I think even the presence of mills needn't be a prerequisite - people have been playing with weaving patterns for a loooooooong time. Well back into the weighted-warp loom era, certainly! I was quite surprised digging into iron age stuff to see just how common things like twills, herringbones, and s...

THIS LOOKS AMAZING THANK YOU!!

I can't wait to sit down tonight and give it a proper read.

Offhand, I think an open-front, short sleeve tunic / long vest such as Ringulf has here might work:

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Perhaps with tablet-woven trim rather than fur?

Well, the houndstooth weave is certainly old enough to be pre-medieval: The oldest known occurrence of houndstooth is the Gerum Cloak[3], a garment uncovered in a Swedish peat bog, dated to between 360 and 100 BC.[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houndstooth#Design_and_history https://historiska.se/...

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Cool! That's nicely thought out! I can't help but like external wood frame packs for Dwarves, but confess I don't recall the reference. Am I just imagining things based on a vague memory of the Professor's doodles, or does he actually go into detail in the Hobbit somewhere I'm missing? The walking a...

Very cool!

I assume you made all those hangers for your goodies as well? It looks awesome!

Do you think you might ever "Dwarf-ify" your sword as well? Or are you leaving it as is?

By chance did you have him do the engraving to the pommel that you had in your concept? No engraving - at first that was just because I hadn't come up with anything I really liked, and couldn't spare the time to keep working on the problem. Now I'm grateful we didn't go down that road. The unadorne...

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Does it come in longsword size lol?

Something in this direction perhaps?



Source images:
Albion Squire "Late 13th c. Greatsword"
Albion Stamford for hilt furniture

He is amazing. :) And very good point on the "common persona" observation, Greg. I confess I'd not thought about that at the time, but I'm quite happy that's how it turned out. If/when you request work from Odigan yourself: are you thinking a new sword entirely, or rehilting your Bristol? ...

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So you may remember some time back we discussed “ What do you look for in a Ranger sword? ” At the time I’d just finished a re-read of the books, with a mind to trying to picture the material culture going off the tone of the text. Batting that cultural feel around with the practical experience of b...