>>1396924Armstreet clothes are overpriced and poorly made. All of their products in general has seen a decline in quality lately.
>>1398387Also as a local (and a professional Yankee Doodle douchebag/ colonial larper), we are using this to plot our path for the bateau festival next year.
>>1400080Only a handful. And I spend most of my time without my trip on.
>>1400159Amen
>>1403416Buck Skinner magazine made a couple of compilation books that are definitely worth finding. Colonial Williamsburg also publishes a series of reenactor focus books called "the packet".
>>1403624Find your local reenactment/recreation group in the time period of your interest, and get started.
>>1404170What kind of satchel? Are you talking about a haversack/side bag of canvas? A knapsack? Sling/shooting pouch?
Your best bet would be a haversack. The patterns are incredibly easy, and if you really want to, Najecki Reproductions has pre-measured, pre-cut, and pre documented kits made out of historically accurate linen canvas, with a needle, the proper thread, and the proper buttons along with the instructions and how to learn how to sew, buttonhole Etc. Pic related. Last year, my boss got us all one for every interpreter in the department, so that we could have hand products to do in public as well as make accurate haversacks for our British kits.
>>1404170Samson Historical, and J Townsend for cheap, mass-produced and passable stuff. It's not the greatest, but it's good to start with.
