Nice set of blades. I love Opinels; real workhorse knives.
I recently picked up a puuko. bought it from a friend who wore it at Viking reenactments. Nice knife, but I hesitate to use it because it's so pretty.
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- Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:47 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Knives.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11984
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Heat Revealing "Ink"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14624
Re: Heat Revealing "Ink"
I used to do this as a kid (don't ask how long ago). According to some book I had back then, you could also use onion juice, and I think milk as well. I figured milk would stink after very long, onion juice was too much work, but Mom always had a bottle of lemon juice in the fridge.
- Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:43 am
- Forum: Dunedain Culture
- Topic: Music, Laments, and...hi-res photos?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 58965
Re: Music, Laments, and...hi-res photos?
The drone running parallel to the chanter is interesting; it reminds me of some French and Flemish pipes I've seen.
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 12:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Match the Picture Contest- Claudia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12231
Re: Match the Picture Contest- Claudia
Is that a Montagnard/Hmong crossbow?RikJohnson wrote:no.Peter Remling wrote:Regarding the crossbow: it looks like a homemade crossbow similar to plans that were in The Rifleman magazine circa the 70s.
Hint:
it IS homemade but not in the US nor by an American.
- Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:19 am
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: MEDICAL KITS
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18759
Re: MEDICAL KITS
You mention medieval antibiotics. There are records of only one being used: honey has antibiotic properties, and was historically put on minor wounds. That said, I haven't tried it myself.
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:23 pm
- Forum: WMA / NMA
- Topic: Scenario - January 2014
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20159
Re: Scenario - January 2014
The thing to do is hightail. This is too much foe for me, and I have to wonder, if there's one hunting party after me, might there be others? Step one is take out the hounds. I'm inclined, weather permitting, to head for Redhorn Pass. Holding higher ground, in the mountains, there should be plenty o...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:17 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: MRL Deal of the day
- Replies: 362
- Views: 268438
Re: MRL Deal of the day
That looks identical to a set my father-in-law just gave me for my birthday. Cool-looking, but long and heavy. I think they'd be unwieldy to actually eat with.Mirimaran wrote:The reviews on that eating kit don't look to great.
Ken
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:39 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: My SLINGS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6924
Re: My SLINGS
Rik, what are the knots you used for that first sling? I can't see it well.
I'm another sling fan, just not able to practice, living in the suburbs.
I'm another sling fan, just not able to practice, living in the suburbs.
- Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Whenever we build that Inn...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13602
Re: Whenever we build that Inn...
That diner in Bean Blossom? I had an outstanding beef manhattan there once.Greg wrote:
...and a hole-in-the-wall just down the road from me carries something pretty close to that, and it's amazing.
- Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some Idle Dreaming
- Replies: 41
- Views: 35398
Re: Some Idle Dreaming
Greg, I just you a PM with my email, and also a link to the Facebook page for my Ren Faire act, just for grins. I don't think this is going to be a short conversation; I can talk music for hours.
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some Idle Dreaming
- Replies: 41
- Views: 35398
Re: Some Idle Dreaming
Straelbora, if you do get such a place built in Brown Co, will you be needing any entertainment there? Say, a fiddler, perhaps? I'm on Indy's south side; Brown county is a reckless drive down 135 for me.
- Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:24 am
- Forum: The Bard's Stage
- Topic: Winterfall
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15636
Re: Winterfall
Well done, sir! Well done, indeed!
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:15 am
- Forum: Tolkien Movie Talk
- Topic: Viewer's Comments - Spoilers Welcome, be Warned
- Replies: 40
- Views: 76727
Re: Viewer's Comments - Spoilers Welcome, be Warned
I finally got around to seeing it. I liked it, but I disliked the way Jackson changed the storyline (Radagast, Azog, Thorin hates elves, the undwarvish dwarves), and of course, the abrupt stop at the end. One change that I did like was the dwarves being armed. It bothered me, even as a kid, that Tol...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:48 am
- Forum: Dunedain Culture
- Topic: Dunedain Stick Ball
- Replies: 21
- Views: 29665
Re: Dunedain Stick Ball
I'm a southsider, Straelbora.
- Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone else do Halloween Tolkien-Style?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9257
Re: Anyone else do Halloween Tolkien-Style?
Not exactly, but one year this happened: I used to put on my Ren Faire garb and escort my kids around the neighborhood. At one house, a group of teenagers were handing out the candy. "Dude, are you hobbit?" (NO, I didn't bring an instrument, but I'm a Renaissance minstrel.) "A renna-w...