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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
A friend of a friend was an NYC food inspector, and a member of the Society for Creative Anachronisms. The latter served him in good stead. He inspected a Chinese restaurant and gave them a failing grade, and an employee attacked him with a cleaver. Fortunately, he had just acquired a set of ring mail from a vendor who made period gear, and was wearing it under his suit. He got a bruise but no other damage. The restaurant no longer exists, and the last I knew, the chap with the cleaver was still a guest of the NYC penal system.
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Dennis
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I agree with Hitch -- this wins the internet!! I used to do American Revolutionary War re-enactment. We didn't do ring mail, but as a costumer, I lusted after that too, just Because. I myself did more corsets than ring mail, but I collected tab-style pop rings for a long while, for some chain mail, before giving the collection away. I'm dying to know HOW he happened to be wearing it. Did he expect trouble?? Or was it literally just because it was brand new and had to be enjoyed?? (I can understand that.)