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I highly recommend checking it out!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great to meet you in person, and talk to you later!

Schade! Vielleicht nächstes Jahr?

Ah yes, when they made wars without killing anyone at all, i read about that.

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O LORD, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the LORD did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu... Friar: "skip a bit, brother"... And the LORD spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."

To warn friendlies infantry (and common people too) to gtf away since you can't exactly hear horses approaching. Sometimes, they also use it as a sign of wealth since you can buy some more fancy ones.

That was exactly the goal, we had about 230 participants, so that is still quite small even for feuds, it is within the bracket of historical examples. We had a 3,5 : 1 infantry vs cavalry ratio, so that is really rather cool, as that is very much akin to historical ratios. Those ratios vary a lot, but it is really in there.

I don't know all the riders by name by heart, but I recommend you check out the facebook group (link can be found at feldlager.eu/) to get in touch if you want. I'm sure they appreciate the compliment!

@@estherkok will do! Like I'm way too poor to buy any of this stuff (and I'm doing 1370s infantry already as my money sink ATM). Really but I can dream.. and appreciate

The rider with the blue collar is Bart Hartogsveld, he wore armour i lent him for the occasion, the first day he wore the black sallet i bought off Toby Capwell made by Roman Tereschenko, the second day he wore my close sallet, coincidentally also made by roman tereschenko! The black sallets are a typologically rather late development compared to how the event was situated in the period. By 1475 they are still extremely rare, being more common from 1480s onward. The black sallet is an interesting thing... looking, in a way, unfinished. Vision can be limited from them,but perhaps a goid glancibg surface from the front But they are iconic, for sure

@@arnekoets3085 I saw Ian laspinas video talking about historical build quality And he mentioned the black sallet as almost looking like a transitional phase in the construction of more refined sallets ( whether they actually ARE, who knows, but I can see the logic given how helmets get made)

@@williampanagopoulos656 yeah, i have seen a bunch of sallets being made in the armoury in my garden, and they all go through a phase of looking like a black sallet

You can check out the website of the event (feldlager.eu), which contains a link to the Facebook group. Depending on your interest and area, you might find some groups there that you can join for the next edition. Getting started is usually a matter of finding a nice group that can give you more info on what gear is needed for the time period etc. Good luck, hope you find some likeminded people!

the groups who join are always looking for new people. often it requires a lot of training and coaching getting the gear etc. A full 'knightly' representation is rather a big ask, but there are many less ambitious protrayals that you can start with. it depends a lot where you are based, but there are participants in here from Australia, USA, and all over Europe. do you want to ride or fight as infantry? the full get up involves: -historical clothing and armour underclothing, shoes, belts pouches -tentage, bedding and historical recepticals, pots , cutlery -weapons (swords bows, crossbows, lances, pikes, halbards, pollaxes) -armour -horse... bridle, saddle, horse armour, in this event i actually supplied the tents and stables for the horses present, as well as several tents for long distance visitors. often groups will pool tents witht he newer guys in the group. a basic kit can be about 1000€ or so realisitically. A full knightly representation is a many year process (part of the fun) and costs a great deal more. having said that, several of the riders here are riding horses we lent them out, on saddles we supplied with horsearmours we had for the animal and with armours even that i uppliued them with, using lances and swords i lent them. making things, training the tactics and the skills, the martial arts, the riding, the tentcraft, etc, is all part of it

Unlike later wars we have a lot of evidence of older people historically riding into war like this, up to 80 years old, in fact, also grave evidence of older veterans dying in battle at 60+ years of age with healed injuries of dacades before. Later periods the soldiers were much more younger men recruited and then released, whereas men at arms were life long warriors, though not exactly their dayjob, more like an active reservist today.

This video was mostly made to give a cinematic overview of the highlights of the second day of the event. If you're interested in the original audio, check out the third video of the event I uploaded. No music, and it contains the full blue army POV including tactics, charge and skirmish with red army: ruclips.net/video/ITt2sfGqNdo/видео.htmlsi=1Qbwv78sKGf_rUNj Hope you enjoy!

or is it just like a visor turned over to the back so it doesnt restrict vision in the front?

Correct! It's a visor turned over. Possibly a choice made for safety reasons, because the visor impaired the view too much, but I can't be sure. Well spotted in any case!