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- Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Middle Earth brewing
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11882
Re: Middle Earth brewing
Greetings fellow wanderers! I started brewing ales, meads and ciders... recently I made Dwarven stout. It's a smoked oatmeal stout with peppercorns. I call it HRUM, which is soot in old English. I am wondering shat other types of ales would you associate with different cultures? I am thinking brown...
Re: Treasure!
I do love the ShirePost offerings, and have collected them (at least the ME stuff) for many years now. I even have some real gold coins from BitD when those were offered, along with some of the very first coins that were made from the early, acid etched (?) dies - very different from his later stuff.
- Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:11 am
- Forum: Middle-earth Reenactment Society
- Topic: Summer 2021 available now!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12380
Re: Summer 2021 available now!
I noted this bit in the article on Dunadain blade design: "Of particular note is the karma helmet shown above (dated March 1960), “made of overlap-ping enamelled plates of metal, the 'fish-crest' of leather embossed and coloured” which looks like something from the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze ...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:28 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: So, I got a log...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 13412
Re: So, I got a log...
My question as well. I assume you will try to burn it, which is I believe is historically correct for this sort of thing(?)Peter Remling wrote:Burn or chisel ?
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Copper-based alloys... bronzes and brasses etc.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 19637
Re: Copper-based alloys... bronzes and brasses etc.
This is a very useful little thread, by the way. I'd always wondered what "nickel silver" is - thanks for the clarification. As an aside, I seem to recall that medieval brasses tended to range from 10-30% Zn (corresponding to the "Commercial Bronze" you mentioned all the way to m...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:23 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Cawood-Korsødegården inspired sword
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6785
Re: Cawood-Korsødegården inspired sword
Awesome work, and coins in the pommel is nice idea :P Thanks! This sort of thing was not common in the Middle Ages, but is nevertheless documented, in particular a c.1400 arming sword that had an inset copper coin depicting the Duke of Urbino. Other swords, such as that of Edward III from around 13...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:17 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Cawood-Korsødegården inspired sword
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6785
Cawood-Korsødegården inspired sword
So here is a rehilted Late Viking Age sword that used the Del Tin 5120, which is based closely on the find from Cawood, as a starting point. The pommel was extensively reshaped to capture the boat like shape of the original, and the grip replaced with one inspired by the Korsødegården find, though...
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:12 am
- Forum: Human Culture(s)
- Topic: Twelve Silver Pennies: coins of the Breelands
- Replies: 15
- Views: 26907
Re: Twelve Silver Pennies: coins of the Breelands
Finally: I'm sorry, but I can't sell them. Our very own Wil Whitfoot has paid dearly for the license to produce coins of Middle-earth, and I can't in good conscience infringe on a right he's paid (I assume dearly) for. That said, I'm sure these trinkets will find their way into the occasional Yule ...
- Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:09 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Why Was There No Guard On A Gladius?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18690
Re: Why Was There No Guard On A Gladius?
Why was there no guard on a gladius? I realize it was primarily designed for use with a shield and not really for blade-to-blade contact, but it is a cheap enough addition and doesn't weigh anything. Any thoughts? Actually, ALL swords prior to c. 1100 or so did not have meaningful guards, and prior...
- Wed Nov 25, 2015 4:42 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Windlass Warbrand re-released
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14186
Re: Windlass Warbrand re-released
Hey all, figured I'd give you guys a heads up on a neat and inexpensive blade. Windlass discontinued it years and years ago (as is their standard practice) and I've been trying to get a hold of one since. Very hard to come by on the used market...I've seen maybe 2 for sale in the last 7 or so years...
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:58 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Leaf Spring Swords
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20277
Re: Leaf Spring Swords
I was taught by my master...I took a couple of formal courses on smithing and bladesmithing, otherwise I was self-taught. In any case, he would have me heat them to a bright orange heat, cut with a hardy, bend over, bring to a welding heat, forge weld, and so on. Did this a few times. then bring it...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 6:26 pm
- Forum: Hard Kit
- Topic: Shire Post mint gets authorization
- Replies: 29
- Views: 37262
Re: Shire Post mint gets authorization
I've collected Tom Maringer's Middle Earth coins for years, and have some of his very earliest releases that used crude acid etched dies. I also have some very limited run mintages of certain coins as well (for example, I have two of the three gold Morgoth coins in existence; there is a story behind...
- Thu May 01, 2014 2:15 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Cold steel seconds
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18153
Re: Cold steel seconds
How does one go about shaping the blade into a seax or elven hunting knife? I'm interested in trying a project like this. Hacksaw, files, and sandpaper of various grits, at a minimum. A bench grinder and belt sander can certainly help by speeding things up. And thanks, folks, for posting this sale....
- Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:51 pm
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: Cold steel seconds
- Replies: 13
- Views: 18153
Re: Cold steel seconds
How does one go about shaping the blade into a seax or elven hunting knife? I'm interested in trying a project like this. Hacksaw, files, and sandpaper of various grits, at a minimum. A bench grinder and belt sander can certainly help by speeding things up. And thanks, folks, for posting this sale....
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:16 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: New Finds- Please read the first post before replying
- Replies: 238
- Views: 179511
Re: New Finds- Please read the first post before replying
SBG was having some problems with their new migration, so that might be the case. I'd suggest you try again. I'll say they're having problems! For a brief time over the last couple days I was able to get on, but not able to register. Now I find that once again they're offline. *sigh* Turns out I am...