[MR] Pavilion question

[Peters, Rise J.]

The other kids will not make fun of you, but you will lose much of the benefit of having a pavilion, which is that cotton canvas (unlike nylon) breathes beautifully.  You know that time in a nylon tent, in the morning, when you have to get out of bed because it's too hot to stay in the tent?  In a canvas pavilion, especially if it's white, that time never comes.  You can sleep in!  You can take afternoon naps!  

Besides, while all fabric eventually degrades from UV, nylon dies faster than canvas.  My Panther is heading to its 12th Pennsic and it still looks and works like brand new.  In that time I've replaced the fly on my nylon tent more than once due to UV causing it to literally fall apart.

=Caitlin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org]On Behalf Of
> gerald at beltonphoto.com
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:19 AM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [MR] Pavilion question
> 
> 
> Hi. I'm new to this list, my name is Lord Owen Penbras and I 
> live in the
> Canton of Buckston-on-Eno. 
> 
> I am in the market for a pavilion but can't afford a 
> brand-new Panther. So
> I actually have two questions:
> 
> Anyone know of a good used pavillion for sale? 
> 
> My second question: There's a guy in the Ukraine selling a beautiful
> pavilion on ebay. I was all set to hit "buy it now" until I 
> saw the seventh
> photo in his listing, showing a close-up of the very period 
> wooden toggles
> used to hold the door closed. The fabric is ripstop nylon! 
> 
> OK it's a very beautiful tent if you don't get too close. And 
> the price is
> certainly attractive. But are the other kids going to make 
> fun of me if I
> bring a nylon pavilion to an event?
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> mail2web - Check your email from the web at
> http://mail2web.com/ .
> 
> 
> ==============================================================
> ==========
>                    The Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside
>     List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/
>   Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subscriptions: 
> http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia
>