Your Medieval Personal Shopper! // Must-Haves for a Modern Medievalist, II
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Medieval objects of daily life can be useful in our modern lives as well; here is an exploration of beautiful grooming equipment, sewing supplies and storage options from the ancient to the late medieval world!
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00:00-00:23 Intro
00:24-3:59 Medieval Needle Cases
4:00-5:29 Medieval Combs
5:30 Medieval Love Tokens
7:08 Medieval Basket Storage Box
9:25 Medieval Bent Wood Box
13:53 Next Episode Teaser
14:25 Kitty Zen - Zábava
Combs, boxes, and kitty zen...
Kitty zen is why we’re all here. And the boxes. The gorgeous boxes.
I have to admit that I am rather inspired to do some gessoeing and painting of my own after completing this video! 😅
This is the kind of content I come here for! I will have to look for bentwood boxes at flea markets and antique stores this summer. One would look very nice on my table at Fall Crown!😊
@@anplica Thank you for watching and complimenting - gratified you enjoyed! I must confess to being possessed by an addiction for lovely bentwood boxes; so elegant, so verstaile, so portable, possibly representing expressions of carpentry excellence. I wish well in your quest and hope your table at Fall Crown looks suitably adorned! 😊
Great tips!
👍 - also for the YT algo! 😊
What a fun list ! Vikings had carved wood and bone combs and gifted them as well. I've vintage neele case tube from 1950s with bobbin with a tube in the middle for needles I love. Its interesting that that style is old .
So the style with the bobbin and needle case inside is not a very old European idea. But in Korea, they've had them for over a millennium! So it could well be that the first ones were imported from the Far East in the 18th century, and then their utilitarian nature was copied and propagated. That's just a theory, though! 😊
@thecreativecontessa I don't know much about Asia. But I could see that or even middle eastern people inventing it too due their skills in metal work
I found the lice comb i had when i was a kid in my attic, after a good cleaning (and waiting long enough to make sure there is no vermin left on the comb) it works wonders neither fine comb nor boarbristle brush seems to be sufficient to make a thorough job of pulling down the oils from my scalp but used in unison has really changed my haircare regimen
(referring to the design of the lice comb) As the saying goes, if it's not broke, don't fix it! Of what material is your comb made?
@@thecreativecontessa godforsaken plastic, that's why I assumed it wouldn't work as well but I've had it since forever and it's better than throwing it away. When it'll die out I have my eyes on those ornate wooden Flemish renaissance/french ones... But according to my means a simple one made of Horn will suffice (hopefully the kind that works for securing buns)
@@TheGabygael Indeed, I think you are correct about the plastic not working as well to distribute the oils through your hair. I applaud you for using the plastic item until it wears out - definitely superior to throwing it away in terms of environmental footprint! Although maybe you can find a family that needs a serviceable lice comb and get a nice wooden one for yourself? On a humorous side note, when I am in a medieval(ist) milieu, I refer to plastic items as a wondrous sort of horn since horn is basically the plastic of the pre-plastic world!
@@thecreativecontessa I'm gonna be referring to plastic in that way from now on
Great video, again. Liked shared, and now commented. As for modern use of medieval stuff; I discovered that the padding for my maille coif worked excellent as a form of balaclava in extreme cold. Fun fact; For my bushcraft gear, i use a Pacific War model waterproof match case, in stainless steel, as my sewing needle container.
That is a fascinating idea - a padded coif as a balaclava. But of course it would work as that, considering how such coifs can easily lead to overheating when worn on campaign in the summer! 😅
I wear my woolen hood when I’m camping mundanely (it’s so warm)!!
@@merindahthornton5080 These comments are giving me a great idea for a new series - "What Medieval Fashions Can Teach Modern Fashionistas" or "Medieval Clothing That WIll Improve Your Modern Life"....
@@thecreativecontessa Medieval people werent stupid. They were past masters in utilitazing (?) the materials they had at their disposal. We can learn a lot from them. Especially as the climate were a lot colder. Just such an idea as removeable/exchangeable sleves. Or slits in padded sleves to stick your arms out of when it became warmer. Could work just fine in modern clothing with a zipper.
Oh yum. Asafotida in your toiletries - oops! 🤮
I actually use it a lot in cooking while avoiding alliums.
I love these videos that you do- helping everyone see the possibilities to make our game more beautiful. Thank you!
Thank you for commenting and complimenting! I really do hope to bring more beauty to people's medieval worlds without breaking the bank! (and some of my fellow reenactors think I have a traitor to the cause in suggesting that anything less than a perfect reproduction will do! You can see it one such charming fellow in the comments on the first video of this series...)
Oh, and I have a medievalist friend from Iceland whose intestines literally start bleeding at the slightest amount of alliums, so I myself keep asafoetida on hand for cooking for such individuals (and of course south Asian cuisine uses it often). Also for those times when I run out of garlic, Heaven forefend! 😅
My "medieval" comb (which I use on a daily base too) was actually sold as a beard comb in "dm" (most common drugstore [I think] in austria and germany)
Beard combs - never would have thought! Thank you for sharing that tip. I just did a seaerch and one of the beard combs being sold modernly is actually branded "Viking Revolution"! 🤣
As the daughter of a wood worker, If you do manage to land an authentic Shaker wood box. PLEASE do not gesso and paint it, you will destroy its value, and dishonor the craftsmanship of the maker. If it is a knock off, knock yourself out with modifications!
I intentionally left the shaker box we purchased as it was because it is a gorgeous piece of craftsmanship ( and also because Burgundians seem to have been fond of the unadorned version of the Bentwood box). However, from the same-store we purchased another Bentwood box that was decidedly not of the same caliber (def not Shaker) that someone had painted in a pretty kitschy country craft Style, which I do plan on repainting, in one of the 15th century Italian styles.