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Might be a funny question, but W&S guys at the GA Ren Fest?

Fletcher Knives

Fletcher Knives

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Just curious if any dirty south boys were making it out to the GA REN FEST this year. The wife and I are going this Sunday. I'll be sporting my W&S patch to identify myself to anyone else who will recognise it. Maybe I'll get lucky and meet some friendlies out there.
 
Turkey legs, beer, meat on a stick... pretty hard to beat. Not to mention, the entertainment that I get watching all of the custom sword and knife makers there demonstrating how far they can bend their steal (I mean to spell it that way) and how it returns back to 0. The Ded Bob sho is my favorite. The belly dancers would be but that noise they make every five seconds is the most annoying thing I've ever encountered in my life. It's funny, the wife and I walk around and she checks out the clothes and trinkets. Meanwhile, I'm screwing around with the foliage and making fuzzsticks while chewing on a turkey leg and thinking about butchering the caged wildlife to end their suffering and fill my stomach at the same time. I've always wondered what dancing Royal Lipizzan Stallion tastes like with a side of parrot. I wouldn't mind a pair of the mocs they sell out their, but they're pretty proud of them and I never take enough money to save myself from an incredible impulse buy.
 
I'll probably go at some point. Maybe I am just getting older, but it seems like it is going downhill. They used to have a really cool birds of prey show that was the main reason I went, but the last time I went it was just a single California Condor.
 
I've mentioned it to the wife, but she hasn't said anything back.

If I do I'll wear a Fiddleback Forge T-Shirt.
 
It certainly isn't as cool as it used to be. Still fun to walk around and check everything out though.
 
I usually go, but I think I'm going to skip this year. However check out the trio that do the acrobatics. Something unbalanced. I watched them last year and it was fun to see. As many times as I have been over the years I have never seen the birds of prey show or all of the kings court stuff. Now they have the special weekends now and I'm not interested in any of them. Guess I'm just getting old. :D
 
Well, the Ren Fest was pretty damn fun. Ate my weight in turkey legs and steak on a stake. I decided not to drink whilst I was there due to me being the DD for our group. I rarely drink anyways so it wasn't a big deal to me.

The bad: I let my wife carry my Benchmade on her the whole day. I periodically checked her side to make sure it was still there. She was so cute using it to carve up her turkey leg. After a while I stopped checking for it. Right before we were getting ready to leave, I checked her side. It wasn't there. She instantly started apologizing. I told her it wasn't any big deal and not to worry about it. It wasn't one of the expensive Benchmades. It was one of the really slim Benchmade gamers with n690 steel. It was a knife my friend Collin gave me in exchange for a sheath. I think those only cost about $25. It wasn't a serious kick in the bawls, but I would still rather have it than not.

The good: Whilst we were walking around, I spotted several people pimping some different kind of kilt. I personally had decided not to wear my tartan even though it was kilt day due to it being really really expensive and not wanting to mess it up (as with most people who own them) and because it was just the Ren Fest and I don't need to be that cool. This guy came by me wearing a "modernized kilt" in OD green. I stopped him and his buddy, who had on a similar kilt, and asked them some questions about them.

Due to the environment of my upbringing, I'm no stranger to wearing a kilt and have enjoyed it on more occasions than I can count. They're really really comfortable , but NEVER practical. I wouldn't recomend wearing one to make a statement or to seem cool trying to bring back a tradition that even most Scottish guys have given up, but given the construction of these new style of kilts and simple design as well as price, I see it being a terrific alternative to the traditional expensive tartan. The guys I was speaking with told me they were Utilikilts. I checked the company out online and found a place near me that carries them. I think I'll be going this weekend to pick one up.

Please understand; I'm not trying to wear this thing to the mall or anything like that. I'm not one of THOSE guys who want to pull off crazy old styles just to be different and "edgey". I actually attend several Scottish festivals and occasions where a kilt is encouraged and some times absolutely necessary. If you show up to a Campbell wedding without one on, you better be able to run FAST or fight REAL good. lol. Anyways, I'm going to go pick one up this weekend. I'll let you guys know what I think when I actually try it on.

Anyone else ever hear of these or have one? What do you think of them?

It was extremely funny to see what some people tried to pass of as a kilt out there. I wanted to stop a few of them and say "look buddy... kilts have a very specific cut to them. They do NOT look close enough to your girlfriends schoolgirl plad skirt to pull that off. Go take her skirt off before someone rapes you." I saw guys out there in plad sheets, what was obviously a woman's dress, random fabric hastily sewn together to look somewaht like pleets, etc. It was more than amusing.
 
Utilikilts are up there with bacon as one of the best things in the world.

I have had a standard model for about 2 years now and have been trying to get the survival kilt for a year but my dealer never has it in when I want it.

They feel great and carry alot of weight better than any pants or shorts I own.

As a bonus it freaks out my children (son 9 and daughter 13) whenever I threaten to wear it while I drop them off at school. It ends any argument INSTANTLY if you have a social status minded child.

Check out thier website and look at the mock-u-mercials. Classic.
 
I have friends that wear their utilikilts to the blade show, black, tan, camo! Dylside, I looked for you sunday at the ren fair, you said that you would have your bladeforums patch on, but I never saw you! me & my son had a very cool time!
 
Tim the Slugman said:
I have friends that wear their utilikilts to the blade show, black, tan, camo! Dylside, I looked for you sunday at the ren fair, you said that you would have your bladeforums patch on, but I never saw you! me & my son had a very cool time!
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Yep. I was out there, patches blazing. There's so many people there though, and if you're anything like me, you're watching everything in every direction in a crowd and it makes it hard to focus on stuff like a little patch.
 
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