Stephen Benetti (known in the SCA as Streonwold Wulfesbana, Hlaford)
In mundane (i.e."real") life, I'm the Production Supervisor at a Mississauga company that makes flight simulators. I spend the rest of my time fighting in armour and doing other things of a Medieval nature, as a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. I also enjoy playing drums, skiing and ski patrolling, reading, and (when I get a spare moment) sleeping.
The picture at the top of this page is of me fighting with Lord (now Baron) Richard Larmer at an event called "A Day in Camelot". We are using Great Axes (made of rattan, rubber and duck tape). I'm squired to His Grace, Sir Berus Wolfesonne, and proud to be a member of Hrogn fra Osis, his household.
We also do a bunch of other stuff in the SCA, in an attempt to re-create elements of the Middle Ages that interest us. Activities that I pursue include: making mead, armouring, chirurgeonate (first-aid), heraldry (I'm my group's pursuivant), archery, knife throwing, cooking feasts, and flirting.
I've done some blacksmithing, as a hobby, but haven't had much opportunity for this since I moved in 2002. Some of the work I've done includes reproduction cooking gear from the medieval era, and I particularly enjoy making knives, especially if they are of a historical nature (damascus steel rules) I've also done some reproduction spurs, torcs, brooches, and some SCA Coronets. I hope to set up a charcoal forge in the not-too-distant future and get back to work.
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I'm a Ski Patroller at Snow Valley, which is an Alpine ski resort just north of Barrie, Ontario. I've been patrolling since 1988, and I've been Patrol Leader of Hardwood Hills (a local Nordic resort), and Director of Nordic Training. I used to teach First-Aid with the patrol, but time constraints forced me to end this part of my involvement with the Patrol.
My daughter Victoria is known in the Society for Creative Anachronism as "Lady Sunniva Isensmitsdohtir". She already has an Award of Arms (which recognizes her as a Lady, and permits her to bear heraldic arms) and an Award of the Orion, which is an Arts and Sciences award from the Kingdom of Ealdormere. Victoria was born in 1990 and is the light and the joy of my life. She's an angel, and a perfect angel when she's asleep.
I'm married to a lovely lady named Sandy, known in the SCA as the Honourable Lady Seonag nic Thomais. She fights alongside of me and is the perfect shield maiden. Lady Seonag is squired to His Excellency, Sir Malik 'abd al-Rahman al-Kariim.
See pictures of some of my knives
