I generally dislike this sort of leather breastplates as they usually are a bit on the exaggerating fantasy side, for my taste at least, but this one is pretty awesome! It doesn't seem to restrict movement much either so I don't think it would be a bad choise for a ranger. Bit expensive for me thoug...

the flowing characters of Numenor glinted like fire upon the blade.

Would those be Feanorian characters?
In Numenor Quenya was used on all official documents and king naming but I can't recall if they used tengwar or some sort of runes for the writing

Great topic and research Mirimaran!

I'm with Gareth on this. I'm not much into exotics, other than ebony, especially toxic ones!

Why is that? They're definitely not historically accurate for any period but I'd guess they are better protection than their historical counterparts due to the smaller, welded rings.
I've never handled one of these however so I couldn't know

I've actually made a purchase from "Tod's stuff" brother site "Traditional Materials". I ordered... well... some traditional materials and a couple of blades. All were of great quality, pretty much as described and the blades are well made and hold an edge quite well. Leon Todesc...

I'm pretty much just like you in this one Greg (differentiating only on the fact that I've actually redrawn some Tolkien maps). The idea of making a map of my area has always intrigued me and my only problem was, and is, that I unfortunatelly don't have a particular area. All my excersions are on di...

Was ringmail ever used in history? It's not a very important question since our database is Tolkien's imagination, but it would be a measure of the armour's efficiency something I'm not very confident about. Perhaps a courbuilli coat of plates? Light armour and rather strong for it's weight. I'm not...

I can't wait for that re-vamp, I've gone through your site dozens of times and I'm sure you'll make it even better! I hope all goes well and you return safe. I'd like to make a small statement though. I realise you (not just Andy) come from a nation whose interests and goals you are of course expect...

Quills were most certainly used in Middle Earth since the tengwar alphabet is made to be written with a dip pen (such as a quill), but I don't remember any particular quote of a quill or other type of pen being used in the books :? Inkwells could be made of glass, clay or even horn. The obvious way ...

I have no pair of boots right now, just some simple low mocasines, but I'm thinking of buying a pair of custom boots this summer. There's an island in Greece, Crete, where there are some shoemakers left who actually make wonderful knee-high boots entirely by hand. The design is traditional of the 18...

I haven't had the chance to go outddoors in a long time, so none of my stuff have been tested. The mask, apart from covering some skin, stops the "cloud" your breath makes in cold weather. My clothes aren't ready yet, since I don"t have s sewing machine and I sew everything by hand. I...

Hello, I thought I'd upload some of the stuff I've made or acquired recently. Here they are: Cloak and mask on Woolen mask on Woolen mask Various stuff Fire lighting kit Scrivener's case closed Scrivener's case (with Numenor map!) open Pouch closed Pouch open Tobacco pouch Some clarifications: The c...

Good to know, I had thought of trying that out too.

From what I've seen from Andy's pics camping is allowed (as is the lighting of fire) in public places, like forests, in Germany. Here in Greece however there is a law (?.2160/93) which forbids both camping outside specified PRIVATE camping sites and the lighting of fires throughout the Greek territo...