Oh my word caedmon, that's gorgeous! I love it!!!!
In your final piece, will the detail be raised or inscribed?

Also, thank you so much for the molding advice- that's awesome.

SOCOOLICANTWAITTOSEEYOURSDONE!!

Thanks for the caution Scarxik! Anyhow, HA is being really good about customer service: the difficulty may have been that we had a misunderstanding: he thought I meant a 73" BOW not a 73" STRING - so there wasn't much twist. Anyhow, he's remaking them gratis, so I'm really happy with him s...

So far not so good I'm afraid. I got them today, and one popped right in half at the middle the second I strung it to my bow.

We'll see where things go from here.

Hrmm... it's hard to really get total immersion, at least during the day. there's always a contrail overhead, a neighbor's chainsaw or motortoy (I hate those things) going a mile or two off... occasionally the stars line up, but it's harder. Evening though - that's better. Having had the good fortun...

cool!

.. I like the little inset by the toggle. It reminds me of your quiver.

Thanks, Caedmon, it's easy to see the iron under the bronze now. Cool! PS: it looks like at the top of these pictures, there are little loops in iron, that the gadget probably had a lanyard or something attached to it so it didn't go wandering off. Yes that is interesting, good eye. It also solves ...

Oh that is cool!

2002 - what neat age to live in that it's still mostly-current and easily accessible!
I have a vague memory I might have actually read that back in the day. OMG TIME.

Eighty years... how fun would it be to see eleventy-one.

First - oh yes. Asthma and terrible hay fever both. These days both under passable control with medication, but I'm still not running any marathons. Secondly - I love Peter's suggestion of a quarterstaff. Or heck, a spear. Also, even for a Ranger persona I think you're still in fine shape. Wounds di...

AWESOME!


Also.. gah. I gotta bite the bullet and just learn to make boots someday.

Yes, that's the idea. I've tracked down the original find my Gotland repro firesteel is based on to here: kulturarvsdata.se/shm/object/html/448586 ... but there's not a lot of info there. I'm trusting the repro company (admittedly a dicey idea) that the original in question was in fact a firesteel m...

oooooh.... merf-example-pendant-01.jpg https://www.etsy.com/listing/251379720/sterling-silver-pendant-with-large-round That said, lovely as it is I think it's too modern. The tell - just like in ren faire leatherwork - is I think in the hardware. In this case, the jump ring and bail to fasten it to ...

Derp! It's this guy:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/479967814/ ... mish-twist

I confess I'm not professional enough an archer I'd notice a performance difference (probably) - but I do notice the plasticy feel of my current string, so... I figured it'd be worth a shot. We'll see.

Ursus cheats. Being built like a Dunedan, he's got more room to put stuff.