Border Reivers
The Border Reivers were light horsemen who operated as cattle thieves along the English/Scottish border during the late 16th and 17th centuries.
The Border Reiver in the photo below is equipped in the latest fashion of the time and is a veteran of the many wars and skirmishes across continental Europe of the time where many Scots and English fought as mercenaries and were exposed to the most modern weapons and tactics of the day. He is armed with a pair of wheellock pistols which weas the most advanced weapons of the time and expensive to come by. He wears a burgonet style helmet and 2-piece breast and back-plate. His pleated pants were a high fashion item of the day as is his embroidered doublet.
Our Display Offer for our Border Reivers team is to appear as a 2 to 4 rider team and we can either just ride around your venue in costume, interacting with the public or we can put on a full-scale Border Reivers mounted skills display including shooting longbows (a legitimate Reiver tactic) and blank-firing wheellock pistols (we have an appropriate Endorsement issued by the New Zealand Fire Arms Authority for any of our displays involving firearms).
