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by Will Whitfoot
Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Treasures in the mountains! Coin-caches.
Replies: 38
Views: 50519

Re: Treasures in the mountains! Coin-caches.

So... just wondering if anybody has gone up there to look for this? There is another one in the Ruby Range in NE Nevada. I plan to go out that way again this summer, and if they are not found by then, I plan to retrieve them myself and re-cache in even more difficult locations. Just so you know... ...
by Will Whitfoot
Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Treasures in the mountains! Coin-caches.
Replies: 38
Views: 50519

Re: Treasures in the mountains! Coin-caches.

Get to Silverton, go up the Animas River canyon. Past Eureka you will need 4wd. You can get up onto the shoulder of Treasure Mountain either from the Picayne Gulch Road on the south side, or via Placer Gulch on the North. Placer Gulch has a very interesting restored mill building you can tour. (fre...
by Will Whitfoot
Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: found this floating around on FB
Replies: 10
Views: 16763

Re: found this floating around on FB

Imagine... if somebody who was very serious about the Lord's Prayer bought that and then later found out what it REALLY SAYS... they'd be upset! "Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,: ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul."

I mean... you don't just hear that every day...
by Will Whitfoot
Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Treasures in the mountains! Coin-caches.
Replies: 38
Views: 50519

Re: Treasures in the mountains! Coin-caches.

Get to Silverton, go up the Animas River canyon. Past Eureka you will need 4wd. You can get up onto the shoulder of Treasure Mountain either from the Picayne Gulch Road on the south side, or via Placer Gulch on the North. Placer Gulch has a very interesting restored mill building you can tour. (fre...
by Will Whitfoot
Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: Dunedain Culture
Topic: The cult of Narsil
Replies: 33
Views: 58813

Re: The cult of Narsil

With Japanese swords, broken blades are fairly common... usually broken at or close to the hilt. The usual method of salvaging such a blade is to re-drill the mekugi- hole, shortening the blade by moving the handle up. This preserves the point architecture which is critical. I suspect that in the we...
by Will Whitfoot
Wed Feb 28, 2018 1:44 am
Forum: Dunedain Culture
Topic: The cult of Narsil
Replies: 33
Views: 58813

Re: The cult of Narsil

Is there an aspect of the Cult of Narsil that encompasses its transformation into Anduril? I want to know every minute detail of the process by which the sword was remade. I have a pretty good idea how difficult that would be... far beyond the difficulty of making the entire sword from scratch.
by Will Whitfoot
Fri Feb 23, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.
Replies: 12
Views: 19190

Re: Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.

Interesting proposition, there would have to be another reason for them to be there then a bullet blockade. How about a mentoring position ? This would put them in the schools getting to know the students and potential issues and giving the students the benefit of their knowledge. All the while the...
by Will Whitfoot
Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.
Replies: 12
Views: 19190

Re: Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.

Sigh... and now yet one more in Parkland. Yet I am not in favor of arming teachers. I'm afraid it would be only a matter of time before someone took a teacher's weapon and used it... or a teacher went "postal". (There is a lot of pressure on them) But I think there is a way... and it invol...
by Will Whitfoot
Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Faramir Ranger Gear for Sale.
Replies: 3
Views: 9263

Re: Faramir Ranger Gear for Sale.

Seems like an extremely fair price! Alas that it has been years since I could fit into a 36 waist!
by Will Whitfoot
Tue Feb 13, 2018 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Away to Valinor!
Replies: 22
Views: 30680

Re: Away to Valinor!

May your eyries receive you at journey's end!
by Will Whitfoot
Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:34 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.
Replies: 12
Views: 19190

Re: Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.

When I first started entertaining the idea of going unarmed, it was like a risk-taking adventure. Like going hiking at night without carrying a flashlight, kayaking whitewater without a vest, or rock-climbing without a rope. But as I began to follow this path I noted a lightening of the heart if you...
by Will Whitfoot
Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:30 pm
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.
Replies: 12
Views: 19190

Beyond weapons, choosing to go unarmed.

A topic dear to my heart. Having been in the weapons business for many years and choosing now to go unarmed, both in real life and in cosplay, I find the experience liberating. Quite frankly, I feel safer to "stand down" from being on alert all the time. Perhaps I'm deluding myself and sim...
by Will Whitfoot
Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:12 pm
Forum: Crafts & Skills
Topic: Mithril... what is it and how to find it?
Replies: 11
Views: 20153

Re: Mithril... what is it and how to find it?

I will admit to a metallurgical bias against aluminum (and zinc for that matter). I've seen so much cheap aluminum and cast zinc junk that I have developed a sort of "ethical" bias away from the low-melting-point base metals towards the (as I think if it) upper tier base metals... copper, ...
by Will Whitfoot
Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:36 pm
Forum: Services
Topic: Scabbard Core Services
Replies: 20
Views: 51361

Re: Scabbard Core Services

I spent so many thousands of hours hunched over a 2x72 grinder that I now have permanent degenerative damage to my spine in the C4-C5 region, with nerve pinching. That's the main reason I don't make blades anymore... I just can't do it more than a half-hour or so at a time. I spent two years making ...
by Will Whitfoot
Fri Feb 09, 2018 6:28 pm
Forum: Crafts & Skills
Topic: Mithril... what is it and how to find it?
Replies: 11
Views: 20153

Re: Mithril... what is it and how to find it?

...put that in a big tumbler with some Sunsheen liquid and a couple gallons of stainless steel balls for two or three days and it would brighten right up.