Showing posts with label Renaissance Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Renaissance Festival. Show all posts

September 6, 2022

Renaissance Festival 2022

Ring Toss for adults on horses.

Catching rings on lances (used for jousts) while on horseback, 

Not quite a gladiator type performance. ;-)

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal) 


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August 31, 2021

Fox Tails Rainbow

Wow, check out these colorful real fox tails. 

Ok, they're colored but still from fox. 

I asked the lady where the rest of the foxes where.

She pointed to the face masks in the tray (again real skinned faces from the foxes). 

Then she pointed me to the inside of the store, and said the rest of the foxes are in there.  ;-)

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)


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August 29, 2021

@Renaissance Festival 2021


(Credit Videos: Andy Blumenthal)

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September 2, 2019

@Renaissance Festival 2019












(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)

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September 3, 2018

Labor Day @ Maryland Renaissance Festival













(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)
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March 7, 2018

Spiked Battle Hammer

Saw this at the Maryland Renaissance Festival and thought this was a notable weapon/art piece. 

It's a War (Battle) Hammer with a spike on one side and an animal head for the hammer on the other. 

TV shows like Vikings and Z(i.e. zombie) Nation have made these sort of famous again.

It's sort of crazy the things people used in the past to fight and kill with. 

Imagine getting clobbered with one of these...ugly!

But before guns, when the battle was up close and personal, what choice did people really have to defend themselves with.

It was life or death...and many in the most gruesome ways ended up the latter. ;-)

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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September 15, 2015

Acrobatic Fun





This was a cool show we saw at the Maryland Renaissance Festival this past weekend. 

The show combined some nice acrobatic tricks with a good sense of humor. 

The torture and killing was nasty in the medieval ages, but at least they took the edge off with some daring and showmanship in the joust and on stage. ;-)

(Source Photos: Andy Blumenthal)

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September 14, 2012

The Ax Thrower

This is a picture I took at the Renaissance Festival.


The guy is throwing an ax in a pretty serious way. 

While everyone else was doing it with two hands over their head, this dude was pitching it up like a baseball. 

He not only looked the authentic part of the middle ages, but he played it well too--and man, you would not want to get in front of his ax throw. 

Wonder if he gives lessons? ;-)

(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)


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