That first blade is extremely tempting.

Curses.

*hunches over penny jar and starts counting*

I'll get back to you soon. I really want that thing.

If it means anything, Greg seems to like it.

Nah...that doesn't mean anything. In fact, it might keep some folks from reading it...

In the extended edition, Sam DOES go back home, and he says the iconic "I'm back."

HOWEVER, the biggest beef I had with all the movies was the lack of the Grey Company. I voted for a few, certainly, but MAN oh MAN, I was mad that I didn't get my Halbarad & Co. fix.

Sam, I actually kinda wish I had the one you have. Mine has a bit of a frame built into it, and looks a bit less Middle-Earth appropriate than yours does. Mine is still the S&P green, but the underside where the straps are is different. I swear, I'm gonna get you those closer pics of my pack tha...

If you're keeping a training manual, you might also consider (once you move on to working on accuracy) to use the last few pages of your journal to draw random patterns of the groups you're shooting, with dates and distances, to monitor your progress. It's fun and encouraging to see improvement, so ...

WOO HOO NEW BOWS! For starters, go join tradgang.com, go into the shooter's forum, and read the thread titled "Terry's Form Clock" and just about every other post by Terry Green. The man is a consistency machine, and he's the king of back tension (another thing to look up.) Look up some of...

Those how-tos make me happy. Dag nabbit, I have too many projects to be working on to start another one. Thank god I don't have any blades without scabbards right now, or I'd be off to the hardware store already...

My Fiance's brother's a tow truck driver, so he gets all kinds of random junk from totaled cars that never get picked up, etc. He inherited a 90-lb Everlast heavy bag about 6 months ago, but no longer has anywhere to hang it, so since I've got a new place, I'm hanging it off the corner of my little ...

I second Elegost; well written. Don't know how I missed this before.

I did the same, though my grey cloak is rectangular, so it only used one blanket for the body plus scraps from another for the hood, but the result is the same: cheapest wool cloak possible, from an Army Surplus store wool blanket. And, if I'm feeling patriotic, it says "U.S." in blocky bl...

Cool link, Ken! And I agree...Frothgar's gone into enough detail on his kit items to rival Andy's collection of information/research. As for that page, nobody's posted on it since 2005, but I posted a comment anyway, with a link to our forum, in case anyone's curious. I think I'm gonna go out on a l...

Hayooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Loving the site revamp, David. EalGyd is gorgeous, by the way.

Well done, as always.

I set up Dave's account a few days ago, so today I logged onto it since he hasn't set his own password for it apart from the one I gave him, and he doesn't have an "add album" button, nor does it appear that he can add photos to the existing one. Uhhhh...Jack? I'm in over my head! Dave, ca...