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Ain't it pwetty? I'll get a new one soon, though, as this one has been bought out of need and has some flaws.
Do you actually drink out of your canteen is the question
Excuse me but this doesn't look unsanitary at allDo you actually drink out of your canteen is the question
Of course not, that would be very unsanitary of you to do.
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Ah, glorious farbness.
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This rusty little piece of shit is one of mine.
I bet it is very sanitary. It is made out of lead and rusts like crazy... As you can see.
But hey! Its accurate!
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This rusty little piece of shit is one of mine.
I bet it is very sanitary. It is made out of lead and rusts like crazy... As you can see.
But hey! Its accurate!
Die of lead poisoning and get the 'Ultimate Reenactor' achievement
You really shouldn't put anything that has acid in a tin/lead canteen. It will make the lead poisoning even worse :P
Which means that you can not really put much in it.
Or go fuck all with historical accuracy and put in a beverage of your choosing. The rest can't see it, anyways.
Probably did happen. I mean, drinking rum all day was common practice in the navy those days.
Not really. Rum was rationed, like most things. Water was quite easy to find for sea-sailing ships.
Not really. Rum was rationed, like most things. Water was quite easy to find for sea-sailing ships.
Unless you are on the Europe-America route (which isn't as long as people think, only 3-4 weeks of sailing), you wouldn't be sailing in the middle of the Atlantic. You'd be sailing always with the coast nearby where you could go find fresh water. It's not easy, but it's also not impossible.
In the French army, they were specifically meant for NCO's and wearing non-regulation clothing was forbidden.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O5c4oavGmxc/USJATMoGAcI/AAAAAAAACK8/bvuf7brPQa0/s1152/IMGP7365.JPG)Those are some nice slippers.
Ain't it pwetty? I'll get a new one soon, though, as this one has been bought out of need and has some flaws.
Maybe during the later half of that campaign, but regulations were regulations and they were enforced rather strictly.
I understand you are making a joke Ted, but excusus like 'what about 1812' or 'it's logical that they had it' are too often heard in re-enactment. I know we will never be able to fully research what these men did and did not wear, but a little more effort would sometimes be appropiate.
Maybe during the later half of that campaign, but regulations were regulations and they were enforced rather strictly.
I understand you are making a joke Ted, but excusus like 'what about 1812' or 'it's logical that they had it' are too often heard in re-enactment. I know we will never be able to fully research what these men did and did not wear, but a little more effort would sometimes be appropiate.
Sure. And it's a common historical mistake Ted to think that 1812 ruined the military regulations... Don't forget a lot of french Corps were not in Russia and even had brand new uniforms with the Bardin regulation reform, precisely in 1812.
About the french supplier on civilian waistcoast, this one maybe ? http://fr.empirecostume.com/costumes-civils-c144.htm
I bought this one last year when I was a bandit in the Saint-Amans reenactement ( http://fr.empirecostume.com/gilet-en-coton-c144-a1090.htm)
I feel the need to point out that my comment was ironically pointing at all these people who ignore regulations for reasons like "Well there was a time when noone cared about regulations in 1812....".