Re: MtMan-List: period clothing

[Roger Lahti <lahtirog@gte.net>]

Matt,

So I'm listening. Whether  needed or not I am taking a deep breath and waiting
to clearly see  the actual content of the conversation. In all due respect. I
remain.....

YMOS
Capt. Lahti'

Matt Richards wrote:

> Whats interesting to me in this discussion, is that I see many of the folks
> who I'm assuming have been doing this for a long time, easily coming to the
> conclusion that any ideas of altering period clothing as equalling the
> wholesale bastardization of what was worn. My guess is that this is a hot
> issue because so many folks do wholesale bastardizations, and that this is a
> long standing issue.
>
> The original context of this conversation was not the idea that one has the
> right to run 'willie-nillie' over period styles, but that perhaps mtn men of
> this era did alter some of their stuff to make it more practical for their
> immediate survival situations, within the context of period materials,
> technology and styles. This is a far jump from the defensive stances that I
> read several of you taking. If you could not lump this with the countless
> previous discussions you've perhaps had with folks who've wanted to just
> make what'ever the hell they want, and look at the actual context of the
> conversation, I think we would get farther with it.
>
> In all due respect,
>
> Matt Richards
> www.braintan.com