Following Orders

[SleepyArcher]

I have found some sites that still carry a few but you will 97-137.00 for it. Can't find the cape. If you want the sites let me know.

that is just too nice a tunic to give up, DB and I got ours when Museum Replicas clearanced them out

[Marcus of Ibelin]

I have found some sites that still carry a few but you will 97-137.00 for it. Can't find the cape. If you want the sites let me know.

Yes please.

There's currently a tunic/cape set on ebay, but at $400.  From what I've seen and heard, thats $150-$200 too much.

[SirMichael]

Brother,

I too wear the Knights of Jersulem uniform. I got mine from Authentic Wardrobe. They come to the Great Lakes medieval Faire in Ohio each year and are trust worthy. They do not have the cape however. Their web site is www.authenticwardrobe.com

Good Hunting....Sine Labore nihil ( Nothing without work)



Sir Michael of Mentor

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Ahh, Sir Michael.  Thank you.  As you have one, I must inquire...  Is it their own version or the licensed KoH 20th Century Fox release?  If it's their own, is the chest emblem metal like the KoH?  How is the sizing?  That's the one bad thing about the KoH line, the sizes were inconsistent. I have the L/XL in both the Ibelin and Hospitaller, and one fits more like a L and the other like a XXL.

The Lady of the Manor has granted me leave to bid on the auction, should that be my only option. I'm hoping to find another option before that ends however (2 days).  Regardless I've decided to liquidate myself of some garb from that galaxy far, far away to help fund my crusader passion. If you're interested in that branch of costuming feel free to drop me a pm.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

FYI: Episode 8 of BBC's Robin Hood season Three, has the Templars of Season Two escorting the fake dead body of King Richard.

For those that follow Hollywood's renditions of the Warrior Monks.......


Brother Marcus, how did your purchase/bid adventure turn out?

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Very well actually, thank you.   Thank you all for your help.  I ordered from Maskworld in Germany.  They sold the pieces separately, or as a set, and of course the set was cheaper.  So hopefully I'll have them soon!

Thanks again, my Brothers!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Good to hear! Can't wait to see the pictures.

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Plus!  My Star Wars costume sale has gone so well, I expect to order my Templar this week as well!  Looks like we'll be adding another cross to my area on the map soon!  Any suggestion as to that, my Templar brothers?  I was looking at, to stick with the theme, the KoH Templar....

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I would say that the KoH Templar image is the most widely recognized form at the faires/festivals, but there are other sources available for use if you'd like to leave that image and go for something else.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

[Lord Magnus]

Congrats to all of you for your efforts and convictions! Well done 

Deus Te Amat!

and I do too

[Marcus of Ibelin]

I would say that the KoH Templar image is the most widely recognized form at the faires/festivals, but there are other sources available for use if you'd like to leave that image and go for something else.

That's what I figured.  I went with the KoH image to start, and when the time comes that I want a more accurate representation (cause it's just a matter of when, not if!) it will give the wife something new to sew.  She's the one who sewed my first Hospitaller.  

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Deus lo Vult!!!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I was a big fan of Robert E. Howard's CONAN series when I was growing up, and wasn't aware that he'd done a short story in the same fashion of writing on the Crusades, in the time of Sultan Baybars.

I leave you all with this, which includes Templars, Teutonic Knights, and the Order of St John.........

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Sowers_of_Thunder

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Many moons back we were discussing this helmet...





I remember one of us said they knocked the face off a transitional helm to get the look.  How did that ever turn out?  Is it worth doing?  I'm considering picking up one to do the same to perhaps.