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by Grimolt
Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:19 pm
Forum: Dwarven Culture
Topic: Dwarven Bounder?
Replies: 34
Views: 54311

Re: Dwarven Bounder?

Iodo, I think it just depends on how you prefer to describe things, if that makes sense. For example, when we hear the voice of Tolkien's characters, we are hearing them translated from the languages they were speaking in their world, into the language we understand. So, when Tolkien as the translat...
by Grimolt
Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:55 pm
Forum: Dwarven Culture
Topic: Dwarven Bounder?
Replies: 34
Views: 54311

Re: Dwarven Bounder?

I agree with Peter, Tolkien mentions bounders at the beginning of the Fellowship, in "The shadow of the past", during a conversation at The Green Dragon at Bywater. My impression is that bounders are a kind of hobbit border patrol group. At least they turn away people (or other creatures) ...
by Grimolt
Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:06 pm
Forum: WMA / NMA
Topic: Conducting reconnaissance; a multiple part post.
Replies: 3
Views: 11003

Conducting reconnaissance; a multiple part post.

Greetings all, I've been thinking about what I could share with the forum that might not have already been thoroughly discussed, and have settled here. I didn't want to just launch into a sort of class on how to conduct reconnaissance without examining what the forum had in it's collective memory re...
by Grimolt
Thu Aug 09, 2018 6:28 am
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: concerning cloaks...
Replies: 6
Views: 12438

Re: concerning cloaks...

Roac, I can speak to the poncho/woobie thought a bit. I spent many years with those pieces of gear constantly in my rucksack, and outside of basic training never used my poncho as a piece of wet-weather gear (because it sucked, I always ended up wet anyway, so might as well not be all flippety-flapp...
by Grimolt
Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:20 am
Forum: The Bard's Stage
Topic: Ranger oaths and other items of interest
Replies: 36
Views: 60510

Re: Ranger oaths and other items of interest

Here is the oath of Fëanor, from "Morgoth's Ring". This might also provide a fine base for other oaths. “Be he foe or friend, be he foul or clean Brood of Morgoth or bright Vala, Elda or Maia or aftercomer, Man yet unborn upon Middle-earth, Neither law, nor love, nor league of swords, D...
by Grimolt
Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:02 am
Forum: Weapons & Armour
Topic: 3rd Age longsword scabbard
Replies: 12
Views: 18106

Re: 3rd Age longsword scabbard

You could put a really beautiful cap on the butt of that knife without too much trouble, but how useful it might be even for crushing nuts or used as an improvised pestle would depend on how you secure it and what kind of shape you put to it. Depending on how you attach it, you might need to shorten...
by Grimolt
Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:43 am
Forum: Soft Kit
Topic: Current thoughts on "Ranger" boots?
Replies: 16
Views: 26046

Re: Current thoughts on "Ranger" boots?

I've had over the knee cavalier boots that had really pointy toes, and I used to fence in them and such. I can tell you that I agree completely with your decision to move away from pointy toes...not easy to run in for sure. Those boots had a spine up the back (kind of like the ones in the photo), an...
by Grimolt
Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:59 am
Forum: Hard Kit
Topic: knife sheath attatchments - what's your favorite?
Replies: 15
Views: 24401

Re: knife sheath attatchments - what's your favorite?

I agree...looks great, and keeps the weapon secure. Win/win!

V/r
Grimolt
by Grimolt
Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dwarven Hair Cutting Techniques?
Replies: 1
Views: 5449

Re: Dwarven Hair Cutting Techniques?

"Fili! Get over here!" he called out. Out of the side of his beard he quietly said, "Hey Bombur, hold my tankard and watch this..."
by Grimolt
Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:31 pm
Forum: Dwarven Culture
Topic: An Adventure in Dwarven Summer Kit – Pic Heavy
Replies: 9
Views: 21722

Re: An Adventure in Dwarven Summer Kit – Pic Heavy

Your geo-cache clue looks to be a short walk south from the Barns at Alderlee. Looks like a beautiful area to tramp around in!

Looks like you had a great time, I'm very inspired to get out and do a bit of rambling myself. Thank you!

Very respectfully,
Grimolt
by Grimolt
Mon Jul 23, 2018 1:40 am
Forum: WMA / NMA
Topic: Ranger patrol tactics
Replies: 16
Views: 33824

Re: Ranger patrol tactics

Elleth, Thank you for posting the Michael Martinez article links, that opened a resource to me that I was not previously aware of. (Bow) I have a sneaking suspicion that Tolkien's ideas about how sparse the Dúnedain population in the North was involved several different factors. First the Dúnedain...
by Grimolt
Sun Jul 22, 2018 5:50 am
Forum: WMA / NMA
Topic: Ranger patrol tactics
Replies: 16
Views: 33824

Re: Ranger patrol tactics

Kortoso, While arrows are quiet, people (and other creatures) more often than not don't die quietly. I'm afraid that Tolkien would have known that all too well. At least, that was where my mind went regarding what Haldir was referring to, I could very well be missing the mark. However, when a Galadr...
by Grimolt
Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:47 pm
Forum: WMA / NMA
Topic: Ranger patrol tactics
Replies: 16
Views: 33824

Re: Ranger patrol tactics

Kortoso, I was giving Elleth's idea some thought. To only be able to gather thirty men for a mission of that importance implies it seems either an extremely sparse population, or very heavy commitments elsewhere I realized that I was thinking at the problem in a myopic and self-oriented way. And tha...
by Grimolt
Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:58 pm
Forum: WMA / NMA
Topic: Ranger patrol tactics
Replies: 16
Views: 33824

Re: Ranger patrol tactics

Elleth, I think that regarding the Grey Company, or any of the Rangers in the North, the analogy of a colonial muster is way closer to their organization than that of the military unit of the Rangers in Ithilien. Even then, it's a bit on the iffy side in my opinion. The way that Tolkien writes of th...
by Grimolt
Wed Jul 18, 2018 6:07 am
Forum: WMA / NMA
Topic: Ranger patrol tactics
Replies: 16
Views: 33824

Re: Ranger patrol tactics

My apologies for waking a long sleeping post, I hope that you will forgive me for any incivility. I feel that I can competently shed some light on relatively current US Army doctrine regarding recon/patrolling tactics, techniques, and procedures. I served (got out in March 2015) as a RSTA Cavalry Sc...