pages (ECWS) |
| ECWS Message/Discussion website |
The Marquess of Winchesters Regiment
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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
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| 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) |
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Renfaire.com's Elizabethan Songs -
great traditional drinking songs!
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Bright's Regiment modernized
Barriffe's 17th C Drill Manual
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| Hand Gonnes and Matchlocks - plus
GREAT links |
| The Arquebus and Matchlock Musket
Page |
| Monmouth Caps - history and photos
from Morris Team site |
| The Civil War in Worcestershire -
very cool site! |
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Robin's Matchlock Page - a
collectors site with great pics of locks.
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Cannon 101 - SCA & reenactor
artillery drill and info
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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
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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 |
| Panther Primitives - US makers of
period tents |
Jas.
Townsend - US tents, barrels, tall stockings,
spectacles & more!
Their "Convertable Wedge Tent" is the best
suttler-style tent for the price. |
| Sarah Juniper in the UK makes
extremely well-regarded period footware. |
| Tattershal Arms - US Custom
Matchlocks & swords |
| Loyalist Arms - Canadian Dealer,
Matchlock & Doglock muskets on p. 2 |
| G.
G. Godwin - some 17th C kit, plus period
lanterns & cookware |
Hatcrafters - an ASTOUNDING
selection of hats -
the Charles, Salem, Puritan & Quaker models are
recommended |
| MacKenzie-Smith - Rob makes
functional pike & cavalry armor |
| Thunder Ridge Muzzleloading - best
prices for high-quality tumbled ball |
Cabelas.com - Hard-Side Black-Powder Gun Case for
under $200 -
best protection for your matchlock, will hold
musket-rest and swords also. |
Dixie Gun Works - inexpensive ball with sprues at
about $20/100,
tons of other gear, every shooter should have their
catalog (limited website) |
| Great Northern Trade Co -
hand-forged gun and cooking tools |
| Albion Small Arms - matchlocks,
wheelocks, and doglocks from the UK |
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. |
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. |
Sally Green (UK) makes great
Singlets (sleeveless doublets),
Casaques (coats) and breeches at nice prices. |
Arrow Leather makes leather
snapsacks (order the large size),
and also carries great flint & steel kits. |
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
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| White Oak Fur Post - US Reenactment
Links (mostly Buckskinner) |
