[Hartwood] Archery tassels; was Re: Some notes from Investiture, Feb 2013

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Thank-you, Master James!

Halima
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Mon 18 Feb 2013 11:43:28 PM PST, quoting baron.james.llewellyn at gmail.com:

> Tassels are an age-old archery thing. They are used for two things.  
> 1) To wipe off your arrows if they land in the water or the mud. 2)  
> The colour denotes your current archery rank. They mirror the 5  
> colour target.
>
> In An Tir the ranks are (based on submitted Royal Rounds averages):
>
> Green - Tyro (10-19)
> White (silver) - Novice (20-39)
> Black - Archer (40-59)
> Blue - Bowman (60-79)
> Red - Master Bowman (80-99)
> Yellow (Gold) - Grand Master Bowman (100-119)
> Checky Or and Argent - Ludicrous Bowman (120-139)
>
>
> Some people believe in collecting and keeping each colour as you  
> rise in rank, others in replacing an old one with a new rank colour.  
> You can have more than one tassel as they are given for each  
> different division. For example, I have one for period crossbow.  
> This year I am working on period longbow.
>
>
> Master James Llewelyn ap Gruffydd