Somebody was teasing me about the color of my fall-front breeches. Well, they are a nice pair made of comfortable fustian by Smoke and Fire, and I got them used for next to nothing, so laugh if you want.
This outfit is actually surprisingly comfortable, as those who have dabbled in re-enacting have come to appreciate.
The straight-lasted buckle shoes (no right or left shoe) feel great. The roomy 18th-century workshirt also is very practical. Both items come from Jas. Townsend and Son. The hat, of high-quality fur felt, was made by master hatmaker Tim Bender.
The fowler, which I have shared here before,was made by Mike Brooks. The stock lines and general construction would identify this fowler as peculiar to the Marshfield -Duxbury-Plymoth area of Massachusetts about 1725. I commissioned the build to honor my Wood family ancestors who settled in the nearby Middleborough area decades prior to King Philip's War. I haven't hunted with it yet, but it is surprisingly lively in the hands and I hope to do so, but only after we get some rain, as Oregon is currently on fire! The Aussie is my girl, Bella.
Now, gentlefolk, you may start chortling.
Oh, and if you are inclined toward stitch-counting, I am fully aware that this outfit isn't historically correct for much of anything. Know what? I don't care, as my inner child, who in his formative years doted on such fare as the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh and The Swamp Fox on Disney, is "greatly pleased"!
This outfit is actually surprisingly comfortable, as those who have dabbled in re-enacting have come to appreciate.
The straight-lasted buckle shoes (no right or left shoe) feel great. The roomy 18th-century workshirt also is very practical. Both items come from Jas. Townsend and Son. The hat, of high-quality fur felt, was made by master hatmaker Tim Bender.
The fowler, which I have shared here before,was made by Mike Brooks. The stock lines and general construction would identify this fowler as peculiar to the Marshfield -Duxbury-Plymoth area of Massachusetts about 1725. I commissioned the build to honor my Wood family ancestors who settled in the nearby Middleborough area decades prior to King Philip's War. I haven't hunted with it yet, but it is surprisingly lively in the hands and I hope to do so, but only after we get some rain, as Oregon is currently on fire! The Aussie is my girl, Bella.
Now, gentlefolk, you may start chortling.
Oh, and if you are inclined toward stitch-counting, I am fully aware that this outfit isn't historically correct for much of anything. Know what? I don't care, as my inner child, who in his formative years doted on such fare as the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh and The Swamp Fox on Disney, is "greatly pleased"!
and then still have them let out.
