I trained as a smith way back (mid 80's) and I've been doing LARPing and Living History ever since.... Bush forges have fascinated me most of my adult life, that started when I read an article in British Blacksmith about a visiting smith from Togo and just how little gear he needed. It was when I wa...

I'll start off saying Greetings Khazad and welcome Vestri son of Vaali. Our people are on the rise here at least So, a simple bush forge (like this ).... I've never liked bag bellows for solo use (its not so bad if you have a bellows-boy though). If the soil is fairly clay and you don't mind waiting...

I'm interested as to what we agree an Eket is and for that matter, is not (and I didn't want to derail Cevelentir's thread on their Custom piece) So, what I know. Its a Numenorean sidearm with a wide double edged blade between 12 and 18 inches long. What I think its not A leaf bladed short sword lik...

I couldn't remember which one that was.... Now I've had a look I think it would make a great companion for a Type XIV

Thanks Eofor, thats fairly close to my vision (and if I could make image-editing software work thats about what I'd of shown in the OP) For the pommel, I was thinking of a hollow square (set on the diamond) along the lines of the hollow ring used on Gallowglas swords. https://external-content.duckdu...

Exciting project! For what it's worth, Tolkien tells us what the length of an Eket should be: "28 : This was of a kind called eket: a short stabbing sword with a broad blade, pointed and two-edged, from a foot to one and a half feet long." -Unfinished Tales: The Disaster of the Gladden Fi...

Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I know what it is (Late Viking, High status and probably owned by an early Christian..... or at least a 'lip-service' Christian ). I was asking if other people thought the hilt (and specifically the guard) looked different enough to the more standardised "Huma...

Rangers would have need of coinage for their less overt dealings with locals when necessary. I like adding a few extra non coin based trinkets to my purse thinking in the vein of certain groups having need of more than just coin. It all depends where your patrol takes you but I can see the wife of ...

Australia is nickname ground zero, I've literally worked alongside people for over a year and didn't know their real names. Dad was stationed up in "The wet end" for a few years back in the 50's, he told me about it As I mentioned earlier in the thread many of Tolkeins Dwarves take names ...

Me again.

I know that Barron has an older sister (its part of his backstory) and I even decided to name her Gudron, the part I'm up in the air about is weather to she would use her patronym or an Ick-name.

Shes a skilled cutler and married...... But I am at a loss for a good Ick

I'm subscribed to Matt Easton's Youtube channel and I just watched this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyRXMNHt2oU . Its a sword type I'd not seen before, but the first thought that popped into my head is "That hilt looks Dwarvish". I know its not very WETA but I think that sometimes they...

Ah. I see what you're after..... Hunting knife not fighting knife
The third one is a long hunter knife and the first is a gralloching knife (according to the photo captions)

I must admit, in my head Elves lean towards long and slender blades to make the most of their speed and dexterity (and the fact that they have literally Forever to practice). Why smash though a guard when you can just weave around it? https://bladesmithsforum.com/uploads/monthly_06_2014/post-1794-0-...

Theres a Tods Workshop vid on greasing arrowshafts for better penetration.... But I think that test was on shields?
I don't know if a greasy gambeson is less protective then a dry one.
When wet, fabric is harder to cut through. Especially linen or wool.

I suppose theres always paint