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- Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:30 am
- Forum: Human Culture(s)
- Topic: Lets talk Eorlingas.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25471
Re: Lets talk Eorlingas.
I love the helm, Eofor. It really captures the cultural feel of the Rohirrim while seeming realistic and not too heavily ornamented for a commoner to own/wear.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:27 am
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Pemmican - Food for thought
- Replies: 4
- Views: 12220
Re: Pemmican - Food for thought
When I was working as a butcher, we actually made and sold several batches of pemmican, and I even took some camping on a bachelor party trip as some good snack food. We added dried fruit to ours, and while I have seen others say that affects the shelf life of the pemmican, that makes zero sense to ...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:09 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Minyacálë - Numenorean Eket (Process Thread)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23471
Re: Minyacálë - Numenorean Eket (Process Thread)
I love the direction this project is taking aesthetically! Btw I definitely envision the eket to be a blade not dissimilar to a Swiss degen, kind of long for a knife but kind of short for a sword. I actually own a coustille from their production run with Kult of Athena, and can definitely vouch for ...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:58 am
- Forum: Dwarven Culture
- Topic: Design for Dwarf Seax
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20117
Re: Design for Dwarf Seax
I’ve been thinking a lot about Dwarven design motifs lately, and how much I love the geometric hard-angles that Weta leaned into, but how I also love a lot of more intricate intertwining Norse and Saxon influenced designs, and in the end I think I’ve begun to form an idea of Dwarven aesthetics that...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:51 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: On Ekets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 14869
Re: On Ekets
I was thinking maybe something like a cinquedea? Wide and elegant. I know its rennaisance era, but I think it could fit. Since the cinquedea was itself inspired by blades from antiquity (particularly Greek blades), I feel like this would be an excellent comparison! I myself envision the eket as som...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:39 am
- Forum: Middle-earth Reenactment Society
- Topic: "Unpacked" Video Series
- Replies: 57
- Views: 110772
Re: "Unpacked" Video Series
The video popped up on my Recommended page a couple hours after it dropped. Udwin, I loved this video! can't wait to see a pack video!
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Inns of Middle Earth
- Replies: 40
- Views: 40925
Re: Inns of Middle Earth
This is incredible!
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:40 am
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Two Tod Cutler knives to try out
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7231
Re: Two Tod Cutler knives to try out
Nice! Thank you for your experience with his stuff. I just recently received both of these, and while the edge bevel on the dagger is a little steeper than I usually put on my working knives, it was very easy to get it shaving sharp and it takes curls from wood very well! The seax I got came unsharp...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:29 am
- Forum: WoodCraft
- Topic: Anyone cook a goose over their fire?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15830
Re: Anyone cook a goose over their fire?
Never done a goose over a fire but I've done chickens over hot coals! We coal-roasted relatively small chickens at one of the farm to table restaurants I've worked at and it turned out pretty well! Idk how different goose fat is to duck fat but if you can get some of the excess fat that usually hang...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Elvish Culture
- Topic: White Handled Knife
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24964
Re: White Handled Knife
I've always envisioned a more graceful version of a bauernwehr or rugger as Legolas' sidearm. Something with maybe a 12-16 inch blade, but lacking the guard structure of a smaller messer. I also don't really like the visuals of a traditional nagel for elven design, so I usually imagine it with a sim...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: The Prancing Pony
- Topic: Happy birthday Barandir!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17589
Re: Happy birthday Barandir!
Aw thanks guys! I just got my wifi set up in my new place yesterday lol so I just saw this.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: gambeson / jacks and water?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14494
Re: gambeson / jacks and water?
I actually was wondering this a while back and would like to know the answer as well.
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: New Kingston Arms swords!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11921
Re: New Kingston Arms swords!
I have the regular one. The attachment goes with the Ken Onion one
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:02 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: New Kingston Arms swords!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11921
Re: New Kingston Arms swords!
Andy I agree with your assessment on training with your blade of choice, I currently don’t have a school but want to get into it once I sort out some other life priorities. As for sharpening sword sized blades, I actually have no experience doing so. I have extensive experience sharpening my own kni...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:45 pm
- Forum: Human Culture(s)
- Topic: Lets talk Eorlingas.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25471
Re: Lets talk Eorlingas.
Thank you! It’s all entry level soft kit. I have plans to update my pants and surcoat/jerkin to dyed braintan, but I need to move and get settled in a new job first. There’s also a pair of boots I’ve got my eye on to update mine at some point as well.