Belated apologies

[Sakurai Takamori]

I must humbly ask forgiveness for my rudeness.

In my excitment at having found this wonderful list, I just barged right in and started posting without introducing myself (a nasty Saxon habit I developed)
To that end,

my name is Saxulf Otirsson, sometimes known as Hey you, Saxon Dog!, or even the hound of the shire. (mka Mark Vaughan-Jackson...30-something, wife, two kids, mortgage scars etc)
and I live in the Shire of Ar n-eilean ne, East Kingdom (MKA Newfoundland, small province off Canada's east coast.)
Have been involved in the society on and off since 1987-88 and happily been a Saxon dog for most of that time as part of a very small (very small) but dedicated and exuberant bunch of Scots, Irish, Welsh and a lot of vikings.
However, recently I've found myself looking for a new challenge. Some armour, persona, garb and historicl research I could get my teeth into.

So I took a lifelong but fairly surface-level interest in things Japanese and here I am.

My apologies again if I pester you good gentles with a seemingly incessent stream of questions. . .please chastise me if they become too many or too dumb.

But these last few days I have rediscovered the excitement I felt when I first came upon the society and began mapping out a Saxon persona for myself.

This time, though, a little olderand wiser I hope, I'd like to do it with a bit more depth and attention to historically accurate details.

With that in mind, I feel I've found the right people to help me.

a heartfelt arigato in advance.

veejay

[Ki no Kotori]

Welcome.

I, too, have a Saxon alter-persona--over the past two years, I have gradually been switching over to making my Japanese persona the main one. It has been an interesting challenge, and a lot of fun.

I do still keep my Saxon garb around for the winters. It gets cold here in northeastern Iowa, although probably not as cold as where you're from.

There are a lot of very knowledgable and helpful people on this board, and it is always nice to find another person interested in Japanese medieval culture!

--Ki no Torahime
(Tace of Foxele)
Riverwatch, Calontir

[Nagamochi]

kinotorahime said:

I do still keep my Saxon garb around for the winters. It gets cold here in northeastern Iowa, although probably not as cold as where you're from.

Ki-hime, being in Jaravellir, I can relate to your tempurature concerns in winter, but haven't you yet to discover the joys of a well made, multi-layer karaginu mo? Ultimately the pine-layer I made from cheap shiny cotton ran me $160, though I feel that every dollor was well spent.
Saxulf, I'm fairly new to this list too, yet I must say: how is one to learn if he or she does not ask questions, even incessently? Your questions may also help those, such as me, who are too shy or too hare-brained to sometimes ask them.

[fujiwara]

Veejay,

It's just good to know that you have seen the light Come to the dark side...Resistance is futile! 8)

[Kitadatedenka]

As for the cold,

Aesa-hime has a kosode which is quilted, as some were, but with polar fleece. Quite warm.

[Nagamochi]

Kitadatedenka said:

As for the cold,

Aesa-hime has a kosode which is quilted, as some were, but with polar fleece. Quite warm.

*drooling at the thought* quilted kosode....

[Ki no Kotori]

Oji-sama, Nagamochi-dono:

Well, I'm hoping by next winter I'll have a juuni hitoe done--maybe not twelve layers, but enough that it won't be too very cold. At least not inside. The fabric I have is cheap and thin, but with that many layers....? (Should be cool with all the colors!)

I'd like to have a look at Aesa-hime's quilted kosode sometime. I'm sure we'll cross paths eventually (not like we all live that far from each other, eh?)

--Ki no Torahime

[Kitadatedenka]

Aesa-hime will be at Raid'n'Trade, too. But probably not in Japanese.