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Cloaks and Hukes

These are not in fashion though they were commonly used as travel garments. By preference make a coat, but if you want a cloak then they were normally circular or half circular and worn with either a brooch or buttons to fasten.
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Hukes were another common travel garment and a useful over-garment for your basic traveller. It is simply a long and reasonably wide tabard; just two rectangles sewn together with a hole for the head. Since this is intended as protection from the weather, a huke should only be made from heavy well-fulled wool that has a good chance of being waterproof.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 March 2006 )
 
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