[Cynnabar] Fighting Surcoat fabric

[Iain Ruadh]

Hullo hullo!

I am looking into making a period correct fighting 
surcoat/tabard for this upcoming Pennsic in the Barony's colours (having
 been invited to fight with Her forces).   In my earlier years I would 
have gone for trigger or duck cloth but would instead prefer to go for a
 good sturdy linen, hemp or wool.   I would ask for suggestions on what 
weight and fabric would be both sturdy and yet breathe well (I wear full
 maille and plate over my linen arming coat and clothes underneath).   
Also, if there is a local reasonably priced dealer/distributor, that 
info would also be greatly appreciated.

THL Sgt. Iain Ruadh

  Pentamere Region, Midrealm 



Quarterly azure and argent, two squirrels

sejant erect reguardant addorsed gules

within a bordure counterchanged.



"A nation that draws too broad a difference

between its scholars and its warriors

will have its thinking done by cowards,

and its fighting done by fools."

- Thucydides (424 B.C.)
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