Rlc tent pegging team
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As a hobby I make military related items from leather (WW1 trench art style) and carry out repairs to military leather equipment.
On the Cav & Tankies thread there was the mention of pouches or buckets to hold lancers and I would like to meet up with somebody with one so that I could use his as a template.
Being ex RCT I believe that I would get a better response from the RLC Tent Pegging Team. (Plus I live near to a number of RLC establishments).
Whilsts Tent Pegging is now a 'sport', in the days long gone it was the military equivilent of a panzer attack. The Lancers would ride through the enemy lines and remove the tent pegs with their lancers as the enemy were sleeping or rested in their tents, thus trapping the enemy under their canvas. The enemy would then be dispatched by follow up Lancers. (A tad 'unsporting' as the enemy could not fight back).
I am also trying to purchase a pair of WW1 pattern Breechers and riding boots in any condition to wear when giving demo's of WW1 trench art leather equipment making and repairs and I hope that a member of the RLC Team may be able to help me out.
I would be prepared to carry out repairs to the RLC Team equipment if requested.
I trust this is acceptable.
On the Cav & Tankies thread there was the mention of pouches or buckets to hold lancers and I would like to meet up with somebody with one so that I could use his as a template.
Being ex RCT I believe that I would get a better response from the RLC Tent Pegging Team. (Plus I live near to a number of RLC establishments).
Whilsts Tent Pegging is now a 'sport', in the days long gone it was the military equivilent of a panzer attack. The Lancers would ride through the enemy lines and remove the tent pegs with their lancers as the enemy were sleeping or rested in their tents, thus trapping the enemy under their canvas. The enemy would then be dispatched by follow up Lancers. (A tad 'unsporting' as the enemy could not fight back).
I am also trying to purchase a pair of WW1 pattern Breechers and riding boots in any condition to wear when giving demo's of WW1 trench art leather equipment making and repairs and I hope that a member of the RLC Team may be able to help me out.
I would be prepared to carry out repairs to the RLC Team equipment if requested.
I trust this is acceptable.
If your RLC man doesn't come up with the goods, you could try this lot who love a spot of tent pegging:
Light Cavalry HAC Website
Light Cavalry HAC Website
If its diagrams of lance buckets you need I posted a couple of links on t'other lace thread:
The BTA have diagrams that may help:
Drawings
How to make a lance
The BTA have diagrams that may help:
Drawings
How to make a lance
I attended some of the shows this year with a living history society/re-enactors but kept in the back ground due to lack of suitable uniform etc.
I completed some repairs and made the odd item but next year I want to be 'front of house' correctly dressed etc.
I want to be able to demostrate the leather skills as per the WW1 period i.e. trench art items and field repairs etc and make items that are useful for todays military riders.
To some I may be a leather working WW1 WALT and to others I am demostrating an old and disapearing skill. (Each to his own).
I completed some repairs and made the odd item but next year I want to be 'front of house' correctly dressed etc.
I want to be able to demostrate the leather skills as per the WW1 period i.e. trench art items and field repairs etc and make items that are useful for todays military riders.
To some I may be a leather working WW1 WALT and to others I am demostrating an old and disapearing skill. (Each to his own).
Interesting thread, I made some lance points for a chap to go pigsticking in kenya once.I had to harden them, and hammer them through an old penny as a test without buckling. are there different points for this ? I though straight grained air dried ash was good for lances, certainly the wood for spears. If you are doing a craft you are no walt. way I look at it is you are discovering by your mistakes , with the aim of progress firmly in mind. you cannot claim to anything you are not as your work bears witness to your acheivements... no fisherman stories are possible !!
Nothing wrong with it, anyone who says otherwise is showing a degree of ignorance. I had a go at leather work it is not as easy as one may think. There used to be a really great Major at JHQ who had trained as a saddlemaker and he used to produce prototype holsters and mag pouches for me.
Are you going to hook up with one of the groups at the W&P show? I recall there are some WW1 displays, missed last year with the impending move but the year before I believe there was the full sized repro WW1 tank .......... bloody excellent.
As a general note to everyone, the War & Peace Show is in Kent and is well worth attending
Are you going to hook up with one of the groups at the W&P show? I recall there are some WW1 displays, missed last year with the impending move but the year before I believe there was the full sized repro WW1 tank .......... bloody excellent.
As a general note to everyone, the War & Peace Show is in Kent and is well worth attending
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