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- Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:21 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Antler as a knife handle material
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6786
Re: Antler as a knife handle material
The only thought I have to add about the suitability of antler as a knife hilt material, really, is that in many places during the Middle Ages, the hunting of deer was a strictly regulated practice, so things like antler and deerskin, etc. might reasonably be considered either, A: status symbols, or...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 4:23 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: MERF Random Adventure Pictures
- Replies: 545
- Views: 475125
Re: MERF Random Adventure Pictures
Just posted a little more in-depth about this over on the FB group, but I figured I’d share a few pics here as well! Last Sunday we visited one of my favorite haunts: Three Mile Creek Trail near the town of Grant, CO, and Guanella pass, which is always just an absolutely gorgeous experience! We did ...
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 2:03 am
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Good enough for the common man
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7543
Re: Good enough for the common man
Love this video! I watched it a couple months ago and it has been very close to the front of my mind ever since. In that time I’ve started working for a somewhat prominent high-end leather workshop that sells at several Renaissance festivals around the country, and I have found myself quoting and pa...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Re-creation, re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10037
Re: Re-creation, re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay...
Well this is interesting - check out what was posted to the Tolkien Cosplayers Facebook group today by someone with Tolkien Days in Germany! Think they’ve been haunting the forums here, or just a coincidence?
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Re-creation, re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10037
Re: Re-creation, re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay...
Thanks Andy! And I must say, that’s all extremely well articulated as well! The difference you describe between “reenactment” and “re-creation” also completely makes sense to me in that context - thanks for the clarification there!
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Re-creation, re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10037
Re: Re-creation, re-enactment, LARP and Cosplay...
**EDITED to include the Instagram stories as plain text instead of images - hopefully it’s less intrusive this way!** This is a big, big question - and it’s a subject I have put a LOT of thought into over the years. I have come close to posting my thoughts publicly many times, but in the end I have ...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:58 am
- Forum: The Prancing Pony
- Topic: Greetings from Rurik
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14841
Re: Greetings from Rurik
Rurik of Esgaroth, at your service. I'm guessing the Pony is the place to introduce myself. A fan of The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings for some 55+ years, ever since I read the first chapter in a childrens edition. Not a Middle Earth expert by any means - I did read The Silmarillion and Unfinish...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 4:52 pm
- Forum: The Prancing Pony
- Topic: Manveruon Happy Naming Day
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10233
Re: Manveruon Happy Naming Day
Thanks folks! According to Monty Python, I am officially “not old” today!
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 5:51 pm
- Forum: Middle-earth Reenactment Society
- Topic: Wow
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11134
Re: Wow
I read all the newsletters yesterday. That was my second time through. It is simply amazing how much work Greg and the others at MERS put into creating their parameters for the accurate re-creation of Middle-earth. The research, organization and the passing of knowledge, all top notch. My efforts p...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Arrow deflection
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4325
Re: Arrow deflection
You’ve got an excellent point there, Andy! I’ve seen some arrows deflect in some truly bizarre directions when shooting outdoors! In a scenario like the one you’re describing, I feel like the fact that bows and arrows are an awful lot less noisy than firearms just makes it all the more difficult to ...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:31 pm
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Ranger camp axe project
- Replies: 6
- Views: 23135
Re: Ranger camp axe project
That came out beautifully! And I’m with Greg; the whole final result of regrinding the head is simply gorgeous! Well done!
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:28 pm
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Ranger camp axe blade cover
- Replies: 5
- Views: 66886
Re: Ranger camp axe blade cover
That’s some seriously beautiful leatherwork!
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19842
Re: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
Thanks so much, folks! This has been a long, long labor of love, as I’m sure many here are aware, and I’m really proud of how everything turned out! I’m also playing around with some illustrations of alternative Dúnedain kits - one set geared more towards civilian life, as an example of the more eve...
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:19 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19842
Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
Okay, so this has been a LOOOOOONG time coming, but I wanted to make a full, dedicated post here with each of the individual illustrations from my Ranger-by-Layers project, laid out in order! It’s still technically something of a work-in-progress, and eventually I would like to create a full-color v...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hard drinks in Middle Earth
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9766
Re: Hard drinks in Middle Earth
Good catch on the moonshine reference! I had entirely forgotten about that throw-away line! Had to go look it up to remind myself! Of course, one could perhaps interpret that as a sort of fanciful interpretation by the translator (like a good many things in the Hobbit, for example), but if anyone in...