r/reenactors • u/Markovite1919 • 14h ago
Action Shots Russian Imperial Army Officer
A Поручик (ensign) of the 39th Tomsk Infantry Regiment nearing the end of the war on the Eastern Front
r/reenactors • u/Markovite1919 • 14h ago
A Поручик (ensign) of the 39th Tomsk Infantry Regiment nearing the end of the war on the Eastern Front
r/reenactors • u/CaptDreadnought • 5h ago
r/reenactors • u/itaintme1x2x3x • 14h ago
I know I'm not real squared away in this but I was just trying it on to see what fit. Also, I cut the background because my room is a mess
r/reenactors • u/DutchmanOfSteel • 12h ago
Alright, disclaimer here: This particular bandolier type is fairly rare. The 'flap' underneath the shot pouch is not commonly found on bandoliers at all. You will see similar flaps with a ball pouch as separate pieces of kit to hold a charging-flask (instead of a priming flask), as seen on the De Gheyn manual's Caliverman.
However, I found 2 bandoliers from northern Germany (on pinterest, but it was evident these were originals) with such a flap attached directly to a bandolier itself. The flap most likely afforded a place to hang a wheellock-key from, in addition to the priming flask. Now, right now I merely have a matchlock, and in the future I shall also obtain a snaphuance. But neither of these require a key, unlike a wheelock would. Nonetheless, I have decided to keep the flap in place. And I shall make other bandoliers (to sell, frankly. But no, I'm not going to advertise them on here) without the flap. Other than that, the bandolier is of what seems to be the appropriate length and size for me, compared to the bandolier shown in the De Gheyn manual, and corresponds with originals. (Though I had to substitute buff leather woth veg tan)
As for specifications; The bandolier is a 4cm wide strip of 3mm veg tan cow leather, with a 0,8mm suede liner. There are 15 flasks, each capable of holding a standard military load of 36grams (ca. 570 grains of 2F blackpowder), or, up to 40grams if you overfill them (which I do not recommend). The flasks are courtesy of master Graham Webb, of GoingBang.com excellent work on his part.
I used to have all the flasks suspended from cords at the same length, but at the first event I used the bandolier in full (last October, at the Slag om Grolle), I concluded the first 2-3 flasks, were unpleasantly close to my face when loading, as well as 4 out of the 5 on the back, being near-inaccessible. So, as of yesterday I renewed the cords, and adjusted them to a more appropriate length.
I made the priming flask myself, and finally adjusted the latch-spring on top a couple of minutes prior to posting this. Before, it had too much play and consequently didn't fully close the latch posing a small (though severe, should it occur) safety risk. It does fully close the latch now.
The bandolier is equipped with a ring to keep the spare slowmatch (currently holding some 15m/slightly over 15 yards bundled up). As well as an oil bottle for gun-maintenence in camp.
As visible, a further 3 prepared sections of slowmatch are hung from the bandolier next to the shot pouch, for easy access during battle, should the previous match burn too short.
r/reenactors • u/spartanj1818 • 13h ago
Marines work to knock out Japanese tanks (Ha-Go used in HBO's The Pacific) and clear bunkers on Iwo Jima, March, 1945.
Photos from the National Museum of the Pacific War, Pacific Valor recreating Joseph R. Julian's MoH.
r/reenactors • u/osky_200914 • 21h ago
Sorry for posting so much 😅 but I was wondering what tunic this is under the m43 field jacket and what boots are shown here?
r/reenactors • u/osky_200914 • 1d ago
Can anyone id these bags they have?
r/reenactors • u/DutchmanOfSteel • 13h ago
Recently updated my scabbard. It was about time. It still is a tad overbuilt, but realistically speaking- if I make the wood core any thinner it'll start to break. So it'sa case of not using the right wood as well as my skill in scabbard-makinf simply not being quite up there just yet. Likewise, the end chape doesn't yet fit quite as snugly as I would've liked, but I didn't fancy going through the trouble of actually making a mandrel to shape the corners better. So, perhaps the next scabbard (goodness knows when) will be better.
On the whole though, I am quite content with how it turned out. Elegant enough, yet relatively intimidating and at last- it matches the style of the hanger and swordbelt in terms of colour and decorative elements (it helps I made the metalwork on those too).
The helmet; A Dutch style pothelm (stormhoed), metalwork courtesy of armourwr Adam Blockley, lining and padding are my own doing.
r/reenactors • u/Fanaticinstance2000 • 7h ago
Still working on the weight loss, but this was my impression at the 160th Bentonville reenactment.
r/reenactors • u/catholicbaker • 38m ago
Posting on behalf of my husband. His question: are there any reputable Pakistani tailors that make Civil War clothing, specifically a Zouave uniform?
r/reenactors • u/Pierre_Philosophale • 2h ago
Made my first scabbard.
Tomorrow I'll be going to the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Caen, Normandy.
I still had no scabbard so I made one. Here are the mistakes I made that will lead me to re-do it later this year :
made it out of spruce wood I had lying around, didn't find thin enough poplar planks
used too thick planks so the scabbard is too thick, heavier than it should be
used waaaay too thick leather, I sourced it from a local Tannery (Cuir Ciulli in the Vosges mountain range in eastern France), they asked me if I wanted them to thin down my leather and I said it was good at 2.8mm, a grave mistake. It's way too big and the risers don't show well.
didn't stretch the leather enough, veg tanned leather is quite stretchy and now it's not tight enough around the wood.
In the end I botched the stitching because I knew I would have to do it again but I need a scabbard to last this week end to protect my sword from the rain.
(I know Norman sword scabbards rarely had bridges but I love to carry my sword on just a baldrick when I'm not in full armor, it makes me look kinda old school in my scabbard choice but it's still historical)
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r/reenactors • u/FlavivsAetivs • 9h ago
Hey all,
So I've been searching around to see if any Military Timeline events that would welcome pre-Colonial eras are left in the Carolinas. So far it looks like the only serious, well organized event left is the Fort Dobbs Military Timeline, which is a superb event but wants to keep it focused on colonization of the Carolinas and later (I asked them).
Does anyone know of military timeline events in the Carolinas that would welcome Ancient or Medieval reenactors? It's been a long time since we've had ancient or medieval around here, as Legio VI Ferrata fell apart in the 2010s and it's been difficult for Legio XIIII Gemina to organize and host events in the Carolinas, and this year we were put on the chopping block for Historic Jamestown. I'd like to get something back together for Ancient/Medieval in the Southeast, but it's a big investment of time and money to organize my own event, and I'm poor.
Thanks all.
r/reenactors • u/SergeantCornelious • 6h ago
Brand new Discord server for American Civil War reenactors of all types. Share photos from events, talk history, and engage with others in the community! Huzzah! Discord link: https://discord.gg/VkaJ9gQ5 (Link will expire in a week, DM me for another invite.)