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Getting started reenacting classes:
Karl Helweg:
Jas. Townsend has an excellent cooking series on YouTube and is now offering online classes to help folks get started reenacting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmiv0kFUMG4
Karl Helweg:
For those of you not already familiar with CouchSurfing.com it is basically a community across the world to help folks afford to travel more and get a resident's eye view of the areas they are visiting. We have had good experiences so far. There are sub-groups within CouchSurfing.com including https://www.couchsurfing.com/groups/living-history-reenactment worth checking out.
Karl Helweg:
Since we have some free weekends with no events this seems like a good time to learn some new reenacting skills. One of my weaknesses has been flint&steel fire starting so:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRR8fQbVYTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=80&v=5f9CjH7plps&feature=emb_logo
Karl Helweg:
One way of starting a fire with a flintlock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3u8Ht4w_d4
Personally I cheat and put a little priming powder in which will start fine tinder directly without charclothe.
https://www.townsends.us/products/tobacco-with-burning-lens-bb229-p-367 Burning Lens
Karl Helweg:
Apparently the "cocked hat" or what we now call a tricorne was first noted in the Spanish/Dutch wars about 1667. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorne
This is one simple method for making your own tricorne hat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiUDdtSxio4
This booklet has more information and a slightly different lacing pattern.
Of course you will want to then make a cockade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp2N_Qv6RBg
A helpful, rambling video about cocked hats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqn0ElSG0Q
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