Items needed: 1/2" plywood- slightly larger then the blade of your sword paneling- two pieces slightly larger than the blade of your sword Sherpa(synthetic sheepskin) or actual sheepskin- 2 pcs the same size as your blade leather hide -slightly larger than your blade -2 pcs Tools needed: markin...

A quick leather project for those of you with some small craft size pieces of 2-3 oz leather laying around. As Andy pointed out when the first discussion of water carrying devices occured on the Meranger site. The hobbits carried their water in bottles, one would assume they were leather covered to ...

Cedric, very nice video. Could you give us some stats of the size of the course ?

By the way, Welcome Aboard !

The subject got me to thinking about how a quill pen was cut and sharpened so I looked it up and found this site, seems useful

http://www.flick.com/~liralen/quills/quills.html

I've read in some books that both dried mosses and clean rags were used depending on the time frame and culture. The use of old cloth is obvious but the use of dried mosses stuck in my mind as other sources have mentioned certain mosses as having clotting capabilities and others having antiseptic qu...

Throughout Colonial and well past the Civil War era, powdered ink was used. The ink was placed in your ink well, a little water was added and away you go. Powdered ink can still be orderd from many reenactment suppliers. I believe Jas Townsend & Sons is one of them. www.jas-townsend.com I just c...

I don't think it would make a real difference. True lye soap has no non-biodegradable ingredients. Just boil tallow (animal fat) add wood ash and keep boiling until it starts to solidify. Even if you lost your lye soap in a stream it would break down to it's base components quickly and none of which...

Just bathing with water and soap (primitive lye soap generally has no scent added) should be sufficient. You can make a primitive soap by boiling tallow and adding wood ash. Fabrics can carry a lot of scenst too. Think about your shirt the next day after going to a bar where smoking is allowed. Carr...

My last post was my 50th and I went from" Wanderer " to "Silent Watcher over the Peaceful Lands".

I'm not exactly silent am I ?

A horn comb, the type with not only a side for normal hair combing but one with a very fine close comb for lice and fleas. Some dried mint sprigs for getting rid of morning breath. Breaking open small twigs and useing them to clean one's teeth. A coarse cloth for scrubing skin free of dirt and dried...

Welcome Home Andy !

I forgot, I included some pigskin, it's maroon. If you hold it up to the light you'll see all the perforations.

Rabbit with hair on is a pain to sew together. It's very hot in the summer and will add a lot of bulk to your shoe/boot. I shipped out a package to you on Monday, you should have it Thurs or Friday. There is several pieces large enough to line your boots in it. I believe there is some lambskin, a sm...

Chris: I just remembered something that would decrease the risk of a tent fire. The topic was unrelated to camping but the info could be used. Twenty some-odd years ago, my wife and I went to Williamsburg, in the summer. While inside one of the houses watching the costumed staff walk around in long ...

Some moc makers use a piece of conveyor belt material. I believe it's a impregnated cloth based material. Some also offer a rubber sole. At least one of the top moc makers sells soles separately as even their footwear needs to be resoled periodically. Check Sodhoppers, Catskill Mt and any of the oth...