When I typed that last post in this thread, I had pretty much that exact image in my head.
Or, at the very least, an image of a band of orcs finding me purely due to the smell of coffee that's sure to follow me for a few months after staining the handle.
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- Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:16 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: New Hatchet Project
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15898
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:56 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: New Hatchet Project
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15898
Re: New Hatchet Project
Didn't come lacquered, oddly enough.
Like the coffee idea, though. Out in the woods, "the best part of wakin' up" can be my hatchet...
Like the coffee idea, though. Out in the woods, "the best part of wakin' up" can be my hatchet...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:33 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: New Hatchet Project
- Replies: 11
- Views: 15898
Re: New Hatchet Project
Finished! I was throwing my hatchet the other day, and the 60+ year-old handle on this sucker split straight up the middle. Saw it coming. So now I've got a fresh haft on it, straight from Ace hardware. I bought the wrong size on purpose (too big) and sanded the top end down. The one that would've f...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:23 am
- Forum: WMA / NMA
- Topic: Post your sparring gear: Livesteel, wasters, shinai, boffers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10010
Post your sparring gear: Livesteel, wasters, shinai, boffers
Whatever you use, post it here! Give us some ideas on what we can use for various weapons practice. I, myself, have been looking for a good sparring equivalent for my hatchet. Here's my shinai, in its latest configuration. Tennis racquet rubber grip wrap over the standard sheepskin, duct tape wrappe...
- Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:00 am
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: reduced price items for sale, lots of pics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11974
Re: items for sale, lots of pics
Great looking stuff, but I'm gonna be good. I think this'd be a perfect opportunity for some of the newer members of our hobby to grab some awesome, super-cheap kit items...I'll let someone else snag these.
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:36 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Almost finished haversack
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10071
Re: Almost finished haversack
Great work! This is perfect evidence to anyone on the fence about making their own stuff or buying, that ANYthing can be made AWESOME with ANYTHING you've got available.
Props.
Props.
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:31 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Something I'd forgotten
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6937
Re: Something I'd forgotten
THE CHAIR!!!
Great work, as always! Where'd you get those brass tacks? They look gorgeous on those leather covers...
Great work, as always! Where'd you get those brass tacks? They look gorgeous on those leather covers...
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:15 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: New Bag/Haversack Design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6976
Re: New Bag/Haversack Design
Three cheers for comfort and function!
- Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:14 pm
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: My first go at Leather engraving
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18796
Re: My first go at Leather engraving
Dremels = Awesome. I'm using one right now to finish off a blowing horn I'm making for Eric...the one tool the elves never got around to making!
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:25 am
- Forum: The Bard's Stage
- Topic: The Besting of the Barrow-wight, a poem
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13291
Re: The Besting of the Barrow-wight, a poem
Most excellent, my good sir.
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:33 am
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Small kit update and some projects (updated w/ pics)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16209
Re: Small kit update and some projects
Well done! Very nice stuff. Bonus points for including a yardstick...and outdoing it!
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:32 am
- Forum: Crafts & Skills
- Topic: Stupid question.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4220
Re: Stupid question.
I'd say, if you don't need it cut in half, but rather need ONE piece that's 1/2" thick, I'd say go find a friend with a planer.
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:49 am
- Forum: Weapons & Armour
- Topic: New Sword from micheal Pikula
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13361
Re: New Sword from micheal Pikula
Wow...what a pretty blade! Heck, I'd take that table she's laying on!
- Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:55 pm
- Forum: WMA / NMA
- Topic: "Rolling" with the shield
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13683
Re: "Rolling" with the shield
Cool beans; thanks!
- Sat Jul 24, 2010 3:30 am
- Forum: Dunedain Culture
- Topic: Any and All Fantasy Fiction Book Discussion
- Replies: 61
- Views: 67346
Re: Some required reading regarding the vertically challenged...
This conversation is getting a little more hairy than anticipated...