What Does "Farb" Mean?

[@BrandonF]

So where does the word actually come from? Well there's quite a few possibilities and guesses that float around...personally I'm fond of the idea it came from a saying, "far be it from me to comment on your uniform..." Something which I now see I could have made more clear in the video- something doesn't have to be 21st Century to be farb! Just anything that is not as it would have been back in the day...for example, if my clothing is made out of improper materials, or if my hat is improperly sized, or even if I have the correct uniform but I am wearing it improperly, these would all be cases of 'farbery'!

[@richardsoucy3082]

Brandon F. Or my gators being on backwards. Lol

[@kojeb]

Brandon F. Why are you gay?

[@BrandonF]

@Richard Yep, that'd be one! Thankfully an easy problem to fix!

[@danielknowles3051]

I’d always heard it was an acronym for Forget About Reality Baby!

[@kojeb]

@@devingorney8051 damn you need to find something better to do

[@DMarsh1394]

Man claims to be a reenactor be refuses to die of dysentery for authenticity's sake

[@PfalzD3]

Or Cholorrhea.

[@BR78973]

@@PfalzD3 what an idiot

[@lm7bird680]

I've actually had a guy in my unit hospitalized for dysentery. Not sure how he got it but after that I always look at the spiket with suspicion and try to bring bottled water

[@Yui_187]

Refuses to use real bullets

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

@CM99501 Thing is "rag-tag" was only typical in last few months of war. Shoes were to be had from the casualties and Confederacy had untapped stores. Logistics was a problem.

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

An 11 minute video on a word definition. Never change. Fun fact: the F in Brandon’s last name actually stands for Farb.

[@totallynotjeff7748]

Brandon Farb

[@jollyangels]

>:O

[@jameshendo128]

Better than being hi's middle name...

[@martind349]

Falderfash

[@NicklasZandeVGCP2001]

Fisichella

[@360Nomad]

"Farb" means that Brandon only films from the waist up because he still secretly hates pants and does all his videos in his underwear.

[@BrandonF]

Shhh.....

[@gibby_crusader]

@@BrandonF Hahaha

[@PfalzD3]

Actually, its; because he's got the moves like Jagger, and doesn't wanna embarrass the rest of us.

[@outlawvlogs9812]

Hahahaha lol

[@mandalortemaan7510]

Why even wear underwear?

[@firestorm165]

the hole in the hat? that's from a musket ball, I assure you I did not get it like that

[@OrlopRat42]

When I first started doing Civil War reenacting back in 1972 (yep, I'm old) the word "farb" was already in common use among the "authentic" faction of the hobby. Most of us assumed it came from the German word for color, the farbs of that era were nothing if not colorful. Farbs were in the majority back then, by the way, the 1973 Gettysburg 110th was a total farbfest. And I'm talking FARB, Sears blue or gray work clothes, modern army insignia, Dingo boots, you name it. Strange and interesting times they were...

[@Fede_uyz]

7:52 NO ITS NOT FINE! Bring conscription, dissentery, starvation, frostbite, and painful and agonizing deaths back! Make reenaction real again!

[@sleepi-nouth-laureltine-8108]

jeez 🤣🤣🤣

[@BufusTurbo92]

We've always had a rule at my old reenacting group: if the public can't see it, it's fair game. No way we were going into battle without modern protections under our gambesons.

[@oscarhawkley]

Same, not wearing scratchy underwear or unsealed powder that can be blaster to kingdom come, also better socks and insoles

[@audaxhistoricus7467]

GET THE KEVLAR!!

[@jwkennington]

I started Rev War reenacting in 1975. Farb should not be confused with anachronistic. Farb is the willful refusal to accept something as not period. Anachronistic is something that you have to have (eg: eyeglasses) to function.

[@hermanhedning4220]

There are period glasses on the market. Wearing modern glasses is farb period.

[@Legitpenguins99]

@@hermanhedning4220 thats easy for someone that isnt completely blind without glasses to say. In fact, it would be impossible to get period accurate glasses of my lenses

[@ftv2376]

Herman Hedning I don’t wanna waste 300+ Dollars on a new pair each year for new prescriptions.

[@littlequail9260]

@@hermanhedning4220 There are people you can pay to reenact wit you and crowd up the tent on the market. Sleeping in a period accurate tent without multiple people crowding it up is farb period.

[@zachv1942]

Sorry but some prescriptions absolutely cannot be in Period Specticals.

[@lm7bird680]

One of the guys in my unit was hospitalized for dysentery. The doctor made a joke along the lines of you reenactors take this too seriously. Still not sure how he got it

[@CRuf-qw4yv]

Salt Pork or ships biscuits.

[@martind349]

Talibananas know which spots are brown

[@joeblow9657]

Better than cholera I guess

[@pronz72gh85]

That is amusing, a bit less for the sick guy, I think ...

[@weaseltheswede7821]

I hope he is fine.

[@jankopransky2551]

In czech, we call ahistoric reenactors "kecky"- sneakers, since in past it was common thing that people wore combat shoes or sneakers instead of proper shoes.

[@hilbertsinn6886]

What battles do they commonly reenact in the Czech republic?

[@Bjarku]

Did you ever do that big Czech WW1 re-enactment event that Lindybeige went on?

[@Bjarku]

Hilbert's Inn search ‘lindybeige two days marching through the snow’ for a great video on Czech re-enactment

[@mikhailasimov3285]

If it isn't "Far from Accurate Reenactment Boy", I'm gonna be pissed

[@ka4500]

You sound like the type of person who hate grammer Nazis

[@Siegbert85]

It's "fucking ain't right, boy!"

[@jedidls]

@@Siegbert85 I've heard so many, in my ACW unit it mean "if it ain't real, bullshit"

[@toddmiller5656]

@@Siegbert85 So 'farb ' now is counted among famous acronyms like 'snafu' and 'fubar'?

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

I've heard it means "far be" ("far be it from authentic"). Or it's from the german word for color, "farbe".

[@jonasseorum5471]

Do you just walk around the house casually with your uniforms on?

[@BrandonF]

Certainly not. I do nothing casually.

[@explorerlee340]

All the time lol

[@PfalzD3]

I do! Don't judge.... LOL

[@lm7bird680]

You don't?

[@Oatmeal_Mann]

I would.

[@legionarybooks13]

Regarding age 'farb'; war has always been a young person's profession, yet as reenacting is a very expensive hobby, few young people can afford it. Historically (at least since the Napoleonic Wars, when such stats became available), the average age of a combat soldier has been about twenty-two, with a median age of around eighteen to twenty. Even the NCOs and officers trended young. I don't know how old Brandon is, but he looks the right age for a soldier, regardless of time period.

[@PfalzD3]

Unless you throw officers in the mix, then you can get to play older. Also, as for ww2, the average age was 26-30 for most combatants. At least from the U.S. For the Germans 14-70.

[@lawrencian]

Hell I've seen some women in reenactments. That's definitely farb material. Not that it's a problem imo. As a woman myself I love seeing women in the hobby

[@lawrencian]

@john Mullholand I didn't know that! You learn something new every day

[@markvance6025]

@@PfalzD3 11:10 11:10

[@markvance6025]

@@PfalzD3😊

[@EliotChildress]

A weird thing about the modern glasses. I’m so used to seeing modern glasses that I don’t really notice them. Especially when in full kit because there’s so many other things to focus on. Historically accurate glasses stick out like a sore thumb. I really appreciate it when people use historical glasses but I don’t think I ever notice if they don’t. Simply because I don’t really register that they are wearing glasses at all.

[@Sshooter444]

Glasses and facial hair are usually the most obvious FARB parts of an impression.

[@cecilyerker]

I really appreciate historical eyewear and I like the wire spectacles. I know people must have worn eyeglasses and I like to see them.

[@zachv1942]

@@Sshooter444 Civil War Beards

[@staceyfake8254]

When I started Civil War reenacting modern glasses were a big "NO". Unfortunately they seem to be much more common and even accepted today.

[@lovelylavenderr]

@@staceyfake8254Is the historical inaccuracy worth the possible safety risks for someone who can't see? Being someone who is practically blind without glasses, especially at close distances, I think it's much more important for me to be able to see, especially if I were to wielding a musket or firearm around others, even if the ammunition isn't real. And as Brandon said, don't try to pass it off as your glasses being historically accurate, but instead use it as an opportunity to teach about historical glasses in comparison to your own modern frames. And if you can get historical frames, then cool! But, sometimes lenses are far too big and/or advanced to use without modern lenses.

[@lkrnpk]

I had one case in my country when they were re-enacting WW1 battle, and all the reenactors were good and period proper but this battle took place near an important landmark, a castle and it so happens that today there's a parking lot nearby... and when you see people in WW1 uniforms fighting over an empty parking lot with 2 parking places marked for disabled people... it kinda takes you out of the period.

[@explorerlee340]

Lmao that goofy guy in the redcoat from Amazon is about the most "accurate" representation of the term farb I have ever seen.

[@BR78973]

Its farb that the reenactors don't die

[@WelshRabbit]

For more discussion of Farb in reenacting, I commend the book, "Confederates in the Attic" by Tony Horowitz.

[@christinagiagni3578]

one of my favorite books

[@Salamander1775]

We all start out a farb in the beginning ;)

[@martind349]

I wrapped one up like fourteen seconds later

[@doctorzoidberg1715]

No excuses from now on and NO FARB,I want plates not go pro footage, I need my reenacting videos to no longer be videos but booklets recounting your actions in reenacting printed from a printing press (make it easy on you) and mailed to me all on authentic paper and materials. Like I said I want the plates too. Now that I know that the video is farb it self I cannot allow it.

[@chrislauterbach8856]

I'll take all the blame for you. Cordially, "Leonardo de Video".

[@littlequail9260]

What about paintings of Brando the Mando in the battles?

[@kaynebartholomew2994]

Yes to everything you just said! I’ve seen all those types of farb and I agree 100%. We will never be 100% correct in this hobby.

[@MWM499]

A friend told me about a rule that he uses “as long as it looks fine from 10 feet, it’s fine”.

[@billbahr]

Thanks! Yes, enjoyable! I happened to look up the etymology of "farb" and saw Brandon F's rhetorical query 6 days ago. Well, besides his "FAR BE it from me to comment on your uniform," this is what Wikipedia has to say: Etymology Disputed. Various explanations of the origin are given: 1. That it is a contraction of the phrase "far be it from me to criticize anyone, but...", or of "far below" (the expected standard). 2. That it comes from the German word Farbe ("colour") (many fabrics dyed with modern dyes are "too colourful" to be authentic, by comparison with their historical originals). 3. There exists a letter dated 1 April 1863 from an A.R. Crawford in the 76th Illinois Infantry, Co D, that uses the phrase, "fallacious accoutrements & reprehensible baggage," in description of six children posing in phony military gear during a sham reenactment that took place during the actual Civil War. Many point to this phrase as the origin of the word, citing "farb" as an acronym. 4. Many early replica rifles were marked with what looked like "F.A.R.B" among the proofmarks. "FARB" mark on a replica rifle Removing this would make the rifle look more authentic, and "defarb" spread to making other objects more authentic.

[@banduristyura2526]

Huzzay for 50K!

[@BrandonF]

Huzzay indeed! Thank you!

[@andrewcomerford9411]

As a Roman re-enactor, I find the concealed Velcro fly in my knee-breeches (bracchi) to be VERY useful.

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

I had no idea there was such a thing as roman reenactment

[@georgegordonmeade5663]

Just make sure your camera hole is .69 caliber and chalk it up to a very near miss from a Charleville!

[@bencurrie1780]

50K, man! You're moving up in the world. Great video, and onward to 100K!

[@kevinmahernz]

Thanks for this, I heard you mention that weird in another video so when I saw this one I had to see what it meant. As for the hole in your hat you had to make for the camera - I hadn't noticed it before you pointed it out, but it could still be authentic if you claimed it was a bullet hole...

[@upyr1]

Have you checked out the glasses at townsends? Also, what do you think of the 5-foot rule? which is if it looks correct from 5 feet?

[@zachv1942]

Townsends is good for casual costuming, etc. You need everything tailored. Do not buy glasses except from a Dr's office or reputable manufacturer. Even frames.

[@bambam-cm8we]

"The hole is from a recent battle, where a musket ball glanced my cranium" A farb wrapped in a lie consumed in an enigma. 🤣👍

[@odinlindeberg4624]

The musket was the personal weapon of an ogre, by the way.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@jameswills6320]

I was in the Devonshire & Dorset Regiment, in the Childers Reforms the 54th was amalgamated with the 39th & became the Dorsetshire Regiment in, I think 1881. In 1959 the Devonshire Regiment amalgamated with the Dorsetshires. All 3 units had green facings. The big battle honour for the 54th was Marabout in Egypt. The Devons were the 11th. Since 2007 they have become the 1st Battalion the Rifles. Before 1881 the 54th recruited in Norfolk in Eastern England.

[@micahistory]

Only brandon makes an 11 minute long video on the definition of a word

[@thelonerider5644]

Honestly until you said that the hole in the hat was for a camera I assumed it was from a very tiny cannonball that had a near miss....

[@eatenbyghouls1849]

How are you doing today? "I'm doing farb thanks how about you"

[@jabscha7051]

I am glad you pointed out the importance of public education. I am not a reenactor, but I attend many events in my hometown (live within walking distance of the reconstructed fort in Fort Wayne, IN) and elsewhere. I always enjoy events where the reenactors' goal is to educate the crowd with actually researched info as opposed to showing off or promoting some political view (love learning about the Civil War but it is probably most common among that crowd haha). I also feel like keeping that as the end in mind prevents both farbism and pedantic correctness

[@majkus]

Interesting, as always. My own experience in the general area of 'living history' (loosely speaking) is at the original Renaissance Faire, which is pretty much all over the map nowadays when it comes to historical accuracy, and which is more theatre than scholarship. But even in the earlier days when authenticity was more important than it is now, and in the group playing Queen Elizabeth's court - where the costume requirements are very stringent, and each performer researches the character they play extensively - I have never heard the term 'farb'. The usual term among those who care about such matters is 'not period'. I suspect that 'farb' is limited to war re-enactors for whatever reason (I have no clue as to how the interpreters at Colonial Williamsburg talk about such things among themselves). I also have not heard it from people in the Society for Creative Anachronism, nor who perform at the Great Charles Dickens Christmas Fair (where they do strive to portray a Victorian - or Dickensian - London, again with concessions to theatricality). So 'farb' is quite new to me. On one hand, I like its brevity compared to 'not period'; on the other hand, it seems to have a snarky or disapproving connotation, whereas 'not period' is, in my experience, a pretty neutral term. The hard-core costumers have other ways of doing sarcasm. "Why," exclaimed one of Elizabeth's ladies to a customer in a very authentic but not-quite-Elizabethan costume, "what a lovely Jacobean dress!"

[@jamesverhoff1899]

This is one reason I like the SCA: Anachronism is in the name. We call it the Dream, and acknowledge that the Dream is a path, not an end. We acknowledge our errors, and learn as we go, and strive for improvement.

[@Belki404]

Nice video! Never really questioned it

[@Eric_Hutton.1980]

Congratulations on 50,000 subscribers.

[@Dr_Robodaz]

It is all a bit of a tussle really, and some people take it far too seriously. After all, as was pointed out to me by a visiting guest from the V&A's clothing collection, they doubted a single re-enactor they had ever met was on the nose, even during the 'era of uniformity' (say 1660 onwards on a small scale in England and early 1700s in a broader sense). For every one item - be it clothing or accoutrement of one pattern issued at one time it was possible to find at least three different items which purported to be the same thing. As First Aider and stitch counter both for a number of groups, I'm less concerned with things like spectacles on the field (though I do note that most members who did muster tended to go with contacts or, where that was impractical had period appropriate items made) than with safety. In Living History encampments that is different, but for battlefield affairs 'farb' was/is/always will be necessary to some degree. My own ECW regiment insisted on steel in the toes and soles of shoes: the former mainly for the pikemen (specifically for press) and the latter in case someone stood on one of the (usually well marked) ground charges which simulated artillery rounds skipping (quite a sight in itself). Then again, my medical bag was decidedly farb, but there the law spoke more roundly than the lore (as I was required to carry delicate materials in a more secure way than my 17th Century counterparts). Just because a thing is 'improper' does not make it incorrect. We get as close as we can, or as close as the law will allow, or as close as incomplete knowledge permits. Someone who pours scorn on someone who has done their level best, but needs a little leeway for good reason is a prig of the highest order.

[@theabstractchicken3998]

Last time I was this early, the German blitzkrieg was still in full swing

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

The Abstract Chicken I think you mean Bewegungskrieg

[@lkrnpk]

Last time I was this early Fall Weiss was still a plan on paper

[@annamalin123]

11:09 a new record for the shortest video by Brandon's channel

[@angusyang5917]

Farbery is unavoidable because re-enactments can never fully replicate a historical event. It's like an inverse logarithmic graph where you can put as much effort as you want into it, but it will never reach its final goal, the asymptote. For example, prior to a battle, do re-enactors have to eat the same rations and food as the people they are re-enacting once did? How do you ensure safety in a re-enactment when there were no such concerns in actual, real war. Obviously historical battles weren't firing round after round of blanks at each other. Even if one does follow all of these rules, that doesn't change the fact that modern humans are playing these re-enactors. While Napoleon may be short by our standards, he was average height for his time, which technically invalidates a good chunk of Napoleonic re-enactors, since most of them would be too tall to play the part. Two of the biggest criticisms I've seen with historical re-enactments are that they never fully capture the reality and grittiness of war, glorifying it instead, and that historical re-enactors often tend to be older than their real-life counterparts, who were often in their teens and early adulthood when sent to war (life expectancy was shorter than it is today). At this rate, nothing short of going back in time can fully eliminate farb.

[@buzzmooney2801]

I define "farby" slightly differently: Necessity sometimes forces us to make compromises to our historical accuracy, especially when safety requires it. In Naval reenacting, it's necessary to wear a PFD, out on the water, because "the uniforms are fake, but the drownings are real". I'd never call the use of a PFD "farby". I'm of a mind that "farb" implies being aware of an unnecessary anachronism, and willfully refusing to either correct the error, or at least explain to the public WHY such an inaccuracy is being employed. Also, this is a challenging andcexpensive hobby to get into, and newcomers have to choose between compromises (off-the-rack canvas breeches) or abandiningbthe hobby. I don't want to maje newcomers feel unwelcome by callingbtheir ongoing, and evolving best efforts "farby". Mind you, I am NOT attempting to scold or dispute: your definition is equally valid, and I fully agree that necessary compromises must often be allowed, and that ensuring we impart accurate information is the greater objective.

[@rickferarri9876]

Finally! Been wanting this video.

[@Albukhshi]

@ 3:15 Admittedly it's not that bad; a bad one is if you would say it IS appropriate--like all the jag-offs who say you spit a bullet into the barrel...

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

I one time found a reenactment without any farbs at all. They even used real bullets. Just ask my friends Bill and Ted and they will back me up.

[@teamermia7741]

Historical reenactment is a wonderful hobby. But I am very surprised that some participating chose to reenact field sleeping conditions. It is not something I myself look back on with any fondness. Well done on the video Brandon. Very informative as usual.

[@totenkopf8814]

Thank you Brandon, I will remember it's fine to not die of disentery!

[@jeffreyrobinson3555]

Great vid, we live in the here and now and we’re on vacation. I got to say I never got my breech cloth in a wad over ‘Black Powder Only’ glasses ect. I have historic shoes but for safety I have rubber soles on the bottom. I keep historic foods but eat stuff not common in any sort of camp or some times that time of year. I use a short starter in my rifle used for early nineteenth century events, and rag tinder. I have a candle lantern that’s right time but not something often carried by a man on his own. And have an eighteenth century tent as a civilian, at least unusual.I’m quick to tell someone what’s unusual in my camp and try and keep it to time if not exactly what a middle class or lower class man would carry in the woods.

[@praveenb9048]

We'd love to see you wearing Ben Franklin glasses in a future video.

[@stumccabe]

I'd like to suggest a new word- "anac", for "anachronistic".

[@cecilyerker]

Or you could just say the whole word

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

Anchrone would work better imo

[@SlyBlu7]

I recently jumped into an online community for those who reenact the era of piracy and privateering from about 1690-1730. They DESPISE farb there, because of Hollywood and the pervasive pirate fantasy of the modern age. I will be up front and forward - my kit is farby as all hell. But I will also be up front: I get recognized, photographed, stopped and questioned, and generally engage with the public a lot more than those guys do at the places where I go (renaissance fairs, etc). Because I look like what people EXPECT a pirate to look like. From there, I can start doing that "public education" bit, if anyone cares to listen to me talk. I love the subject matter, and not for an instant would I claim that my elaborate tricorne and my bucket-tops are appropriate attire even for a foppish captain of the day, ESPECIALLY when we're talking about an era 100 years before the era I'm even interested in! If I went with a unit, if I went as part of a larger entourage, then yes, I'd make every effort to blend in and appear as much a "realistic" pirate as any. But on my own? There's an Elf over there with her breasts spilling over a poorly fit corset - I'm hardly the worst offender in this fair, and I'm more accurate than some of the official members of cast!

[@LesHaskell]

Back during the wars that get reenacted the provosts were much stricter than modern-day reenactors when it came to farb.

[@cyclonetaylor7838]

Brandon, have you ever ran into people who unwittingly have their re-enacting persona actually take over their modern life? I know that sounds like a strange question but I have seen it many times from Black Powder Rendezvouers who started back in the seventies and never recovered. I think the draw to pre 1840 lifestyles was, like me, an escape from this timeline we live in. Most of the original rendezvous guys had high pressure jobs from Monday to Friday then escaped back a hundred and eighty years, at least for the weekend. Eventually after quite a few years the divide between now and then slipped.

[@BrandonF]

I'm not sure if I'd go that far, but I have certainly met individuals for whom reenacting could be classified as a form of 'escapism' from real life.

[@JMDjewelry]

Farbalier is a word we used during the Buycentenial for those who carried cvs kentucky rifles and wore fringed naugahyde coats. Large part of the Rebel troops dressed this way. I was in the 4th foot during the 1970s

[@mrfruigle1081]

Like someone else way saying on the last video the biggest farb in reenactment is not using actual musketballs

[@terriblycharismaticduck2717]

The fact that you’re wearing the outfit as you’re explaining this makes me happy.

[@imdeplorable2241]

I had been to a lot of reenactments in the '80's and 90's but, I had never heard the term "farb" or "farby" spoken. What is its history? BTW, I think you do an excellent job explaining and teaching. Keep it going.👍 🎄Merry Christmas to all🎁

[@vonHartstein]

Congratulations for 50,000 subscribers, sir!

[@kerryschallon8879]

You should come to St.Louis last weekend In April for WWII weekend at Jefferson Barracks. You should see our Fallschirmjeager display. The parks management has let us dig foxholes at our site. Next year we are doing a Italian front scenario.

[@Rimpala]

Yeah, if a reenactor purposely gave himself dysentery before a battle they'd be far more hardcore then I'd ever be...

[@dmitryostrovsky5763]

I guess you have to use a pocket watch that is an antique copy instead of a wristwatch?

[@BrandonF]

Sadly there aren't many really good reproduction companies for watches, as I understand it, so a lot of times people will use modern day battery-powered pocketwatches on the ends of historical chains. After all, the watch is rarely seen, but for a gentleman the chain is a very important accessory!

[@jameshendo128]

"Authentic misery" When I do an event (1890's), I'll take a "ration pack" to eat (a tin of corned beef and chocolate paste). Eating cold cheep corned beef out of a tin is an authentic misery, yet the others will eat things like potato chips - something modern that your average gunner would never have eaten, (last event the guy next to me pulled out a cold roast with veggies). I'm all up for authentic misery, I plan to have 1890's underwear by the end of the year. That said, my friend who is a die-hard in getting things period claims I'm going too far as no one cares what I eat and no one will ever see or know about my jocks, always saying "wouldn't you rather be comfortable?" Reenacting/living history isn't too big here in Australia with lot of farb in it. Am I doing too much? I'd like to know from y'all: Do you go as far as to wear period underclothes/travel in period traveling clothes? would you if you could? What percentage of reenactors/living historians only do what the public can see? How many people wear farb shoes? (I do, as I'm still looking for the right ones) What percentage of reenactors/living historians camp in period tents, modern tents, rooms, etc? Do people eat period food/put it in period packages? Thanks

[@rmk3155]

My, is that Barry Lyndon on your desk?

[@commandert5]

For the US Civil War, a gum blanket and wool blanket are all I need

[@crosisofborg5524]

Lol he said “If you’ve got a proper sized unit” 🤣

[@RocketHarry865]

I wonder if you should look into getting 18th century style framed spectacles

[@zachv1942]

Don't. Only take the advice of trained professionals. Glasses are as tailored as a Regimental Coat.

[@princessdianasexplosivepet1524]

holding your musket off kilter is indicative of defeat.

[@gooby8953]

congrats on 50k dude

[@MomentsInTrading]

I like your videos.

[@ryanmulherin2682]

You just hit 50,000! Congratulations m8! (50,016) but close enough)

[@sonnyocad287]

This isn't a webcam; this is a kinematic archive!

[@TheAdmiral8799]

how did you even get a hole in the hat 💀

[@TheAdmiral8799]

oh wait, nvm he said it before i watched the entire thing haha

[@Trey_816]

You could get some historically accurate frames specifically for reenacting (if you haven't already).

[@chrismusix5669]

Jon Townsend has nutmeg. Brandon F. has Farb.

[@guillemtortajada4588]

Question: if I wear my modern underwear underneath historical clothes but I don't show it anytime is it farb or not?

[@archercolin6339]

Perhaps the most obvious, and totally unavoidable, FARB is probably language, especially for re-enactments from before about the C17th. Much as I would love to learn early- and medieval English (or Norman French, I suppose) no-one would understand me!

[@melissamybubbles6139]

How did you learn all of this? It's impressive.

[@meansartin]

Aren't most of the people who complain about farbs at a re-enactment way too fat for somebody from that time.?

[@rictusmetallicus]

Farb ist the german word Farbe without the last e. Farbe means colour, so Farb is a nice way to say something colourful. Maybe?

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

The hole in your hat is farb?! No, no good sir, that's not a "camera hole", that's a gunshot hole! Clearly

[@princessdianasexplosivepet1524]

This is my 1776 Ticonderoga I-Phone George Washington had one.

[@jesperstoringgaard8367]

I work at midieval faires, and there's quite a bit of FARB about, modern toilets, everywhere that has a fire needs apropriate extinguishers, modern tills and card options for payments. But i'd reckon all that's quite okay.

[@peterblood50]

As it is a hat with 3 sides, my thought is that you could turn it so the hole is on one of the rear facing sides. A bit less Farby maybe. (and maybe not possible as I know little about this particular type of headgear.) 🤔 And thank you for the definition I'm going to use it on somebody at the appropriate time. (As I've done with pedantic. 😜)

[@bradmiller2329]

The whole is for the mini camera, so had to face forward.

[@peterblood50]

@@bradmiller2329 Duh, I should have thought that out a little better. 🙄

[@chrislauterbach8856]

Can't get any more "Farb" than me. Since I have been recording multiple eras of reenactment with a digital camcorder and now a 360 degree camera, it is hard to explain what they are doing amidst Roman Legions or WWII Sherman tanks. Furthermore, I have chosen my nickname as " Leonardo de Video". 📹

[@kimbonzky]

But what is the origin of the word?

[@Bjarku]

Don’t worry, Brandon. I don’t think anybody would ever describe anything relating to you as ‘painfully modern’ :’D

[@jpedrote5]

i still didnt watch the video, but i think it means, Fake Ass Reenactment Boi "FARB", am I correct?

[@markneuman5135]

Brings back memories of the Bicentennial events I was in.

[@rex8286]

Next up: Talking about farbery is FARB!

[@PentoPelican]

Attucly the glasses did exist back then I just wasn’t worn in war or conflicts

[@nicks9262]

Any new AC3 coming soon?

[@KaDaJxClonE]

Time travel for the perfect impression.

[@jackdorsey4850]

Mr. Brandon F. thank you I was wondering what that ment

[@nap0038]

I always thought it was old British speak for “barf”

[@Tiger89Lilly]

I think the word your looking for is chunder😂

[@MrDoctorCrow]

In doughboy reenacting, the worst offense goes by many names. The S Word, That Weapon. That Which Shall Not Be Named. The dreaded Shotgun. For those uninitiated, there is a certain mythos surrounding the use of "Trench Guns" by the U.S. in WWI. I'm sure images have already appeared in your head of a grizzled sergeant, lit cigar hanging from his mouth, jumping into Jerry's trench and slam firing 00 buck as the Kaiser's finest throw up their hands in terror. In reality, the very, very few shotguns that may or may not have seen use (there is exactly one documented photo of a shotgun near the front) would have been hated. The only ammunition available would have come in paper/cardboard cartridges. Which isn't a problem as long as you're not fighting in a rainy mudpit like, for instance, the Muse-Argonne. You're also going to be pretty vulnerable, making that 150 yard trip across no-mans-land with your chokeless, straight tube pump action. Make no mistake the idea of a shotgun with a bayonet lug is unbelievably cool (I'm guilty of owning one of the repros) but you've got to keep the proper context in mind.

[@petercallahan7962]

actually, the rounds used were brass, not paper. Seeing as how American troops didn't spend months or years living in trenches but two weeks, tops, there would not be deterioration of the rounds due to dampness.

[@danielmichaelfleiss2141]

What did the French where for camouflage during battle? I would imagine it was very exquisite and unique.