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Ladies front lacing stays or bodies (corsets) of early seventeenth century design.
Made from boned and lined linen, entirely hand stitched and embroideredwith simple
black-work designs. (A Christmas present for my wife)
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Medieval and Tudor Leather jacks. Hand sewn and waterproofed with beeswax or brewer's pitch.
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Sixteen tab singlet of late sixteenth century design.
Un-dyed wool outer, natural linen lining.
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Hard wearing working mans eight tab leather
doublet of circa 1620’s. Hand sewn with authentic canvas interlinings and linen lining.
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Every historical re-enactor with an interest in pewter can surely claim to have tried producing at least one pilgrim badge. This one being based upon a fourteenth century badge commemorating the execution of Thomas Beckett.
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Working-mans breeches of circa 1630’s. Entirely hand sewn from authentically researched fabrics, both the un-dyed grey russet woollen outer
and the coarse linen lining being woven on traditional narrow looms.
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Simple cast pewter buttons based upon late Tudor
and early Stuart examples.
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Hand turned English oak bobbins, made to a
traditional design. Simple items made fairly easily.
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Though cast for use as mid seventeenth century
re-enactors, these styles of spoon were common place through out the Medieval, Tudor
and Stuart periods.
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Waste not, want not! Recycling some old hand forged
knives;Blades re-ground to shape, re-hilted and made new leather sheaths.
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