[MR] Mantlings, not Mantles.

[Mel Joines]

This problem is easily solved. Make the opening large enough to fit over
your helmet. So the mantle is worn over the chain mail and cammails.
Melcher Lloyd of Hawkwood

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Nicole E. Miller <schnauzer2 at cox.net>
wrote:

> Though that still doesn't solve the problem of the chain mail aventails
> and cammails from completely covering/obscuring them on the field.
>
> Sian
> ---- Ceara ni Neill <ceara at HouseBarra.com> wrote:
>
> =============
>  I am certain that with a little ingenuity folks can figure out a way to
> keep them laying down & not flapping in faces. hmm, snaps, buttons, ties,
> or barring all else, a piece of duck tape rolled inside out & stuck
> between the armor & the mantle. I'm sure our fighters can come up with
> SOMETHING.
>
> --ceara, who firmly believes that if it can be imagined, it can be done!!
>
> -------------
>
>
> > I think, perhaps, folks have missed a small point.
> >
> > The mantles are a direct request from our Crown, as was outlined in
> Their
> > May Acorn letter.  I quote:
> >
> > "We would like to encourage everyone to make Atlantian mantles to wear
> at
> > Pennsic to help show the unity of the kingdom, especially the fighters
> > taking the field.  <snip>  In this way, each person may still wear their
> > arms, but there is cohesiveness to the Atlantian Army."
> >
> > This is not just for fighters, and the design is the desire of TRM's.
>  If
> > you have concerns about the practicality, then it should be addressed
> with
> > Them privately.  This isn't a design puzzle to be worked out here.
> >
> > Rhiannon
> >
> > Mistress Rhiannon ui Neill
> > House Corvus, Atlantia
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org
> > [mailto:atlantia-bounces at atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of jbrmm266 at aol.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:08 PM
> > To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> > Subject: [MR] Mantlings, not Mantles.
> >
> > I concur that those mantles would potentially cause more difficulty than
> > they would bring benefits, and strongly urge the adoption of torses and
> > mantlings for helms as an alternative.
> >
> > The torse and mantle has the added advantage of being visible at a
> greater
> > distance AND provides shade on helms.?
> >
> > Your servant aye
> > Donal
>
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