Juried event explanation.

[jmforge]

Would someone be so kind as to explain to me how a "juried event" works as it relates to guns?  How do they do the judging and what categories are there.  Also, which events around the country are juried? Thanks.

[James Rogers]

As far as I know, juried events relate to reenacting or living history events and clothing and accoutrements (including gun) are juried to be accepted as correct for participation. For example, a juried event for the rev war should not allow a cap lock or a 19th century style gun.

As far as gun specific events, it might be like gun shows that do not allow any modern guns or flintlock only, etc. but I have never known them to be referred to as a juried event.

[Acer Saccharum]

In gun building, there are Contemporary and Traditional categories, and there are three separate categories within those two main venues: Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master.

If you have made a copy of an original, enter the Traditional. if it's a loose interpretation or a fantasy gun, choose Contemporary.

Never entered before? go 'apprentice'.
If you've won a blue ribbon in apprentice, you must go as 'journeyman'.
If you have blued in Journey, you must enter Master.

There is descriptive literature at the desk, and I think a poster or two to help guide you on your way.

Good luck to you!

Acer

[Don Getz]

I don't think I have ever heard "juried"  used in connection with a gun show, although it could be.  Juried merely means
that the show has a panel that decides if your items are acceptable within the parameters of the show...you can be either
voted in or out.  I went to an Arts and Crafts show in East Berlin many years ago, and prior to going, we had to present
pictures of the items we were going to display, and from those we were voted either in or out.  Actually, Dixon's is a juried
event, you must be invited by Chuck in order to have a tablel there.......the only way to keep out the riff/raff............Don

[Leprechaun]

Actually, Dixon's is a juried
event, you must be invited by Chuck in order to have a tablel there.......the only way to keep out the riff/raff............Don

Hmmmm, Tom (riff) & Rich (raff) have a table at Dixons so apparently the system aint "fool proof"....OOOH, DOUBLE ZING!!!

[T*O*F]

A juried event applies to sutlers as well as participants.  At a lot of events, craftspeople try to sneak their wares into reenactment events.  The two most common ones are "Indian" jewelry to include chokers, yellow suede clothing and accouterments adorned with plastic beads and feathers, and wooden toys.  The two former items belong at Harley Davidson rendezvous, not period events.

[rich pierce]

Actually, Dixon's is a juried
event, you must be invited by Chuck in order to have a tablel there.......the only way to keep out the riff/raff............Don

Hmmmm, Tom (riff) & Rich (raff) have a table at Dixons so apparently the system aint "fool proof"....OOOH, DOUBLE ZING!!!

You got us there!     But I go back with Chuck to his Hawk Mountain shop days and that's what probably got us by.