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Graydon wrote:
>This got me thinking; what exactly would I need to have *really*
>authentic archery equipment?
>
>A furnace to refine iron ore in by a period technique.
>Some iron ore of the appropriate type.

To which Vittorio del Fabbro responds:
>
>...[And so on. You've seen this kind of thing before]...
>
>Nonsense.
:
>Having a more authentic piece of equipment for any SCA activity doesn't 
>mean having to make it from scratch. I see that argument advanced too 
>often as an excuse for not making any effort at all.

A piece is authentic enough if you can't tell it from the Real Thing.
How it was made doesn't matter to me.

Myself, I enjoy doing things the period way, because the I *know* it's
right.  I may write a document with a goose quill and my own ink, and
feel the satisfaction when I'm finished.  But seeing a document made
by some other person, and it's not different from mine, it doesn't
disturb me. It's authentic enough!

  your humble servant
  Peder Klingrode                         | Leif Euren    Stockholm, Sweden
  Holmrike, Nordmark, Drachenwald, East   | leeu@nobeltech.se

    NOTE: All opinions are my own, even if my employer claims otherwise!