Taylor Steiner wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:25 am Those are shashkas right?

Yes indeed.

Bottle dueling:
https://youtu.be/91k3QqarcLg

OK, three cuts to the same bottle.
Don't knock it over.

Righto, will be a couple days yet before I can get to it.

Thank you all for your kind words.

RangerofAngmar wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 2:30 am if you could somehow work some silver into that carvings it would be insane

I was planning to enamel some of them, eventually.

Over on the Númenórean design motifs thread, Caedmon had drawn up some nice penannular brooches. With his permission, last month I tackled bringing some of these into reality. I've cast several of these but none are final yet, and I worked this example up with a placeholder pin. The completed versio...

Shot this a while ago but just got a chance to upload it.
I'll probably be sitting out this next round.

Cimrandir wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:57 pm Odigan, pardon the off-topic question but what M.e. culture are you representing here? Do you have a particular persona that you have created?

An itinerant metalsmith, trader, ethnographer, and information broker (among other things), formerly of Dol Amroth.

Greg wrote: Can't wait to see Odigan slaying bottles with a Pack Basket on!

Ask and ye shall receive.

Taylor Steiner wrote: ↑Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:25 am Gimli would be proud. what sword was that?

It's an old first-run MRL Arbedo.

Alrighty, hopefully you'll get a chance to swing some steel soon! I'll put this up tonight so those of you whose weekends are actually on the weekend can get an early start. The objective here was to involve some movement, so you'll begin facing away from the target, and a full passing step distant....

When should I post the next challenge? Two weeks is Tuesday, or do you want to this weekend?

Ursus wrote:I believe that’s an Albion Regent unless I’ve missed my guess.

Your mark is true as your cuts!