Wish these could be mine, but they're out of my price range at the moment.

Only been able to skim over it quickly so far (I'll have give it a good long read later) but it looks great!

Peter Remling wrote:Paul was well known to many of us for a different reason. Paul was a swordsmith who smelted his own ore into ingots and then forged them into some very beautiful swords.

Wow, he must have been a pretty skilled guy.

Peter Remling wrote: This was when the History Channel actually was devoted to history.

Well, we have differing ones for Cubs, Scouts, Venturers and Rovers but at my level (Scouts) it would probably be the Australian Scout
Medallion.

Greg wrote: Still loves Middle Earth, but I personally believe that much of the magic and fun of doing what we do was lost for him when his trekking partner, Paul Champagne, passed away.

I'm sorry to hear that. They must have been quite close.

So does anyone know where he is these days?

So, browsing some of the older topics on this forum and the wiki I've seen Andy mentioned alot. So, would someone be able to give me a quick rundown of who he was because at the moment I'm kind of confused.

I'm in Scouts, but in Australia, so I admit I did have to search this up. All the same, I would like to heartily congratulate you on your achievement!

Thanks for the welcome Brownno!

Thanks Peter! I'll have to try that.

So I'm trying to get together a good tinderbox, and seeing the things everyone else has managed to put together has made me jealous :twisted: (Think Greg's tinderbox. Want... Now...) I want to know if you buy your tinderboxes with all the materials (stiker, flint, tinder etc) or if you put them toge...

Thanks for the welcome Mirimaran!

Well then Worldwalker, we have something in common! I too plan to stay with Tolkien's world for a fairly long time.

Thanks for the welcome Elwindil!

Thanks for the welcome Ursus and Farodel.