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- Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:37 pm
- Forum: WoodCraft
- Topic: Anyone cook a goose over their fire?
- Replies: 6
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Anyone cook a goose over their fire?
It might be time for some variety this year. :mrgreen: .We've got a couple extra geese in the freezer, and I'm cooking out on a campfire for some folks in a couple nights. I'm thinking of pulling out a goose, letting it thaw, then either roasting on a spit, sticking it in a dutch oven, or setting it...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: gambeson / jacks and water?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14757
gambeson / jacks and water?
I just finished a walnut dye session, and it got me wondering - padded linen/wool armor has a lot of layers... and that much cloth can soak up a just ridiculously heavy amount of water. So for those of you who wear things these as part of your kit... does weather present a problem for you? Do you wa...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:04 pm
- Forum: The Prancing Pony
- Topic: Happy birthday Barandir!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17927
Re: Happy birthday Barandir!
Happy Birthday!!
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:54 pm
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 19693
Re: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
First - as to your critics. Llove him or hate him, Old Teddy was right about this - It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face ...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Point of Curiosity, re: Snapsacks/Knapsacks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6776
Re: Point of Curiosity, re: Snapsacks/Knapsacks
... interesting! Whereabouts in the midlands, may I ask?
Some while ago Albion's Seed went into great detail about the regional origin of the New Englanders of the late 18th c. -
Any chance your word came from that "to New England" region?
Some while ago Albion's Seed went into great detail about the regional origin of the New Englanders of the late 18th c. -
Any chance your word came from that "to New England" region?
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 11:01 am
- Forum: MER Websites Talk
- Topic: Just Fixed the wiki
- Replies: 4
- Views: 19693
Re: Just Fixed the wiki
thank you!
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's everyone working on?
- Replies: 207
- Views: 488341
Re: What's everyone working on?
ForgeCorvus, good eye! You're right, it's a reproduction canteen for the American Civil War era - it came covered in that wool, and was carried that way in period as well. This one's a cheat though - it has a stainless steel body, since real tinware can rust so easily. I'm not MERS-picky about every...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's everyone working on?
- Replies: 207
- Views: 488341
Re: What's everyone working on?
I've gotten hardly anything done at all this year - there have been far too many commitments for much fun. :( I did manage to wrap up that Mark Baker inspired "knapsack from a converted haversack body" though, and got out into the forest with that and some other old-timey toys: merf-18thc-...
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:06 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Greetings!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13148
Re: Greetings!
Well met!
... do you have a particular location or culture of interest yet?
... do you have a particular location or culture of interest yet?
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:43 pm
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Good enough for the common man
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7398
Re: Good enough for the common man
Oh, ABSOLUTELY have a go! That is the most awesome thing - and I promise, every single photo of the very best handwork you see comes from someone who started from scratch, just like you. In fact, I suspect in this we're more like those denizens of Eriador than the pieceworkers Tod talks about in his...
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:00 am
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Good enough for the common man
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7398
Re: Good enough for the common man
Hunh. A bit of this is counter-intuitive. Tons of work goes into tanning a hide or weaving a bolt of wool - then at the very last step its finally time to be lazy and do a slip-shod job? I get that the archaeological record shows but it shows, but I can't help but think we're missing something. The ...
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 2:08 am
- Forum: Getting Started
- Topic: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
- Replies: 8
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Re: Dúnadan Ranger Illustrated Kit By Layers
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SO VERY MUCH!!!! I especially like the little stitching touches like that square under the dude's neck slit that show you've actually made and worn this stuff. :) I also really like that gal's tunic with the arc motif at her sleeves - classy! I have thoughts on the undergarment...
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:47 am
- Forum: Human Culture(s)
- Topic: Man of the Greyflood - c. S.A. 850: KIT
- Replies: 16
- Views: 21539
Re: Man of the Greyflood - c. S.A. 850: KIT
That is just exquisitely done.
I love love love that you're off exploring all the nooks and crannies we don't see much of.
... pardon if you've talked about it and I've missed it - but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the Drúedain. They seem very much akin with your spirit.
I love love love that you're off exploring all the nooks and crannies we don't see much of.
... pardon if you've talked about it and I've missed it - but I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the Drúedain. They seem very much akin with your spirit.
Re: Treasure!
SO COOL
I think Gulli's rendition of Middle-earth aesthetics grows on me more every time I see his work - for points east of the Misty Mountains especially.
I think Gulli's rendition of Middle-earth aesthetics grows on me more every time I see his work - for points east of the Misty Mountains especially.
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:23 pm
- Forum: Middle-earth Reenactment Society
- Topic: Summer 2023 now available!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10046
Re: Summer 2023 now available!
(belatedly) - awesome and thank you!
Gah. I need to finally do a proper MERS-worthy thing to.
Next year for sure.
Gah. I need to finally do a proper MERS-worthy thing to.
Next year for sure.